If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. BASIC POLICE PROCEDURES ••••••• OOOOOO A MANUAL FOR GEORGIA PEACE OFFICERS )IE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT GEORGIA CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION ATHENS, GEORGIA - 30601 Basic Police Procedures A Manual for Georgia Peace Officers by John 0. Truitt Law Enforcement Television Training Coordinator University of Georgia Institute of Government and Georgia Center for Continuing Education 1968 Financed by The Office of Law Enforcement Assistance United States Department of Justice TABLE OF CONTENTS Program Number Title Page 1 Stopping the Traffic Violator 1 1. Problems before stopping 1 2. Methods for stopping the violator's vehicle 3. Providing Information to the Dispatcher 2 4. Parking the Patrol Vehicle 2 5. Methods for approaching the violator 3 6. Rules to Remember 4 2 Issuing the Traffic Citation 5 1. Preparing the traffic citation 5 2. Presenting the citation to the violator 5 3. The two-man unit and stopping the traffic violator 6 4. Completion of the Officer-Violator Contact 6 5. Stopping the Violator at night 5 6. Rules to Remember 6 3 Patrol Driving 7 1. Patrol vehicle and equipment 7 2. Emergency Calls 7 3. Mechanical problems of emergency driving 9 4. Span of vision 10 4 Routine Patrol 11 1. Be inquisitive 11 2. Your patrol route 11 3. Observing people 11 4. Knowledge of your zone area 11 5. Leaving the patrol vehicle for foot patrol 11 6. Special problem areas within your zone 12 7. Patroling as a deterrant 12 8. Rules to Remember 12 5 The Radio Complaint Call 13 1. Information received by the dispatcher 13 2. Procedure for radio transmission 13 3. Procedure for long transmissions 14 Table of Contents -- • Program Number Title Page (The Radio Complaint Call, continued) 4. Proceeding to the complaint call 14 5. Arrival at the complaint call 14 6. Rules to Remember 15 7. 10 Code Signals 16 8. Communications Signal Code 20 9. International Phonetic Alphabet 25 10. Standard Description of Cars 26 11. Standard Description of Persons 26 6 Motorcycle Patrol 27 1. Preparation for patrol 27 2. Entering the flow of traffic 27 3. Weather and road conditions 27 4. Overtaking and passing 28 5. Pursuit of violator driving 28 6. Some night patrol driving problems 28 7. Shopping center patrol and parking control and the three-wheeled motorcycle 8. Escorts 7 Duties and Methods of Day Foot Patrol 30 1. Know your zone 30 2. Checking on trouble spots and high crime areas 30 3. Zone coverage 30 4. Manner of walking the foot patrol 30 5. Know the location of communications devices 31 6. Be observant and alert 31 7. Rules to Remember 31 8 Night Foot Patrol Methods 32 1. Manner in which you patrol 32 2. What to look for 32 3. Stopping to observe 32 4. Checking the security of buildings 32 S. Action to take if a burglary is found 33 6. Action to take if a disturbance is found 33 7. Rules to Remember 34 9 Manual Traffic Control 35• 1. Equipment and appearance 35 •Table of Contents -- 3 Program Number Title Page (Manual Traffic Control, continued) 2. The position in the intersection 35 3. Use of hand signals 36 4. Movement of traffic 36 5. Parking and traffic blocked 37 6. Turning vehicle and heavy traffic 37 7. Pedestrian traffic 37 8. Special problems 37 9. Rules to Remember 38 10 Organization of the Georgia Police System 39 1. The Department of Public Safety 39 2. The County Sheriff 40 3. County Police Departments 41 4. Municipal Police Departments 41 5. Constables 42 11 Organization of the Georgia Prosecution System 43 1. The Attorney General and the Department of Law 43 2. The Solicitor General 43 3. The Officer in Court 45 4. Rules to Remember 46 12 Organization of the Georgia Court System 47 1. Local Courts 47 2. State Courts 47 13 Organization of the Federal Court System 50 1. District Courts 50 2. The Courts of Appeal 50 3. The Supreme Court 50 4. Specialized Courts 51 14 The Role of Law Enforcement Officers in the Community 54 1. Paid, full-time law enforcement officers are a new phenomena. 54 2. The officer is but one aspect of the administration of criminal justice. 54 3. The law enforcement officer has two roles. 55 4. Officers must know their role in society. 55 Table of Contents -- 4 • Program Number Title Page 15 Law Enforcement Ethics 56 1. Definition of ethics 56 2. Ethics are rules of correct official conduct of police officers. 56 3. There is no official code of ethics. 56 4. The "unofficial code." 56 5. Don L. Kooken, Ethics in Police Service 56 6. Remarks by Calvin Coolidge, 1919 during Boston Police Strike 57 7. IACP Law Enforcement Code of Ethics 57 8. Rules to Remember 58 16 Community Relations 62 1. Purposes of police-public relations 62 2. Advantages of a police public relations program 62 3. Every officer is involved 62 4. Objectionable traits 62 5. Public criticisms 63 6. Tips for good public relations 63 7. The patrol officer is the backbone of a good public relations program. 65 8. Points to keep in mind. 65 9. Contacting the traffic violator 66 10. Giving directions 67 11. Essentials of a good police-public relations program 67 17 Investigation of Traffic Accidents I 68 1. Law Enforcement 68 2. Highway traffic engineering 68 3. Courts and lawmakers 69 4. Education 69 5. Insurance 69 6. The general public 69 18 Investigation of Traffic Acidents II 70 1. Utilization of warning devices 70 2. Traffic control 70 3. Crowd Management 700 4. Parking Control and Accident Scenes 71 5. Correction of immediate hazardous situations 71 6. Rules to Remember 71 0 Table of Contents -- 5 Program Number Title Page 19 Investigation of Traffic Accidents III 74 1. Responding to the Accident Call 74 2. Arrival at the Accident Scene 74 3. Contacting Drivers and Witnesses 74 4. Physical Evidence 75 5. Damage to Stationary Objects 75 6. Rules to Remember 76 20 Investigation of Traffic Accidents IV 77 1. Information for the report 77 2. Data on vehicles involved 78 3. Data on drivers involved 78 4. Data on injured persons 78 5. Record actions of each driver 78 6. Record driver's violations 78 7. Check for mechanical defects in vehicles involved 78 8. Look for obscured vision 79 9. Recording witnesses 79 • 10. Diagram the accident scene 79 11. Describe the accident scene 80 21 Investigation of Traffic Accidents V 81 1. Is the person dead? 81 2. Motor Vehicle Homocide 82 22 Investigation of Traffic Accidents VI 87 1. Introduction 87 2. Hit and run investigation 88 23 Investigation of Traffic Accidents VII 94 1. Skid marks never show all the speed of the vehicle before the accident 94 2. Skid marks as evidence 94 3. Measuring skid marks 94 4. Overlapping skid marks 95 5. Dual tires counted as single tire 96 6. Use of nomograph 96 24 Search and Seizure I 98 1 History and Basis for Probable Cause 98 2. Amendments to the Constitution 98 3 United States Supreme Court and the Constitution 99 Table of Contents -- 6 Program Number Title SPage (Search and Seizure I, continued) 4. Major recent changes in criminal law 99 5. Court Definitions concerning probable cause 100 25 Search and Seizure II 102 1. The effect of federal decisions and the Georgia law enforcement officer 102 Adequacy of probable cause in a search warrant 103 . Section 27-104 of the Georgia Code 103 26 Search and Seizure III 105 1. Probable cause in searching a moving motor vehicle 105 2. Probable cause is the "Mulligan Stew" of law enforcement 105 3. Probable cause for an emergency arrest 105 4. General rules on probable cause 105 27 First Aid I 107 1. The necessity of first aid 107 2. Definition of first aid 107 3. Equipment needed for first aid emergencies 107 4. •Use of equipment 108 28 First Aid II 109 1. Wounds 109 2. Bleeding Control 109 3. Shock treatment 110 29 First Aid III 112 1. Methods and techniques of artifical respiration 112 2. Conditions where artificial respiration is needed 113 3. Closed heart massage 113 4. Heart attack 114 30 First Aid IV 115• 1. Fractures 115 0 Table of Contents -- 7 Program Number Title Page (First Aid IV, continued) 2. Treatment of Fractures 115 3. Method of splinting 116 4. Methods and Techniques for Carrying 116 31 First Aid V 118 1. Child birth emergencies 118 2. Diabetics 118 3. Snakebite 118 4. Gunshot wounds 119 5. Burns 119 32 Report Writing I 120 1. The purpose of a police report 120 2. The value of reports 120 3. The value of reports in the broad concept of criminal justice 120 4. Principles of good report writing 120 5. Reporting language 121 33 Report Writing II 122 1. Use of capitals, numbers, and abbreviations 122 2. Structuring sentences and paragraphs 122 3. What must be satisfied in a report 122 4. Collecting necessary information 123 5. How reports benefit your career 123 34 Laws of Arrest I 125 1. What constitutes an arrest? 125 2. Persons immune from arrest 125 3. The effect of the Miranda decision 126 4. Duties and responsibilities of officers after arrest 126 35 Laws of Arrest II 128 1. Arrest with a warrant 128 2. Making the arrest with a warrant 128 3. Arrest without a warrant 129 4.