- Posted: January 24, 2012
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I would like to pose the question to everybody out there who has used the 'tactical 8 step' either at work or at home. What is the most important step in the 'tactical 8 step?' I could argue that step
- Posted: January 22, 2012
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Verbal Defense & Influence is evidence based. I highly recommend reading the article, "Citizen expectations of police traffic stop behavior." The article was written by Richard R. Johnson from the University of Cincinnati. You can find the article in "An
- Posted: January 13, 2012
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Did you know that research has demonstrated that a large portion of citizen complaints against police officers involve citizen perceptions of verbal disrespect. Reiss (1971) was one of the first to review citizen complaints against police officers, examining complaints filed
- Posted: January 13, 2012
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"Another consequence of perceiving that one was treated fairly, rationally, and objectively by the police is compliance with the law. Tyler's (2001a) surveys indicated that the more a person perceived that he or she had been treated fairly by the
- Posted: January 13, 2012
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I want to start a discussion about how you police or how you have viewed the police interact with youth. Do you feel it is appropriate for police to treat kids like they are adults? Do you think police have
- Posted: January 13, 2012
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If people do not believe that they were treated with dignity and respect by an agent of the criminal justice system, they are far less likely to perceive any part of the criminal justice system as fair or legitimate. William
- Posted: January 12, 2012
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I was working with a Detective yesterday and he began talking about a case that involved juveniles. The juveniles were stealing cars like crazy. They had gone months before they were finally caught. When they were caught the detectives interviewed
- Posted: December 20, 2011
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by Bill Singleton For the past 8 ½ years, I have been policing in an urban area. Now, I grew up living in low income apartments my entire life, but what I have experienced while policing in this urban area
- Posted: December 20, 2011
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For weeks, my two sons have been begging me to get them the ‘Elf on the Shelf.’ For those that don’t know, the Elf on the Shelf is a doll that watches over your boys at night and reports back
