Patrol officers are on the front line on a daily basis.
Patrol Drug Operations focuses on narcotics interdiction and recognizing high risk zones. The January course addresses highway interdictions, as well as interdicting drugs moving right through the neighborhoods the officers patrol. The Officers are taught directed patrol strategies, along with search techniques, which include searching for hidden compartments. The use of canines and their deployment during traffic stops is also discussed.
A special emphasis on issues confronting patrol officers when encountering foreign nationals has been included in the course coverage. The course highlights the tactics and “smokescreens” used by domestic and foreign national criminals in their attempts to evade detection.
Attending
Interview and Interrogation in April can only enhance your skillset whether it is for the field or in an investigative setting.
The cornerstone of the investigative process is the basis of solving criminal activity as well as determining guilt or innocence. The primary step of determining if Miranda warnings are needed can be crucial in particular when certain crimes meet thresholds for notification to the community via media.
Just having a possible suspect or witness to crime in a room can easily be misconstrued as an interrogation. There are rules a law enforcement officer adheres to and mirrors the code of ethics that we strive to live up to on a daily basis.
Even returning periodically every 4-5 years to review and perhaps gain new insights to more modern techniques will do wonders for your skills.