Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure
This practical handbook follows the successful flexicover format of Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook and is designed to complement that publication by offering guidance on good practice in core policing areas. Aimed at junior patrol officers, student officers and trainee detectives, it draws together practical advice across a wide range of police duties, along with extracts and explanations of official policy and guidance from ACPO, the National Policing Improvement Agency and the National Centre for Policing Excellence.

The Handbook provides guidance on a structured approach to police work based on established national principles and practices and is divided into four parts: Evidence Management, which offers advice on the capture and handling of evidence with chapters on crime scene management, disclosure, witness and victim management and court procedure; Knowledge-based Policing, which outlines the National Intelligence Model, the Police Code of Conduct, ACPO values, human rights, planning and risk management and dealing with the media; Neighborhood Policing, which covers the principles and team structures, partnerships, problem-solving techniques and crime prevention; and Protective Services Policing which looks at the role of the first responder in major incident response, major crime, and civil contingencies.

Commentary is accompanied with features such as boxed examples, checklists, diagrams, practical tips and flow-charts, to aid reader's grasp of the issues.
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Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure
This practical handbook follows the successful flexicover format of Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook and is designed to complement that publication by offering guidance on good practice in core policing areas. Aimed at junior patrol officers, student officers and trainee detectives, it draws together practical advice across a wide range of police duties, along with extracts and explanations of official policy and guidance from ACPO, the National Policing Improvement Agency and the National Centre for Policing Excellence.

The Handbook provides guidance on a structured approach to police work based on established national principles and practices and is divided into four parts: Evidence Management, which offers advice on the capture and handling of evidence with chapters on crime scene management, disclosure, witness and victim management and court procedure; Knowledge-based Policing, which outlines the National Intelligence Model, the Police Code of Conduct, ACPO values, human rights, planning and risk management and dealing with the media; Neighborhood Policing, which covers the principles and team structures, partnerships, problem-solving techniques and crime prevention; and Protective Services Policing which looks at the role of the first responder in major incident response, major crime, and civil contingencies.

Commentary is accompanied with features such as boxed examples, checklists, diagrams, practical tips and flow-charts, to aid reader's grasp of the issues.
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Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure

Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure

by Clive Harfield
Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure

Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure

by Clive Harfield

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This practical handbook follows the successful flexicover format of Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook and is designed to complement that publication by offering guidance on good practice in core policing areas. Aimed at junior patrol officers, student officers and trainee detectives, it draws together practical advice across a wide range of police duties, along with extracts and explanations of official policy and guidance from ACPO, the National Policing Improvement Agency and the National Centre for Policing Excellence.

The Handbook provides guidance on a structured approach to police work based on established national principles and practices and is divided into four parts: Evidence Management, which offers advice on the capture and handling of evidence with chapters on crime scene management, disclosure, witness and victim management and court procedure; Knowledge-based Policing, which outlines the National Intelligence Model, the Police Code of Conduct, ACPO values, human rights, planning and risk management and dealing with the media; Neighborhood Policing, which covers the principles and team structures, partnerships, problem-solving techniques and crime prevention; and Protective Services Policing which looks at the role of the first responder in major incident response, major crime, and civil contingencies.

Commentary is accompanied with features such as boxed examples, checklists, diagrams, practical tips and flow-charts, to aid reader's grasp of the issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780191580307
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 08/27/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 10 MB

About the Author

Dr. Clive Harfield is a former police officer of 20 years experience and former Deputy Academic Director of the John Grieve Center for Policing & Community Safety, at the London Metropolitan University. Currently at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, he is the author of two Blackstone's Practical Policing titles; Covert Investigation (2005) and Intelligence: Investigation, Community, Partnership (2008), and is also lead editor on the OUP title Handbook of Intelligent Policing (2008).

Table of Contents

I - Evidence Management1. Instant Resolutions, Matt Ebeling2. Scene Preservation, Robert Underwood3. Stop and Search, Huw Smart4. Police Powers of Entry, Search, and Seizure, Huw Smart5. Identification Procedures, Nick Yellop6. Covert Investigation, Clive Harfield7. Victims and Witnesses, Kevin Smith8. Disclosure and Public Interest Immunity, Paul Hughes9. Court Procedure, John WatsonII - Knowledge Management10. The Changing Role of Accountability - Police and Crime Commissioners, Colin Rogers11. ACPO Values, Colin Rogers12. Standards of Professional Behaviour, Bryn Caless13. Human Rights, Clive Harfield14. Knowledge Management, Bryn Caless15. Planning and Risk Management to Achieve Harm Reduction, Clive Harfield16. Health and Safety and First Aid, Bryn Caless17. Media, Tony Cook18. Government Protective Marking Scheme, Clive HarfieldIII - Neighbourhood Policing19. Context and Importance of Neighbourhood Policing, Bryn Caless & Barry Spruce20. The Ten Principles of Neighbourhood Policing, Bryn Caless & Barry Spruce21. Neighbourhood Policing Teams, Bryn Caless & Barry Spruce22. Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) and Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs), Bryn Caless & Barry Spruce23. Citizen Focus, Bryn Caless & Barry Spruce24. Signal Crimes Perspective, Bryn Caless & Barry Spruce25. Problem-Solving, Bryn Caless & Barry Spruce26. Crime Prevention, Bryn Caless & Barry SpruceIV - Protective Services Policing27. Major Crime and Homicide Response, Tony Cook28. Serious, Organized & Cross-Border Crime, Stan Gilmour29. Counter-Terrorism & Extremism, Andrew Staniforth30. Civil Contingencies, Brian Dillon31. Critical Incidents, Allyson MacVean32. Public Order, Adrian Pitt33. Strategic Roads Policing, Mick Doyle34. Protecting the Public and Vulnerable Persons, Laura Richards & Allan Aubeelack
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