Police Field Operations 2nd Edition
Political Era - ANS- 1840's-1930's. Bedrock of early American policing. Dominated by
political control. Close ties between policing and politics
Reform era - ANS- Created to correct the inherent problems created by the political era.
Emphasized on organization along traditional lines. Highly centralized, bureaucratic and
designed on labor, unity and control.
Community Policing era - ANS- Evolving era of policing. Promotes and supports
organizational strategies to address causes of crime and to reduce fear of crime and
social disorder through problem solving tactics and police-community partnerships
Crime Prevention - ANS- Actions taken by police and community to reduce crime risks
and build individual community safety
Problem Solving - ANS- Critical element of community policing strategy. Produce long
term solutions, Develop responses to problems based on the problems causes
Differential response - ANS- A system where police calls are prioritized by the
seriousness of the offense.
Proactive policing - ANS- Police work with the community to prevent crime
Directed Patrol - ANS- Officers are assigned to an area to give special attention to a
specific problem areas that are identified through crime analysis
Coactive policing - ANS- Police, community and other private resources work together to
solve crime related problems
Bureaucracies - ANS- Concept referring to the way admin executes and enforces legal
rules is socially organized
Chain of Command - ANS- Line of authority and responsibility in a police agency which
orders are passed
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) - ANS- Written and codified manual of a police
organization. A field guide or road map for the officer
, Cynicism - ANS- Highly skeptical attitude toward social norms
Burnout - ANS- Form of stress officers experience several timed throughout their career.
Sometimes mistaken for an attitude problem
Departmental Regulations - ANS- Govern the conditions of police service, annual leave,
OT, promotions and influence almost all daily activates
Beat - ANS- Geographical area of responsibility
Field interview - ANS- Indexed for intelligence purposes
Emergency radio traffic - ANS- Secure channel for a dangerous scene
Positional Asphyxia - ANS- Death that occurs due to the position of a person's body that
interferes with breathing
Restraint Asphyxia - ANS- Restraining an offender that restricts the bodies movement
Riot - ANS- A public disturbance by 3 or more persons in an unlawful or disorderly
manner with risk of injury or property damage
Emergency operations mode - ANS- "Code 3"
Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment - ANS- This seminal experiment found that
traditional routine patrol strategies in marked police cars do not appear to effect the level
of crime. Nor does it effect the public's feeling of security. The experiment demonstrated
that urban police departments can successfully test patrol deployment strategies and
they can manipulate resources without jeopardizing the public's safety
Community Policing - ANS- Policing that focuses on the police working with the public
to prevent and solve crime related problems. Organizational re-engineering, problem
solving and partnerships
Community Partnerships - ANS- Police and public working together in partnerships to
solve problems of the community
Problem Solving - ANS- Systematic identification of the actual and potential causes of
crime and conflict within the community that can be analyzed with the results guiding
development of measures that address the problems in short, medium and long term.
Also includes conflict resolution, and other creative methods to address service delivery
and police community relations problems
Political Era - ANS- 1840's-1930's. Bedrock of early American policing. Dominated by
political control. Close ties between policing and politics
Reform era - ANS- Created to correct the inherent problems created by the political era.
Emphasized on organization along traditional lines. Highly centralized, bureaucratic and
designed on labor, unity and control.
Community Policing era - ANS- Evolving era of policing. Promotes and supports
organizational strategies to address causes of crime and to reduce fear of crime and
social disorder through problem solving tactics and police-community partnerships
Crime Prevention - ANS- Actions taken by police and community to reduce crime risks
and build individual community safety
Problem Solving - ANS- Critical element of community policing strategy. Produce long
term solutions, Develop responses to problems based on the problems causes
Differential response - ANS- A system where police calls are prioritized by the
seriousness of the offense.
Proactive policing - ANS- Police work with the community to prevent crime
Directed Patrol - ANS- Officers are assigned to an area to give special attention to a
specific problem areas that are identified through crime analysis
Coactive policing - ANS- Police, community and other private resources work together to
solve crime related problems
Bureaucracies - ANS- Concept referring to the way admin executes and enforces legal
rules is socially organized
Chain of Command - ANS- Line of authority and responsibility in a police agency which
orders are passed
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) - ANS- Written and codified manual of a police
organization. A field guide or road map for the officer
, Cynicism - ANS- Highly skeptical attitude toward social norms
Burnout - ANS- Form of stress officers experience several timed throughout their career.
Sometimes mistaken for an attitude problem
Departmental Regulations - ANS- Govern the conditions of police service, annual leave,
OT, promotions and influence almost all daily activates
Beat - ANS- Geographical area of responsibility
Field interview - ANS- Indexed for intelligence purposes
Emergency radio traffic - ANS- Secure channel for a dangerous scene
Positional Asphyxia - ANS- Death that occurs due to the position of a person's body that
interferes with breathing
Restraint Asphyxia - ANS- Restraining an offender that restricts the bodies movement
Riot - ANS- A public disturbance by 3 or more persons in an unlawful or disorderly
manner with risk of injury or property damage
Emergency operations mode - ANS- "Code 3"
Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment - ANS- This seminal experiment found that
traditional routine patrol strategies in marked police cars do not appear to effect the level
of crime. Nor does it effect the public's feeling of security. The experiment demonstrated
that urban police departments can successfully test patrol deployment strategies and
they can manipulate resources without jeopardizing the public's safety
Community Policing - ANS- Policing that focuses on the police working with the public
to prevent and solve crime related problems. Organizational re-engineering, problem
solving and partnerships
Community Partnerships - ANS- Police and public working together in partnerships to
solve problems of the community
Problem Solving - ANS- Systematic identification of the actual and potential causes of
crime and conflict within the community that can be analyzed with the results guiding
development of measures that address the problems in short, medium and long term.
Also includes conflict resolution, and other creative methods to address service delivery
and police community relations problems
