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North East Multi-Regional Training Instructors Library
Video Catalog
FY 2014
VHS Catalog
NORTH EAST MULTI-REGIONAL TRAINING, Inc
Mobile Team Unit #3
Instructors Library
355 Smoke Tree Business Park
North Aurora, Illinois 60542-1723
(630) 896-8860, x 108 k WWW.NEMRT.COM k [email protected]
North East Multi-Regional Training Instructors Library
355 Smoke Tree Business Park j North Aurora, IL 60542-1723
(630) 896-8860, x 108 j Fax (630) 896-4422 j WWW.NEMRT.COM j [email protected]
The North East Multi-Regional Training Instructors Library In-Service Training Tape collection are available
for loan to sworn law enforcement agencies in Illinois. Out-of-state law enforcement agencies may contact the
Instructors Library about the possibility of arranging a loan.
How to Borrow North East Multi-Regional Training In-Service
Training Videos
How to Borrow Videos: Call, write, or Fax NEMRT's librarian (that's Sarah Cole). Calling is probably
the most effective way to contact her, because you can get immediate feedback on what videos are available.
In order to insure that borrowers are authorized through their law enforcement agency to
borrow videos, please submit the initial lending request on agency letterhead (not a fax
cover sheet or internal memo form) for verification purposes. Also provide the name and
mailing address of the department’s training officer.
If a requested tape is in the library at the time of the request, it will be sent to the borrower’s agency
immediately. If the tape is not in, the borrower's name will be put on the tape's waiting list, and it will be sent
as soon as possible. The due date--the date by which the tape must be back at NEMRT--is indicated on the loan
receipt included with each loan. Since a lot of the videos have long waiting lists, prompt return is appreciated
not only by the Instructors' Library, but the other departments using the video collection. If the tape is going to
be late, though, call the librarian so she won't nag you about the tape's return.
As for the waiting list, member departments take priority over non-member departments, and
departments needing the program for in-service training on a certain date take priority over those that don't. In
order to insure that the greatest number of departments can benefit from the videos, a maximum of five
programs is sent to any one department at one time.
If the tape is not returned on time, the borrower will receive at least one overdue
notice. If the tape is not returned after a calendar month from its due date, the agency will be
billed for the tape's replacement cost. Since things do occasionally get lost in the mail, it is
recommended that the videos be returned by UPS or be insured if mailed, to avoid being billed for a loss that is
the post office's fault. The current video Circulation sheet includes a section for recording return
dates and methods of return. Please keep this information for your records.
If there are any questions about or problems with the videos, the loan period, or anything else, just give
the NEMRT librarian (that's Sarah Cole) a call. Thank you very much for your help!
DISCLAIMER for library material usage
North East Multi-Regional Training provides these audio and video collections for use in supplementing law
enforcement agency training programs. The media programs included in this collection, however, may not
necessarily always present accurate and correct information with regard to Illinois law and appropriate law
enforcement procedures and practices. Furthermore, applicable departmental policy and procedure must be
considered and emphasized when viewing or listening to media programs to insure that information presented
does not negate and/or otherwise contradict established practice. Finally, North East Multi-Regional Training
and its instructors' library are not responsible for the practical application of any knowledge and skill gained or
derived as a result of viewing the media programs offered in these collections.
NEMRT VGS Catalog -- May 14, 2013), p. 3
How this Catalog Works:
(How to keep your video catalog up-to-date)
This video list is in a loose-leaf, updatable format. It’s good for the whole training year. During the training
year, what you will receive with the regular NEMRT Catalog of Training Courses are:
A list of new videos and their descriptions, and
A new subject index
When they arrive, put the list of new videos in the Supplement section of the catalog, and replace the
subject index section. This way, your catalog will always be up-to-date.
If you need any supplements, call Librarian Sarah Cole, and she’ll be glad to send you what you need.
Tip for using this catalog:
The videos are numbered in the order in which we receive them. Therefore, as a rule, the smaller the number,
the older the video. Old isn’t necessarily bad or outdated, but remember the newest materials have the biggest
numbers.
Acronyms:
The Instructors Library uses several acronyms in describing the videos. They would be important to know,
because they help viewers assess the content of the programs. The acronyms used most frequently are:
ALERT: Advanced Law Enforcement Readiness Training. ALERT works the way L.E.NET did: agencies subscribe to their service, and receive a training video each month. The company began producing programs in
1994.
CORT: Corrections Officer Readiness Training. CORT is a division of ALERT, and works the way L.E.NET
did: agencies subscribe to their service, and receive a training video each month. The company began
producing corrections-specific programs in 1997.
EENET: Emergency Education Network. EENET programs are generally teleconferences from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
JOB: Jail Operations Bulletin. Those with that marking by their number refer to the Jail Operations Bulletins
of Video, produced by the American Jail Association.
L.E.NET: Law Enforcement Training and Information Network. Agencies subscribed to their service, and
received a training video each month. This video producer was taken over by LETN in the early 1990s, so any
programs identified as L.E.NET programs date from about 1987 to 1992. The information will probably still
apply for your training need, but examine them before presenting them.
LESTN: Law Enforcement Satellite Training Network. The FBI Teleconferences are LESTN broadcasts.
LESAT: Law Enforcement Satellite Academy of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee produces
teleconference on various topics, under this collective title.
LETN: Law Enforcement Training Network. Ordinarily, LETN programs are only available to agencies
subscribing to their satellite broadcasts. The videos NEMRT has from them are of two kinds. Some are programs that were made generally available to law enforcement agencies, like the Murder on Tape program, or
the seat belt videos. The others are programs made available to L.E.NET subscribers, when LETN absorbed
L.E.NET in the early 1990s.
NEMRT: North East Multi-Regional Training. But you knew that.
POST: (California Commission on) Peace Officer Standards and Training. The Instructors Library has a
number of their telecourses and satellite broadcasts of training videos.
Keeping track of your agency’s video viewing
When a borrower received a video loan, a circulation sheep, indicating the programs’ due date, along with other
useful information should accompany it. Also included should be a viewer roster. Although completing the
roster is not required, it is a convenient way to record viewers for the agency’s records, as well as a helpful way
the NEMRT Library uses to show the video collection is being used. A copy of the roster is included below.
Just fill out the requested information, make a copy for the agency’s records, and send a copy back with the
videos. As always, we thank you for your assistance!
North East Multi-Regional Training
MTU #3 -- ASSIST Program p 355 Smoke Tree Business Parkp North Aurora, IL 60542-1723
(630) 896-8860, x 108 p FAX (630) 896-4422 p e-mail: [email protected] p WWW.NEMRT.COM
In-Service Training Tape Viewer Roster: Keep a Copy of this Information for Your Training
Records
Department Name:
Division:
Street Address/City/State
Training Officer:
KEEP A COPY OF THIS INFORMATION FOR YOUR TRAINING RECORDS
Video # (Title)
Number of Non-Sworn Viewers:
Officer Status (please indicate): Sworn/Full Time (F) p Part-Time /Auxiliary (P) p Civilian (C)
Date
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VHS Descriptions
Program 1: Report Writing Skills for Patrol Officers
(29 min.)
[circa 1988] This L.E. Net program gives an overview
of the dos and don'ts of police report writing, the
importance and elements of reporting police use of
force, and related legal ramifications. The narrative
style of reporting is encouraged. (Compare with Tape
Set 2, "Report Writing" and #313, "Report Writing".)
Descriptors: Liability/ Report Writing
Program 2: Neck Restraints: Legal & Tactical
Issues (30 min.)
[circa 1993] The focus of this L.E. Net tape is the
Lindell Lateral Neck Restraint: how to do it, and in
what situations it is appropriate to use. While North
East Multi-Regional Training doesn't necessarily
recommend these tactics, it is useful to know about
them. Deaths seeming to be related to use of neck
restraints, and possible legal issues regarding neck
restraints are also discussed. Compare with #522,
Positional Asphyxia, Sudden Death and Transporting
Suspects.
Descriptors: Control tactics/Asphyxia
Program Set 2: Report Writing (8 15-minute tapes)
Some departments may not approve of some of the
wording practices advocated in this series, but it does
give clear and concise instruction for producing
quality police reports. The producers used bold
headings, some live-action role-play, and repeat the
important ideas, so the program is easy to watch and
understand. In addition, the tapes are no more than 15
minutes long, so the series is ideal for use during roll
call. The program's optional Application Guide is
included.
The programs are:
1. The Write Stuff (Introduction) (the program
describes the series and is appropriate for the
discussion leader, but not for regular viewers. It's
pretty dull and, as far as we could tell, had no
noticeable instructional value).
2. The Call (a domestic disturbance call is acted out.
References to reports made about this call occur in the
later tapes).
3. Powerful Little Words
4. Action Words
5. Factual Statements
6. Everyday Language
7. Organization of Thoughts
8. Structure of Ideas
Descriptors: Report Writing/Domestic Violence
Program Set 3: Writing Skills for Command
Personnel (79 min.)
The title is correct: this program is for you, not your
patrol officers. The purpose of the 4-tape set is to
help police managers write memos, reports, and
directions in English rather than Police-ese, so their
officers will be able to understand and comply with
them. The modules are: Determining What Makes
for Good Writing (8 min.); Putting the Reader's
Needs First (11 min.); Getting Your Ideas Down on
Paper (13 min.); Making Your Organization
Visible (13 min.); Using Language with Punch (12
min.); Writing Powerful Sentences (11 min.); and
Getting Results (12 min.). You probably learned the
points made in this set in your high school English
class, but it's a good reminder of those points.
Descriptors: Report Writing/Writing/Communication
Program 4 to 6: DUI: Law Enforcement's Role in
Curbing a National Epidemic (112 min.)
These three tapes come from Northwestern
University's Traffic Institute, and are normally sent
out as a group. They include:
Reel 1 (Tape 4) (37 min.)
A. Alcohol: Attitudes and Effects (9 min.)
B. The DUI (12 min.)
C. An Overview: DUI and the Law (7 min.)
D. The DUI Enforcement Process: Deployment
(9 min.)
A. The DUI Enforcement Process: Detection (10
min.)
B. The DUI Enforcement Process: Apprehension
(8 min.)
C. The DUI Enforcement Process: Field
Investigation (14 min.)
D. The DUI Enforcement Process: Arrest
Decision (9 min.)
A. The DUI Enforcement Process: Suspect
Processing (13 min.)
B. The DUI Enforcement Process: Trial
Preparation (9 min.)
C. The DUI Enforcement Process: The Trial (11
min.)
Descriptors: DUI
Program Set 5: Laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure
(1 hour, 45 min., on 4 tapes)
[1993] This is the latest version of the Law
Enforcement Resource Center's Search and Seizure
video set. John Tierney, Principal Attorney in the
Hennepin Co. Attorney's Office, Minneapolis
(Minnesota) narrates this 6-section program on the
basic theory and practice of making searches and
seizures. Basic is the operative word: while the
program gives a good overview of the history and
theory of Search and Seizure, the information is
general, and probably already familiar to many
viewers. For explorers, or officer who want to review
the basics of S&S, though, the set would no doubt be
informative.
Descriptors: Search and
Seizure/Searches/Law/Evidence
Program Set 6: How to Train Public Safety
Dispatchers (4 hours, 16 min.)
[circa 1990] In this 4-tape set, Dennis L. Bruns
presents an amusing lecture about what an
experienced dispatcher needs to do in order to
effectively train beginning dispatchers. The four
programs in the set are:
Establishing Training Goals,
Designing the Training Program,
Developing the Training Approach, Materials, and
Trainers, and
Conducting and Evaluating the Program.
Along with information on how to plan and conduct
dispatcher training, Mr. Bruns includes a lot of
anecdotes about dispatching and training that make
the series seem a lot shorter than four hours. You'll
want to take notes while watching it, though.
Descriptors: Dispatching/Police Training
Program Set 7: Chicago CAPS Conference (7 hours,
on 4 tapes)
[March 25, 1993] On March 25, 1993, the Chicago
Police Department held an executive conference about
community policing strategies in Oak Brook, Illinois:
Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy. This is a
video recording of the discussion that went on.
Speakers include Herman Goldstein, Tom Potter
(police chief of Portland, Oregon), George Kelling,
Felice Kirby (of the Citizens Committee for New
York City), Roy Joachimstaler (police captain of St.
Louis, Missouri), and many other criminal justice
practitioners from Chicago and the United States
participate in the discussion.
Descriptors: Community Policing/Research
Program 7: Fully Equipped (20 minutes)
[circa 1986] This tape illustrates the necessity of using
seat belts in law enforcement.
Descriptors: Seat Belts
Program Set 9: Dispatchers: The Vital Link (1
hour)
This 4-tape set is basically a crash course in
dispatching. It goes over dispatching principles,
procedures, handling callers, dealing with stress, and
the importance of dispatchers in officer and public
safety. Probably the most outstanding part of this set
is the section called "I would never do that", which
uses actual soundtracks of public requests for help,
dispatcher responses, and a discussion of what would
have been better procedure.
In order to use and apply this training set, though,
you'll need to get workbooks for the viewers. The
workbooks are available through the Law
Enforcement Resource Center (Minneapolis, MN).
As soon as you decide you would like to use this
program, call the NEMRT Library (the number is
(630) 896-8860), and we will fax to you an order
form for the workbooks. By the time you get the
workbooks, you should have the video set as well.
Descriptors:
Dispatching/Communication/Comportment
Program Set 10: 911, the TDD and You (72 min.)
[circa 1990] This 4-tape set, from HITEC Group
International, is designed to show dispatchers how
best to help a hearing/speech impaired citizen who
may call 911 using a Telecommunications Device for
the Deaf (TDD). It goes over the condition of being
hearing or speech impaired, operation of a TDD,
recognizing a TDD call, possible language barriers
(for instance, the grammar of American Sign
Language is not like English's), and practical
examples.
In order to use and apply this training set, though,
you'll need to get workbooks for the viewers. The
workbooks are available through HITEC Group
International (8160 Madison Ave., Burr Ridge, IL
60521 / (630) 654-9200, Fax (630) 654-9219). As
soon as you decide you would like to use this
program, call the NEMRT Library (the number is
(630) 896-8860), and we will fax to you an order
form for the workbooks. By the time you get the
workbooks, you should have the video set as well.
Descriptors: Deaf/Dispatching/Disabled
Program Set 11: Laws of Arrest: Force (55 min.)
[1994] This program from the Law Enforcement
Resource Center features 3 sections about different
aspects of the use of force when making an arrest:
Improving Your Odds on the Street, about useof-force law, making good force decisions in the
field, and the importance of both good equipment and
good demeanor.
The Federal Standard (Constitutional), about the
3 main cases that make up federal laws related to
police use of force: Graham v. Connor, Garner v.
Tennessee, and Brewer v. County of Inyo. Also
included are guidelines for the use of roadblocks.
Improving Your Odds in the Courtroom,
which gives tips on writing a good use-of-force report
and how to testify in court.
A workbook accompanies this set, and for maximum
training benefit, the producer recommends viewers
use the workbook. When you request this set, we'll
fax out an order form for those books.
Descriptors: Force/Report
Writing/Checkpoints/Testifying
Program 12: Cleaning Firearms (13 min.)
[circa 1985] Consisting of proper procedures for how
to keep service weapons in proper firing condition.
Descriptors: Handguns/Firearms
Program Set 12: Inside the FBI (4 hours (1 hour per
tape))
[1995] This four-part program was made in 1995 for
English television. It basically examines the influence
of J. Edgar Hoover on the FBI, and the things the
Bureau has done over the few decades that were of
doubtful legality. It isn't roll call material, but would
be worth watching for those interested in the FBI, or
those who analyze the way the mass media can twist
the presentation of a situation to fit their expectations
(the "doubtful legality" segments sound twisted, if
you listen to the wording of the narration). In any
event, the segments are:
From Fedoras to Flak Jackets (the origin of the
FBI, and Hoover's personal problems).
The Price of Freedom (the FBI's activities in
squelching political dissent).
Fighting the Family (This is the most
complimentary one, about the FBI's pursuit of the
Mafia).
The Price of Progress (the lack of security for the
FBI's online investigative helps, and the way whitecollar criminals are pursued).
Descriptors: FBI/Organized Crime/Media
Program 13: Disguised Weapons (20 min.)
[circa 1988] This National Sheriff's Association tape
helps identify disguised weapons officers must be
aware of for personal safety and survival. It's more
about explosive devices than hidden weapons. For
weapons, see #128, Street Weapons.
Descriptors: Weapons/Concealed Weapons/Bombs
Program Set 13: Silent War: Infection Control for
Law Enforcement (1 hour)
[1994] This OnGuard program is basically an
infection control curriculum, which can be used in roll
call, as a classroom program, or for individual selfpaced study. A student textbook goes with the set,
which is available through OnGuard. An order form
will be faxed to you before you get the set. The
resource manual/instructor guide includes a lesson
plan, overheads, and quizzes.
The sections of this three-binder set are
Understanding Contagious Disease (Why is
infection control necessary, and Understanding the
Silent Assailant); Reducing Your Risk (The
Balancing Act, and Arrests, Searches, Vehicle
Decon); and Post-Incident Procedures (Collecting
Evidence, and Bookings and Legal Issues).
Descriptors: Diseases/AIDS
Program Set 14: Hiring the Best: Interviewing for
Integrity (50 min. on 4 tapes)
[1995] This program from the Law Enforcement
Resource Center gives tips to law enforcement
managers for conducting Reid Technique integrity
interviews of prospective recruits. It basically
consists of using interrogation techniques to get
background information from the applicants.
The program starts off talking about a study John
E. Reid and Associates conducted that compared the
amount of disqualifying information found during a
background investigation with the amount that the
face-to-face interview found. The integrity interview
found 30% more information than the background
interview. The program goes on to point out that this
method is not intended to replace a group interview,
since the two interviews are looking for different
kinds of information. The sections of the set are:
Introduction: Interviewing for Integrity,
Conditioning the Applicant to Tell the Truth,
Evaluating the Candidate's Behavior, and Specialized
Interviewing Techniques. A facilitator's guide goes
with the set, which is available through LERC. An
order form will be faxed to you before you get the set.
Descriptors: Interviews/Recruitment
Program 14: Peace Officer Wellness Evaluation
Report (POWER) (15 min.)
[1988] This Illinois Law Enforcement Training and
Standards Board-produced tape describes the physical
fitness standards new recruits are required to meet
during their basic training, as of 1988. This tape is
recommended for the orientation of interested police
applicants.
Descriptors: Police Academies/Physical Fitness
Program Set 15: Police and People with Disabilities
(1 hour)
[1996] This two-tape program from the Law
Enforcement Resource Center examines procedures
when working with people with various physical and
mental challenges. A workbook, which can be
ordered separately, also accompanies the set. While
the length of the set doesn't allow for in-depth
coverage of any particular disability, viewers will
know more about disabilities than they did before.
The program need not be law enforcement-specific:
much of the information presented is useful to anyone
relating to challenged people. For more detail, you
might want to take a look at # 486, Law Enforcement
Awareness of Disabilities POST Telecourse.
Topics included in this program include 1.)
General information about people with
disabilities, 2.) Mobility Impairments (the scenario
here is interesting: a wheelchair bound woman is
accused of shoplifting. Turns out she was
shoplifting!), 3.) Mental Illness, 4.) Developmental
Disabilities, 5.) Speech Impairments, 6.) Epilepsy,
7.) Deafness/Hearing Difficulties, and 8.) Blindness.
Descriptors: Disabled/Deaf/Blind/Epilepsy/Mental
Illness/Developmental Disabilities
Program 15: Will to Survive (The) [Officer Survival
VII] (15 min.)
[circa 1980] A reenactment of a 1976 near-fatal
tragedy, in which two Los Angeles Co. deputies
survived a gun battle with three suspects, this
program is designed to make officers aware that,
when an officer is down, only a strong will to survive
will bring him or her through. (NEMRT does not
have the other tapes in this series.)
Descriptors: Survival/Line of Duty Casualties
Program Set 16: Little Red Driving Hood: Fairy
Trials (23 min.)
[1994] Although this program is about driving, it is
not really a driving tape. The Circuit Court of Cook
County and the Illinois Department of Transportation
developed this entry in the Fairy Trials series, which
concerns the adolescent girl "Red" appealing the
revocation of her driving privileges. In the
introduction to the trial, Red, who has a car and a
learner's permit, is enticed into driving to her sick
grandmother's house with goodies, by "Wolf", a local
bad-example. By the time she smashes her car, Wolf
has her driving recklessly, without her seatbelt, and
with open beer cans. Initially, she pleads guilty and is
sentenced to supervision, but the "Ministry of Drivers
Licensing" denies her a drivers license until she is 21.
The hearing this program examines is the appeal of
the denial. The idea is good and the topic is
interesting, but I found the actual presentation
irritating (the only adults that weren't portrayed as
pitiful remnants of the 1960s were the attorneys and
the judge). While the program was made to be used
with middle school-aged students, as part of ethics or
civics education, older students and adults would
probably benefit from it more, as an exercise in
judicial procedure. A classroom guidebook comes
with it, which may give you other ideas for
application.
Descriptors: Driving/Comic
Relief/Ethics/Juveniles/Decision-making/Courts
Program 16: Occupant Protection Usage and
Enforcement (50 min.)
This D.O.T. and N.H.T.S.A.-sponsored tape is
intended for training relating to the benefits of using
seat belts and enforcing seat belt laws. It's broken up
into a lot of little segments, with a few Larry and
Vince (the crash dummies) public service
announcements interspersed for comic relief. It's a
good tape to show at safety fairs or to community
groups, as well to law enforcement officers. The
segment with the trooper whose career was cut short
because of a traffic accident is especially thoughtprovoking.
Program 17: Children in Crashes (8 min.)
A tape demonstrating the dangers of leaving children
unrestrained while riding in a motor vehicle. Several
departments have used this program at day care
centers and such, to point out to parents the need for
child restraints while driving.
Program Set 17: Don't Fall for a Telephone Line:
Stop Fraud Program Kit (16 min.)
[1997] What is especially interesting about this AARP
program, aside from the material for organizing a
local program, is the running interview with the
currently-imprisoned successful telemarketer. He
explains how the typical phone scams work, what the
lifestyle of the typical fraudulent telemarketer is, and
how they are able to convince their victims to send
them money. It concludes with a case study of a
woman who was robbed of her life savings, but who,
with the help of the FBI, was able to help apprehend
them. Also included in the binder is an audiocassette
of sample fraudulent telemarketer dialogues and the
"Stop Fraud" program kit. (Much of this video also
appears in NEMRT Tape #620, Telemarketing
Fraud: Don't Let it Happen to You (United Against
Crime Teleconference), if you're interested in more
detailed information.)
Descriptors: Elderly/Fraud/Con Games/Crime
Prevention
Program 18: Crashing Cars: Testing for Safety (8
min.)
[1986] This program demonstrates the process and
planning that goes on before an automobile crash test.
It's interesting to see how much photography
technique is necessary in the planning (the testers
have to avoid glare from the lights, and damaged
equipment blocking cameras' view). 200
Milliseconds of Your Life has more information
about the physics of an accident, but this one talks
about the planning of the test itself.
Descriptors: Accidents/ Seat Belts
Program Set 19: Fighting Cyber Crime [Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy] (72 min.)
[May-July 1999] These three programs from mid1999 give a basic overview of the crimes that are
committed with the help of the Internet, and what law
enforcement can do to help investigate them. The
program is based on the National White Collar Crime
Institute's video Cyber Crime Fighting: Law
Enforcement Officer's Guide to Online Crime.
Speakers include John Ryan (America Online) and
Irving Sugg (Federal Bureau of Investigation). The
segments cover:
Part 1: An overview of the Internet, the way
criminals can use it, and sources of digital evidence.
Part 2: The kind of "disguises" online
criminals can use and how to investigate them.
Part 3: A Basic overview of what to do, or not
do, when seizing computers at homes or businesses.
Especially interesting are the suggestions for
what to include in a search warrant, suggestions for
getting additional help, and the many considerations
involved in seizing a computer.
Descriptors:
Investigation/Technology/Computers/Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy/Search
Warrants/Searches/Fraud/Evidence/Missing Persons
Program 19: Legal Aspects of High Speed Pursuits
[FBI Teleconference] (3 hrs)
[February 10, 1988] This program, taped February 10,
1988, discusses concerns of law enforcement
administrators about high speed pursuits. (The
recording quality isn't too great, we're sorry to say, but
the information is good, and it's the best we could do.)
Descriptors: Pursuit/FBI Teleconference
Program 20: Drug Enforcement Techniques (27
min.)
[circa 1988] This program from the Law Enforcement
Training and Information Network (L.E. Net) talks
briefly about the "new" drugs Crack, Basuko, and Ice,
gives a profile of a typical driving drug courier,
demonstrates how to make Crack, and gives tips on
officer safety when investigating a drug lab and when
dealing with people on drug highs.
Descriptors: Drug
Enforcement/Crack/Methamphetamine
Program Set 20: Forensic Anthropology, with Dr.
William Bass (2 hours, 26 min.)
[1986] Dr. William Bass, of the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville's Department of Forensic
Anthropology, explains and demonstrates the skeletal
characteristics of human beings, and how those
characteristics enable medical examiners (and, to a
point, detectives) to determine the age, sex, race, and
stature of skeletal remains. The program is divided
into four parts:
Age Determination (49 min.), which describes
and shows the changes that take place in the human
skeleton as a person ages: changes in teeth, bone
attachment (epiphysis), and degenerative changes
(osteoarthritis-related);
Sex Determination (28 min.), which describes
and shows the structural differences between male
and female skeletons: pelvic differences, skull
differences, and sexual dimorphism (body size);
Determination of Race and Stature (28 min.),
which shows the differences in Negroid, Mongoloid,
and Caucasoid skull shape and "facial" features, along
with a very brief discussion of how to determine a
body's biological height from major bones; and
Fire Scene Search (41 min.), which applies the
information from the three previous videos to
identifying burned bodies. With pictures, so be
prepared.
Useful suggestions for handling skeletal remains
at a crime scene, and for "working" a fire scene are
also made in the last two tapes. The set was made in
1986, so the instructor makes some remarks that, as of
2000, may sound insensitive, but were clearly not
intended as such. In the first tape, he also handles
some "unsterilized" skeletal remains without gloves.
YOU wear your gloves if you do that. Otherwise, Dr.
Bass is an entertaining speaker. And I had no idea
bones could be so interesting!
Descriptors: Remains Identification/Crime
Scenes/Arson/Investigation/Autopsies/Criminal
Investigation
Program 21: AIDS Bulletin for Law Enforcement
(23 min.)
[circa 1988] This program, produced by the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement, gives a fairly
thorough overview of the HIV virus, ways of
contracting AIDS, and how officers can protect
themselves.
Descriptors: AIDS
Program 22: AIDS the Challenge for Corrections
AND Preventing AIDS: It's a Matter of Life or
Death (18 min. and 15 min.)
[circa 1988] The title explains the content. The
program AIDS: The Challenge for Corrections (18
min.) is on the same tape, and it has a leader's guide.
Descriptors: AIDS/Police Training
Program Set 22: Vehicle Stops and Searches (65
min.)
[2001] These four programs from the ALERT &
ABLE series feature a lecture by attorney Randy
Means on the various aspects of making federally
lawful vehicle stops and justifications for vehicle
searches. (He starts out by stating that, in some cases,
state laws are more restrictive than federal law, so
compare his remarks with local laws.) He supports
his explanations with many references to court
decisions. The topics of the four videos are:
The Stops (15 min.): which goes over lawful
stopping of vehicles, removal of people from the car,
frisking,
The Consent Search (17 min.): in which he
describes the types of Consent Searches, in relation to
a vehicle stop.
Consent Searches [contd.] (16 min.): which
examines vehicle frisks and searches (of vehicles)
incident to arrest, and the sort of things that can be
examined, vehicle searches involving probable
cause, and circumstances in which they may be
conducted.
Consent Searches [concluded]: (26 min.):
which refers to court decisions that justify vehicle
searches of lawfully stopped vehicles. He then goes
over frequently-asked questions about theories of
vehicle stops.
Descriptors: Searches/Search and Seizure/Traffic
Stops/Law/Vehicle Searches
Program 23: Narcotics Investigation [FBI
Teleconference] (3 hours)
[August 10, 1988] Recorded August 10, 1988, this
program brings together several experts in the area of
narcotics investigation from the FBI Academy at
Quantico, VA.
Descriptors: Drug Enforcement/FBI
Teleconference/Investigation
Program Set 23: Vehicle Stops & Officer Safety (69
min.)
[2000] Although it won't replace hand-on practical
training in the safe approach of stopped vehicles, this
set from the Law Enforcement Resource Center
presents an overview of techniques and case studies to
consider, and supplement in-house training. An
instructor's guide (available through LERC -www.lerc.com) and PowerPoint presentation
accompanies the videos. The tapes in the set are:
Introduction (17 min.): which describes why an
officer needs to be especially careful when making
vehicle stops;
Unknown Risk (15 min.): which demonstrates
possible methods of approaching a stopped car;
Increased Risk (24 min.): which shows more
techniques for observing the occupants in a stopped
car and approaching it, along with a number of
scenarios of officers facing "trouble" when stopping a
vehicle; and
High Risk (13 min.): which goes over techniques
for responding officers (more than one: according to
the narration, this is not something to be approached
alone) in removing suspects from cars.
As always, compare the techniques described here
with agency policy and procedures before applying
them.
Descriptors: Traffic Stops/Self Defense
Program 24: Edged Weapon Awareness (25 min.)
In this L.E. Net tape, the officer sees what he or she
should do when confronted by a knife-brandishing
subject, the types of knives that are being used, and in
what instances deadly force is justifiable.
Descriptors: Weapons/Knives/Self-Defense
Program Set 25: Hiring the Best: Verifying an
Employment Application (59 min.)
[1995] A scenario of a medical clinic that had just
fired someone who had falsified his credentials
introduces this video of a John Reid seminar about
verifying work history. In the context of the seminar's
lecture, techniques are suggested for how to condition
an applicant to tell the truth during an interview, to
evaluate the applicant's response and "body
language", to ask "probing", "assumptive", and
"corroborative" questions, and demonstrates the
"questioning" techniques. The program concludes
with a complete interview with a deceptive applicant,
who, because of the interviewing technique,
volunteers all kinds of troubling information.
Descriptors: Interrogation/Recruitment/Body
Language/Background Investigations
Program 25: Physical Fitness: Training II (25
min.)
[circa 1987] This L.E. Net tape focuses on the
importance of healthy physical fitness practices within
the law enforcement community.
Descriptors: Physical Fitness
Program Set 26: Non-Searches (19, 24, and 22
minutes on 3 Tapes)
[2002] In this entry to the ALERT Law and Liability
series, Randy Means lectures on the three "nonsearches" (within the meaning of the Fourth
Amendment) by which evidence may be recovered:
Consensual, Abandonment, and Open Fields and
Woods. Most of the set is spent on the requirements
for, and possible methods and considerations for
obtaining consent for, "consent searches", the
conditions and limits of such a search, and the
reasonable expectation of privacy. Other topics
include conditions for "abandoned" property, and
"Open fields and woods" (entering fenced fields and
woods) and the extent of curtilage.
Descriptors: Searches/Law/Street Stops/Search and
Seizure
Program 27: Arson Investigation Techniques (30
min.)
Suggested step-by-step procedures for investigating a
fire are discussed in this L.E. Net program, as are the
most common reasons fires are started, and the
amount of circumstantial evidence necessary to
prosecute a suspected arsonist. One viewer
commented that it doesn't give enough information on
fire behavior, which will indicate whether the fire was
set. For that kind of information, look at #149, Arson
Crime Scenes or #600, Arson and Bombs POST
Telecourse.
Descriptors: Arson/Investigation
Program 28: Diabetic Emergencies (4 min.)
This supplemental tape, used in Improved Field
Sobriety training, helps officers recognize people
suffering from low- or high-blood sugar and how
blood sugar can be an explanation for erratic
behavior.
Descriptors: Diabetes/Profiling/DUI
Program Set 28: Survival Shooting Tape Set (46
min. on 3 tapes)
[2002] This three-program set from the ALERT series
briefly examines helpful shooting techniques used by
the Bill Rogers Shooting School, as taught to the
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (Florida).
Part 1: Trigger Manipulation (13 min) provides an
overview of range safety concerns, then goes on to
demonstrate some dry-fire drills: The "Out and In"
manipulation (pressing the trigger as fast as possible,
with someone else handling the slide), the "Flip and
Press" (allows for changing targets or ranges), with
range demonstrations. It concludes with a discussion
of follow-through (time between firing, and deciding
to fire again).
Part 2: Lock-up, Stance, and Grip (20 min.)
describes Lock-up/Lock Out (the importance of
allowing no recoil action, or flinching, in the arms),
Stance (This program recommends the stance the
human body would take naturally when under attack),
and the development of an effective grip (A
"fundamental, frictional grip" is demonstrated, along
with a way of determining that grip for each
individual.) Some training drills and ways of
practicing are also demonstrated.
Part 3: Real Reaction Time, Holster Presentation
and Sight Alignment (13 min.) In this segment, the
principle of Reaction Time (for shooting purposes,
average reaction time is measured in quarter-second
increments), and ideas for maximizing the number of
activities that take place during the reaction time, is
examined. A drill for developing reaction time is
demonstrated. The sight alignment method of
"bringing the gun to the eyes, instead of the eyes to
the gun" to insure accuracy is also described.
Descriptors: Handguns/Police Training/Training/Self
Defense
Program 29: Drinking and Driving: The Toll, the
Tears (58 min.)
This documentary, aired on PBS, examines actual
stories involving DUIs and their effects on the people
concerned. It consists of five short scenes, and is
ideal for information and discussion.
Descriptors: DUI/Crime Prevention
Program Set 29: Voices of September 11th [The] (3
hours, 47 min.)
[2003] This is really something, especially if you're a
dispatcher! This PSTC-produced program consists of
interviews with the dispatchers from New York,
Arlington and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia, and
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, who were working
the phones during the September 11 terrorist attack.
They describe what was going on in their dispatch
centers at the time, how they responded, things they
learned from the experience, things that have
happened to them since, how they have coped, and
how they have changed. The two-tape set is divided
into sections from 10 to 35 minutes, on topics
including "Phone calls", "Equipment Dispatched",
Skills needed", "Lessons Learned", "The Best and
Worst of the Day", "Lasting Images", "The Stress
Reaction", "Coping with the Stress", "911 Cares -Appreciation", and "Teamwork". No curriculum
accompanies the program, but, if you wanted one, you
shouldn't have any trouble coming up with something.
Descriptors:
Dispatching/Emergencies/Communication/Stress/Co
mmunications
Program Set 30: Essential Communication Skills
Tape Set [ALERT] (15, 17, 18 min.)
[2004] This 3-tape set from the ALERT series
describes why an officer needs good communication
skills, and then goes over ways to develop them.
Featured instructors include Kipper Connell, Brian
Fitch, Dennis Conroy and Dennis Andrade. Points
made include (on Part 1:) seeing the situation from the
victim's perspective, learning the customs of the
people in the neighborhood [I question some of his
conclusions, but the main point -- that everyone
deserves respectful behavior -- is useful], (on Part 2):
managing responses to surroundings, body language
and non-verbal communication, (on Part 3): assisting
someone in crisis, and ways of listening and speaking
with suspects to encourage them to confess. Two
highlights are Sgt. Connell's explanation of how he
became interested in communications training
(through a badly-delivered death notification), and
Dennis Conroy's suggestions for establishing rapport
with delusional people.
Descriptors: Mental Illness/Cultures/Communication
Program Set 31: Search Warrant Process (The)
[ALERT] (15, 14 and 18 min.)
[2004] The general process of how to request, serve,
and act on a search warrant is described in this
program from the ALERT Law and Liability series.
Attorney Randy Means talks about the elements that
should be in a search warrant, how to present the
information to an issuing authority, how to formulate
a probable cause statement, and considerations for
executing the warrant. (Officer safety issues for
warrant execution are not discussed in this program.)
As always, since things may be different on the
federal, state, or local level, compare the techniques
with agency policies and procedures before applying
them. It's a helpful basis to instruct from, however.
Descriptors: Searches/Search
Warrants/Investigation/Evidence/Search and
Seizure/Courts
Program 31: Training Narcotic Detection Dogs (1
hour, 22 min.)
[1988] Bruce Cameron, of Law and Order Magazine,
donated this 1988 program to us. While it will not,
and was never meant to, replace hands-on training,
it's an interesting and well-made description of how
to select potential narcotic detection dogs, and how to
go about training them. Unlike many law
enforcement training programs, it shows the right
way to do something, instead of talking about the
right way and then demonstrating the wrong way.
Descriptors: Dogs/Police Dogs/Drug Enforcement
Program 32: Drunk and Drugged Driving--Parts 1
and 2 (2 hours)
[circa 1988] Produced for the Northwestern
University (IL) Traffic Institute, this supplemental
tape to Improved Field Sobriety Training outlines
telltale signs of drivers under the influence of alcohol
or drugs.
Descriptors: DUI
Program Set 32: Smarter Than Your Average Teen :
A Media Literacy Curriculum for DWI &
Underaged Drinking (1 hour, 30 min.)
[2001] Although the program is probably best suited
for a middle school health class, it might come in
handy. The package includes a 9-lesson lesson plan,
handout masters, CD-ROM game, and a video, with
educators can teach teens how to interpret the
messages of advertising: liquor advertising in
particular. Using the social norms approach, the
training sessions show viewers that the advertisements
sell everything but alcohol, that drinking will not give
them the thrills the ads promise, and ways of refusing
alcohol. Although some of the conclusions about the
advertising are questionable, the main point -- that
drinking doesn't bring lasting happiness -- is clear.
Descriptors: DUI/Juveniles/Media
Program 33: Laurie Dann Critique (2 hours, 30
min.)
[circa 1989] Herbert Timm, then chief of the
Winnetka (Illinois) Police Department, discusses the
handling of the Laurie Dann shooting spree in 1988,
in this video recording his lecture. The program is
especially useful for chiefs as an example of what
happens when the unexpected takes place.
Descriptors: Criminal Behavior/Criminal
Psychology/Shootings/Emergencies
Program Set 33: Military Snipers Tape Set [The
History Channel] (45 min. per tape (2 hours, 15
min.))
[2002] Aside from the equipment, Military sniping
has little in common with law enforcement sniping, In
order to get the video "Law Enforcement Snipers"
(#870), though, we had to buy the whole "Sniper" tape
set. This set consists of the other 3 tapes in the series.
They are:
Volume 1: One Shot, One Kill, which examines how
the U.S. Marine Corps trains and deploys its snipers;
Volume 2: World's Deadliest Snipers, which
describes the activities of sniper units from the
British Royal Marines, and a group of female Russian
snipers that were active during World War II; and
Volume 3: Stalk and Kill: which describes the
history of U.S. snipers, from the American
Revolution to the present.
They have some great "war" stories, but haven't all
that much application to law enforcement training. If
you're interested in how the military snipes, though,
this set might interest you.
Descriptors: Sniping/Armed Forces
Program 34: Law Enforcement Response to
Domestic Violence (POST Telecourse) (2 hours)
[September 9, 1993] This broadcast from September
9, 1993, features panelists from the Los Angeles
County Domestic Violence Council, the Los Angeles
District Attorney's Office, and the Irvine, San
Francisco, and San Diego (California) Police
Departments. They discuss the nature of Domestic
Violence; notification, response, preliminary and
follow-up investigation, restraining orders, and victim
resources. Since the information was compiled for
California criminal justice practitioners, some of the
recommendations will have to be modified to fit with
Illinois practices and resources.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/POST Telecourse
Program Set 35: Problem Oriented Policing Set (1
hour, 39 min., on 6 videos)
[circa 1998] This series, produced by the Community
Policing Consortium, the Police Executive Research
Forum, and a number of other associations, explains
and demonstrates the principles of community
problem solving in a community policing context. It
uses a scenario of teens annoying citizens in the
neighborhood to illustrate the SARA Method (Scan,
Analyze, Respond, Assess) of problem solving. The
segments include:
1.) Introduction to Problem Solving (10 min.), which
explains the problem-solving process for crime
prevention, and the elements of SARA.
2.) Scanning and Analysis: Problem Solving (16
min.), which lays out the teen problem, and
demonstrates how to integrate the community into the
scanning and analysis process.
3.) Response and Assessment: Problem Solving (16
min.), which describes how to implement a response,
how to recognize if the response is working, and how
to avoid impediments in developing an attainable
goal.
4.) Community Collaboration (19 min.), which
describes some ways officers can encourage the
cooperation and involvement of the affected citizens,
including uncooperative ones (the "Tate" Family is a
clever bit.). Techniques for managing a meeting are
also described.
5.) Supervising Problem Solving (23 min.), which
examines the importance of a police supervisor's
making clear to his officers the expectations for
implementing the problem-solving model, and how to
make sure they are meeting them. (Some of the
coaching techniques to encourage officers to
problem-solve are useful.)
6.) Impediments to Problem Solving (15 min.), which
features a panel of officers and researchers, who
discuss the various objections to using the problem
solving model (from officers and supervisors!), and
how to overcome them.
An instructor manuals are included with each video.
Descriptors: Community Policing/Problem Oriented
Policing/Police Management/Crime
Prevention/CPTED/Planning/Communities/Supervisi
on
Program Set 36: Silent War, 2d edition (3 hours, 50
min.)
[2002 and 2005] This updated and expanded version
of Silent War (Set 13) adds information on a variety
of new communicable diseases and biological
hazards, as well as liability and confidentiality
concerns, and protective equipment. Student projects,
which appear in the student workbooks (which may
be purchased separately) are integrated into the
presentation. The set consists of:
Tape 1 – Understanding Infection Control (45 min.)
which describes the types of first responders who may
be exposed to infectious illnesses, the three types of
Hepatitis, other diseases of concern, including AIDS,
Ebola, Tuberculosis; diseases that can be used as
biological weapons, criteria for effective (and
defensible) communicable disease training and
record-keeping, other people who might be exposed to
the illnesses, legal obligations associated with
infection control and emergency response, and
common transmission methods of the primary
communicable diseases. [At the beginning of this tape
is a short segment in which the host is telling how
important the topic is. Apparently it was recorded in
multi-track stereo, because I could only get the
background music to play on my monophonic TV.
It's the only part of the set that appears to have this
problem, though. SLC]
Tape 2 – WMD's Biological Weapons: The Real
Threat (36 min.) which discusses the transmission
methods and symptoms of Anthrax, Smallpox,
Botulism, Pneumonic (a.k.a. Bubonic) Plague, and
Tularemia. It also describes what first responders can
do to prepare for such conditions, and methods for
developing standard operating procedures.
Tape 3 – How to Stay Healthy and Survive (44
min.) Although the episode begins by highlighting the
importance of physical fitness, much of the program
focuses on the benefits and components of appropriate
vaccinations, and the importance of using personal
protective equipment appropriate to one's duties,
including gloves, face protection, and body
protection.
Tape 4 – Pre-Arrival and On-Scene Infection
Control (45 min.) which emphasizes the importance
of infection control and body substance isolation, and
the prudence of "dressing" (wearing the appropriate
protective equipment) when responding to a scene. It
concludes with a reminder to dress safely when
cleaning up the scene, as well.
Tape 5 –Post-Emergency Infection Control (35
min.) Decontamination and disinfecting principles,
for equipment and personnel, and inexpensive or
make-do methods of doing it, are described.
Tape 6 – Exposure, Follow Up and Confidentiality
(25 min.) The importance of documenting any
exposures to body substances at scenes, in the event a
transmission takes place, is emphasized. The testing
procedures for some transmitted diseases are
described. The experiences of first responders who
contracted (or were rumored to have contracted)
illnesses, and their difficulties in getting workman's
compensation conclude the program.
Student workbook are available for $17.95 (the
price I was quoted in September 2006) from Fire
Protection Publications at Oklahoma State University
(call 1-800-654-4055, or visit
http://www.emergencyworld.com/silent_war.html for
assistance). As always, compare the techniques with
agency policies and procedures before applying them.
Descriptors: Diseases/Safety/WMDs/BLoodborne
pathogens
Program 38: What Works: Research and the Police
(29 min.)
[1986] Another Crime File program, about three
experiments with police work, including the Kansas
City Preventive Patrol study. It is especially useful as
an aid to planning in-house research studies.
Descriptors: Research/Crime File
Series/Research/Crime Prevention
Program 39: Brain Power (12 min.)
[circa 1985] This short program is intended as a leadin to a meeting or training session. It reviews how
one perceives events, and how such perceptions may
differ from person to person.
Descriptors: Perceptions
Program Set 39: How to Be a Better Trainer (3
hours, 3 min., on 3 tapes)
[circa 1992] This 3-tape Careertrack program from
CareerTrack, donated by Lt. Robert Rubel (Evanston
Police Dept., Ret.). In it, instructor Helen Sutton
gives a small in-studio audience tips and techniques
for leading a training session. Some of the advice is
obvious (be on time, be familiar with your material,
make sure the equipment works), some of it is dated
(the applications of videotape and overhead
projectors may have seen its day), but some continues
to be relevant (how to keep a group of adults involved
in the training, and how to handle troublesome
students). The educational experience might have be
enhanced if the program's workbook were available,
but he session can still be of value to viewers who
have had little to no experience as a trainer.
Descriptors: Training/Communication
Program 40: Holdup Alarm Response (29 min.)
[circa 1989] Sgt. William Fitzgerald of the Alton (IL)
Police Dept. and the L.E. Net commentators outline
and discuss procedures to follow when responding to
a holdup alarm that will help insure officer survival.
The focus is on bank alarms. Also included on the
program is comment on the legality of sobriety
checkpoints (which is likely to be outdated).
Descriptors: Stores/Checkpoints/Robbery/Alarms
Program Set 40: Proofreading and Editing Skills (3
hours, 4 minutes, on 3 tapes)
[circa 1992] This three-tape Careertrack program,
donated by Lt. Robert Rubel (Evanston Police Dept.,
Ret.). Instructors Debra Smith and Helen Sutton
give a pleasant, if somewhat saccharine, session to a
small appreciative audience, but, ultimately, they are
able to make what ought to be a dull topic into an
informative and relaxant presentation. Some of the
suggestions for proofreading techniques, or editing
principles might not work well in a law enforcement
context, but the section on correct grammar and
appropriate punctuation, both of which are essential
for conveying ideas clearly, is applicable in any
context. References to the accompanying workbook
are frequently made, but viewers can understand how
to act on the instructors' discussion quilts well without
one. Tape 1 covers the
Descriptors: Writing/Public
Relations/Communication
Program 41: DNA Investigation Techniques (21
min.)
[circa 1989] In this program, the L.E. Net
commentators describe DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid-the material that transfers genetic characteristics),
and discuss the (then) growing acceptance of DNA
evidence in the courts, as well as the legal
implications of DNA identification. The crime lab of
the Los Angeles Police Dept. also demonstrates how
it prepares samples for DNA analysis. We've had
some complaints that the program is outdated, but so
far we've seen nothing better. In fact, we've seen
nothing else at all on the subject.
Descriptors: DNA
Program 44: Science of Murder (The) (1 hour)
[circa 1988] This program, from the popular PBS
series Nova, examines the ways police look for clues
in homicides, the issues surrounding gun control, and
why people commit murder. Live footage of an
autopsy is also included.
Descriptors: Investigation/Homicide/Autopsies/Gun
Control/Nova Series
Program 45: Deadly Force (29 min.)
[1986] Produced in 1986, the panelists on this Crime
File tape discuss case studies of officers across the
country who have been forced to make deadly force
decisions, and they talk about the related policies of
various state and local law enforcement agencies.
Descriptors: Crime File Series/Deadly
Force/Research
Program 46: Street People (29 min.)
[circa 1988] The panelists in this Crime File program
talk about actual and ideal policies for police handling
of the various types of homeless people (Note: the
topics of homeless families, or of Vietnam veterans,
as one of the viewers has pointed out, are not brought
up).
Descriptors: Homeless/Mental Illness/Crime File
Series/Research
Program 47: Domestic Violence (29 min.)
[1986] This Crime File tape focuses on the
Minneapolis (MN) experiment which tested the rate
of repeat violence among arrested offenders in
domestic disputes. The panelists discuss the study's
validity and the possibility of implementing the policy
elsewhere.
Descriptors: Crime File Series/Domestic
Violence/Research
Program 48: Search and Seizure (29 min.)
[1986] This Crime File program consists of short
scenes involving police searches and seizures, with
comment from the panelists on the legality of the
police's action. The tape was produced in 1986, so
some of the analysis may be dated, but the tape is
especially good for discussion and explanation of
department searching policy.
Descriptors: Searches/Research/Crime File
Series/Search and Seizure
Program 49: Handcuffing: Procedures and Liability
(26 min.)
[1989] This L.E. Net program first demonstrates the
proper technique for speedcuffing, then the
commentators discuss possible liabilities departments
may face relating to the use of handcuffs.
(Remember, this was recorded in the late 1980s, so
speak with your agency's counsel about current
handcuff-related liabilities.)
Descriptors: Handcuffing/Liability
Program 50: Second Chance vs. Magnum Force
(118 min.)
[1988] While this film is in some ways a 2-hour
advertisement for Second Chance Body Armor, it
does remind the viewer to wear his or her armor,
because an officer never knows when somebody is
going to open fire. As Rich Davis says at one point,
rather than slickness, they went for honesty. The
result is an amateurish but informative (and
amusing!) potpourri of interviews with survivors of
shooting incidents, recreations of those incidents,
examinations of the penetrating capabilities of
various types of magnum bullets, as well as some
knives, and comic relief sequences of how various
groups perceive the American Law Enforcement
Officer. The episode with Godzilla is particularly
entertaining.
Descriptors: Comic Relief/Shootings/Body
Armor/Knives/Ammunition/Street Stops/Survival
Program 52: Handgun Retention (30 min.)
[circa 1989] L.E. Net's Paul Farmer and trainer Bruce
Siddle discuss the types of holsters presently
available and how easily a suspect can disarm an
officer. With the help of staged scenarios, visual cues
for recognizing a possible attack, as well as some
techniques for regaining the taken handgun, are also
demonstrated.
Descriptors: Handguns/Weapon Retention/Survival
/Handgun Retention
Program 53: Fatal Addiction (56 min.)
[1989] This program features the controversial
interview with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy,
conducted by psychologist Dr. James Dobson, a few
hours before Bundy's execution, in which he partially
attributes his descent into crime to pornography. Dr.
Dobson first relates the circumstances surrounding
the interview, then the actual interview is shown
(about 30 min.), and the tape concludes with Dobson's
discussion of media reaction to this interview, and
why people can commit the crimes Bundy committed.
By the way, The Attorney General's Commission on
Pornography; Final Report and research articles from
the FBI's study of serial murderers are mentioned in
the course of the program, and are available for
reference at the NEMRT Instructors' Library.
Descriptors: Serial Crimes/Criminal
Behavior/Pornography/Criminal Psychology/Body
Language/Interviews
Program 54: DWI--It's Your Choice (35 min.)
[circa 1989] The program used in Monroe Co., New
York, to convince young people not to drink and
drive, is now available to the rest of the country.
Dave Diegert of the Monroe Co. Medical Examiner's
Office, gives the presentation (filmed before a live
audience of high school students), which presents
statistics about DWI, information about alcoholinduced comas, along with graphic video slides of
actual DWI-related accidents and victims. How a
body is "processed" at the Medical Examiner's Office
is also shown. Not for the squeamish.
Descriptors: DUI/Crime Prevention
Program 55: Law Enforcement--Handicapped
Parking Training (26 min.)
[circa 1989] The Illinois Handicapped Assistance
Program (IHAP) produced this tape, which discusses
the laws relating to disabled parking in Illinois. First,
Marty Olligers gives the history of the law in Illinois,
then he and Doug Tomson go over the statutes
themselves and what they mean to law enforcement
officers. Fines, required signage, enrollment forms,
how police can enforce these laws, and the rights of
the disabled and business owners are examined in
some detail. This program was produced on a
virtually non-existent budget, and, sad to say, looks it.
The information presented, however, is important, and
the tape is informative enough to merit attention.
Descriptors: Handicapped Parking/Disabled
Program 57: Hot Pursuit: Is it Worth the Risk? (11
min.)
[April 26-28, 1989] WMAQ-TV (Chicago) produced
this Unit 5 Investigative Report, which aired on the
10:00 pm News on April 26-28, 1989 (WMAQ also,
very kindly, provided this copy for the Training
Collection). Reporter Peter Karl talks about people
killed during police pursuits, police department
policies regarding high speed pursuits, and other ways
of apprehending fleeing suspects.
Descriptors: Pursuit
Program 58: Deadly Distinction (The) (13 min.)
[circa 1989] The distinction is between automatic and
semi-automatic weapons, and assault weapons. This
tape, distributed by Handgun Control, Inc., uses
interviews with law enforcement personnel,
newspaper articles, and firing range demonstrations to
show the weapons' capabilities.
Descriptors: Weapons/Firearms/Handguns
Program 60: Defensive Tactics with Chemical
Aerosol Sprays (39 min.)
[circa 1989] This program does not, in any way,
replace hands-on training with experienced
instructors. It does give viewers an overview of the
kinds of chemical aerosol sprays available, how and
when to use them, and liability issues related to these
sprays. Oleoresin capsicum ends up being the
recommended spray.
Descriptors: Pepper Spray/Self-Defense/Chemical
Agents
Program 61: Felony Stop Procedure/Drug Profiling
Update (24 min.)
[circa 1989] L.E. Net's Don Marsh first discuses the
significance of the (then) recent Supreme Court
decision regarding the use of drug courier profiles,
plus suggestions for recognizing a typical ground
courier (one who transports drugs in a car), and
places where drugs may be stashed. Then, officers
demonstrate how to conduct a day or night felony
street stop.
Descriptors: Drug Enforcement/Street Stops
Program 62: Awareness for Initial Response to
Hazardous Materials Incidents (18 min.)
[circa 1989] This program, which is also used with
many of NEMRT's Hazardous Materials-related
courses, shows the required signage for carriers of
hazardous materials, and what to do as a first
respondent to an accident involving hazardous
materials.
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials/Emergencies
Program 67: Safety Belts: For Dummies or People /
Game of Your Life (The) (26 min.)
[circa 1988] General Motors is supposed to have
given copies of this program to all the schools in the
United States. In general, it is most appropriate for
an elementary to junior high school audience. Safety
Belts: For Dummies or People, which is about
wearing a seat belt while riding in a car, is so cute
that anyone can see it as an effective reminder to
buckle up (Larry and Vince, the auto test dummies,
are featured). The Game of Your Life is about the
effect alcohol has on driving ability, and why one
should not drink and drive.
Descriptors: Seat Belts/DUI
Program 68: Simulated Grade Crossing Incident (A)
(2 min.)
[circa 1989] This very short program shows what a
freight train can do to a car when given the chance.
Descriptors: Trains/Railroad Crossings
Program 69: Domestic Violence Response (29 min.)
[circa 1989] This L.E. NET program examines the
Savannah, Georgia, Protocol for handling domestic
disturbance calls. The Protocol emphasizes the
making of an arrest and actually seeing the case
prosecuted. {Compare with NEMRT 47, "Domestic
Violence", which discusses the reason for this policy}
The program gives the step-by-step procedure, and the
L.E. NET legal consultant John Livingston discusses
the protocol's implications.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Research
Program 70: Interviews and Interrogations (FBI
Teleconference) (2 hours, 30 min.)
[circa 1989] This FBI Teleconference goes over the
fundamentals of interviewing (featuring journalist
Diane Sawyer) techniques of interrogation (with Ron
Hilley), techniques of personnel interviewing, and
whether interviewing ability can be taught.
Descriptors: Interrogation/Interviews/FBI
Teleconference
Program 71: Inmate Management (The Correction
Officer Series) (20 min.)
[circa 1989] This program gives general information
on how to get along with inmates, from a human
relations standpoint. It's an adequate introduction or
reminder for corrections officers about how an officer
should behave around inmates.
Descriptors: Inmate
Management/Corrections/Communication/Comportm
ent
Program 72: Assault on Officers--Tactical Mistakes
(The Corrections Officer Series) (18 min.)
Actual incidents of assaults on officers are reenacted
to show situations in which assaults can occur. The
narration then explains how an officer can avoid
putting him- or herself in that potentially deadly
position. Though specifically for corrections officers,
the program is appropriate for any officers who
handle prisoners. It's quite informative, and reminds
viewers to follow agency procedures.
Descriptors: Self-Defense/Corrections/Prisoners
Program 73: Decision Exercises (The Corrections
Officer Series) (24 min.)
This is a good supplemental tape, for the discussion of
inmate relations and departmental policy. Twentyone short, open-ended scenarios, of fairly common
incidents are presented. The viewers then have to
decide what they would do in the same situation. The
tape is also useful discussing departmental "dos and
don'ts".
Descriptors: DecisionMaking/Corrections/Prisoners/Communication/Manag
ement
Program 74: Hot Pursuit (16 min.)
[1980] While most appropriate for those responsible
for a department's pursuit policy, the program, from a
1980 episode of 60 Minutes, is informative for any
police personnel who might be involved in a chase.
The program includes an overview of the drivers'
training available from the National Academy of
Police Driving, interviews with victims of crashes
resulting from police pursuits, and a consideration of
limits to the use of hot pursuit. (Compare with #57,
"Hot Pursuit: Is it Worth the Risk?")
Descriptors: Pursuit
Program 75: Courtroom Performance (30 min.)
[circa 1980] This program shows officers how to give
the best testimony possible in court. It features
suburban Chicago officers, and has been useful to a
number of departments.
Descriptors: Testifying
Program 76: Gang Unit Management (17 min.)
[1988] According to the tape's prospectus, the
program covers "law enforcement 'tactical' approach
to determine your gang problem. Details on how to
set up a unit as small as one man. Gang investigation
techniques to gather information, catalogue and
update files, who to train and how to deploy.
Contains 'actual' tactical sweeps and methods to
maximize field interviews."
Descriptors: Gangs/Management/Investigation
Program 80: Critical Incident Response; Sioux City
Airline Disaster (32 min.)
[circa 1990] This L.E. NET tape shows the need for
current departmental disaster plans, using the Sioux
City Police and Sheriff's departments' response to the
July 19, 1989, DC-10 crash as an example. Chief G.
Donovan, Sheriff L. Miller, and other department
members talk about their part in the efforts. Captain
B. Henry of the Illinois State Police, and Chief W.
Pierce of Highland, IL, are also featured, and talk
about the need for disaster plans. The program
concludes with a discussion of Post-Critical Incident
Trauma in law enforcement personnel. (By the way,
the NEMRT Instructors' library has a number of
books relating to disaster preparedness, if a
department is considering updating its policy.)
Descriptors: Emergencies/Planning
Program 81: ASP Tactical Baton (19 min.)
This Coast Guard-produced program gives an
overview of the Intermediate Force Expandable Baton
that the Guard has adopted. Included is some of the
baton's history, the levels of force appropriate to
subject control, the advantages of using the
expandable baton, plus the training process for using
it (or just about any other impact weapon, for that
matter). The program concludes with a brief
demonstration of the baton's abilities in actual use.
Good for any agency considering a change in the
weapons it uses. For something more detailed, see
ASP Tactical Baton Video Training Manual (#279)
Descriptors: Batons/Police Training
Program 82: Survival Under Stress (31 min.)
The title is misleading: this L.E. Net tape actually
examines research findings indicating that law
enforcement personnel don't use their firearm and
baton training in life-threatening situations. Research
conducted by Sgt. Harland Westmoreland (Euless,
TX, Police Dept.) seems to show that officers react
instinctively under stress, rather than the way they
were trained, and L.E. Net's director of training
(Bruce Siddle) talks about what these findings can
mean to law enforcement trainers. Aubry Futrell,
speed shooting champion in Louisiana, gives
suggestions on how to improve drawing speed
(compare with # 52, Handgun Retention) and on baton
usage. The program concludes with a brief discussion
of the legal ramifications of the Westmoreland
findings, as reflected through Canton, Ohio v. Harris.
Descriptors: Batons/Self-Defense/Police
Training/Handgun Retention
Program 83: Handling Domestic Violence (FBI
Teleconference) (3 Hours)
[April 12, 1989] On this program, recorded April 12,
1989, the panelists talk about what can be done to
stop or reduce domestic violence, what the police
response should be, law enforcement's role in
mediating and counseling, and recidivism.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Domestic Violence
Program 84: Handling Critical Incidents and
Hazardous Materials (FBI Teleconference) (3
Hours)
[August 8, 1989] Topics of this program, recorded
August 8, 1989, include the role of the initially
responding law enforcement personnel, the Fire
Department perspective of an initial response, and the
EPA's perspective of the hazardous or toxic waste
problem.
Descriptors: Emergencies/FBI
Teleconference/Hazardous Materials
Program 85: Legal Issues and Management (FBI
Teleconference) (3 Hours)
[October 11, 1989] Recorded October 11, 1989, the
panelists of this teleconference talk about the court
definition of searches used in the 4th Amendment and
its effects on traditional procedures, Constitutionallybased employment rights, and legal considerations for
law enforcement physical fitness standards.
Descriptors: Physical
Fitness/Liability/Employment/Management/Searches/
FBI Teleconference
Program 87: Illinois Mandatory Insurance Law (8
min.)
[1990] Produced by the Chicago Police Department,
this short program gives the highlights of the
Mandatory Insurance Law, which went into effect
January 1, 1990.
Descriptors: Insurance
Program 88: California Earthquake Response (31
min.)
[circa 1990] An L.E. Net crew went out to California
several weeks after the October 17, 1989, Earthquake,
and talked to officers of the various police
departments about how they handled local aspects of
the disaster. In Oakland, the department's response to
the Cypress Freeway Disaster, its media coverage,
and the Presidential visit, are discussed. In Santa
Cruz, the topics relate to how well that department's
disaster plan worked; and in Watsonville, officers talk
about disaster response from a small department and
media relations. The tapes concludes with tips on
planning for disasters.
Descriptors: Emergencies/Planning/Media Relations
Program 89: Choir Practice; Parts 1 and 2 (52
min.)
[1989] Ed Donovan, police stress pioneer, approaches
the topic of officer alcoholism in this two part video.
Part 1, "Alcoholism the Disease" (25 min.)
features some discussion from a group of experts on
alcoholism and police management, a (very
interesting) group discussion with five police officers
about the effect of their alcohol problem on their
work, and an interview with the widow of an officer
whose failure to acknowledge his problem brought
him to murder and suicide.
In Part 2, "Recovery" (27 min.), police managers
talk about available recovery programs, and the five
officers from the first part talk about what their own
recoveries were like. The upshot of the whole
program is that police officers really can become
alcoholics, and that they will need help; but that help
is available and they can eventually recover. (A
viewing note: at NEMRT, we found that the program
is more effective if a break or something is scheduled
between the Parts. A break gives viewers a chance to
think about the stories from Part 1, and are better able
to relate them to Part 2).
Descriptors: Alcohol/Comportment/Drug
Abuse/Suicide/Police Families
Program 90: Control Procedures for Passive
Demonstration (31 min.)
Bruce Siddle, L.E. Net's training director, discusses
and demonstrates basic pain compliance control
tactics for use in non-violent situations. The
Gooseneck Wrist Lock is the preferred method, with
pressure point techniques as an alternative. Legal
rights of the officers, the protesters, and the
complainants are also considered, as well as reportwriting recommendations.
Descriptors: Civil Disobedience/Crowd
Control/Control Tactics
Program 92: POST Satellite Broadcast -- November
1989 (2 hours)
[1989] This tape (and other POST Satellite
Broadcasts) feature a number of training programs
California law enforcement agencies have produced
for their own use. The Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training (Sacramento, CA) distributes
then to other agencies through these satellite
broadcasts. This month's programs are:
Explosives and Firearms Update (7 min.),
designed to make law enforcement trainers aware of
improvised explosive devices.
*" The K-9s Are Here" (14 min.), which uses a
dramatization of a fatal building search in which
sound safety practices and a police dog would have
saved the situation.
Assault Weapons [California Attorney General's
Office] (8 min.), which demonstrates the capabilities
of various semi-automatic assault weapons.
Weapon Retention [Los Angeles Police Dept.] (9
min.), which recreates incidents in which officers
were disarmed. Suggestions for how to avoid having
one's weapon taken are included.
Seat Belts [Los Angeles Police Dept.] (4 min.):
Four officers tell how they survived major traffic
accidents.
*It Can Happen [California Highway Patrol] (14
min.): This tearjerker shows how even non-drinking
teens can be killed in DUI accidents. It features
reminiscences of a 15-year-old girl's family and
friends, and the narrative of the boy who was driving
the vehicle in which she was killed, which he is
delivering to a classroom of other teens. This
program should be very useful to school liaison
officers, or others responsible for teen DUI training.
*Revolver Cleaning [California Highway Patrol]
(20 min.), which reviews recommended cleaning
procedures. It also shows what can happen when
revolvers are not cleaned properly. (The copy of this
program that is available separately also includes
Revolver Inspection [California Highway Patrol] (17
min.), which reviews the revolver inspection
procedures taught in CHP weapons training classes.
This program seems most appropriate for actual
weapons inspectors, but the information of what to
look for in a firearm would be handy for officers to
know, too.)
Search Techniques [Los Angeles Police Dept.] (8
min.), which reviews approved (for California) search
techniques, with an emphasis on the Full Prone and
the Felony Kneeling methods.
Police Corruption [Los Angeles Police Dept.] (24
min.). Brad Fisher, one of the "Hollywood Burglars",
tells in this interview why he "went wrong".
(*Available Separately)
Descriptors: Bombs/Police Dogs/Weapon Retention
/Firearms/Searches/Police Corruption/DUI
Program 93: POST Satellite Broadcast -- January
1990 (2 hours)
[January 1990] This month's program features:
*Clandestine Laboratories--Kitchens of Death (30
min.), which introduces viewers to methamphetamine
labs, their hazards, locations, and booby traps
associated with these labs. A number of "war stories"
from officers with first-hand experience with these
labs are also included. (Also available separately as
Tape 98)
Submitting Readable Fingerprint Impressions (16
min.): the program shows how to make usable
fingerprints, with an emphasis on the needs of
automated fingerprint identification systems. (This,
and the next three programs, appear to have some
cross-channel interference, which is a little irritating,
though by no means fatal to the program)
Prevention of Metals Thefts (22 min.): Much of
the program focuses on why theft of aluminum and
copper, in various forms, should be prevented. When
the metal is stolen and what the thieves are like is
emphasized.
Courtroom Preparation [San José Police Dept.]
13 min.: This program features 5 double scenes on
giving testimony in court (part 1 will show how not to
do it, and part 2 corrects the problem). The tape was
designed for use in classroom situations, and has
places where it should be stopped for discussion.
Health and Fitness [Los Angeles Police Dept.]
(23 min.): The title says it all. The program features
a lot of demonstrations and useful information about
diet, exercise, stretching, and avoiding back
problems.
Opiate Intoxication--Heroin [San Diego Sheriff's
Dept.] (5 min.), which demonstrates how to check for
it.
Descriptors: Methamphetamine/Hazardous
Materials/Drug Enforcement/Metals
Theft/Fingerprinting/Testifying/Physical Fitness/Drug
Abuse/Hazardous Materials
Program 98: Clandestine Laboratories--Kitchens of
Death (30 min.)
[circa 1988] The program, produced in the late 1980s
by the California Attorney General's Office,
introduces viewers to methamphetamine labs, their
hazards, locations, and booby traps associated with
these labs. The tape consists of three short segments,
and thus may seem repetitive, but the viewer doesn't
forget the information, either. In addition, a number
of "war stories" from officers with first-hand
experience with these labs are also included. One
drawback to the presentation, however, is that the lab
setups don't look as portable or as "makeshift" as the
ones an officer is now likely to encounter in the field.
The war stories are still interesting, though.
Descriptors: Methamphetamine/Drug
Enforcement/Hazardous Materials
Program 99: Clandestine Laboratories--Kitchens of
Death (Public Version) (15 min.)
[circa 1988] This condensed version of Tape 98,
which gives an overview of methamphetamine labs,
is designed for showing to crime prevention groups
and such so they can watch for such things.One
drawback to the presentation, however, is that the lab
setups don't look as portable or as "makeshift" as the
ones people are now likely to encounter in the field.
The dangers of the chemicals involved don't seem to
have changed, though.
Descriptors: Methamphetamine/Drug
Enforcement/Crime Prevention/Hazardous Materials
Program 100: Police Service Dog Training (24
min.)
This L.E. Net program gives basic information on the
advantages of using dogs in police settings by
examining The Nebraska State Patrol's success with
its new K-9 unit. The advantages of the West German
dog-training method are discussed, and
demonstrations of the dogs' muzzle-fighting and
biting are included.
Descriptors: Police Dogs
Program 101: America's Best Kept Secret; A Look at
Modern Day Satanism (57 min.)
This video documentary examines the increase of
devil worship in the United States. While not graphic,
the descriptions of activities are explicit, so groups
viewing it should be selected with care.
Descriptors: Occultism
Program JOB 101: How to Conduct Cell Searches
(15 min.)
After viewing this tape, officers should be able to list
the five rules for an effective cell search, list the 11
points to remember when conducting a cell search,
define contraband, and explain the benefits of a
systematic cell search.
Descriptors: Searches/Corrections
Program 102: Don't Give a Thief a Free Ride;
Preventing Auto Theft (13 min.)
This program, produced by the same company that
made #78 ("Preventing Home Burglary"), covers the
topics of why cars are stolen, basic theft deterrents,
safer places to park, and car security measures. The
information is pretty basic for a police officer, but the
tape would make a good show for a neighborhood
watch meeting or the like.
Descriptors: Vehicle Theft/Crime Prevention
Program JOB 102A: Principles of Report Writing
(12 min.)
This program explains the purposes of accurate and
timely reports, describe what must be documented in
a written report and why these activities must be
documented, and lists the influences that may distort
an officer's perceptions.
Descriptors: Corrections/Report Writing
Program JOB 102B: Techniques of Report Writing
(11 min.)
After viewing this videotape, jail officers will be able
to explain why it is important to take accurate notes
about all unusual incidents, describe techniques and
pitfalls of report writing and traditional report writing
questions, and explain how to review and critique a
report for accuracy.
Descriptors: Corrections/Report Writing
Program JOB 103: Fire Safety (8 min.)
After viewing this program, officers should be able to
1.) describe how fires begin and identify types of
fuels present in jails, 2.) Identify problem areas for
fires and explain how to control each problem, 3.)
List some pieces of equipment that every jail needs to
prevent and fight fires, 4.) List three high-risk areas
for fires in jails, and 5.) describe the procedures that
should be followed when a fire breaks out.
Descriptors: Corrections/Fires/Safety
Program 103: Operations Cooperation (15 min.)
This program, produced by the American Society for
Industrial Security, is good for police managers: it
points out the advantages of working with private
security to provide better crime prevention and law
enforcement for the whole community. The
associations that police and security professionals in
the Manhattan area formed are discussed as an
example of what can great things can be
accomplished when the two groups do work together.
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/Security/Cooperation
Program JOB 104: Effective Interpersonal
Communications (10 min.)
This program shows officers why it is necessary to
become proficient in interpersonal communications,
three non-verbal techniques that can improve
communication with inmates, three ways an inmate's
words or behavior can give cues to the inmate's
thoughts, and gives two examples of effective,
positive ways to respond to inmate requests, or to
make demands of inmates.
Descriptors: Corrections/Communication/Inmate
Management
Program 104: Jail Suicides and other Lockup
Liabilities (30 min.)
In this L.E.Net program, the suicide- and assaultresistance of the Monroe Co. (Illinois) Jail's design is
discussed. The Chief Prison Official of the Northern
Territories of Australia, Desmond Morrison,
describes their Forced Cell Extraction technique
while the technique is being demonstrated. Then,
Darrell Ross, of Ferris State University (Michigan),
tells how to recognize potentially suicidal prisoners
(and what to do about them), and first aid procedures
for suicide attempters are examined. Finally, liability
relating to jail injuries, as well as a helpful precedent
relating to search and seizure after an arrest, is
reviewed.
Descriptors: Corrections/Suicide/Liability/Inmate
Management
Program 105: Cults and Gangs (FBI
Teleconference) (3 hours)
This program gives an overview on the subjects of
street gangs and their involvement in drug trafficking,
member recruitment, recruitment in cults, cults
involved in the occult, and the relationship between
them all. It's more cult-y than gang-y.
Descriptors: Occultism/ Gangs/FBI Teleconference
Program JOB 105: Inmate Disciplinary Principles
(8 min.)
After viewing this tape, officers should be able to
explain the difference between positive and negative
discipline and give examples of when to use each;
explain why inmates should be disciplined in private,
the goal of the disciplinary process, the three levels of
discipline, and an inmate's constitutional rights in
disciplinary review board cases.
Descriptors: Corrections/Inmate
Management/Discipline
Program JOB 106: Inmate Classification
Procedures (8 min.)
This program instructs officers in the importance of
classification in jail operations, the benefits of an
effective classification program, the types of
information that are used in making classification
decisions, the three most common types of custody
classification, and the difference between
administrative segregation and disciplinary
segregation.
Descriptors: Corrections/Inmate Management
Program JOB 107: Basic Security Principles (9
min.)
Officers are shown how to identify jail areas that must
be searched to detect and prevent security breaches,
the importance of communications, chain of
command, mood changes in inmates, and how keys,
tools, firearms, logbooks, and meals can present
security risks.
Descriptors: Corrections/Security
Program JOB 108: Inmates with Special Needs (12
min.)
The program presents eight specific behavior patterns
which may indicate that an inmate suffers from
mental illness, explains how to deal with inmates who
are mentally ill, mentally retarded, disabled, elderly,
or drug-addicted; explains why officers must prepare
well-documented, written reports about behavior
problems, and why officers should not attempt to
diagnose medical or behavioral problems of inmates.
Descriptors: Corrections/Mental Illness/Drug
Abuse/Elderly/Disabled/Developmental
Disabilities/Inmate Management
Program 109: Auto Theft Awareness for the Patrol
Officer (28 min.)
Viewers of this L.E.Net tape learn "what the patrol
officer can do in the fight against car theft", as the
introductory material says. Included are segments on
the tools used to break into and steal cars, suspicious
behavior, how chop shops operate, how documents
relating to cars are forged, cars most likely to be
stolen, and where most auto thefts in the United
States take place. Also included is a brief segment on
the Illinois Secretary of State Police Auto Theft
Force.
Descriptors: Vehicle Theft/Criminal Investigation
Program JOB 109: Infectious Diseases in the Jail
(9 min.)
[circa 1990] The focus of this tape is primarily AIDS
awareness: after viewing it, officers should be able to
define AIDS and describe its symptoms and how it is
transmitted; precautions to help avoid contamination,
especially while conducting cell, body, pat-down and
clothing searches; and explain how to clean
contaminated areas.
Descriptors: AIDS/Corrections/Diseases/Body
Searches/Searches
Program JOB 110: Inmate Transportation (9 min.)
Topics discussed in this program include the proper
use of three types of restraints commonly used in
transporting inmates, the proper procedures to follow
when preparing an inmate for transport, the proper
procedures to follow when transporting inmates by
car and on commercial aircraft, and the procedures to
follow when escorting an inmate on foot.
Descriptors: Transportation (Inmates)/Corrections
Program 110: Kids and Guns; A Deadly
Combination (17 min.)
This video is the one that accompanies the "Kids +
Guns: A Deadly Equation" handgun safety
curriculum developed by the Youth Crime Watch of
Dade Co., Florida, and the Center to Prevent
Handgun Violence. It is most appropriate for school
liaison officers considering the implementation of
some sort of handgun injury prevention program in
his or her area, or for showing to parent/teacher or
student groups. Teens who have been shot (for the
most part accidentally) and are now disabled, a boy
who accidentally shot his father, and the family of a
boy who was accidentally shot and killed talk about
their ordeal. A group of teens also discuss the false
glamour of handguns.
Descriptors: Firearms/Handguns/Juveniles
Program JOB 111: Inmate Grievance Procedure
(10 min.)
This program helps jail officers define an inmate
grievance procedure, explain why a formal grievance
procedure for inmates is not a threat to the authority
of line officers, why line officers must make an effort
to resolve inmate grievances informally, areas that are
appropriate, and areas that are inappropriate, for the
submission of formal grievances, and why a separate
grievance process is necessary for emergency issues
of health and safety.
Descriptors: Corrections/Grievance Procedure/Inmate
Management
Program 111: POST Satellite Broadcast -- April
1990 (2 hours)
[April 17, 1990] This broadcast, taped April 17, 1990,
includes the following segments:
Officer-Involved Shooting [Arizona Dept. of
Public Safety/June 1989] (11 min.) The program is
good for all areas of law enforcement, and especially
dispatchers. An incident, in which an Arizona officer
was shot to death at 9:00 am June 28, 1988, during a
traffic stop, is reenacted and examined. Both the
officer and the dispatchers made several procedural
errors, and how small, careless mistakes can lead to a
fatal situation is the upshot of the program.
CAGE/CAL-ID/CCI [California Dept. of
Justice/December 1987] (17 min.) As such, the
program is not appropriate to Illinois law enforcement
personnel: it talks about the services the California
Dept. of Justice has to offer to local police agencies.
For departments interested in seeing what kind of
officer support is available elsewhere in the country,
or interested in high-tech developments, the program
is just the thing. Topics discussed are the
Department's "Computer assisted graphic evidence
system (CAGE)", the "California Identification
System (CAL-ID)", and the California Criminalistics
Institute (CCI).
The Safety Zone [Austin (TX) Police Dept./1989]
(9 min.) This program is about safety procedures
when working around a helicopter, plus a little on
patient loading procedures.
The New Ice Age (Part I) [Alameda County (CA)
Dist. Atty/October 1989] (10 min.) This "talky"
program discusses how law enforcement first learned
about the crystallized form of methamphetamine
(known as "ice" or "glass"), and its characteristics.
The program is kind of dry, but if you're interested in
methamphetamine, this is a good source of
information.
*Standardized Field Sobriety Tests [Los Angeles
Police Dept./1989] (18 min.) In addition to
reviewing basic procedure, the program shows the
usual sober drivers driving through a path of cones
(and then the drunk ones driving through cones), plus
some Horizontal and Vertical Nystagmus
demonstrations.
*Sudden Infant Death Syndrome [New York
Criminal Justice Public Safety Training Center/1989]
(16 min.) This is probably the most significant
program on the tape. It explains Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS) indicators (and has lots of pictures
showing the difference between SIDS deaths and
abuse deaths), and how to go about handling the case.
An interview with the father of a SIDS victim, in
which he talks about how the investigation was
handled in his particular case, is included. (For more
detailed information, see tape 140, "Recognizing
SIDS".)
"I'd Rather Drive" Public Service Announcements
[California Atty. General's Office/1989] (6 min. total)
This program consists of five versions of the rap
music video that was produced to tell teens about
California's new law regarding the consequences of
alcohol offenses for teenage drivers. The
presentation is engaging and would be good for
getting ideas.
" Don't Do Drugs" [Los Angeles Sheriff's
Dept./1989] (3 min.) This 50's style music video
advises students (the discussion guide says junior
high school students, but the content would be all
right to use with high schoolers, or as a public service
announcement) to say "no" to drugs and gangs. The
tune is catchy, and the dancing is pretty good.
Emergency Protective Orders [Santa Barbara
Police Dept./February 1989] (15 min.) This is
basically a "talking head" program explaining
eligibility, procedures, options, and enforcement of
emergency protective orders in California. As such,
it wouldn't be very useful to Illinoisans.
{*Available Separately}
Descriptors: Street
Stops/Shootings/Helicopters/Methamphetamine/
DUI/Drug Enforcement/Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome/Domestic Violence/Aircraft/Dispatchers
Program JOB 112: Use of Force in Jails (9 min.)
After viewing this video, jail officers will be able to
list actions that constitute force in jails and the
legitimate purposes for use of force in the jail setting:
explain the circumstances in which the use of force is
not justified; list the follow-through procedure to be
implemented after force has been used in a jail, and
explain why these procedures are important; explain
the purposes of thorough and accurate reports on
incidents involving the use of force, and list the key
elements to be included in such reports.
Descriptors: Corrections/Force/Report Writing
Program 113: Take the Long Way Home (15 min.)
While most appropriate for a junior high to high
school audience, this program can be used with most
groups as a strong reminder to be careful when
crossing railroad tracks. Jennifer Ballard-DuVall,
who is now paralyzed and wheelchair-bound, talks to
a group of students about how her car was hit by a
freight train in 1980, and how it ruined a promising
athletic and modeling career. Interviews with her
family are also featured.
Descriptors: Railroad Crossings/Safety/Crime
Prevention
Program 114: Search and Seizure: Techniques and
This L.E. Net program goes over the techniques for
patting down a suspect, when an officer can legally
conduct a search of a person or vehicle, plus a little on
searching a female suspect and the Supreme Court's
December 1989 decision regarding searching of
houses incident to an arrest. A pat-down and control
techniques to use during a pat-down are demonstrated
as well. (For a more thorough examination of legal
aspects of search and seizure, look at Tape Set 5,
Techniques of Search and Seizure)
Descriptors: Searches/Vehicle Searches/Body
Searches/Search and Seizure
Program 116: Where Do the Children Go? (18 min.)
This program, from the Norfolk Southern
Corporation, presents the importance of care in
crossing railroad tracks through actual interviews with
the friends and relatives of two teen-aged victims of
train/car accidents. If the interviews don't make an
impact, the introduction will: it features a couple
getting ready to go to the prom, and at the end of the
sequence, the voice-over gives an autopsy report on a
car/train accident victim. The tape can be used with
crime prevention groups, school liaison officer
programs, and as a tie-in for DUI on Prom Night (and
it might also be a good tie-in with suicide prevention,
since the people being interviewed do a lot of talking
about how much the victims are missed).
Descriptors: Railroad Crossings/Grief/Accidents
Program 118: Coaching Employees for High
Performance (48 min.)
Tom Steiner, MBA, PHD, and stand-up comic--the
"enterTRAINer" (as the promotional material
describes him)--talks about how to coach employees,
which employees to coach, and what to expect after
coaching. The program is a little like an audio
cassette with a face, but Dr. Steiner is an engaging
speaker and the program provides a lot of useful
information. It would be especially good for anyone
in a supervisory position.
Descriptors: Motivation/Supervision
Program 120: Art of Interviewing (The) (57 min.)
The interviewing discussed here is job interviewing,
not interviewing of suspects or witnesses. Scott
Passeser, president of Career Planning Consultants in
New York, gives tips on how to prepare for, control,
and negotiate during an interview. The program is
good for people looking for a job, but even better for
managers who have to talk to job applicants, or for
people who are going to be interviewed (by a
promotions review board or such).
Descriptors: Interviews/Recruitment
Program CRT 121: Cell Extractions and Use of
Restraints (28 min.)
[1997] This program from the Correctional Officer
Readiness Training (produced by the same group that
makes the ALERT videos) examines effective
procedures for restraining (violent) subjects in a
jail/correctional setting, and especially for performing
cell extractions. The information is presented around
an interview with Capt. Steve Mosley (Gwinnett Co.,
Georgia, Sheriff's Department), and assumes an
extraction team. If your agency doesn't have one, this
program is a good source for seeing one in action.
Topics considered include officers' protective
equipment, extraction procedures, safely moving the
inmate, using OC spray, and documenting the
process. As always, be sure to check your agency's
policies before applying any techniques or
procedures.
Descriptors: Control
Tactics/Corrections/Photography/Prisoners
Program 121: On Your Feet and Liking It--Vol. 1,
General Do's and Don'ts (40 min.)
Professor Alma S. Baron, of the Management
Institute of the University of Wisconsin (Madison),
gives an overview of how to prepare to do some
public speaking.
Descriptors: Public Speaking
Program 122: On Your Feet and Liking It--Vol. 2;
The Voice and the Body [Presentation &
Discussion] (40 min.)
Professor Baron continues her talk on public speaking
with details about how to conduct oneself while
speaking, plus some interesting tips on handling the
media while talking.
Descriptors: Public Speaking
Program 123: Explosives Awareness (30 min.)
This L.E.Net program features officers of the Illinois
Secretary of State's Police demonstrating what an
officer should do upon finding something that might
be an explosive, what common explosives look like,
and how much damage they can make if they
explode. Also featured are segments on the Secretary
of State's Police's Hazardous Device Squad, explosive
components that can be purchased legally, and recent
U.S. Supreme Court rulings on Search & Seizure and
anonymous tips (Alabama V. White), and sobriety
checkpoints (Michigan Dept. of State Police V. Sitz).
Descriptors:
Bombs/Explosives/Searches/Checkpoints
Program CRT 123: Managing Mentally Ill Inmates
(43 min.)
[1997] According to the statistics quoted in this
CORT video, national statistics indicate that up to 8%
of detainees may suffer from mental disorders, and up
to 13% of female detainees. This program is intended
to give corrections personnel ideas about ways of
recognizing and handling (diagnosed) mental illness
and developmental disabilities among their
population. Dana Tatum (Gwinnet Co. Detention
Center, Georgia) and one of the officers discuss the
special management unit this direct supervision
center has for mentally ill inmates, which allows them
to receive the minimally required treatment without
compromising the security of the center. As always,
before applying any ideas, compare them with agency
or facility policies and procedures.
Descriptors: Corrections/Mental
Illness/Disabled/Communication/Developmental
Disabilities
Program CRT 124: Corrections Officer Survival and
Safety I: Relative Positioning and Escorts (34 min.)
[1997] This program from the Corrections Officer
Readiness Training series features officers from the
Gwinnet Co. Detention Center, Georgia, who discuss
aspects of corrections officer safety in direct
supervision and linear jails. Topics considered
include the survival mindset, threat levels, safety
zones, escorting procedures for inmates (within the
facility), frisks, barred cell considerations, and the
many security uses of an officer's foot. As always,
compare the program's recommendations with agency
policies before applying them.
Descriptors: Corrections/Safety/Prisoners/SelfDefense/Transportation (Inmates)
Program 124: Valvoline National Driving Test (The)
(49 min. without commercials, 60 min. with
commercials)
The Valvoline Oil Company produced this program,
which was also broadcast on national television, and
is an appropriate program for Explorers, crime
prevention groups, high school school liaison
programs, or as a reminder of basic driving safety (it's
for non-emergency vehicle driving). Celebrities talk
about various aspects of driving safety, while a test of
the viewer's safety knowledge is conducted by
Christopher Reeve. The program includes at least
four Valvoline commercials, so viewers may want to
keep the VCR remote control handy, or use those
commercials to break the tape into segments. As you
can gather, the program is on the elderly side:
Christopher Reeve is still driving.
Descriptors: Driving
responding to attacks when the officer is knocked to
the ground. Techniques include the "Leg Hook", the
"Scissor Takedown", "Parallel Blocks and
Takedown", "Body Thrust, Pin and Roll", "Arm
Tuck, Wristlock, and Throw", and "Standing Drop
and Roll". As the instructor points out, watching the
video isn't going to make the viewer good at these
techniques: they must be practiced. When you do,
though, practice in a well-padded area. Bob Thomas,
attorney, then discusses law and liability relating to
use of force. The program concludes with a
discussion of the advantages of a RACC (Remotely
Activated Custody Control) Belt, which functions
somewhat like a stun gun, and allows officers some
control of detainees once handcuffs and shackles are
removed.
Descriptors: Corrections/Self-Defense/Control
Tactics/Tasers
Program CRT 126: Control and Compliance II:
Pressure Points (25 min.)
[1998] The topic of this program from the
Corrections Officer Readiness Training series is
similar to that of #232, Dealing with High Level
Resistance: stunning techniques. David B. Ross
(Palm Beach County (Florida) Sheriff's Office)
discusses and shows the uses of compliance
techniques involving the hypoglossal nerve, the infraorbital nerve, and the brachial slap (viewers will still
need hands-on training, because the applications are
demonstrated very quickly). Other corrections
officers talk about the importance of training and
being in a constant state of safety awareness,
especially in a linear facility. They also talk about the
importance of using verbal skills first, and during the
incident. As always, North East Multi-Regional
Training doesn't necessarily recommend any of these
tactics, but they are useful to know about.
Descriptors: Self Defense/corrections/control tactics
Program 125: Basics to Bullseyes: The 9mm SemiAutomatic Pistol (32 min.)
NRA Pistol Champion John Pride gives a basic
explanation of the how a 9mm semi-automatic pistol
works, how to care for it, what to do about weapon
malfunctions, and how to hit what you're aiming at.
The presentation is divided into several sections, so it
could be easily used during roll calls.
Descriptors: Handguns/9 mm
Program 126: S.A.F.E. Shooting Method (The (46
min.)
While the presentation may be pretty basic for law
enforcement officers, this program would be a good
refresher for anyone with a handgun around the
house. The care, cleaning, and shooting procedures
for both revolvers and 9mms are featured, along with
an emphatic section on household gun safety.
Officers working with Explorers, Boy Scouts, or
other novice gun handlers might also be able to
effectively use this program.
Descriptors: Handguns/Training/9 mm
Program CRT 125: Control and Compliance 1:
Ground Defense and Custody Control Belt (28 min.)
Readiness Training series features Brad Inman (King
Co. Sheriff's Department, Rhode Island) who talks
about seasons when inmates are most likely to be
combative, and demonstrates techniques for
Program CRT 127: Fitness for Corrections (43
min.)
[1998] Inmates have more opportunity to keep
physically fit than officers. Since corrections officers
may have to engage in physical confrontation with
inmates, and because of the floor plans and size of
many facilities, they need to keep physically and
mentally fit as well. In this CORT program, various
fitness trainers, along with Bob Hoffman (FitForce)
talk about the importance of physical fitness,
nutrition, and how to gradually change doubtful habits
for healthy choices. Several types of exercise
machines and types of weights training are
demonstrated, as well as stretching techniques.
Descriptors: Physical Fitness/Corrections/Self
Defense
Program 127: POST Satellite Broadcast -- August
1990 (2 hours)
[August 1990] This month's broadcast includes these
segments:
Sticker Bandits [California Attorney General's
Office] (11 min.) This program talks about the MO of
people who steal or buy Medi-Cal stickers (stickers
that California disabled can use to get free or
discounted medical services) in order to defraud the
Medi-Cal program, and suggested investigation
techniques. Since Illinois doesn't have a sticker
program, this program as it is really doesn't apply, but
the information and investigative techniques could be
applied to other types of scams, and is therefore
useful.
Carcinogens and You: A Safe Approach
[POST/San Jose Police Dept.] (12 min.) This
program, directed at patrol officers, discusses where
hazardous materials can be found, and how to handle
them. It's similar to Tape 62 ("Initial Response. .
.HazMat Incidents"), but more strongly emphasizes
officer safety.
*Accident Crime Scenes [Newport Beach Police
Dept.] (8 min.) Police officers are given a general
overview of why accidents should be treated like
crime scenes, how to route traffic around them in
order to preserve evidence, and what sort of evidence
to look for in the cars and victims. The tape looks
like it was filmed live at accident scenes, and includes
plenty of wrecked cars and victims.
*Officer Involved Shooting: Limas-Roberge [Los
Angeles Police Dept.] (22 min.) This program reenacts an early '70's shooting incident between 2
officers and 4 armed suspects. Both officers are
seriously injured, but manage to kill 3 of the suspects.
After the reenactment, both officers (who are still
alive, by the way) talk about how they survived, and
what officers today should do to survive.
DNA--The Orange County Solution [Orange
County Sheriff's Dept.] (10 min.) Viewers learn what
DNA is, the history of its use in crime investigation,
and how it is and will be used in future investigations.
Handgun Fundamentals [Huntington Beach Police
Dept.] (9 min.). Set on a firing range, this program
goes over the holding and holstering of service
handguns, barricade shooting, and loading revolvers
and semi-automatics. It's a good reminder for what to
do while on the range.
*Handcuffing Techniques; FBI and Freestanding
[San Diego Police Dept.] (Part I: 5 min. / Part II: 6
min.) Part One goes straight to the point on how to
handcuff a passive subject, and in which situations
the Speedcuffing or Freestanding methods are most
appropriate. Part Two demonstrates the techniques to
use when confronting an armed or hostile suspect.
(The demonstrators do not tell viewers about putting
the arrestee against a wall when handcuffing him or
her, so if you do that in your department, be sure and
tell viewers how to do that. SLC)
Fitness over 40 (Los Angeles Police Dept.) Part I,
Weight Training (12 min.), gives an example of a
weight training program appropriate for officers over
40 (the fitness instructor keeps picking on how
Officer "John" does his exercises, and I found his
manner irritating. The information is all right, and
what he has to say is important). Part II,
Cardiovascular Exercises (8 min.), discusses and
demonstrates a cardiovascular exercise (in this case,
jogging) program appropriate for those over 40.
{*Available separately}
Descriptors: Handguns/Physical
Fitness/Handcuffing/DNA/Investigation/Hazardous
Materials/Accidents/Shootings/Survival
Program CRT 128: First Response to Armed and
Barricaded Situations: Conflict
Resolution/Containment (24 min.)
[1998] Gene Dorough, of the St. Louis Co. Police
Department, is the featured speaker in this CORT
program. He discusses important aspects of
corrections officer conduct to help in the successful
resolution of a barricaded subject or hostage situation.
Initial response to the situation is the focus. Some
discussion of the forms negotiation might take, and
the surprising things that can be used as weapons, is
included. Another officer describes a case in which
he was able to distract a hostage-taker until the
tactical unit arrived.
Descriptors: Hostage
Situations/Negotiation/Communication/Corrections/C
omportment/Weapons
Program 128: Street Weapons (25 min.)
This L.E.Net program displays and demonstrates the
use of various types of hidden or home-made
weapons an officer could encounter on patrol. The
reenactments of attacks are rather sobering. (Compare
with Tape 13, "Disguised Weapons". This one, as the
title states, focuses on street weapons, while
"Disguised Weapons" includes a fair amount of
information on explosives.)
Descriptors: Handguns/Weapons/Concealed
Weapons
Program CRT 129: First Response to Armed and
Barricaded Situations: Non-Verbal and Verbal
Communication (27 min.)
[1998] Gene Dorough, of the St. Louis Co. Police
Department, continues his presentation from CRT
128, First Response to Armed and Barricaded
Situations: Conflict Resolution/Containment. This
time, he discusses the phases barricaded subjects go
through, and the important techniques of active
listening. Other topics include negotiation techniques,
proxemics, and other communication issues when
facing a barricaded subject or hostage situation.
Again, initial response to the situation is the focus.
Situations/Negotiation/Communication/Corrections/C
omportment/Weapons
Program 129: Pursuit Driving: Procedures and
[circa 1990] This L.E. Net program features the
complete footage of an actual police chase which took
place in May, 1988, in Berea, Ohio, along with an
interview with the dispatcher and some of the officers
involved. Also included are some driving procedures
to follow when involved in a pursuit, from the
Northeastern Florida Criminal Justice and Information
Center in Jacksonville, relating to steering, braking,
turning corners, and backing up. Finally, Don
Livingston (of L.E. Net) talks about the legal concerns
of police pursuit.
Descriptors: Pursuit/Driving
Program CRT 130: Conflict Resolution 1: Basic
Problem Solving (32 min.)
[1998] Sgt. Dillard Hughes (Gwinnett Co. (Georgia)
Sheriff's Dept.) talks about the sources of Conflict in
correctional facilities, then the issues the officer will
face when deciding whether to mediate or call for
backup. He continues with the importance of constant
safety awareness, including scenarios demonstrating
good safety procedures and communication skills.
Gene Dorough, of the St. Louis Co. Police
Department, also talks about mediation and the
importance of allowing the inmate to save face. The
program concludes with a discussion of liability,
training, and policy concerns. As always, check with
agency policy before implementing suggestions.
Descriptors: Corrections/Communication
Program 130: Rape Investigation (94 min.)
This program, led by Nancy Hightshoe (former St.
Louis Police Officer, whose average for clearing rape
cases was 86% while she was on the department),
gives viewers a well-rounded understanding of how to
go about investigating a rape: from the initial contact
with the victim through the officer's appearance in
court. While, as a unit, it is a bit long for roll call, it's
great for an in-house presentation, or as fill-in
instruction until officers can be fit into a rape
investigation class. The program is divided into four
sections (with one break between sections 2 and 3),
each about 25 minutes long, if shorter programs are
easier to use. However you want to present it, though,
the tape is clear, specific, and worth the seeing.
Descriptors: Interrogation/Investigation/Criminal
Investigation/Rape/Testifying
Program 131: Seatbelts and the Family; Shattering
Some Myths (15 min.)
This tape (which is also available in Beta format, by
the way), is good for showing to crime prevention
groups, or in a daycare setting. As the title states,
viewers are shown how the stories they may have
heard about the dangers of wearing seatbelts are not
true. A special emphasis is given to the wearing of
seatbelts during pregnancy. (There is some carcrashing and a few test dummies flying through
windshields, but it's pretty tame as far as wreckage
goes.)
Program CRT 131: Sudden Assaults of Officers by
Confined Individuals (25 min.)
[1998] This program from the CORT series, which
features Brad Inman (Kent Co. Sheriff's Office,
Rhode Island) would be interesting to both
correctional and law enforcement officers. While it is
basically on defensive tactics for surprise attacks, it
also includes a display and explanation of various
shanks and other improvised weapons, and a list of
rules for conducting defensive tactics training. The
demonstrations of the techniques are clear: they are
shown in a correctional setting, first at actual speed,
and then in slow motion.
Descriptors: Corrections/SelfDefense/Weapons/Control Tactics
Program CRT 132: Legal Considerations in
Corrections (29 min)
Readiness Training featuring attorney Jack Banas (St.
Charles Co., Missouri), who describes the types of
lawsuits inmates generally bring against corrections
officers. He points out the cases frequently result
from an officer's initial contact with the inmate; that
officer attitude is a frequent factor in lawsuits. He
also discusses the 1980 Civil Rights of
Institutionalized Persons Act, and related acts, and the
role use of force, "deliberate indifference, and officer
training may play in lawsuits. Running captions
feature tips on ways institutions can help avoid
liability lawsuits.
Descriptors: Liability/Corrections/Force/Police
Training
Program 132: Spontaneous Knife Defense (30 min.)
This L.E.Net program reminds officers how easily
they can be attacked by assailants with knives, and
what groups are likely to use knives against officers.
Also included is a display of edged weapons, and
demonstrations of knife grips and stances assailants
use, types of knife strokes and blocks, and striking
methods. One thing the tape doesn't show is blood,
so this program could be used in situations where
Surviving Edged Weapons (#26) would be
inappropriate. {We had this program come back once
with a note saying "pretty good video. The Def
tactics are out of date.", so be careful if you decide to
use it.}
Descriptors: Knives/Self-Defense/Survival
Program 133: Forced Entry (30 min.)
This gung-ho tape from L.E. Net gives tips on how to
force an entry (on a drug house, in this case). The
program goes over the legal implications, the
equipment and information needed, and gives a
demonstration.
Descriptors: Forced Entry
Program 134: POST Satellite Broadcast -November 1990 (2 hours)
[November 1990] This month's broadcast includes:
*Hazardous Situations--Breath of Death [Newport
Beach Police Dept.] (7 min.). Hazardous materials
can turn up in unlikely or unsuspected places, and this
program reminds officers to be on guard of suspicious
chemicals, or situations where chemicals may be
involved (like at fires).
Domestic Violence Overview [Los Angeles Police
Dept.] (8 min.). This program describes what
domestic violence is, and what officers can do to help
victims protect themselves.
Domestic Violence Laws [Los Angeles Police
Dept.] (8 min.). Although the laws examined are
those of California, the program explains them clearly
and specifically. This segment would make a useful
basis from which Illinois' domestic violence laws in
an in-service situation.
E.P.R.O.--Emergency Protective Restraining
Order [San José Police Dept.] (12 min.). This
program isn't all that appropriate to Illinois, since it
discusses the situation in California, but the situation
is discussed clearly.
*Collision Investigation [Austin Police Dept.] (7
min.). Using a minor truck-moped collision as an
example, viewers are shown the basics of
investigating such an accident.
*Robbery: Seconds of Fear and Awareness
[Austin Police Dept.] (9 min.). This is just the
program for departments giving a robbery awareness
program for bank tellers. It goes over what tellers
should do when faced with a robber and what to
watch for before and during a robbery. Although the
segment was made for bank tellers, it could also be
used effectively with convenience store clerks or
cashiers.
Unknown Trouble Calls (3 min.), Fan Searches (3
min.), Arrestee Clothing Search§ (3 min.), Weapon
Retention§ (4 min.) and Hot Felony Prone Search
Techniques (3 min.) [all Los Angeles Police Dept.]
These useful programs give specific, easy-to-follow
demonstrations of these techniques . {§I liked these
especially. Sarah Cole}
Malfunction Drills [Huntington Beach Police
Dept.] (5 min.). What to do about Failure to Feed,
Stovepiping, and Double Feeds in a semi-automatic
weapon is described briefly. Tapes #92 and #125 go
over techniques with more detail, but this is a good
quickie-reminder.
*Personal Safety [San José Police Dept.] (14
min.) This is a great tape to show to crime prevention
groups, about how to avoid being a crime victim at
home, at work, in public, and on the highway.
Your Division of Law Enforcement [(California)
Dept. of Justice] (19 min.) The purpose of the Bureau
of Narcotics Enforcement, Bureau of Investigation, of
Forensic Services, of Organized Crime and Criminal
Intelligence, the Western States Information Network,
the Advanced Training Center, Criminal
Identification and Information, and the Law
Enforcement Data Center is discussed. The
information doesn't really apply to those of us outside
of California, but it's nice to see what they have going
for themselves out there.
Descriptors: Domestic
Violence/Accidents/Hazardous
Materials/Searches/Handguns/Weapon
Retention/Crime
Prevention/Technology/Robbery/Safety
Program 135: Major Case Investigation (FBI
[December 1990] This program, from December
1990, gives information on how to go about
investigating Homicides, Rapes, Serial Murders, and
such that may extend over several jurisdictions.
Descriptors: Homicide/Rape/Cooperation/FBI
Teleconference/Investigation/Criminal Investigation
Program 137: Environmental Awareness for Local
Law Enforcement Officers (34 min.)
This program, from the Midwest Environmental
Enforcement Association, goes over the discovery,
investigation, and prosecution of criminal disposal of
hazardous waste. The information is surprisingly
interesting, because a lot of chemicals one would
never think of as hazardous waste are dangerous. Sgt.
James Triner, of the Batavia Police Department, is the
narrator.
Descriptors: Hazardous
Materials/Investigation/Environment
Program 139: Bomb Threat (17 min.)
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
produced this program, which uses a staged bomb
threat situation to demonstrate Law Enforcement's
responsibilities when investigating a bomb threat.
The part on looking for the bomb itself is especially
interesting. Also included are some examples of
disguised bombs.
Descriptors: Bombs/Concealed
Weapons/Searches/Security/Bomb Threats
Program 140: Recognizing SIDS POST Telecourse
(1 hour, 30 min.)
The California Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training hosts this teleconference,
which goes over appropriate techniques for
investigating deaths possibly due to Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome.
Descriptors: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/POST
Telecourse/Investigation
Teleconference} (3 hours)
The process of finding and using informants, and the
court's concern for the integrity of informant's
information is the topic of this video.
Descriptors: Informants/Intelligence/FBI
Teleconference/Investigation
Program 141: Mail Bombs (30 min. total)
The FBI provided this tape from the U.S. Postal
Inspectors Service, which features Greg Morris (of
Mission Impossible fame) describing the frequency of
mailed bombs and how to handle them. While the
program is directed mainly at businesses, the
information is appropriate to law enforcement as well.
Segment I gives background on mail bombs, Segment
II talks about the bombs' characteristics and business
security. The last two segments briefly discuss bomb
crime scene investigation (the recording quality on
these last two sections leave something to be desired,
but the crime scenes are still interesting).
Descriptors: Bombs/Searches/Criminal Psychology
/Criminal Investigation
Program 148: Infant Abduction {FBI
Although the abducting of babies (birth to six
months) is comparatively uncommon, it is serious
enough to merit a teleconference. Presenters discuss
national scope of the problem, profiles of infant
abductors, security measures for hospitals, and steps
to take in investigations.
Descriptors: Kidnapping/FBI
Teleconference/Hospitals/Security/Investigation/Crim
inal Investigation/Criminal Behavior
Program 142: DWI: Sobriety Checkpoints (30 min.)
This L.E. Net program examines the legal factors of
checkpoints, new DUI-testing and offenderprocessing devices, and psychological factors that
cause people to drink and drive.
Descriptors: DUI/Checkpoints
Program 144: Motor Vehicle Fire and Theft
In the course of this program, from the Michigan
Department of State Police, a number of cars are
dismantled and burned to show the differences
between accidental car fires and arson, and what a car
thief is likely to do to a car. Things to look for during
investigations are also discussed. (The explosions in
the burning cars are breathtaking.)
Descriptors: Vehicle Theft/Arson
Program 145: Accident Investigation Tape (15 min.)
The programs Accident Crime Scenes (from #127)
and Collision Investigation (from #134) are popular,
so they've been put together by themselves on a tape.
Accident Crime Scenes [Newport Beach Police Dept.]
(8 min.) Police officers are given a general overview
of why accidents should be treated like crime scenes,
how to route traffic around them in order to preserve
evidence, and what sort of evidence to look for in the
cars and victims. The tape looks like it was filmed
live at accident scenes, and includes plenty of
wrecked cars and victims.
Collision Investigation [Austin Police Dept.] (7
min.). Using a minor truck-moped collision as an
example, viewers are shown the basics of
investigating such an accident.
Descriptors: Accidents/ Investigation
Program 147: Informant Development {FBI
Program 149: Arson Crime Scenes {FBI
The panelists discuss evidence to look for at fire
scenes, the types of people likely to commit arson,
structures where arson fires are likely to occur, and
agencies that can help with arson investigations.
Descriptors: Arson/Investigation/Criminal
Investigation/Criminal Behavior/FBI
Teleconference/Fires
Program 150: Investigative Use of State and
National Computers {FBI Teleconference} (3
hours)
[circa 1988] While the capacity of NCIC (the
National Crime Information Center) to find missing
persons and vehicles, and suspects, is the main topic,
the abilities of localized computer databases are also
discussed (The importance of dental information in
any database is also emphasized).
Descriptors: NCIC/FBI
Teleconference/Computers/Investigation
Program 151: Deaf Awareness Tape (27 min.)
This program consists of "Deaf Awareness", in which
the variation of communication styles the hearingimpaired use are discussed and demonstrated; and
"Hearing Impaired and the Police", which
demonstrates how an officer should speak or
communicate with the hearing impaired.
Descriptors: Deaf/Communication/Disabled
Program 152: Police Stress: How it Affects
Survivability (31 min.)
In this L.E.Net program, presenters talk about the
signs and symptoms of stress, ten fatal errors of
policing (or the Police Mentality), and the stress of
policing on an officer's family. An interview with an
officer who was severely injured in the line of duty
and his wife begins the tape.
Descriptors: Police Families/Stress
Program 153: Stamp Collecting (19 min.)
[Circa 1970s] Repressing bad feelings is compared to
saving trading stamps: eventually they're traded in for
prizes like depression or suicide. The program
stresses the importance of dealing with bad feelings in
a constructive way rather than saving them up.
Descriptors: Stress/Suicide
Program 154: Did You See What I Said? (20 min.)
This one was actually a training tape for John Deere
Equipment sales representatives, but the insights into
body language (especially in a "selling" context)
would be useful for any officer who has to make
presentations to groups, or work face-to-face with the
public, to know.
Descriptors: Body Language/Public Speaking
Program 155: Discrimination in the Workplace {FBI
According to S.A. Lester Davis, the name of this
teleconference should have been "How to Avoid
discrimination in the workplace". The panelists
discuss legal and policy guideline issues that address
discrimination matters, and issues to consider when
making plans.
Descriptors:
Discrimination/Harassment/Liability/FBI
Teleconference/Employment
Program 158: Managing Marginal Performance
{FBI Teleconference} (3 hours)
The panelists discuss ways of responding to burnout,
and options to use when facing the problem.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Stress/Police
Management/Supervision/motivation
Program 159: Corrections Officer Survival (30
min.)
This tape was the pilot program for the training series
Lockup USA. In it, the importance of getting along
with other officers, and of not becoming complacent
is discussed. Other topics include common survivalrelated mistakes jail officers can make, and the
significance of the case Washington v. Harper. North
East Multi-Regional Training has no other programs
from this series, but a number of titles are available
from the Illinois Law Enforcement Media Resource
Center. Call the Center for more information or a
video catalog.
Descriptors: Corrections/Survival
Program 160: Labor Relations {FBI
The panelists discuss the need and state of police
unions in the United States and Great Britain.
Descriptors: Police Unions/FBI
Teleconference/Police Management
Program 156: Epilepsy: A Police Problem (15 min.)
This program from the 1970s talks about the three
kinds of epileptic seizures, and how an officer should
handle them. Compare with #257, Take Another
Look for a more recent program on the subject.
Descriptors: Epilepsy/Disabled
Program 161: Officer Survival Tape (33 min.)
The programs Officer Involved Shooting: LimasRoberge, from Tape 127 and Officer Involved
Shooting (Arizona Dept. of Public Safety) are
available together on this one tape.
Descriptors: Survival/Shootings
Program 157: Officer Courtesy Tape (20 min.)
This one is a compilation of several short programs
about being courteous and keeping safe, from various
North American police departments. They are:
"Be Safe, Be Sure", which shows officers just how
seriously they can be injured if they aren't sure their
prisoners are secure during transportation.
"10-30", in which an officer is killed while
conducting a traffic stop because a couple of other
officers were goofing off on the radio while he was
trying to get information on the stopped vehicle.
"What Bugs You? Interior Vehicle Condition",
about the importance of cleaning the junk out of the
patrol car at the end of a shift.
"Look Sharp, Be Sharp", which shows how nice
an officer can look when care is taken with his or her
appearance.
"Telephone Courtesy", which uses the runaround
an officer gets from a department store's telephone
system to show how important it is for officers to be
polite on the phone.
Descriptors: Transportation
(Inmates)/Communication/Survival/Comportment/Tel
ephones
Program 162: Police Killings {FBI Teleconference}
(3 hours)
Panelists talk about the kind of officers most likely to
be killed, the psychology of offenders who have
killed officers, and the effects of using deadly force
on an officer. A lot of recorded interviews with
offenders who have killed officers are included. Also
included in the course of the teleconference is an
interesting training program on how off-duty officers
should react when they become involved in a crime to
avoid getting themselves killed.
Descriptors: Line of Duty Casualties/Research/FBI
Teleconference/Interviews/Survival
Program 163: McGruff Story: Making a Difference
(The) (39 min.: 13 min. each segment)
The Saatchi & Saatchi advertising company produced
this promotional program for the National Crime
Prevention Council, in honor of McGruff, the Crime
Dog's 10th anniversary. It talks about the history and
success of McGruff. The tape is geared for adults and
consists of three versions of the same informational
program, one for the general public, one for law
enforcement administrators, and one for businesses.
The program is no training tape, but if you need
something to show to crime prevention groups or at
community fairs, this one would be a good one to use.
Descriptors: Crime Prevention
Program 164: Glazing (15 min.)
Business owners, and businesses under construction
would find this crime prevention video useful.
Cadillac Plastics and the General Electric Company
produced this program, which shows the shatter
resistance of various types of glass and glass-like
products.
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/Stores/Glass
Program 166: It'll Never Happen to Me (44 min.)
The Firearms Training Section of the DEA made this
tape, in which DEA agents who were severely injured
in armed confrontations talk about how they survived
the shooting. The importance of physical fitness and
accurate shooting is also emphasized. The incidents
are graphically recreated, so it's sure to hold the
viewers' attention.
Descriptors: Survival/Shootings/Physical
Fitness/DVDs
Program 168: Fear that Doesn't Fade (17 min.)
The Baltimore Co. (Maryland) Police Department
produced this program, about the importance of
investigating bias crimes and the effect of bias-related
crimes on victims. Tips on how to go about
investigating bias crimes are also included.
Descriptors: Bias Crime/Victims
Program 170: Use of Force, Part 1: De-Escalation
Techniques (28 min.)
This L.E.Net program examines techniques to reduce
the level of force needed to control a situation.
Research on police use of force is discussed, along
with factors that affect an officer's perception of the
level of threat. Officers then demonstrate threatening
behavior and visual cues (from both the suspect and
the officer) that lead to an escalation of force, and
techniques for officer conduct that won't seem as
threatening. The program concludes with a brief
discussion of the Supreme Court decision California
v. Hodani, regarding the seizure of evidence while
pursuing a suspect.
Descriptors: Body Language/Force/Communication
Program 171: Sexual Harassment (15 min.)
The Los Angeles Police Department produced this
short program, about sexual harassment in a Police
setting. It uses little scenes to show what can be
regarded as harassment, and also shows that both men
and women can be sexually harassed.)
Descriptors: Harassment
Program 172: With Respect (19 min.)
Cultural Awareness is an important topic these days,
and this program, from the Anaheim (California)
Police Dept., discusses important cultural aspects of
the Vietnamese community that officers would need
to be aware of when dealing with the Vietnamese.
Descriptors:
Communication/Asians/Vietnamese/Cultures
Program 173: Water Safety and Victim Rescue (13
min.)
The Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Department produced
this video, about what officers should and should not
do when faced with a victim in the water.
Suggestions are also given about incidental items that
can be useful in a water rescue. (The program
includes footage of a couple of water rescues, one in
which several officers were killed due to inadequate
preparation. It makes you think.)
Descriptors: Rescues/Survival/Swimming
Program 174: Interpersonal Communications (25
min.)
The setting is basically a correctional one, but this
program from the Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. can
be used with anyone who has to work with people,
whether they're prisoners or other officers. The
program features a lot of vignettes in which officers
and prisoners react badly to each other, and the
narration gives suggestions on how the contact could
have been prevented. It's a little like a Dale Carnegie
Crash Course.
Descriptors: Communication/Stress/Corrections
Program 175: Managing Freeway Incidents (13
min.)
For officers who haven't worked on highways for a
while, this tape is just the thing. The California
Highway Patrol produced the program, about how to
manage daylight accident scenes and make traffic
stops on the freeway without being hit. It's a very
practical tape with a running demonstration of good
procedure, though, as always, check with department
policy about whether these procedures may be used at
your particular department.
Descriptors: Accidents/ Traffic/Street Stops
Program 176: POST Satellite Broadcast -- May 1991
(2 hours)
[May 1991] This month's videos include:
NCIC Overview for Law Enforcement Officers
{FBI & Arizona Dept. of Public Safety} (6 min.),
which gives an introductory overview of the National
Crime Information Center (NCIC) system file.
NCIC Vehicle File for Law Enforcement Officers
{FBI & Los Angeles Police Dept.} (8 min.), which
describes how the NCIC helps agencies identify
missing vehicles, and explains the policies and
procedures for using the NCIC Vehicle File.
NCIC Unidentified Person File {FBI & Los
Angeles Police Dept.} (8 min.), which describes how
this file helps agencies find and identify missing
persons.
NCIC Investigative Off Line Search {FBI} (13
min.) The program describes what an agency can do
with information requested in an off-line search (how
old NCIC records can help in an investigation, and
such).
NCIC Hit Confirmation for the Patrol Officer
{FBI & the New York State Police} (8 min.), which
talks about the procedures to follow to confirm "hits"
or matches in the NCIC system.
NCIC Validation {FBI & the New York State
Police} (9 min.) This one talks about the NCIC's
validation policy, and emphasizes the need for
complete and accurate information in the records (to
avoid missing any suspect's aliases or to avoid picking
up the wrong person and such.)
NCIC Responsibilities for the Agency
Administrator {FBI & Los Angeles Police Dept.} (13
min.) This one is a good reminder for police
managers about how NCIC helps them, and how they
can help NCIC.
RTD Bus Alarms: Rapid Transit Tactics {Los
Angeles Police Dept.} (10 min.) Before applying the
information in this program, agencies should check
with their transit system to find out what kind of buses
it is using. This program explains and demonstrates
the tactics the Los Angeles Police Dept. uses when
dealing with an emergency on a bus.
*Victims & Survivors of Crime: Death
Notification {North Carolina Justice Academy} (12
min.) It describes and demonstrates the steps in
delivering a death notification.
*In Honor Of... {San Diego Sheriff's Dept.} (7
min.) This is a music video, using footage of police
and sheriff funeral services to remind viewers of the
importance of Peace Officer Memorial Day. You
won't be able to listen to "Wind Beneath My Wings"
with a dry eye after seeing it.
Descriptors: NCIC/Death
Notification/Grief/Memorials/Investigation/Police
Families/Computers/Buses/Police Families
Program 178: Developmental Disabilities and
Mental Illness (14 min.)
[circa 1980] The Newport Beach (CA) Police
Department produced this program, which explains
the difference between developmental disabilities
(Mental Retardation, Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, and
Autism) and mental illness (thought and mood
disorders). How drug abuse can frequently mimic
symptoms of developmental disabilities or mental
illness is also discussed briefly. The program
concludes with suggested procedures for processing
the mentally ill who are taken into custody. If your
department has procedures, you will want to discuss
the differences between Newport Beach's and yours;
if not, these can give you something to work from.
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities/Mental
Illness/Criminal Psychology
Program 177: It Sounded Like a Freight Train (23
min.)
We got this tape about tornadoes and disaster
preparedness from WGN-TV (Chicago). Tom Skilling
hosts this awesome display (and awesome is really the
only word to describe it) of the varieties of tornados,
discussing how tornadoes are formed, and what to do
in case of a tornado. (By the way, according to the
conditions WGN put on use of this tape, "[It] must be
for private, personal or in-house training only. It may
not be used for any commercial or promotional
purpose, and is not to be duplicated or broadcast on
any television or cable channel without written
permission of WGN-TV." The station's address is
2501 W. Bradley Place, Chicago 60618, so writing for
permission to use this with community fairs or in
classrooms shouldn't be too difficult, either).
Descriptors: Emergencies/Crime
Prevention/Weather/Tornadoes
Program 180: Train Training Promotional Tape
(11 min.)
The segments on this tape are:
Grade Crossing Collision Investigation Course,
which described the training officers receive for the
"Operation Lifesaver" program;
Trooper on the Train, which gives suggestions on
how to set up the program locally; and a News Report
from Missouri about the Trooper on the Train
Program.
Descriptors: Trains/Railroad Crossings
Program 179: Operation Buckle Down Roll Call
Video (27 min., total)
Another tape in the series of programs designed to
encourage law enforcement personnel to wear their
seat belts, and how state seat belt law need to be
enforced. This one consists of five short segments
(designed, as the title states, to be used at roll call)
which approach the subject from different angles:
1. Statistics and War Stories (5 min.).
2. Tearjerker (5 min.) {This angle is pretty
effective, though: the concept is of a police wife (and
officer) who talks about how the accident that
crippled her husband could have been prevented if he
had been wearing a seat belt, and how everybody
shuns him now that he's crippled}.
3. Statistics and War Stories, this time about
enforcing state seatbelt laws (4 min.)
4. Comic/Cartoon-type (the veterans in a
department convince a rookie of the wisdom of
wearing his seat belt) (6 min.)
5. Myth-Shattering (7 min.)
Descriptors: Seat Belts/Police Training
Program 182: Hot Cars, Cold Facts (23 min.)
This cute program, from the California Attorney
General's Office, gives viewers tips on how to protect
their car from being stolen. In it, Johnny Five (from
Short Circuit, et. al.) has his car stolen, and he and his
neighbor talk about how the theft (and related crimes)
could be prevented. It's a fun film to watch, but the
drawback is that the viewer (well, I did, anyway) gets
so involved watching the robot, he or she may forget
much of what was said about auto theft prevention.
It's enjoyable enough to watch twice, though.
Descriptors: Vehicle Theft/Crime Prevention
Program 183: Commercial Burglary Prevention /
Residential Burglary Prevention (11 min. / 10 min.)
Produced in the 1970's for the Denver (CO) Police
Dept., this program, and Residential Burglary
Prevention, are useful to show to business and home
owners during crime prevention meetings, or to
officers as an encouragement to warn citizens about
possible break-in points. They're kind of dry, but
discussion of the information afterward would take
care of that. Preventing Home Burglary (#78) is more
interesting, but this one covers more material.
Descriptors: Burglary/Robbery/Crime Prevention
Program 184: Anatomy of an Arson (32 min.)
This program was apparently made for insurance
investigators who might have to do initial
investigation of fire damage claims. The information
on how fires spread and things to look for to indicate
arson is perhaps basic, but interesting (and useful)
nevertheless.
Descriptors: Arson/Investigation
Program 185: Cultural Awareness Series (114 min.)
[1982-1986] This series, produced by the Los Angeles
Police Dept., consists of programs about the following
cultures:
Hispanic (1983 -- 10 min.), featuring Ricardo
Montalban;
Armenian (1984 -- 17 min.), with Mike Connors;
Black {African-American} (1984 -- 10 min.), with
Michael Warren;
Jewish (1982 -- 11 min.), with Hal Linden;
Chinese (1985 -- 11 min.), with Frank Kwon;
Indian {from India} (1986 -- 10 min.);
Japanese (1983 -- 15 min.), with Joanne Ishimine (this
program repeats);
Native American (no date -- 13 min.) with Iron Eyes
Cody;
Moslem (1986 -- 5 min.); and
Korean (1983 -- 12 min.).
It's a little like a travelogue since the programs
talk about the groups' history, and is worth watching
even for fun. In addition, techniques for working with
the individual communities are included.
Descriptors:
Communication/Latinos/Armenians/Blacks/Jewish/As
ians/Chinese/Indian/Japanese/Native
Americans/Muslims/Koreans/Cultures
Program 186: Confidence Games (25 min.)
This program, from New York, goes over how various
swindles and con games work. The reenactments are
especially interesting to watch.
Descriptors: Con Games/ Fraud
Program 187: Three Ways to Keep Your Children
Off Drugs / Why Drugs (80 min.)
This (1982) program came from the FBI Academy
and the Kingsport, Tennessee, Police Department.
Warrant officer "Bud" Hulsey talks to an audience of
parents about how building good character in children
will keep them off drugs, and how to build that good
character (this may sound like a dumb subject, but
Off. Hulsey can sure tell stories: not only does what
he says make sense, but he's great fun to listen to!).
He also goes on to describe how, in his experience,
BOREDOM (and not peer pressure) was the main
reason for youth drug abuse. This program has been
previewed by several experts in the area of childrearing, and they thought it was an excellent, accurate
presentation.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ Drug Abuse/Families
Program 189: Stress Management for Police
Officers {FBI Teleconference} (3 hours)
When this program was made, research had indicated
that handling personal problems was the main
training need police departments wanted met. James
T. Reese, James M. Horn, and Gerald M. Smith talk
about the myths surrounding police stress, critical
incident response, and physical fitness aspects of
stress management.
Descriptors: FBI
Teleconference/Stress/Survival/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Physical Fitness/Research
Program 190: Drug Abuse by Police Officers {FBI
Panelists James Horn, Jeffrey Higgenbotham, Edward
Tully, and Joe Beazley, talk about drug testing, legal
aspects of testing, and case studies relating to drug
testing. (This is the second FBI Teleconference
broadcast, so the information might be considered a
little old. But if you've never had to consider
departmental drug testing, it's a useful place to start).
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Drug
Abuse/Alcohol/Drug Testing/Police
Management/Police Corruption
Program 191: Initial Burglary Investigation (22
min.)
This program goes over the basic procedure for
investigating an alleged burglary. Things to look for
at the crime scene and the point of entry are
discussed, as well as evidence that may indicate
fraud. The presentation is clear and to-the-point.
Descriptors: Burglary/Investigation/Crime Scenes
Program 192: Emergence & Investigation of the
Occult, Cults & Non-Traditional Groups (30 min.)
The highlight of this L.E. Net program is the display
of items taken from ritual crime-related crime scenes.
The basic types of individuals involved in ritual crime
are discussed, along with reasons for their being
involved.
Program 193: Safe Neighborhood Programs: The
Hampton, Virginia Plan {FBI Teleconference} (3
hours)
The successful Community Policing program of
Hampton, VA, (or Extended community policing
program, since their program is more inclusive than
traditional community policing) is discussed and
analyzed.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Community
Policing/Police Procedures
Program 195: Drugs: Asset Seizure {Crime File}
(29 min.)
James Q. Wilson narrates the description of the
Broward Co. (Florida) Sheriff's Department's
experience with Asset Seizure, and the interpretation
of the application of the seizure laws. Then, Ronald
Gladstock (New York State Organized Crime Task
Force), Peter Ronstadt (Tucson {AZ} Police
Department) and Gerald Lefcourt (New York defense
attorney) go around about the fairness of the laws and
ways of misusing them.
Descriptors: Forfeiture/Drug Enforcement/Crime File
Series
Program 196: Drugs: Youth Gangs {Crime File}
(29 min.)
This episode features Malcolm Klein (USC
professor), Steve Valdivia (Community Youth Gang
Services) and Lorne Kramer (Los Angeles Police
Dept.) discussing the nature of modern youth gangs,
their relation to drug trafficking, and police and
community responses to the gangs.
Descriptors: Crime File Series/Gangs/Drug
Trafficking
Program 197: Drugs: Workplace Testing {Crime
File} (29 min.)
In this program, the BE&K Construction Company's
random drug testing program is described, then Ted
C. Kennedy (BE&K Construction Company), Bryan
S. Finkle (University of Utah toxicology professor),
and Cliff Palefsky (employment attorney) talk about
the effect of drug testing on the organization, the
reliability of drug testing companies, and the need for
a test to indicate impairment. Although it doesn't
have a law enforcement angle, the program might be
helpful to departments considering an in-house drug
testing program.
Descriptors: Crime File Series/Drug Testing
Program 198: Police Pursuit: A Victim's
Perspective (1 hour, 15 min.)
"Police chief from Oklahoma and alderman from New
Jersey, tell of the impact of loss of loved ones [as] a
result of police pursuit. They relay their concern
about police pursuits. The presentation was made at
Summer 1991 conference of Illinois Association of
Chiefs of Police. Program is intended to sens[i]tize
police officers of the potential impact of police
pursuits". (taken from the Illinois Law Enforcement
Media Resource Center descriptive flyer, who very
kindly provided the video). The Police Chief from
Oklahoma had lost a wife and daughter due to a
police pursuit, and he talks about what it was like.
The second speaker, the New Jersey Alderman, lost a
teenage daughter, and he speaks about the loss
emotionally. He goes on to talk about how the
number of police pursuits can be reduced.
Descriptors: Pursuit/LIne of Duty Casualties
Program 199: Courtesy, The Bottom Line (12 min.)
The Newport News (CA) Police Department
produced this program, which emphasizes the
importance of sympathy when dealing with the
public, both in face-to-face encounters and on the
telephone. While the subject is important, and the
information is accurate and useful, the good
communication techniques discussed are not
demonstrated. (Common Ground (#167) gives good
politeness demonstrations.) It's a good start toward
encouraging officer courtesy, though.
Descriptors:
Communication/Telephones/Comportment/Public
Relations
1991 (2 hours)
[August 1991] This month's segments include:
Sudden Stress Reaction (San Diego State U./16
min.): which describes a police survival training
program in which the way the participants are
introduced to the training scenarios more closely
resembles the way they would actually encounter
potentially fatal situations. That is to say, participants
do a lot of running around.
Operation Buckle-Down (NHTSA/27 min.), which is
available separately as Tape 179. It's a series of short
programs on why police officers should wear their
seat belts.
Pat Down Searches (Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept./5
min.) This program examines what an officer can
and cannot do (in California, anyway) when making a
pat-down search.
Disturbance Control, Riot Formation, and Cell
Extraction (Riverside Co. Sheriff's Dept./9 min.):
Tactical formations and maneuvers for controlling
large groups of inmates are discussed and
demonstrated (though the techniques could be used
outside the jail, if need be).
Case Updates: The last segments of the tape mainly
examine California case law, and while they are
interesting to listen to, Illinois officers may not be
able to apply the information in the way it is
described in the individual programs. Because their
information is "if"-fy for Illinois officers, they haven't
been indexed.
Detention. . .Not Arrest (Golden West College/13
min.)
Search of a Suspect's Mouth; Johnson
91DAR6818 (Golden West College/13 min.)
Not Restrained, Not Detained; Hodani D.
(Alameda Co. DA/12 min.)
Abolition of the Blanket Miranda; McNeil v.
Wisconsin (Alameda Co. DA/17 min.)
Descriptors: Riot Control/Survival/Seat Belts
/Searches/Crowd Control/Police Training/Control
Tactics
Program JOB 201: Frisk/Strip Search (12 min.)
identify when an inmate should be searched, explain
why booking/intake officers must search all newly
admitted inmates, list and explain guidelines for
conducting inmate searches, describe the procedure
for both frisking and strip searching an inmate.
Descriptors: Corrections/Body Searches
Program 201: Traffic Direction & Control (22 min.)
This program may be from the 1970's, but has traffic
direction changed much since then? Viewers will get
a basic understanding of the theory and practice of
directing traffic, and an overview of appropriate
equipment used while directing traffic. Direction of
unique types of intersections is also discussed. More
information on hand signals would have been helpful,
but otherwise it's all right.
Descriptors: Traffic Direction
Program 202: Sex Crimes (28 min.)
This L.E. Net program goes over the most effective
way to investigate a case of alleged rape or child
molestation. Much attention is given to officer
demeanor with the victim and the collection of
evidence.
Descriptors: Rape/Child Sexual Abuse/Interrogation
Program JOB 202: Stress Management (10 min.)
This program instructs officers in the definition of
stress and its effect on the body, explains why the
corrections profession and environment are so
stressful for officers, the five response stages to a
stressful situation, the causes of burnout for jail
officers, and strategies for managing stress.
Descriptors: Corrections/Stress
Program JOB 203: Coping with Crowded Jails (8
min.)
list the primary causes of jail overcrowding, describe
ways to reduce pretrial delays, explain the roles of
pretrial service agencies and jail counselors in
reducing jail population, describe three possible
alternatives to incarceration, and explain the need for
cooperation among all members of the community in
order to relieve overcrowding.
Descriptors: Corrections/Overcrowding/Inmate
Management/Planning
Program 203: Hate Crime: A Training Video for
Police Officers (17 min.)
This program, along with Tape 168, Fear that Doesn't
Fade, are used with the State-mandated Bias Crime
training program. The emphasis of this tape is the
effect of bias crimes on the victims. It doesn't give
any really practical information on how to go about
investigating the crimes themselves.
Descriptors: Bias Crime/Victims
Program 204: It's Up to You (18 min.)
[1990] The Orange County (California) SheriffCoroner Department produced this program in 1990
(and they provided it for free, which was very kind of
them). It gives an overview of what recruits can
expect from the Orange Co. Sheriff's Academy. It
may or may not be what Illinois recruits will get at
Illinois' police training academies, but it is something
to work from when giving a presentation to police
"wannabees".
Descriptors: Police Academies/Police
Training/Recruitment
Program JOB 204: Selecting and Supervising
Inmate Workers (9 min.)
This program should enable viewers to describe the
benefits of inmate work programs for the jail and the
inmate, explain why "trusties" is an inappropriate
name for inmate workers and how to select the most
qualified inmates to be inmate workers. Officers
should also be able to list guidelines for assigning
tasks to inmate workers and for proper supervision of
these inmates.
Program JOB 205: Administrative Segregation (10
min.)
This program enables viewers to explain under what
circumstances an officer should recommend
administrative segregation for an inmate, under what
circumstances an inmate may request protective
custody; distinguish between administrative and
disciplinary segregation, describe the procedure for
getting authorization to place an inmate in
administrative segregation and the inmate's rights
while segregated, list several skills that will help an
officer deal with the kinds of inmates typically found
in administrative segregation, and explain when it is
appropriate for an inmate to be released from
administrative segregation.
Descriptors: Corrections/Segregation/Inmate
Management
Program 205: Orientation to Laser Village (An) (10
min.)
This program, from the Orange Co. Sheriff-Coroner
Department, shows the training "city" the department
built in order to recreate situations officers are likely
to encounter. This program would be especially good
for police trainers, since it talks about the need for
and importance of realistic police training, as well as
giving examples of how to do it.
Descriptors: Police Training/Self Defense
Program 206: Anti-Lock Brake Demonstration (9
min.)
[1991] You may already have this tape: it appears to
have been part of the 1991 Chevrolet Caprice
advertisement packet for police departments. As the
title suggests, it shows the advantages of having antilock brakes on a police car. It can also be useful in
discussions of skid avoidance, since many police cars
swirl past the camera.
Descriptors: Driving/Police Vehicles/Cars
Program JOB 206: Drugs in the Jail (9 min.)
This video enables officers to explain how drug use
threatens safety and security in a jail, five kinds of
commonly abused drugs and the behavior associated
with them, three kinds of paraphernalia associated
with drug use, activities during which the jail is most
vulnerable to drug smuggling, factors inmates
consider when looking for a place to hide drugs, and
procedures to use when searching inmates, visitors,
and employees for drugs. (This program gives tips
that are good for looking for any contraband, not just
drugs.)
Descriptors: Corrections/Smuggling/Drug
Enforcement
Program JOB 207: Hostage Survival (10 min.)
After viewing this video, officers should be able to
give five reasons why hostage situations are likely to
occur in a correctional facility, eight events that are
likely to occur during a hostage incident, define the
Stockholm Syndrome, explain how to act as a
hostage, describe two ways in which hostage incidents
may be terminated, and describe events that are likely
to happen after a hostage incident.
Descriptors: Corrections/Hostage Survival/Criminal
Psychology/Psychology
an "Informative" video for the Orange Co. Sheriff's
Dept. (that is, it doesn't have much to say), but it is
kind of interesting to see what Orange Co. Jails look
like.
Descriptors: Supervision/Corrections
Program JOB 208: Officer Comportment (9 min.)
After viewing this program, viewers should be able to
explain why officers must develop and maintain a
positive image, list guidelines for interacting with
inmates, and describe techniques for interacting
positively with fellow officers, supervisors, and
administrators. Officers should also be able to
explain the need to present a positive image to the
public, and the importance of maintaining a
professional appearance in dress, speech, and body
language.
Descriptors:
Corrections/Comportment/Communication
Program JOB 209: Emergency Preparedness
Planning (10 min.)
This program would also be appropriate for police
officers, since it talks about the need for officers and
their families to have pre-incident (death or disaster)
plans in place. After viewing this video, officers
should be able to identify the goals of emergency
preparedness plans, explain how studying actual jail
emergencies can improve emergency response
techniques, develop a personal emergency response
plan for their families, explain why all jail officers
must be aware of emergency plans for the entire jail
and each post they work, describe the three initial
responses to a jail emergency, and describe four ways
in which they can prevent emergencies in the jail.
Descriptors: Corrections/Emergencies/Families/Line
of Duty Casualties/Planning
Program 207: Violent Disturbances (8 min.)
This program, from the Huntington Beach (CA)
Police Department, is best suited to police managers
who may be called on to make disturbance control
plans. Instead of giving suggestions on how to
control crowds and such, it goes over the points a
manager must consider when planning disturbance
control policy. The NEMRT Library has all kinds of
books on the "hows": if you're interested in the
subject, just give the NEMRT Librarian a call.
Descriptors: Planning/Riot Control
Program JOB 210: Natural Disasters: Hurricane
Preparedness (10 min.)
Although we aren't likely to get any hurricanes out
here, the program's information can be applied to any
reasonably predictable disaster (like floods, storms,
and such). This program should enable jail officers to
explain the importance of developing a disaster
response plan, list the major issues relating to
staffing, food service, medical service, electric power,
communication equipment, water, sewage, sanitation,
supply inventory, and security that must be addressed
when developing a disaster response plan, and
describe the four phases of a disaster response plan.
Descriptors:
Corrections/Emergencies/Planning/Weather
Program 208: Cross Sex Supervision (9 min.)
[1989] This program, from the Orange Co. (CA)
Sheriff's Dept., was produced in 1989, when a number
of posts within their jails were to be staffed by both
male and female deputies. The video talks about the
areas in the jails that will be affected, . It's basically
Program 210: Street Signs (27 min.)
[1989] L.E.NET produced this general program about
the tattoos, graffiti, and patches associated with biker,
street and prison gangs. An overview of Chicago and
Los Angeles gang graffiti is included, along with
examples of prison and biker gang tattoos.
Descriptors: Gangs
Program JOB 211: Critical Incidents in Jails (9
min.)
This program should enable viewers to distinguish
between incidents that can and cannot be prevented;
explain the need to develop policies and procedures
before a critical incident, how training and
simulations can be used to help prepare for incidents,
and the importance of communication (within and
outside the jail) during the incident. Viewers should
also be able to describe the symptoms of stress that
may be exhibited during and after a critical incident,
as well as the process of review and documentation
that must take place following an incident.
Descriptors:
Corrections/Emergencies/Stress/Planning
Program 211: One on One: Handling a Prisoner
Under the Influence of PCP (11 min.)
This program, originally produced by the Santa Clara
Co. (Calif.) Sheriff's Dept., uses a scenario in which a
"dusted" individual in custody ends up killing a
deputy. The scenario is stopped so that the attacker
can tell the viewer what dumb things the deputy did
that got him killed, and how PCP affects users so
they're especially hard to handle.
Descriptors: Self Defense/Survival/Drugs/Drug
Abuse
Program 212: Confessions of a Vietnamese Gang
Member (71 min.)
The Santa Ana (CA) Police Department produced this
program, which features a former Vietnamese Gang
member talking about gangs, how he got involved in
gangs, what crimes they committed and why, and how
gang members regard the police. He also has a few
interesting comments on the police in communist
Vietnam, in the last quarter of the video.
Descriptors:
Asians/Vietnamese/Gangs/Interviews/Communication
Program JOB 212: Preventing Suicides (10 min.)
explain how potentially suicidal inmates can be
identified during the arrest and admission process and
how the jail environment itself can influence an
inmate to attempt suicide; identify factors that may
predispose an inmate to suicide and signals that an
inmate may be contemplating suicide; and describe
the proper procedure for conducting an intake
interview.
Descriptors: Corrections/Suicide/Inmate
Management/Interrogation
Program 213: Vehicle Theft Investigations:
Practical Aspects & Investigative Needs {FBI
John Eanniello (NYPD Auto Crimes Division), Mary
Ellen Beekman (FBI), Gene Rutley (California
Highway Patrol) Thomas R. Morton (National Auto
Theft Bureau) give tips on preventing and
investigating car and big equipment thefts, the
exportation of stolen vehicles, and the importance of
tracing vehicle thefts. You might want to be careful
who this tape is shown to: the first speaker gives a lot
of practical advice about how to make big bucks
selling stolen auto parts.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Vehicle
Theft/Investigation
Program 214: POST Satellite Broadcast -- October
1991 (2 hours)
This month's broadcast requires the viewer to crank
up the volume, and includes:
Environmental Enforcement (Newport Beach
Police Dept./10 min.) While most appropriate to
California, the theory behind the program is
interesting. The importance of enforcing
environmental or conservation laws is discussed, and
then seemingly unrelated sections of the Penal,
Vehicle, Health and Safety, and Fish and Game codes
that can be used to prosecute violators are examined.
Driving Tactics {Officer Survival Series} (Los
Angeles Police Dept./7 min.) The POST
announcement says of this video, "Covers basic
driving tactics during normal patrol and Code 3 runs",
and we couldn't say it any better.
Domestic Violence (Los Angeles Sheriff's
Dept./10 min.) This program is really only applicable
to California agencies, since it explains how officers
should go about enforcing California Domestic
Violence laws. It is interesting to see what they do
out there, though, and it might give local agencies
some ideas on how to enforce Illinois ones.
Questioned Document Section (Dept. of Justice/8
min.) "Provides an overview of services provided by
the Department of Justice's Questioned Document
Section."
Case Updates: The last segments of the tape mainly
examine California case law, and while they are
interesting to listen to, Illinois officers may not be
able to apply the information in the way it is
described in the individual programs. Because their
been indexed.
Interviewing Defendants About Other Crimes
(Golden West College/8 min.)
Death of the "Threatened Illegal Detention":
People vs. Arrangure (June 6, 1991)
91 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6489 (Golden West
College/11 min.
Search: Co-Occupant Consent: Childs (Alameda
County Dist. Attorney/12 min.)
Search: Take it all: Harvey, Jaramillo-Suarez
(Alameda County Dist. Attorney/11 min.)
Violence/Driving/Environment/Hazardous
Materials/Investigation
Program 215: Drug Interdiction (30 min.)
L.E. Net produced this program in association with
the DEA and the Jacksonville (FL) Police
Department. The best part is the discussion and
demonstration of techniques for searching vehicles for
drugs. In addition, the use of subject profiling in drug
investigations is discussed, along with techniques for
using existing traffic laws to catch drug couriers.
Descriptors: Drug Enforcement/Drug
Trafficking/Searches/Vehicle Searches
Program 216: Victim Officers: Post Shooting &
Psychological Services Concerns {FBI
The panelists in this program discuss the
psychological and emotional trauma officers can
experience after shooting someone, and steps to
minimize it, the importance of peer counseling,
trauma of victim officer families, and organizational
steps to minimize psychological damage and liability.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Line of Duty Casualties/Police
Families/Stress/Deadly Force/Psychology
Program 217: Hate Groups: Violence in America
{FBI Teleconference} (3 hours)
Panelists Richard Holden, J. Harper Wilson, and
William Tafoya talk about the beliefs of people who
join hate groups, efforts made to keep track of their
bias crimes, and the long-term effect on law
enforcement in combatting these groups and their
crimes.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Bias
Crime/Terrorism/Extremist Groups
This month's broadcast features the programs:
Never Give Up (San José Police Dept./9 min.).
An incident is reenacted, in which an officer's being
prepared for a possible attack (and the fact he was
wearing his body armor) saved his life.
Splitting Up (Los Angeles Police Dept./4 min.),
which describes the dangers of splitting from one's
partner during a foot pursuit.
*Management Scenarios (San Diego Police
Dept./9 min.). This program ought to be great for
supervisors, or for those who instruct in areas of
police management or communication. It features a
number of open-ended scenarios of incidents that
might occur within a police department among the
personnel. The viewer has to think about what he or
she would (or should) do in such a situation.
*70% by '92 (NHTSA/15 min.) This program
describes their program to increase seat belt usage by
1992. If your agency wants to do some kind of public
relations program to increase seat belt usage, the
program also explains how to run a summer
campaign.
The Designated Driver (Pleasant Hill Police
Dept./5 min.) This one is a promotional tape for
designating non-drinking drivers for affairs where
alcohol will be served.
Search and Seizure for School Administrators
(Ventura Co. Sheriff's Dept./19 min.) While the case
law might not apply in Illinois, a viewer might be
able to use the theory behind the case law. This
program goes over the (California) search and seizure
laws that apply to public school campuses, and the
rights of school administrators.
CALIFORNIA CASE LAW UPDATES:
Search: Patting down and getting it in: Frank V.
(Alameda Co. District Atty./12 min.)
A Trap is not Entrapment: Wesley (Alameda Co.
District Atty./13 min.)
Deadly Force: Training and Liability (Golden
West College/13 min.) (This one was interesting,
whether all the information can be applied in Illinois,
or not)
Bad Defenses Bite the Dust (Golden West
College/9 min.)
(*Available Separately)
Descriptors: Schools/Juveniles/Searches/DUI/Seat
Belts/Police Management/Ethics/Comportment/Body
Armor/Decision-Making/Survival/Public Relations
Program 219: Tarnished Years (The) (40 min.)
[July 5, 1990] This episode of 48 Hours originally
aired on CBS July 5, 1990. It discusses the
prevalence and nature of Elderly Abuse.
Descriptors: Elderly/Domestic Violence
Program 220: Use of Excessive Force (The) {FBI
[December 1991] The topics of this December 1991
teleconference are the problems and corrective
actions police management can take when force is
used excessively within their department, what areas
of police training need refocusing to avoid such
incidents, and how to deal with the media. Panelists
include Harvey Goldstein, Mike Bostic (Los Angeles
Police Dept.), Ron Smith (St. Louis Police Dept.),
and Dave Hall (San Diego Police Dept.). (There is
some interference, especially in the second half. It is
somewhat distracting, but you can still hear what is
being said, and what is being said is important).
Descriptors: FBI
Teleconference/Supervision/Communication/Police
Training/Force/Stress/Media Relations
Program 221: POST Satellite Broadcast -December 1991 (2 hours)
[December 1991] The recording has a few audio
drops and interference in places, but otherwise it
looks pretty good. Otherwise, this month's training
programs are all on using NCIC (and you might want
to use it with Tape 176, which also features a number
of short programs about NCIC), and they are:
NCIC Vehicle File: The Winning Team (FBI &
Indiana State Police / 16 min.) How information on
stolen and recovered vehicles should be gathered and
placed into the computerized NCIC Vehicle File is the
main topic of this program.
NCIC Boat File (FBI & Florida Department of
Law Enforcement / 12 min.) This program describes
the NCIC Boar File and procedures for checking boat
hull numbers, and boat and trailer registration. (This
one will be a good program for any agency serving a
community with a marina or a lot of pleasure boats
around. SLC)
NCIC Interstate Identification Index (FBI & North
Carolina Justice Academy / 10 min.), which provides
information and procedures for use of an on-line, ontime computerized criminal history record system
available through NCIC in 22 states. Illinois is NOT
one of those states, at this time, at least, but this
program gives a lot of good reasons for a state's
participation in the program.
NCIC Packing the Record for Law Enforcement
Officers (FBI and Arizona Department of Public
Safety / 6 min.) This program emphasizes the
importance of entering complete and accurate
information into NCIC to ensure effectiveness of the
system and to increase officer safety.
NCIC Wanted Person File for Law Enforcement
Officers (FBI & Arizona Department of Public Safety
/ 10 min.), which provides information for use of the
NCIC Wanted Persons File, and explains how an
entry automatically searches various other files to
access additional information.
NCIC and Missing Children (FBI & Maryland
State Police / 11 min.) This program describes the
services of NCIC for reporting and locating missing
children. It also emphasizes the importance of
immediate entry of data, accuracy of information, and
completeness.
California Case Law Updates:
Vehicle "Pat Downs" (Golden West College / 8
min.) This one discusses an officers authority to
inspect a license, registration, and V.I.N. related to
(California) Vehicle Code regulations. The
interesting part, though, is the discussion of safety
considerations that allow officers to order driver to
exit the vehicle, and to enter it to retrieve these items
from places where they are usually kept, which should
apply in any state.
Single-Photo I.D. (Golden West College / 14
min.)
Confessions: The Federal Standard: Collazo V.
Estelle (Alameda County District Attorney / 11 min.)
Searches : The Scope of a Warrant: Ybarra
(Alameda County District Attorney / 11 min.)
Descriptors: NCIC
Program 222: Courtroom Skills and Tactics (30
min.)
In this L.E.NET tape, a DUI hearing and subsequent
civil trial are reenacted, and the reaction of the
testifying officer is analyzed. Suggestions for
improving the presentation of testimony are also
given. Unlike some of the other courtroom
performance tapes NEMRT has, the officer's
performance in this one was apparently unrehearsed.
Forewarned is forearmed, and seeing what a real
officer is likely to do in the witness stand can be
helpful for other real officers who are likely to be
there sometime.
Descriptors: DUI/Testifying
Program CRT 222: Transporting Inmates 1 (34
min.)
[1999] This CORT program begins by describing the
basic principles of safe inmate transportation, then
features various corrections trainers discussing the
details of these principles. Since both corrections and
law enforcement personnel may be required to
transport prisoners and suspects, the information
presented here is appropriate for both types of
officers. A major portion of the program is on safe
inmate searching techniques. Before applying the
techniques, however, make sure that they match
departmental procedures, and that they will apply to
the facilities to which the inmates are being
transported.
Descriptors: Transportation
(Inmates)/Corrections/Prisoners/Searches/Body
Searches/Inmate Management/Courts/Comportment
Program 223: NCIC Overviews (2 hours, 10 min.)
This tape collects the NCIC-related training videos
from NEMRT Tapes 176 and 221. The programs are:
NCIC Overview for Law Enforcement Officers
{FBI & Arizona Dept. of Public Safety} (6 min.)
NCIC Vehicle File for Law Enforcement Officers
{FBI & Los Angeles Police Dept.} (8 min.)
NCIC Unidentified Person File {FBI & Los
Angeles Police Dept.} (8 min.)
NCIC Investigative Off Line Search {FBI} (13
min.)
NCIC Hit Confirmation for the Patrol Officer
{FBI & the New York State Police} (8 min.)
NCIC Validation {FBI & the New York State
Police} (9 min.)
NCIC Responsibilities for the Agency
Administrator {FBI & Los Angeles Police Dept.} (13
min.)
NCIC Vehicle File: The Winning Team (FBI &
Indiana State Police / 16 min.)
NCIC Boat File (FBI & Florida Department of
Law Enforcement / 12 min.)
NCIC Interstate Identification Index (FBI &
North Carolina Justice Academy / 10 min.)
NCIC packing the Record for Law Enforcement
Officers (FBI and Arizona Department of Public
Safety / 6 min.)
NCIC Wanted Person File for Law Enforcement
Officers (FBI & Arizona Department of Public Safety
/ 10 min.).
NCIC and Missing Children (FBI & Maryland
State Police / 11 min.)
Descriptors: NCIC
Program CRT 223: Professional Ethics in
Corrections (30 min.)
[1999] Corrections officers daily work with some of
the most unethical people in society, so they need to
be especially careful to maintain their own
professional excellence. Various corrections
instructors discuss ethical dangers to officers, the
importance of professional appearance and attitude,
professional conduct and bigotry, contraband and
gratuity issues, and disciplinary concerns (as well as
the use of video cameras in encouraging excellent
conduct in officers).
Descriptors:
Corrections/Ethics/Comportment/Discipline
1992 (2 hours)
[January 1992] This month's broadcast includes:
Assault Weapons Registration Educational
Campaign ([California] Attorney General's Office/10
min.) This program would mean little to Illinois
officers, since it consists of public service
announcements about California's law about
registering legal assault weapons.
*With Respect (Anaheim Police Department/19
min.) This one is available separately as #172, and is
about how a law enforcement officer can best relate to
the Vietnamese community.
*Juveniles Out of Gangs (San Diego Police
Dept./28 min.) The San Diego Police Department put
together this program for use with their DARE
program. It tells viewers what it's like to be in a gang,
how it will mess up their lives, and what they can
expect when they go to juvenile detention facilities.
At the beginning and the end of the segment is a
explanation of how to use the programs.
Confessions: Post-Attorney Reinitiation: Mickey
(Alameda Co. District Atty./12 min.)
Confessions: Anticipating Aranda: Douglas
(Alameda Co. District Atty/12 min.) The information
in this one could probably apply outside California:
it's about the importance of getting one of two
confessing suspects to word their confession so that, if
the confessor won't testify, the right of confrontation
is not violated.
*A Judicial Perspective of the Law Enforcement
Community: Where Are We Headed? (Golden West
College/31 min.) This program has little to do with
case law: Judge William Bedsworth (Orange Co.
Superior Court) talks about why policing is so
difficult in the United States, how incongruous
legislation is with social problems (for instance, in
California, the punishment for killing a bird that isn't
a swallow in a cemetery is greater than that for
leaving the scene of a skiing accident), and how
different groups perceive the police after the Rodney
King incident. It's an inspiring, entertaining speech.
(*Available separately)
Descriptors: Weapons/Comic
Relief/Vietnamese/Gangs/Crime
Prevention/Corrections/Public Speaking/Asians/Law
Program CRT 224: Special Response Team
Training Set (55 min.)
[1999] Because tactical teams may not be available
when and where they are needed, the Kenosha
County (Wisconsin) Sheriff's Department has trained
all its corrections officers in cell extraction and
response training tactics. This 2-tape set from the
CORT series describes and demonstrates a cell
extraction training session. Part 1, Overview and
Objectives, explains the reasoning for the training,
and the basic overview of the session (and the
technique the jail uses). Part 2, Practical Application
and Techniques, shows the actual extraction
simulation. The jail's trainer plays the uncooperative
inmate in the simulation, which is an interesting idea.
While equipment is not specifically identified, useful
items are mentioned in the course of the program.
Positional Asphyxia, and the importance of allowing
the subject's chest to expand, is also considered in the
second half of the program. As always, compare the
techniques described in this program with
departmental policy before applying them.
Descriptors:
Corrections/Emergencies/Handcuffing/Control
Tactics/ Transportation (Inmates)/Training/Police
Training/Pepper Spray/Chemical Agents/Asphyxia
Program 225: Who Goes to Prison? (2 hours)
[December 4, 1991] The panelists on this
teleconference, which originated from the 8th Annual
Correctional Symposium in Lexington, KY (taped
December 4, 1991) discuss who is being sent to
prison, and how states and federal facilities are
dealing with the problems of an increasing prison
population. Most of the panelists are from
correctional facilities in the Midwest, so the
suggestions are especially appropriate. (The picture
is kind of grainy, and toward the middle the volume
drops, but it's the best recording quality we could
achieve.)
Descriptors: Corrections/Prisoners/Research
Program CRT 226: Suicide Watch & Intervention
(26 min.)
[1999] The critical importance of monitoring
arrestees, especially those in jail for the first time, for
suicide attempts is the focus of this CORT program.
Issues considered include methods inmates may use
to attempt suicide, prevention methods, profiles and
actions of potentially suicidal inmates, first response
and first aid procedures, initial death investigations,
and liability and safety issues. Procedures at the
Kenosha Co. Jail (Wisconsin) are used as the basis
for discussion: be sure to examine your agency's
procedures for compatibility before applying those
discussed in the program.
Descriptors: Suicide/Corrections/First Aid/Inmate
Management/Interrogation
Program 226: Ultimate Survivors (85 min.)
William Shatner narrates the stories of four police
officers who survived horrible physical and mental
ordeals. One had half his face blown off with a
shotgun (a picture of the "damage" is included in the
tape; once you get past that, though, the rest of the
tape is not especially graphic), one had most of his
skin burned off in a patrol car accident, one survived
an ambush, and one overcame self-doubt after failing
to prevent the shooting of another officer. It's a
thought-provoking, encouraging program.
Descriptors: Survival/Line of Duty
Casualties/Shootings/Stress (Critical Incident)/Police
Families
Program CRT 227: Correctional Searches of
Persons 1 (17 min.)
[1999] If officers assume, when they receive custody
of a prisoner, that he or she hasn't been searched, the
officers are most likely to perform a thorough search.
This program from the CORT series features Brad
Inman (Kent County, Rhode Island), who describes
and demonstrates safe procedures for searching
prisoners (and holding cells) for contraband and
weapons when they are brought to the detention
center. As always, compare the techniques and
suggestions listed here with department policy before
using them. The program ends with a discussion of
the importance of documentation for use of force,
injuries, and officer training.
Descriptors: Searches/Body
Searches/Corrections/Concealed Weapons
Program 227: Law Enforcement Custody of
Juveniles (29 min.)
This program, produced by the OJJDP, shows law
enforcement officers taking juveniles into custody and
detaining them in appropriate (legal) ways. Detention
for both status offenses and delinquent offenses are
considered.
Descriptors: Juveniles/
Corrections/Prisoners/Juvenile Crime
Program CRT 228: ADA in Corrections I (21 min.)
[1999] Disabled inmates may turn up at a correctional
facility at any time. This program from the CORT
series discusses some of the issues correctional
officers need to address in order for their facility to
meet the requirements of the Americans with
Disabilities Act. Included is a discussion of what
constitutes a disability, the importance of staff
training, and facility modifications that physically or
mentally challenged inmates may require. Sources of
assistance for equipment (like TDDs and such) and
the importance of searching physically disabled
inmates thoroughly are also considered.
Descriptors: Corrections/Disabled/Inmate
Management/Searches/Environmental Design
Program 228: Red Asphalt III / Suddenly Tragedy
(17 min. / 6 min.)
The California Highway Patrol Academy produced
these programs about traffic accidents. Red Asphalt
III is a collection of graphic videos of accidents and
victims, many of whom were maimed and killed due
to DUI or failure to wear seat belts. Suddenly
Tragedy is the footage of an accident that occurred
while a TV crew was interviewing witnesses of an
earlier accident.
Descriptors: Traffic/Accidents/DUI
Program 229: Felony Hit and Run Investigation
(11 min.)
We got this video from the California Highway Patrol
Academy, which goes over the process of
investigating a hit and run accident. It may remind
the viewer of a short episode of Dragnet, but the
methods the investigators used to find the hit and run
driver are worth remembering.
Program CRT 229: Teamwork: Team Building in
Corrections (13 min.)
[2000] The object of this CORT program is to help
recognize the importance of working together as a
team. It is also intended to showcase the Palm Beach
County (Florida) Sheriff's Department's Team
Building training, which includes both law
enforcement and correctional personnel. This
training includes "stunts" and drills the teams have to
perform, which are intended to increase participants'
understanding of themselves and the other individuals
that make up the team. Well, at least watching the
stunts is good for laughs.
Descriptors: Police
Training/Communication/Motivation
Program 230: Air Brake Program (108 min.)
Unless you're crazy about semi trucks, you're going to
be bored to tears by this program, which was
provided by the California Highway Patrol Academy.
If you need to know about air brakes, truck
inspection, and the turning capabilities of long trucks,
though, this is the program for you. The titles
included on this tape are: Introduction to the
Fundamentals of an Air Brake System, Air Brake
Systems (Pt. 1-2), Commercial Vehicle Safety;
Alliance Inspection, Long Truck Demonstration, and
Pro Partners for Safety.
Descriptors: Trucks
Program CRT 230: Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint
for Corrections [Demonstration] (24 min.)
[2000] This program from the CORT series is not so
much a training tape as it is a promotional
demonstration of the benefits of using Jim Lindell's
Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint, which involves
pressing on the veins in a resistor's neck to gain
compliance. The demonstrations, and the discussion
of the advantages of using the system, are clear; but
viewers won't be qualified to apply the techniques
unless they go through an authorized training
program. North East Multi-Regional Training doesn't
recommend this procedure, but at least you'll know
more about it than you did.
Descriptors: Control Tactics/Police
Training/Corrections
Program CRT 231: Gangs in Corrections (22 min.)
[2000] Watch the body language in this program from
the CORT series. It features remarks from a St. Clair
Co. (Missouri) corrections officer on how gang
members are processed and placed in the facility, and
those from an incarcerated gang-banger on how
members are handled, and what they are likely to do
while they're in the facility. The gang member's
description of how prisoners (and corrections officers)
act is especially interesting, and not gang-specific.
Descriptors: Gangs/Inmates/Interviews/Comportment
Program 231: In Vehicle Video Taping (19 min.)
The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards
Board produced this program, about how to use an invehicle video camera most effectively during a traffic
stop. The focus, in this case, is "setting the scene"
and such for taping a DUI stop. Experts also provide
running commentary on why the techniques described
in the tape are good to keep in mind.
Descriptors: DUI/Photography
Program CRT 232: Edged Weapon Defense &
Disarming (14 min.)
[2000] Brad Inman (Kent Co., Rhode Island, Sheriff's
Office) is featured in the CORT program. He goes
over the type of shanks that corrections officers might
encounter, the importance of knowing edge weapon
defense techniques (after all, prisoners have a lot of
time on their hands in which to make types of knives),
and brief demonstrations of techniques for defending
against surprise attacks, particularly those from much
larger attackers. North East Multi-Regional Training
doesn't necessarily recommend any of these
techniques, but they are interesting to know about. As
always, compare the techniques and suggestions
described in the video with department policy before
using them.
Descriptors: SelfDefense/Survival/Corrections/Knives/Concealed
Weapons
Program 233: Wellness and Fitness: A Holistic
Approach to Health {FBI Teleconference} (2.58
hours)
[1992] Broadcast February 12, 1992, the panelists on
this teleconference talk about the benefits of a
departmental health program and how to go about
setting one up. It was a lot more interesting than I
thought it would be.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Physical
Fitness/Health
Program 234: POST Satellite Broadcast -- February
1992 (2 hours)
[February 1992] The recording quality on this one
leaves a lot to be desired, but it's the best we could
get. So, turn up the volume on your monitor and see
the programs:
The Crime Scene Computer (NIJ / 8 min.), which
gives an overview of how to protect evidence that
might be in a computer found at a crime scene.
Officer Involved Shooting: Pace
Warehouse/Downey PD (Los Angeles Police Dept. /
19 min.) A holdup at a grocery warehouse and the
officers' response to the call is reenacted. A couple of
officers were ambushed and shot, but are alive today
and talk about the incident.
Western States Information Network ([California]
Dept. of Justice / 17 min.) Since the topic here is the
computerized Regional Information Sharing System
that covers the Western States, this one doesn't have
much to do with Illinois policing. It might give the
viewer some tips on using local law enforcement
computer networks in investigating drug dealing,
though.
NCIC 2000 (FBI and the Indiana State Police / 14
min.) Since NCIC was designed almost a quartercentury ago, and computer technology has improved
considerably since then. For that reason, the program
is scheduled to be replaced. This program explains
why and how.
Consent Without Suspicion (Golden West College
/ 14 min.)
Hammer V. Gross (Golden West College / 13
min.) (about the use of excessive force to extract
blood for testing)
The Conditional Consent Conundrum (Alameda
Co. District Atty. / 10 min.)
If Privacy Isn't There, Don't Create It! (Alameda
Co. District Atty. / 11 min.)
Descriptors: Computers/
Shootings/NCIC/Survival/Line of Duty
Casualties/Investigation
Program 235: Hate Crimes POST Telecourse (2
hours, 20 min.)
While the focus is the California police response to
bias crimes, the information by-and-large applies to
jurisdictions across the country. The panelists discuss
the nature of bias crimes, what makes a crime a bias
crime, and how law enforcement agencies should go
about investigating such crimes. The questions the
viewers ask are thought-provoking ones, and the
answers are worth discussing. (By the way, the
NEMRT Library has a copy of the workbook that was
made to accompany this telecourse. If you would like
to borrow it, just mention it when you ask to borrow
the tape.)
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Bias Crime
Program 237: Law Enforcement Ethics (28 min.)
This L.E.NET program is built around an interview
with Neil Trautman, well-known police trainer. He
discusses why being an ethical police officer is
important, why officers go bad, and ways officers
(and departments, too) can go about doing "the right
thing". Also included are a few case studies of
unethical use of force, and suggestions for developing
ethics training for officers.
Descriptors: Ethics/Comportment/Police
Corruption/Survival
Program 238: POST Satellite Broadcast -- March
1992 (2 hours)
[March 1992] The North Aurora Police Department
was kind enough to bring this one down, and aside
from a little interference in the center of the picture, it
looks pretty good. This month's programs include:
Skid Control (Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept. / 10
min.) This interesting program explains how to get
out of a skid, and how to avoid skidding in the first
place.
Latent Print Section ([California] Department of
Justice / 12 min.) Technicians at the Dept. of Justice
explain the various ways latent prints are developed.
Homicides: Crime Scene Preservation for Patrol
(Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept. / 11 min.) The program
focuses on how responding officers can
unintentionally meddle with the crime scene, and the
narration explains what officers should look out for
when responding. The conclusion, in which
everything that could go wrong at a crime scene does,
is almost as funny as Buck Savage's homicide
investigation.
No Way Out (San José Police Dept. / 13 min.)
which reenacts an incident in which officers
responded during a fire in order to show what should
(and shouldn't) be done. At the end, an officer's
responsibilities during a fire are described.
Low Risk Pullover and Approach (Los Angeles
Sheriff's Dept. / 12 min.) Safe methods for making
vehicle stops are demonstrated. Methods for making
them at night are also included.
Search: The Out of Car-Body Experience
(Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 9 min.)
Interrogation: Avoiding and Ignoring Miranda
Take Your Hands Out of Your Pockets, Please. . .
(Golden West College / 9 min.)
Spontaneous Declaration (Golden West College /
13 min.)
Descriptors: Driving/Fingerprints/Crime
Scenes/Evidence Collection/Comic Relief/Fires/Street
Stops/Investigation
Program 239: NCIC/ATF Violent Felon File (11
min.)
This program explains the use and importance of the
(new) Violent Felon File the Department of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms sponsors, that is available
through NCIC. It lets users know if the detainee is a
violent felon or is prohibited from owning a firearm.
The Chicago Police Department participated in the
making of this tape, so that makes it especially
interesting.
Descriptors: NCIC/Background
Investigations/Survival
Program 240: Verbal Judo Review (1 hour, 49 min.)
In this program, George Thompson explains, in his
earthy style, how officers can avoid conflict with the
people they have to interact with through their use of
words and manner. It basically combines the
principles of How to Win Friends and Influence
People and Judo to practical policing. The program is
a little long to show at one sitting, but it is broken
down into several shorter sections. Whether you
agree with the principles described or not, it is an
interesting program to hear.
Descriptors: Body Language/Communication/Force
/Self Defense
Program 241: Staying Healthy Telecourse (POST
Telecourse) (2 hrs, 8 min.)
This program, from the California Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training, talks about the
importance of personal exercise programs (and how
to do them), how to use weight equipment correctly,
which foods are better for patrol snacking, and how to
keep mentally fit. It's like an FBI Teleconference for
patrol officers, and I didn't feel anywhere near as fat
and awkward after watching it as I did after the FBI
one. Since the sections are about a half-hour long,
the program could be used over several days or
weeks, instead of all at one time.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Physical Fitness
Program 242: Ethics in Policing (POST Telecourse)
(2 hours, 40 min.)
The panelists, and lecturer Michael Josephson,
discuss the nature of ethics, what makes one an
ethical person, and the importance of ethics in
policing in this program, broadcast March 19, 1992.
The presentation is divided in three sections, in which
Josephson lectures, a scenario of an ethical dilemma
is shown, and a panel of (California) law enforcement
managers discuss the resolution of the dilemma. It
isn't anywhere near as dull as it might sound, either.
The program has a lot of interference, but if you turn
up the volume, you can probably live with it. It was
the best we could get.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Ethics/Case
Studies/Comportment
Program 243: Standardized Field Sobriety Test; The
New Weapon Against Drunk Driving/Drug
Recognition Expert Training (32 min.)
[1991] Sgt. Talbot, of the Woodridge Police Dept.
(now retired), gave us this American Bar Associationproduced video. In Standardized Field Sobriety Test,
the narrator gives the history of standardized field
sobriety tests, then talks about the types of tests and
the legal validity of the tests, especially HGN. Then,
the difficulty of detecting the drugs that cause drugimpaired driving is discussed, as are the types of
impairing drugs. In Drug Recognition Expert
Training, the DRE (drug recognition expert) training
process is examined.
Descriptors: DUI/Drug Testing/Drug Enforcement
Program 245: Criminal Justice in Crisis (18 min.)
[1992] The Criminal Justice Section of the American
Bar Association produced this program, which is
probably most appropriate for a civilian audience.
The various speakers discuss why the criminal justice
system in the United States is not functioning, and
why we need more money to fund the criminal justice
system. Drug-related crime is emphasized, while
little is said on crime deterrence (keeping people from
becoming criminals in the first place). On the whole,
though, it's an interesting program to watch and
discuss. By the way, the video is based on the ABA
report Criminal Justice in Crisis, which the
Instructors' Library has (call no. 33000-ABA-1988),
and is accompanied by two guidebooks: Presenting a
Public Education Program on Crime, Drugs and
Criminal Justice; A Guidebook for Program
Sponsors, and Crime, Drugs and Criminal Justice; A
Public Education Handbook. If you want to use these
books, just ask for them when you request the video.
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/Drug
Enforcement/criminal justice
1992 (1 hour, 40 min.)
[April 1992] The primary topic of this broadcast is an
update and explanation of California's "Proposition
115", which allows hearsay evidence under certain
conditions at preliminary hearings. It won't apply in
Illinois, but the explanation of how the proposition
works is interesting. (45 min.)
Repeat Interrogation (Golden West College / 15
min.)
Response to a "911" Call (Golden West College /
12 min.) {Although it may not apply in Illinois, this
one was interesting, about suppressing evidence found
in connection with responding to a 911 call.}
Statements: I Only Said What They Wanted: Page
(Alameda Co. Dist. Atty. / 12 min.) {Although this
one may not apply in Illinois, either, it was interesting
to hear tips on how to interrogate a suspect so most of
his or her statements can be used}
Search Warrants: The Minimum Due-Process
Requirement: Runge and Bettencourt (Alameda Co.
Dist. Atty. / 11 min.)
Descriptors: Evidence
Program 247: Tactical Communication (POST
Telecourse) (2 hours)
[April 23, 1992] "Tactical Communication" is an
euphemism for Verbal Judo, and originator George
Thompson enthusiastically explains the basic
principles of avoiding verbal conflict with citizens to
an audience of California police professionals in this
telecourse broadcast April 23, 1992. If you aren't
familiar with Verbal Judo, this program is worth the
seeing. If you are, watching George Thompson put
on his show is worth the seeing, too.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Communication/Force/Body
Language/Self Defense
Program 248: Confidence Crimes Prevention and
Education Series (1 hour)
[circa 1992] The Video Services Section of the
Chicago Police Dept. produced this tape, which
demonstrates three common con games, and points
out how the viewer can recognize a con artist. As the
video's 6-minute introduction points out, it is an
appropriate program to show to community groups.
The sections are: Home repair (20 min.), The Pigeon
drop (18 min.), and The Badge Play Come Back (16
min.)
Descriptors: Con Games/ Fraud/Elderly/Crime
Prevention
Program 249: Active Countermeasures / Crime
Scene Diagramming (50 min.)
This LETN/L.E.NET tape features segments from the
LETN programs Street Beat and Crime Scene. In
Active Countermeasures, Gary Klugiewicz, from the
Milwaukee Co. Sheriff's Dept., discusses and
demonstrates principles of basic unarmed blocking
and striking maneuvers. In Crime Scene
Diagramming, Don Ostermeyer, of the Orlando
Police Dept., talks about the importance of crime
scene diagrams, and how to go about preparing one.
Descriptors: Self Defense/Control Tactics/Crime
Scenes/Investigation/Testifying
Program 250: Officer as Hostage / Tactical
Movement (25 min.)
The two segments featured on this LETN video
consists of two recordings of LETN's Street Beat
program. Officer as Hostage features Bob Welsh of
the Ohio Highway Patrol, who gives officers an
understanding and working knowledge of what to do
if taken hostage (or lured into the suspect's trap),
according to the lesson plan. The program is mostly
about the Survival Attitude, though. Tactical
movement features David S. Tracy explaining and
demonstrating how to sneak from one place to
another.
Descriptors: Survival/Self Defense/Hostage
Survival/Building Searches
Program 251: Suicide: The Silent Signals (29 min.)
[1985] The American Jail Association helped produce
this tape in 1985. It discusses the reasons detainees
may have for trying to commit suicide, ways of
preventing suicides, and the legal concerns of suicides
in a jail. The program is made to sound like a
documentary, but the narrator is no Mike Wallace. It
is informative, though, and the scene where the jail
officer listens to the inmate talk about committing
suicide is interesting.
Descriptors: Suicide/Mental Illness/Corrections
Program 252: Sticky Situations: True-Life Training
Scenarios (13 min.)
The American Jail Association sponsored this
program about management relations, too. It's an
excellent source from which to discuss departmental
policy, as well as appropriate professional behavior,
within a jail setting. The scenes show jail officers
reacting to situations (mainly with superior officers)
in ways that are understandable, but potentially stupid
or unprofessional. After the scene, the tape is
supposed to be stopped so the viewers can discuss
what has taken place. Then, the narrator points out
what was wrong with the situation, and what the
officer should have done. It's similar to NEMRT
Tape #73, Decision Exercises, but this one
emphasizes inter-officer relations, rather than officerinmate relations.
Descriptors: Corrections/Management/DecisionMaking/Communication
Program 253: How to Videotape an Incident (14
min.)
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
provided this tape, about using a hand-held video
camera. Topics include the kind of incidents to
videotape, how to use a camcorder, and the program
also gives recommendations on videotaping
technique. Also described are the videotaping
guidelines for the Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept.,
which won't necessarily mean much to us in Illinois,
but are a good basis for making videotaping policy.
Descriptors: Photography/Video
Photography/Evidence Collection
Program 254: Bloodborne Pathogens: Safeguarding
Employees by Reducing the Risk to Occupational
Exposure to Bloodborne Disease (2 hours, 25 min.)
[June 16, 1992] This program is a videotape of the
North East Multi-Regional Training class, held June
16, 1992. Instructors Doug Nelson and Thomas
Lovejoy talk about the transmission of body-fluidborne diseases, how to prevent contamination, and
ways of meeting the OSHA standards.
Descriptors: Diseases/AIDS
Program 255: Action for the First Responder /
Negligent Retention (50 min.)
[1990-1991] Action for the First Responder is the
May 20, 1991 episode of LETN's Star Points. The
experts in this program discuss and describe the
DOT's Initial Isolation and Protective Action Table,
the type of chemical release from different types of
containers, and actions to take before using the Table,
along with things to consider when planning to
evacuate an area. Negligent Retention is the
September 17, 1990 episode of LETN's Command
Update. This is a great program for giving police
managers anxious nightmares. William Ready
discusses how to minimize the damage when a
department is sued for having officers on the force
who cannot perform their job, or parts of their job,
adequately.
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials/Police
Procedures/Police Training/Liability
1992 (2 hours)
[August 1992] The picture quality is good in this
tape, but the audio track has a hiss. The programs are
interesting enough to take your mind off the hiss,
though. Programs broadcast this month include:
Officer Involved Shooting: Craig Junginger
(Huntington Beach Police Dept. / 20 min.)
Motorcycle officer Craig Junginger reenacts and talks
about a 1989 shootout he had with a bank robber. At
the end of the program, police psychologist Dr. Larry
Blum discusses post-trauma effects and survival
shooting training.
*Target Harden: Making Your Homes Safer
(Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement / 23 min.) This
one would be a great program to show to crime
prevention groups or at community fairs. After an
older lady in a community has her house burglarized,
the crime prevention officer shows the community
how to make their houses harder targets for burglars.
It's a little more "hard-sell" than You Make a
Difference: Preventing Home Burglary (#78), but the
story line is better.
*Range Safety (FLETC / 18 min.) What firearms
range instructors need to do (and keep trainees from
doing) to keep anyone from getting hurt on the range
is covered in this program. Safe ways of handling
different types of firearms, hand signals, and loading
procedures are included, too.
Dangerous Limitations on Prolonging a Traffic
Stop (Golden West College / 11 min.)
Search Incident to Arrest: Contemporaneousness
Search: The Scope and Exploitation of Search
Conditions (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty. / 11 min.)
Defenses: Entrapment: Back to Barraza
(Alameda Co. Dist. Atty. / 11 min.)
Descriptors: Crime
Prevention/Shootings/Survival/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Burglary/Security/Firearms/Police Training
Program 257: Take Another Look; Police Response
to Seizures and Epilepsy (15 min.)
The Police Executive Research Forum and the
Epilepsy Foundation of America produced this twopart program, which informs viewers about how to
recognize a seizure, and how to handle someone who
is having a seizure. The first part of the program (8
min.) goes over dealing with seizures in a way in
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,
and the second (7 min.) emphasizes the necessity for
care when facing someone having a seizure. Legal
obligations are emphasized more strongly here than in
Epilepsy: A Police Problem (#156), but the varieties
of seizures seemed clearer in that earlier tape.
Descriptors: Epilepsy/Liability/Disabled
ability to testify.
Descriptors:
Schools/Safety/Testifying/Interrogation/Juveniles
Program 260: Courtroom Testimony Telecourse (1
hour, 52 min.)
[September 1992] This California POST Telecourse,
broadcast September 10, 1992 (and very kindly
brought down for us by the North Aurora Police
Department), uses expert discussion, scenarios, and
practitioner examples to help officers perform better
in courtroom situation.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Testifying
Program 263: Inmate Body Searches, Part 1:
Clothed (16 min.)
[circa 1984] This program is a little old, but the
importance and techniques of searching detainees
hasn't changed much. The importance of conducting
a thorough, methodical search of the inmate is
emphasized, and basic techniques for searching
inmates are demonstrated. This program was
designed for searching inmates, who have come to
expect this kind of thing. Viewers will probably want
to be careful applying all these techniques to
searching all arrestees. (NEMRT doesn't have the
second part, on unclothed searches).
Descriptors: Body Searches/Corrections/Searches
Program 261: POST Satellite Broadcast -September 1992 (2 hours)
[September 1992] The picture on this month's
recording is a little fuzzy, and the sound drops on the
Case Law Updates, (the fault of the broadcast, not our
recording, which was kindly provided by the North
Aurora Police Department), but otherwise the
recording is all right. The programs include:
Legal Review of 5th Amendment Issues (FLETC /
36 min.), which presents reenactments of incidents in
which suspects incriminated themselves that led to
cases presented before the Supreme Court. The
narrator gives the circumstances of the incident, the
reenactment is shown, and the audience has to decide
how the Supreme Court ruled in the case. At the end
of each segment, the Supreme Court's decision and
rationale are explained.
Safe Schools: A Guide for Action (California Atty
General / 29 min.) The book Safe Schools: A
Planning Guide for Action is supposed to accompany
this video, which is hosted by Pat Morita. NEMRT
doesn't have the book, but the program still gives
viewers ideas about how all aspects of a community
can work together to make schools safe places to
learn.
Miranda: Invocation, Ambiguity, and Afterlife
Identifications: A Look of Their Own: Kaiser
Separation of Church and Statements (Golden
West College / 13 min.)
Preparing to Testify (Golden West College / 13
min.), which gives ten tips on how to improve one's
Program 262: Diffusing Aggressive Behavior (18
min.)
[1989] This tape would make a good accompaniment
to either #240 (Verbal Judo Review) or #247
(Tactical Communication). Just as those programs
talk about dealing with upset people, this program
demonstrates ways officers can handle uncooperative
or angry people without unnecessary violence. This
one also includes scenes of officers actually using the
techniques. It's also good for discussion.
Descriptors: Communication/Self Defense/Force
Program 264: Making the Transition: A Career in
Security Management (45 min.)
[circa 1991] Bruce Cameron, of Law and Order
Magazine, provided this video. The program has
been designed for law enforcement personnel
(especially police managers), to point out what he or
she will have to do to learn to get along in the area of
private security. Security managers Dennis Dalton
and Steve Keller sit in a living room setting and talk
about ten tips that will make the change easier. Titles
are used to reinforce these points. In many ways, the
program is not a "grabber", but the information will
be helpful for those interested in changing careers.
Descriptors: Security/Recruitment/Management
Program 265: Media Relations (9 min.)
The Los Angeles Police Department, and local
(California) news reporters produced this program,
which helps explain why reporters do the things they
do at accident or crime scenes. It basically goes over
how an officer should treat reporters.
Descriptors: Media Relations/Public Relations
Program 267: AKD 48 (16 min.)
This promotional tape, which we got from Bruce
Cameron of Law and Order Magazine, shows the
capabilities of the AKD 48 Baton (if you aren't
familiar with this baton, it looks like a two-handled
PR-24). "AKD" stands for "Altered Kinetic
Distance", and the advantage of the baton is that the
officer uses it to control an offender's attack. While
North East Multi-Regional Training doesn't
recommend the AKD 48 Baton, this non-striking
baton is interesting to learn about.
Descriptors: Batons
Program 268: 200 Milliseconds of Your Life (13
min.)
This semi-promotional tape, which we got from Bruce
Cameron of Law and Order Magazine, came from
Saab Cars USA, Inc, and shows the chain of events in
a vehicle crash. The title comes from the fact that the
critical elements of a head-on collision taking place at
35 mph (the safety standard for American cars) all
take place in 0.2 seconds (200 milliseconds). North
East Multi-Regional Training isn't promoting Saab
cars, the accident demonstration is interesting to see.
Descriptors: Accidents/ Seat Belts
Program 269: Night Stops (8 min.)
The Louisiana State Police produced this program,
which gives an overview of the conditions an officer
must keep in mind when conducting a street stop after
dark. It doesn't give any demonstrations of
techniques, but it does remind officers of the dangers
to compensate for.
Descriptors: Street Stops
Program 270: Handle with Care! (12 min.)
The Arizona Highway Patrol has its "Buck Savage":
the Louisiana State Police have their "Trooper
Malice". In this program in the series, Malice decides
to pack up the evidence in a drug lab while the crime
lab investigators are gone. This episode would be
useful for starting a class on crime scene protection.
Descriptors: Evidence Collection/Comic Relief/Drug
Enforcement/Crime Scenes
Program 271: Handling Undercover Contacts (10
min.)
The Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Department produced
this program, about how patrol officers can be sure
those people identifying themselves as undercover
officers, and how to help them do their job (and thus
avoid their blowing their cover).
Descriptors: Undercover Operations/Street
Stops/Safety
Program 273: Operations of Traffic Radar (MPH
Industries Training Tape) (1 hour, 55 min.)
[June 14, 1985] Bruce Cameron, of Law and Order
Magazine, provided this program. In this classroom
presentation (taped live in Nashville on June 14,
1985), Ed Sargent of MPH Industries talks about how
a traffic radar works, alleged problems with radar
readings (the myths of speed detection), and testifying
techniques. The information may be a little old, but it
might make a good base for discussion.
Descriptors: Radar Enforcement
Program 274: Policing in the 21st Century {FBI
Teleconference} (2 hours, 40 min.)
[October 1992] This October 1992 broadcast features
Ed Tully (FBI Academy), Matt Rodriguez (Chicago
Police Department) and Richard Ward (University of
Illinois at Chicago). They talk about how the past
and present social trends are likely to affect (mainly
urban) policing in the coming decade. The discussion
seems to be gloom-and-doom-y, but the method of
analyzing the past and present is interesting to hear.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Predictions/Police
History/Research/Community Policing
1992 (2 hours)
[October 1992] This month's programs include:
*Internal Affairs: Problem Resolution (San José
Police Department / 17 min.). Several scenarios are
presented where police do things that might seem
strange to bystanders, the viewers have a chance to
discuss what happened, and then a scenario which
resolves the problem before trouble begins is
presented. This one would be helpful in officer
courtesy training.
To Lock or Not to Lock (California Youth
Authority / 18 min.). This one is the California
version of OJJDP Law Enforcement Custody of
Juveniles (NEMRT Tape #227). It examines what
can (and can't) be done with detained juveniles.
The Quiet War (California National Guard / 14
min.) This one shows what the California National
Guard has been doing to catch drug traffickers.
Division of Law Enforcement (California
Department of Justice / 10 min.) The California
Dept. of Justice discusses how it helps law
enforcement agencies do their job.
Consent Entry: To Talk or Arrest (Golden West
College / 14 min.)
What won't justify a car stop (Golden West
College / 11 min.)
Defenses: Stings and errors: Skare, Mendoza and
Burns (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 17 min.)
Identifications: DNA Under attack: Barney
Descriptors:
Communication/Arrests/Juveniles/Police
Management/Comportment/Drug Enforcement
Program 276: Cultural Awareness {POST
Telecourse} (1 hour, 50 min.)
[November 12, 1992] This telecourse, held November
12, 1992, is intended to help officers prepare
themselves for interactions with persons of diverse
backgrounds, Identify behaviors that may be
important when interacting with persons of diverse
backgrounds, and apply appropriate procedures for
interacting with persons of diverse backgrounds.
Included are three speakers on the nature of
understanding cultures (including the Police culture),
a number of video scenarios, and five panel
discussions and viewer call-in times.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Cultures/Comportment/Communication/B
ody Language
Program 277: Trooper Malice Tape (34 min.)
The Arizona Highway Patrol has its "Buck Savage":
the Louisiana State Police have their "Trooper
Malice". Officer Savage, as you know, is a lovable
jerk. Trooper Malice is just a jerk, and for that
reason, his examples of ineptitude are a lot more
biting. You might also want to take a look at Handle
With Care! (#270), another Malice episode. The
episodes on this tape, though, are:
Tough Guys Can't Win (11 min.), in which
Trooper Malice tells viewers why they should be
"tough guys" in court, while demonstrating why they
shouldn't;
No Second Chance (12 min.), which, among other
things, shows the importance of being survivalminded and rights-conscious while performing
vehicle stops; and
The Right Way (11 min.), on the importance of
good public relations.
Descriptors: Comic
Relief/Comportment/Testifying/Liability/Communica
tion/Street Stops
[November 1992] This month's programs include:
*Real Men/People Don't Get AIDS (FLETC / 28
min.) This engaging program, based on Dickens' A
Christmas Carol, shows how AIDS is spread, who is
at risk, and how to protect oneself. An officer learns
one of his buddies recently died of AIDS, is visited by
the friend's spirit, who warns him that he, too, is at
risk, and when the officer won't listen, he is visited by
the Spirits of AIDS Past, Present, and Future. The
Ghost of AIDS Past is a scream!
Emergency Lighting and Siren Audibility (Los
Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 7 min.) This program
demonstrates where and when Mars lights and sirens
are most effective. It's a good reminder for officers
that their warning equipment is not as noticeable as
they think it is, especially during daylight and on
highways.
Gunshot Residue: Field Techniques for Agents
(San Diego Police Dept. / 6 min.) This segment gives
an overview of what gunshot residue is, where to look
for it on suspects, and how to get samples. Instruction
on local procedures regarding obtaining evidence will
still be necessary, but the program is still a place to
start.
Expandable Side-handle Baton (Los Angeles Co.
Sheriff's Dept. / 9 min.) This one is an overview of the
advantages and techniques of using this kind of baton.
Taggers (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 11
min. -- We noticed some rolling in the picture in this
segment, but it's mostly in places where there's
nothing to look at anyway) Gangs whose main
objective is marking territory with graffiti is the
subject of this program. How and why they do it, and
how the vandalism can be prevented are also
discussed.
Detentions: How's Your Probable Cause?:
Gonsalez, Rivera (Alameda Co. District Atty. / 11
min.)
Search and Seizure: Freezing the Scene: Gentry
(Alameda Co. District Atty. / 11 min.)
Liability for Lulling (Golden West College / 13
min.)
Kidnaping: Movement (Golden West College / 9
min.)
Descriptors: AIDS/Sirens/Batons/Evidence
Collection/Gangs/Juveniles/
Vandalism/Evidence/Bloodborne Pathogens
Program 279: ASP Tactical Baton; A Video
Training Manual (1 hour)
John G. Peters, Jr., Takayuki Kubota, Ken Parsons,
and others combine their skills to provide the viewer
with an overview of the abilities of, and the
techniques for using, the ASP tactical baton. While
this video not intended to replace a hands-on course
and much practice, officers will have a better
understanding of the baton. Topics discussed include
ways to grip the baton, blocking and self-defense
techniques, restraint and control techniques, and
blunt force injuries.
Descriptors: Batons/Police Training/Self Defense
Program 280: Incident on LA-15 (35 min.)
[circa 1990] The main theme of this program is that
officers must expect the unexpected. The Louisiana
State Police Academy produced this video, in which
officers involved in a street-stop shooting in March of
1986 recount what happened and how the incident has
affected them. The officers also talk about the
mistakes they made in handling the situation, and
how the mistakes could have been avoided. It's kind
of "talky", but it's regular officers who are doing the
talking.
Descriptors: Shootings/ Survival/Stress/Interviews
Program 281: POST Satellite Broadcast -December 1992 (2 hours)
[December 1992] This month's programs include:
*Cite for Life (California Highway Patrol / 11
min.), which reenacts an incident in which a woman
was cited for not wearing her seat belt during a street
stop, and is then in an accident. The fact that she had
her seat belt on saved her life.
*Handling Undercover Contacts (Los Angeles
Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 10 min.), which is available
separately (Tape #271).
Helping Crime Victims ([California] Department
of Corrections / 11 min.) This program explains the
[California] state prison and parole system, and is
intended to give California officers a basis from
which to explain to crime victims how they can work
within the system to get assistance.
Caller I.D. (Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement / 8
min.), which suggests ways to control revealing one's
identity when making undercover calls in areas where
"Caller I.D." is available.
NCIC Missing and Unidentified: Updating the
Record (NCIC/San Diego Police Dept. / 10 min.).
This program provides an overview of the NCIC
system, and reinforces the need to keep the records up
to date.
Auto Searches: Hand Me the Chain Saw (Golden
Miranda: Indirect Questioning (Golden West College
/ 13 min.)
Informants: Inducements to Testify: Jackson, 3 Cal
4th 578 (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 12 min.)
Search: The Scope of Exigency, Ngaue, 8 Cal App
Descriptors: Seat Belts/Street Stops/Undercover
Operations/Telephones/Victims/NCIC/Crime
Prevention
Program 281, pt. A: Cite for Life (11 min.)
The California Highway Patrol produced this
program, which reenacts an incident in which a
woman was cited for not wearing her seat belt during
a street stop, and minutes later was in an accident.
The fact that she had her seat belt on saved her life.
Descriptors: Seat Belts/Crime Prevention
Program 282: Evaluation of Managers; Measuring
Management's Effectiveness {FBI Teleconference}
(2 hours, 34 min.)
[December 9, 1992] This program, featuring Richard
Ayres and M. John Velier, was broadcast December 9,
1992. The main topics are what makes a good leader,
how police managers can evaluate their management
ability, and go on to make their organizations
effective. It's basically a talking-heads program, but
what the heads are saying is definitely thoughtprovoking.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Police
Management/Leadership/Evaluation/Management
Program 283: Juvenile Law Update (3 hours)
[December 8, 1992] This program is a videotape of
the North East Multi-Regional Training class, held
December 8, 1992. The emphasis is on law
enforcement custody of juveniles.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ Juvenile Justice/Law
Program 284: Telephone Techniques for
Dispatchers (90 min. on 2 tapes)
This (entertaining) videotaped lecture by Dennis L.
Bruns (president of Public Safety Communications
Specialists) is the first of three programs that
reinforce and amplify what dispatchers learn in their
basic training. The other two programs in the series
are Dispatcher Skill Building (Tape #285) and Radio
Dispatching Guidelines (Tape #286). Topics covered
on this set are
Effective interpersonal skills,
Active versus passive listening techniques,
Specific calming techniques, and
Information gathering and call
processing procedures.
Descriptors:
Dispatching/Communications/Dispatchers
Program 285: Dispatcher Skill Building (109 min.
on 2 tapes)
Specialists) is the second of three programs that
are Telephone Techniques for Dispatchers (Tape
#284) and Radio Dispatching Guidelines (Tape
#286). Topics covered on this set are
Critical roles and responsibilities,
Specific techniques for improving
performance,
How to become a true dispatching
professional, and
Further development of a sense of
professional pride and self-esteem.
Descriptors:
Program 286: Radio Dispatching Guidelines (1
hour)
Specialists) is the third of three programs that
are Telephone Techniques for Dispatchers (Tape
#284) and Dispatcher Skill Building (Tape #285).
Topics covered on this set are
Proper radio message formats,
Effective transmission,
Minor radio problem troubleshooting,
and
Avoiding "bad" radio habits.
Descriptors:
Program 287: Roadside Safety Check Tape (14
min.)
The Willowbrook Police Department, the DuPage
County Sheriff's Department, and NCTV put together
this program about how to set up a DUI roadside
safety check site. It was designed to inform the
public about what to expect in a safety check, and
how the law enforcement agencies go about setting
them up.
Descriptors: DUI/Checkpoints/Crime Prevention
Program 288: Center of the Search (The) (18 min.)
The topic of this program, which was very kindly
provided by Bruce Cameron and Law and Order
Magazine, is the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children. Viewers are shown the Center's
facilities and its most noteworthy staff members, as
well as its capabilities and functions. It would be an
appropriate video to show to crime prevention or
Neighborhood Watch groups, and officers would
probably learn something from it, too.
Descriptors: Kidnapping/Juveniles/Crime
Prevention/Missing Persons
1993 (2 hours)
[February 1993] This month's programs include:
Crackdown (Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement /
21 min.) The program was made to give nonnarcotics officers an overview of how Crack is made
and consumed, its effects, and how to recognize the
drug itself as well as possible dealers and users. It
includes a lot of surveillance footage.
Memory Loss Victims and Law Enforcement (Los
Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. / 14 min.) James
Garner hosts this program about dealing with
probable victims of Alzheimer's Disease. Much of the
emphasis is on the use of Medic Alert bracelets to
identify victims. (It's a lot like Innocent Offenders
(Tape 51), only it keeps "pushing" the bracelets).
NCIC Delayed Inquiry Program (NCIC and the
Fort Worth Police Dept. / 7 min.) This section goes
over how the Delayed inquiry Program works, and
how well it works.
10-30 / Pics and Prints / Impaired/Hypoglycemia
(Niagara Regional Police Force / 13 min.) These
pithy programs came from Canada, and include a
segment about the dangers of goofing around on the
police radio (10-30, also available as part of Officer
Courtesy Tape (#157)), one on where to look for
fingerprints and how to plan evidence pictures (Pics
and Prints), and one about how easy DUIs have it in
Canada compared with the rest of the world and how
to recognize the difference between a diabetic
emergency victim and a DUI
(Impaired/Hypoglycemia).
Communicating with Deaf People (Los Angeles
Police Dept. / 7 min.) This segment gives a basic
overview of how to recognize and communicate with
the hearing impaired (mainly in a street stop setting).
Miranda: What's Not Custody (Golden West
College / 13 min.)
The Juvenile Drug Trafficking and Schoolyard
Act of 1988 (Golden West College / 13 min.)
Search: Probable Cause from Peculiar Gestures:
Mims (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 11 min.)
Statements: Establishing the Miranda Waiver:
Allen (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 11 min.)
Descriptors: Deaf/Crack/NCIC/Diabetes/Alzheimer's
Disease/Identification/Fingerprints/DUI/Disabled
Program 290: LETN Seat Belt Tape (20 min.)
Board obtained this tape for NEMRT, to encourage
officers to wear their seat belts while on patrol. The
program includes the four short segments Crash
Course on Safety Belts (about how many lives could
be saved if more people wore seat belts), Seatbelts:
An Additional Tool for Officer Survival, Seatbelts:
Enforcement Is the Key, and Fraternal Order of
Police on Seatbelts.
Descriptors: Seat belts
Program 291: LETN Child Restraint Tape (17 min.)
Board obtained this tape for NEMRT. The three short
segments examine the need for special child restraints
in cars, how to choose the appropriate safety seat for
the child, and questions parents have about child
restraints. The sections are: Why Enforce Child
Passenger Safety Laws?, Which Safety Seat Should
Parents Use?, and Answering Parents' Questions.
Descriptors: Seat Belts/Juveniles
Program 292: Law Enforcement Torch Run;
Making Dreams a Reality (6 min.)
[circa 1992] The Illinois Special Olympics produced
this music video, which features scenes from the
Special Olympics Torch Run and various events from
the Special Olympics.
Descriptors: Disabled/Special Olympics
1993 (2 hours)
[March 1993] This month's programs include:
*AIDS Bulletin for Law Enforcement (Florida
Dept. of Law Enforcement / 23 min.), which is also
available separately as Tape #11.
NCIC License Plate File (NCIC/New Hampshire
State Police / 10 min.) This program gives an
overview of the License Plate File system, and
outlines procedures for reporting stolen plates and
verifying a hit.
*Telephone Courtesy (Los Angeles Police Dept. /
13 min.) This section goes over techniques for
courteous handling of phone calls from citizens.
"Customer Satisfaction" is emphasized.
*Child Passenger Safety (NHTSA / 17 min.) This
program is available separately as Tape #291. The
three short segments examine the need for special
child restraints in cars, how to choose the appropriate
safety seat for the child, and questions parents have
about child restraints.
California Case Law Updates: The last segments of
the tape mainly examine California case law, and
while they are interesting to listen to, Illinois officers
may not be able to apply the information in the way it
is described in the individual programs. Because their
been indexed.
Physical Evidence: What (and When) to Preserve
(Alameda Co. Dist. Attorney / 12 min.)
Search Warrants: Corroboration of Informants
(Alameda Co. Dist. Attorney / 12 min.)
Silence is Golden: Adoptive Admissions (Golden
Keeping Consensual Encounters Consensual
Descriptors: Seat
Belts/Juveniles/NCIC/AIDS/Telephones/Communicat
ion/Comportment
Program 297: Drug Offenses (Legal Action Series)
(1 hour)
[1992] This 1992 episode of the Metrovision cable
program Legal Action features Jack Donahue,
president of the DuPage Co. Bar Association. He and
his guests Det. Bill Simmons (DuPage Co. Sheriff's
Dept.), Jim Ryan (DuPage Co. State's Atty), and
Judge Tom Callum talk about the problem of drug
abuse and delivery in DuPage County; and the
enforcement, prosecution and sentencing relating to
drug laws. (It was made in pre-Ecstasy days, so that
topic is not addressed)
Descriptors: Drug Abuse/Drug Trafficking/Drug
Enforcement
Program 294: Hispanic Gangs POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[1992] (Due to the telecourse running over two hours,
the last few minutes of the program were cut off).
This program examines the origin and history of
Hispanic gangs in California, ways of recognizing
gang members, and how officers should protect
themselves when approaching possible gang
members. Toward the end of the program, officers
from across California call in and talk about their own
gang problems and successes with the teleconference's
panel of experts.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Gangs/Latinos/Police
History/Safety/Comportment
Program 298: DUI Impact (Legal Action Series) (1
hour)
program Legal Action is hosted by Jack Donahue,
president of the DuPage Co. Bar Association. The
program itself is a victim impact panel, in which two
victims and one convicted drunk driver talk about
ways the misuse of alcohol have ruined their lives,
and those of others. The second segment, in which a
woman tells about all the surgeries and injuries that
she suffered due to having a crash with a drunk
driver, is painfully explicit.
Descriptors: DUI/Victims/Interviews/Alcohol
Program 295: Second Chance v. the Cop Killers (8
hours)
[circa 1992] Second Chance Body Armor have put
together their first two videos (Second Chance v. the
UAP and Second Chance v. Magnum Force) in this
program, and have added more of the same. The
whole product ends up being about 8 hours long, so it
isn't likely you're going to want to use the whole
program for training.
Descriptors: Survival/Comic
Relief/Ammunition/Body Armor
Program 296: Gang Crimes (Legal Action Series) (1
hour)
program Legal Action features Richard Russo,
chairman of the DuPage Co. Bar Association's Public
Relations committee. He and his guests Jim Ryan,
Chief Richard Eddington (Roselle), Richard Griesham
(Dean, Downers Grove High School), and William
Eufrasio (Dean, Addison Trails High School) talk
about what the state of gang infestation is in DuPage
Co., what parents should know about gangs in
DuPage County, and what they should do about it.
The information is pretty basic for patrol or gang unit
officers, but the program would give viewers who
may have to give a presentation on gangs sometime
an idea about what to talk about. The section with the
school administrators is the most interesting.
Descriptors: Gangs/Schools
Program 299: Interviews POST Telecourse (1 hour,
45 min.)
This program is the first half of the POST series on
Interview and Interrogation Techniques. Using a case
study, in which a shop owner is shot during a holdup,
viewers are instructed in the use of the Cognitive
Interview, to get the most, and the most useful,
information from a witness.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Interrogation
Program 300: Interrogations POST Telecourse (2
hours)
This program is the second half of the POST series on
Interview and Interrogation Techniques. Continuing
the case study, a suspect in a holdup is apprehended,
and the interviewing officer gets the suspect to
confess. Viewers are instructed in the use of the
Confrontation Interrogation Technique, and shown
how to apply the techniques.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Interrogation
Program JOB 301: Inmates at Risk for Suicide (9
min.)
After viewing this video, officer should be able to
explain why suicidal inmates are occasionally
admitted to jail, describe precautionary measures that
should be taken to prevent inmate suicides, describe
crisis intervention techniques that officers should use
in dealing with suicidal inmates, describe emergency
procedures that officers should use when a suicide
attempt occurs, and explain how changes in jail
design can help reduce suicide attempts.
Descriptors: Corrections/Suicide/Psychology/Inmate
Management/Prisoners
Program 301: Street Survival (FBI Teleconference)
(3 hours)
The main subject of this teleconference is the kind of
training the FBI provides at its "Hogan's Alley"
facility at Quantico, VA. The various presenters talk
about how the live-action survival training is
conducted, and the advantages of that type of training.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Survival/Police
Training
Program 302: From Out of the Blue; Storms of
Destruction (1 hour)
Andy Avilos and Bob Collins talk about the dangers
of thunderstorms, floods, lightning, and tornados, and
how to recognize the dangers. Toward the end, Mary
Hanlon and Bill Reynolds, of the Naperville
Emergency Management Agency, join the group and
they talk about how storm warnings are issued, and
how people can protect themselves.
Descriptors: Emergencies/Crime
Prevention/Safety/Tornadoes
Program JOB 302: Natural Disasters: Earthquake
Preparedness (8 min.)
While earthquakes aren't common in Illinois, the New
Madrid fault is thought to still be quake-prone. This
program should enable jail officers to explain why
jails need emergency plans for earthquakes, to
identify the three phases of emergency planning for
earthquakes, to recognize sites in a jail that would be
potentially hazardous during and after an earthquake,
list the steps that should be taken to protect staff and
inmates during and after an earthquake, and explain
why all jail personnel should have an earthquake
emergency plan for their homes and families.
Descriptors:
Corrections/Emergencies/Families/Planning
Program JOB 303: Coping with the Job (10 min.)
This program should enable viewers to identify causes
of stress in corrections work, explain how stress can
affect a person physically and emotionally, identify
and eliminate defensive mechanisms and destructive
habits, and develop coping techniques for job-related
programs. (It doesn't really say anything new, but it
does emphasize the need for a corrections officer to
do something if he or she feels under stress.)
Descriptors: Corrections/Stress
Program 303: Tornado Spotters Training 1993 (1
hour, 30 min.)
[February 10, 1993] Jim Allsopp, of the National
Weather Service, talks to an audience of potential
spotters in Naperville on February 10, 1993. While
the main focus is the development of tornados, and
how to distinguish a funnel cloud from other storm-
related phenomena, the dangers of thunderstorms
(lightning and flash floods) are also covered. This is
probably the most entertaining tornado-spotter
training video we have, though It Sounded Like a
Freight Train is more to-the-point.
Descriptors: Emergencies/Police
Training/Weather/Tornadoes
Program JOB 304: Booking & Admissions (8 min.)
After viewing this video, jail officers should be able
to list procedures to follow when admitting a new
inmate, explain how to determine whether an inmate
is being admitted legally, Describe common
indications that an individual may be to ill or
seriously injured to be admitted, Explain how to
conduct a health screening of a new inmate, and
explain why and how to conduct a property inventory.
Program 304: Choose Not to Lose (18 min.)
The Cook Co. State's Attorney produced this grim
anti-gang program, which is directed at middleschool-aged youth. The Chicago Bears' Dave
Duerson takes viewers through the interviews with
youth with experience with gangs, police officers who
work with gangs, former gang members, and convicts
at New Jersey's Rahway State Prison. Actor Edward
James Olmos is also featured, and he discusses ways
of keeping out of gangs. This video is also one of the
suggested programs for use with EDGE instruction.
Descriptors: Gangs/Juveniles/Crime Prevention
Program JOB 305: Releasing Inmates (8 min.)
Jail officers who view this program should afterwards
be able to explain the circumstances under which
pretrial detainees and sentenced offenders can be
released, describe the steps for verifying a release
order and the identity of the inmate being released,
describe the procedure for releasing an inmate to
another authority, describe the procedure for
returning property to an inmate being released, and
explain how the release officer can help the inmate
get off to a good start outside the jail.
Management/Release
Program JOB 306: Control of Keys, Tools and
Supplies (8 min.)
After viewing this program, jail officers should be
able to explain how inmates can use keys, tools, food,
chemicals, and medical supplies to escape or cause
injuries, describe an effective system for controlling
jail keys and tools, explain the importance of
monitoring contract workers and their tools, and
describe the proper procedures for keeping food,
cleaning supplies, medical equipment, and
medications out of inmate hands.
Management/Weapons
Program 306: Drugs: This is the Way it Is (59 min.)
While not especially graphic, this talking-head
program about the pitfalls of drug abuse, goes into
explicit detail about how drugs ruined the lives of the
four interviewees and the terrors of prison life. The
descriptions can get pretty revolting. This video is
also one of the suggested programs for use with
EDGE instruction.
Descriptors: Drug
Abuse/Interviews/Corrections/Prisoners/Crime
Prevention
Program JOB 307: Dealing with Aggressive
Behavior (10 min.)
This program should enable jail officers to identify
some common causes of inmate aggression, describe
warning signs that an inmate may be suicidal, explain
why drug/alcohol abusers and mentally ill inmates
present special concerns for inmate violence, describe
some common signs of drug/alcohol use and
withdrawal, and describe the steps of verbal crisis
intervention.
Descriptors:
Corrections/Communication/Suicide/Mental Illness
Society provided the program on the condition that
"no part of the video may be reproduced, copied,
modified or edited, transmitted, or used for any other
purpose [than law enforcement-related training]". So
don't misuse the program.)
Descriptors: Police Academies/Police
Training/Survival/FBI
Program 311: Ethics: Doing the Job Right and
Doing the Right Job (FBI Teleconference) (3 hours)
[August 1992] This program, from about August
1992, features George Olivet, Neil Trautman, Al
Scaduto, as well as interviews with Richard Ayres
and Walt Sirene, discussing the importance of police
ethics and professionalism. They also point out how
ethical behavior is essential to acceptable police
management and leadership. The format is "talky",
but the subject is a lot more inspiring than the viewer
(this one, anyway) would expect.
Descriptors: FBI
Teleconference/Ethics/Comportment/Communication
/DVDs
Program JOB 309: Contraband Control (9 min.)
After viewing this video, corrections personnel should
be able to define and give examples of contraband,
explain when why searching inmates is necessary,
describe the proper procedure for searching a cell for
contraband, explain why "thinking like an inmate" is
important when searching for contraband, and identify
areas of a jail that officers much watch closely in
order to intercept contraband.
Descriptors: Corrections/Smuggling/Searches
Program JOB 311: High-Risk Security Escorts (8
min.)
Viewing this program should enable jail officers to
list four things the office must do before picking up
an inmate for escort, explain the importance of the
pre- and post-escort briefing, describe the proper
deployment of vehicles for one-, two-, and three-car
escorts, list three ways to ensure that the escort dropoff goes smoothly, and describe how an escort officer
can acquire the proper attitude for conducting escorts.
Descriptors: Corrections/Survival/Transportation
(Inmates)
Program JOB 310: Proactive Approach to Avoiding
Lawsuits (15 min.)
This program should enable jail officers to explain
under what circumstances jail officers and
administrators may be liable for violating an inmate's
constitutional or civil rights; to explain when public
officials may be immune to liability, and why they
receive this protection; to name several rights the U.S.
Constitution guarantees to inmates; and describe the
various roles of the jail staff attorney.
Descriptors: Corrections/Liability/Civil
Rights/Inmate Management
Program JOB 312: Rights vs. Privileges (15 min.)
Viewing this program should enable jail officers to
explain the difference between a right and a privilege;
to describe how courts' attitudes toward inmates
rights have changed from the pre-1960s to the
present; explain why jails grant privileges to inmates,
and under what circumstances privileges may be
withdrawn; explain under what circumstances a jail
may restrict an inmate's rights; and list the minimum
requirements of a due process hearing.
Descriptors: Corrections/Prisoners/Inmate
Management/Civil Rights
Program 310: School for Feds (22 min.)
This program from the National Geographic Society's
Explorer Series shows how student FBI agents are
trained in the FBI's crime simulation facility "Hogan's
Alley". The subject matter is similar to that on Tapes
205 (An Introduction to Laser Village) and 301 (Street
Survival), and since the participants spend most of the
tape talking about how much fun they're having, it
would probably be an interesting program to show to
those interested in getting into federal law
enforcement. (By the way, the National Geographic
Program 312: Stop Business Crime: Shoplifting /
Employee Theft (27 min.)
This program, which was produced by the Small
Business Advancement Institute, would be a good one
to show to small business owners for public relations
and such. Various methods of shoplifting are
demonstrated, as are ways employees can cheat
customers and steal merchandise.
Descriptors: Stores/Shoplifting/Crime
Prevention/Security/Robbery/Theft
Program 313: Report Writing (21 min)
[1987] Produced in 1987, this video uses the scenario
of an officer's catching and arresting a convenience
store robber to talk about good report-writing
practices. Once the officer has made the collar and
has returned to the station, the narration talks about
how he should prepare to write the report, and then
actually write it.
Descriptors: Report Writing
Program 314: Real Rookies (The) (28 min.)
[1970s] A couple of departments like to use this
program as part of their recruitment drives, or for
showing people what it's like to be a police officer.
This documentary from the 1970's shows the progress
three Los Angeles recruits make, from the police
academy through their field training. If you use it,
you'll want to talk about it, since, in some ways,
training and expectations are different here and now.
Descriptors: Police Academies/Police Families/Police
Training/Interviews/Recruitment
Program CRT 314: Report Writing [in Corrections]
(13 min.)
[2001] If you're having a training session on report
writing, this CORT program might make a useful
addition. While it doesn't give a specific, point-bypoint, guide for writing good reports, a number of
useful suggestions to producing better reports are
included. The final segment, about how the
construction of a report can benefit (or reflect poorly)
on the officer who wrote it, is a helpful reminder of
the importance of careful reporting, and of developing
good writing skills.
Descriptors: Report Writing/Corrections/Liability
Program CRT 315: Bioterrorism: Anthrax
Awareness [in Corrections] (28 min.)
[2001] In this CORT program, which is not
specifically corrections-related, Dr. Greg Evans
(Director of Saint Louis University's Center for the
Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections)
discusses the nature of bioterrorism, types of
biological agents that might be used in terrorist acts,
lethality of the most likely agents (anthrax, smallpox,
and [bubonic] plague), distribution methods, and
possible targets. He discusses response equipment,
and planning for the response. Planning will be the
key to the response, since bioterrorism strikes
suddenly. Dr. Evans goes on to indirectly suggest
who in the community should be included in the
planning process, but is more specific on what
situations to plan for. He goes on to describe
elements of ineffective and effective response plans,
and earnestly encourages preparation for more, and
more widespread, attacks. For a lengthier discussion
of the issues, see NEMRT video #830, Bioterrorism:
Anthrax.
Descriptors:
Diseases/Terrorism/Emergencies/Corrections
Program 315: Decoy Cops (25 min.)
This program, using the Pontiac, Michigan, Police
Department as an example, explains and demonstrates
how to set up a prostitution decoy operation. Topics
discussed include how to select the decoy officer,
how to set up the communications (radio and
otherwise), and how to lay out the surveillance.
Descriptors: Vice/Prostitution/Undercover
Operations/Investigation/Radio
Communications/Surveillance
Program 316: Tactical Intervention Telecourse (2
hours)
[July 8, 1993] How and why to diffuse aggressive
behavior of other officers is the topic of this July 8,
1993, POST telecourse. It doesn't talk so much about
how an officer can control him- or herself, but how to
help other officers from "losing their cool" and doing
something to a citizen they might regret.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Force/Comportment/Stress/Communicatio
n
Program 317: Police Chiefs (P.O.V.) (58 min.)
[1970s] Police Chiefs (now former police chiefs)
Daryl Gates (Los Angeles), Lee Brown (Houston),
and Anthony Bouza (Minneapolis) talk about their
ideas about running a police department in their
specific localities in this documentary, which we got
from Bruce Cameron and Law and Order Magazine.
It's interesting for management ideas, but I wouldn't
use it in roll call, since it has a tendency to drag and
the narrator has a monotone.
Descriptors: Management/Police
Management/Supervision/Interviews
Program 318: Isn't It About Time (11 min.)
[circa 1992] The Midwest Environmental
Enforcement Association and Channel 50 produced
this program, which discusses how citizens can help
prevent environmental crimes. It would be a good
program for use with citizen or crime prevention
groups.
Descriptors: Environment/Crime
Prevention/Hazardous Materials
Program 319: Handcuffs as Defensive Impact
Tools: Tactical Handcuffing, Basic Part 2 (20
min.)
While NEMRT concurs with the disclaimers on the
tape, from Reliapon Police Products, and doesn't
necessary recommend any of these techniques, they
are interesting to know about. The sections on why
people shouldn't be handcuffed in front, techniques
for uncuffing people handcuffed in front, and dealing
with people with small wrists are also interesting.
(NEMRT doesn't have Part 1 of Reliapon's Basic
Tactical Handcuffing set)
Descriptors: Handcuffs/ Handcuffing/Civil
Disobedience/Self Defense/Control Tactics
Program 320: Asian Gangs POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[August 12, 1993] Denise Yamada moderates this
program, broadcast August 12, 1993, which talks
about the history, behavior, motivation and methods
of gangs of youth from, primarily, Southeast Asia.
The brief section about the history of Southeast Asia,
and the cultural aspects of dealing with Asians are
especially interesting.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse
facilities, is holds the viewer's interest, as does the
pain and regret in the letters. This video is divided by
incarcerating agency (Juvenile Home, County Jail,
and Prison). There is not one happy word in any of
the letters, and many of the words are profane ones,
too. The Adult Version includes all the "GD"s,
"MF"s and "A**H***"s, along with some crime
scene photos of prisoners who had been murdered.
Descriptors: Prisoners/ Crime Prevention/Prisons
/Interviews/Corrections
Program 321: Cancelled Lives: Letters from the
Inside (School Version) (41 min.)
This program, and the adult version, are the original
sequences from which the EDGE courserecommended programs Life Behind Bars--Letters
from Within set was made (and this one could
probably be used just as well). In order to discourage
youth (or anyone) from getting involved in offenses
that involve detention time, actual letters from
inmates are read by celebrities, and interviews with
the incarcerated are also included. The voice track
combined with scenes from inside the different
facilities, is holds the viewer's interest, as does the
pain and regret in the letters. There is not one happy
word in any of them. This video is divided by
incarcerating agency (Juvenile Home, County Jail,
and Prison). The School Version has most of the
profanity (it has a "PG" vocabulary, according to the
producer, but it may run more toward PG-13), and the
more graphic pictures, edited out.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ Crime Prevention/Prisons
/Juvenile Justice/Corrections
Program CRT 322: Cross Gender Search (16 min.)
[2000] Same-sex searches are still the recommended
procedure, but in this entry from the CORT series
features Sgt. Joe Steinhauer (St. Clair Co., Missouri,
Sheriff's Department), who discusses techniques for
male officers to use when searching female prisoners
that can minimize harassment or assault lawsuits.
Clothed frisk-type searches are the kind examined.
Although the program was made for corrections
officers, the information presented should be
appropriate for patrol officers as well. Special
attention is given to searching sensitive areas, and
shoe searches. As always, compare techniques
described here with departmental procedure before
using them.
Descriptors: Body
Searches/Comportment/searches/prisoners
Program CRT 321: Handcuffing: Team Cuffing /
Close Quarter Cuffing (14 min.)
[2000] In this CORT tape, Brad Inman (Kent Co.,
Rhode Island, Sheriff's Dept.) and his assistants
demonstrate techniques several officers can use for
handcuffing an inmate in a restricted space.
Techniques includes the Knee Press, the Foot Press,
the Ankle Press, the Foot Press, the Figure Four Legto-Leg Lock. Also included are come basic
suggestions for safe and secure handcuffing. As
always, compare the techniques described here with
departmental policy, and don't use them without safe
training and practice.
Descriptors: Control
Tactics/Handcuffing/Corrections
Program 322: Cancelled Lives: Letters from the
Inside (Adult Version) (50 min.)
This program is the original sequence from which the
EDGE course-recommended programs Life Behind
Bars--Letters from Within set was made. In order to
discourage youth (or anyone) from getting involved in
offenses that involve detention time, actual letters
from inmates are read by celebrities, and interviews
with the incarcerated are also included. The voice
track combined with scenes from inside the different
Program 323: POST Satellite Broadcast -September 1993 (2 hours)
[September 1993] This month's broadcast includes:
Urban Sniper Situations (Los Angeles Co.
Sheriff's Dept. / 16 min.), which goes over what to
expect from a sniper situation, and how to prepare for
and deal with them.
Microwave Exposure and Traffic Radar
(California Highway Patrol / 13 min.), which
examines the possible risk of excessive exposure to
radiation from the traffic radar equipment, and how to
use the equipment properly.
Citizen Alert: Modern Crime Prevention Training
(Riverside Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 8 min.) Avoiding
Carjacking, Mall-muggings, ATM robberies, and
highway shootings is the purpose of this program.
Aurora Colors: Dealing with the Gang Issue
(Aurora (CO) Regional Medical Center / 19 min.).
This program, from Colorado, talks about the
growing gang problem in the city, the process by
which youth get involved in gangs, and what Aurora,
Colorado, is doing to try to check the violence.
Plain Feel... Instant Know (Golden West College)
Domestic Disputes (Golden West College / 11 min.)
Anatomy of Miranda: Invocations (Alameda Co.
Dist. Attorney / 11 min.)
Questioning an Inmate Witness (Alameda Co. Dist.
Attorney / 11 min.)
Descriptors: Sniping/Radar Enforcement/Active
Shooters/Crime Prevention/Safety/Gangs/Shootings
Program 324: Crossroads (19 min)
Somebody pointed out how the NEMRT Instructors'
library had nothing about training school crossing
guards, so here's something to fill that gap. This
program, designed for training school-age (up to 8th
grade) crossing monitors, uses the plotline of a
lackadaisical boy who is cross about not being chosen
as a crossing guard to show viewers the skills required
to fill that responsible position. Interestingly enough,
the subplot of this kid learning to take the job
seriously, as well as the responsibilities of
adolescence and adulthood, is a lot more interesting
than the discussion of what a crossing guard needs to
know.
Descriptors: Crossing Guards/Juveniles
Program 326: Domestic Violence/Stalking Laws
(Legal Action Series) (1 hour)
[circa 1992] Richard Russo, chairman of DuPage Co.
Bar Association's Public Relations Committee, hosts
this program about the state of domestic violence and
stalking laws (circa 1992, that is), and especially how
they apply in DuPage County, Illinois. Guests
include James Ryan, DuPage Co. State's Attorney;
Associate Judge Tom Dudgeon, whose courtroom
handles the domestic violence cases for DuPage Co.;
and Craig Fisher, Clinical Supervisor of the Domestic
Violence Program for DuPage Co., who talks about
how his program helps participants handle domestic
stress, and where to turn for help.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Stalking
Program 327: Fear Awareness POST Telecourse (2
hours)
Officer survival is the focus of this program, which
describes how officers can use fear reaction to help
them survive in crisis situations. Panelists also
discuss reasonable and unreasonable fears, techniques
for managing fear/stress, and the phases of "fear" (or
reaction to crises). Also included are interviews with
several officers who have been in shooting or hostage
incidents, and they talk about how they felt and turned
used their fear reactions to survive and win.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Survival/Stress/Shootings/Hostage
Survival
1993 (1 Hour)
Civil Disturbance Training (Los Angeles Co.
Sheriff's Dept. / 17 min.), which discusses and
demonstrates various crowd control formations and
signaling techniques. It also includes a section on the
use of vehicles in riot control.
Thumbs up with Fiskell & Deebert (Idaho Dept. of
Law Enforcement / 16 min.), in which a couple of
comic film reviewers go over the appropriate
techniques for using in-car video equipment to make
recordings that can be used as evidence. As you can
guess from the title, the program gets a little silly, but
it makes a number of good points in an amusing way.
Hazmat: First Responder Safety (Riverside Co.
Sheriff's Dept. / 7 min.), which goes over safety
procedures for officers responding to hazardous
materials incidents.
Using Cover (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 16
min.), which is reminiscent of some of the shooting
demonstrations from Second Chance v. Magnum
Force: officers show how far various types of bullets
can penetrate items that are frequently used for cover
during shooting incidents. (Their findings pretty
much boil down to how an officer had best wear body
armor: the street doesn't have much in the line of
good cover.)
Descriptors: Photography/Video
Photography/Evidence/Riot Control/Hazardous
Materials/Shootings/Survival/Crowd
Control/Ammunition
Program 329: Armed Robbery & Financial
Institutions (19 min.)
Both bank employees and law
enforcement/corrections officers can benefit from this
program, from the Glenview Police Department and
Glenview Television. The program consists of a
narrated video of a (staged) bank robbery that turns
into a hostage incident, and an explanation of how the
bank employees reacted and what they should have
done. Tips on preserving evidence and being a good
witness are included, but much of the program
consists of a discussion of hostage behavior and
reaction. Bank employees see what they should do in
case of robbery, and officers find out about surviving
hostage situations.
Descriptors: Robbery/Hostage Survival/Evidence
Program 330: Communicable Diseases POST
Telecourse (2 hours)
[November 4, 1993] This program, broadcast
November 4, 1993, goes over infection transmission
and the procedures officers (in California, in any
event) must follow to protect themselves from
infection from Tuberculosis, Hepatitis A and B, and
HIV. While the statutes and regulations referred to
on the tape are those of California, the program
makes a good basis for Illinois-based instruction,
especially if the instructor researches the comparable
Illinois regulations: the safety procedures could
apply anywhere.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Diseases/AIDS/Bloodborne Pathogens
Program 331: Disabled and Elderly Persons in
Disaster: Key Issues for Emergency Mangers (4
hours, 10 min.)
[July 8, 1993] This EENET program, broadcast July
8, 1993, discusses the Americans with Disabilities
Act and its effect on emergency service personnel for
the first two hours. The rest of the program is
devoted to a description of the effect Hurricane
Andrew had on services for the disabled and elderly,
and how the many problems that arose could have
been avoided.
Descriptors: EENET
Teleconference/Emergencies/Disabled/Elderly
Program 332: Community Response to Juvenile
Firesetting & Juvenile Arson (2½ hours)
[July 1993] This EENET teleconference, broadcast
July 14, 1993, discusses the prevalence of, and
reasons for, juvenile arson; the type of children most
likely to set fires; and arson prevention strategies for
youth.
Descriptors: EENET Teleconference/Juvenile
Crime/Arson/Juveniles/ Profiling
Program 333: What Happens When You're Caught?
(14 min.)
The Monmouth Co. (New Jersey) Sheriff's
Department produced this video to use with their
DARE program. It shows viewers, as the title says,
what happens when you're caught (with drugs): it
goes through the intake procedure for the Monmouth
Co. jail, and the lifestyle "on the inside". At the end
are several interviews with inmates, who talk about
their drug habits, and what jail life is really like.
Descriptors: Prisoners/ Drug Enforcement/Juvenile
Crime/Crime Prevention
Program 334: Non-Felony Vehicle Stops (4 min.)
The Chicago Police Department produced this short
program, which reminds officers how to perform a
safe vehicle stop.
Descriptors: Street Stops
Program 335: Criminal Sexuality / Pattern Sex
Offenses (FBI Teleconference) (2 hours)
[December 8, 1993] This FBI Teleconference,
broadcast December 8, 1993, features speakers Dr.
John Hunter (Norfolk, VA), Roy Hazelwood (FBI),
and Ken Lanning (FBI), who talk about juvenile sex
offenders, serial rapists, and multi-agency
cooperation.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Rape/Juvenile
Crime/Criminal
Behavior/Profiling/Cooperation/Criminal Psychology
Program 336: POST Satellite Broadcast--December
1993 (2 hours)
[December 1993] This month's broadcast includes:
Cops and Buses (Los Angeles Co. Metro Transit
Authority Police / 12 min.) If public mass
transportation is important in your town, this program
can help you explain the laws relating to the system.
Obviously, the laws in this video are California ones,
but if the similar Illinois laws are discussed later, it
should get the point across clearly.
Plain Feel (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. /
15 min.) This program uses scenarios and
reenactments to illustrate the rules of search and
seizure, from Terry v. Ohio to Dickerson v.
Minnesota (1993).
High Temperature Accelerant Fires (Los Angeles
Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 5 min.) Ways of recognizing a
fire started with HTAs (High Temperature
Accelerants) are described, as well as ways of dealing
with them, and investigation and reporting
procedures.
*Lifeline: Recognizing and Reporting Elder
Abuse (California Attorney General's Office / 24
min.) Since it is divided into three shorter sections,
this program can be used easily with roll call training.
Actress Betty White narrates the segments, which
discuss the prevalence of Elder Abuse, the types of
abuse, and the importance of reporting and
investigating it.
Search: An Unexpected Caller at the Search
Warrant Scene (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty. / 11 min.)
Confessions: Observing Miranda, Securing
Admissibility (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty. / 12 min.)
P.C. Section 1531 Knock Notice: Inner Doors
Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Golden West College /
12 min.)
Descriptors: Buses/Search and
Seizure/Fires/Elderly/Domestic Violence/Arson
Program 337: Locating Human Remains (FBI
Teleconference) (1 hour, 45 min.)
[October 13, 1993] This teleconference, broadcast
October 13, 1993, investigates the considerations of
detection, recovery, and identification of skeletal
remains. The emphasis is on recovering victims of
disasters, and the work of the FBI's laboratory
services. It doesn't include any crime scene pictures,
though.
Descriptors: Remains Identification/FBI
Teleconference/Crime Scenes/Criminalistics
Program 338: Baby Busters: Dealing with the New
Work Force (FBI Teleconference) (2 hours)
[June 1993] Panelists Arnie Moorin (DEA), Howard
Hall (Baltimore County Police Dept.), and a group of
young employees talk about the nature of new
employees, the children of the Baby Boomers,
coming into today's workforce in this June 1993 FBI
Teleconference. The program is intended to help
managers in recruiting training, supervising and
staffing with these new, young recruits.
Management/Supervision/Management/Employment/
Cultures
Program 339: Stolen Vehicle Recognition (17 min.)
Board provided this video, which gives a general
overview of ways to recognize a stolen car or
"doctored" VIN number, what a VIN number means,
and how to question the driver.
Descriptors: Vehicle Theft
Program 340: Police Courtesy (7 min.)
The Chicago Police Department produced this
program, about appropriate behavior expected from
their officers. It goes over the importance of
politeness when dealing with the public, the
importance of appropriate use of force (and its
appearance), and the importance of the correct use of
handcuffs.
Descriptors:
Comportment/Communication/Handcuffing
Program 341: End, But Not For Me (The) (28 min.)
The End, in this program produced by the Chicago
Police Department, is the result of being a street gang
member. That end is either prison or death. People
interested in the welfare of youths talk about why the
youths joined gangs, and the importance of staying
out of them. One of the main features is an interview
with a Stateville inmate, who talks about how gangs
got him into prison and then gives an explicit
description of what prison life is like (including how
young inmates are sexually assaulted).
Descriptors: Gangs/Crime
Prevention/Prisoners/Juveniles/Juvenile Crime
Program 342: Con Comes Calling (A) (53 min.)
The Chicago Police Department videotaped highlights
from this live amateur community "theatrical", in
which the major types of scams practiced on the
elderly are reenacted. Since the performers are just
regular people, the performance may get laughs where
none were intended, but the method of the scams is
made clear. Scams covered include: The Bank
Examiner Scam, The Counterfeit Money Scam, The
Home Improvement Scheme, The Phony Inspector
Scheme (which show how an honest man can be
cheated), and The Pigeon Drop.
Descriptors: Con Games/ Fraud/Elderly/Crime
Prevention
Program 344: Drug Influence POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[January 13, 1994] This program, broadcast January
13, 1994, goes over the physical influence drugs and
psychoactive substances may have on suspects or
victims. It is intended to help officers recognize
whether they are in contact with people under the
influence of drugs (both legal and illicit), whether
they are impaired, and what drugs they might be
under the influence of. HGN testing is also
demonstrated.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Drug Testing/Drug
Enforcement/DUI
1994 (2 hours)
[January 1994] This month's programs include:
Tagging (L.A. Co. Metro Transit Authority / 13
min.), which describes tagging teams (juvenile gangs
organized primarily for the purpose of vandalism),
and the crimes they commit.
Vehicle Robbery (Los Angeles Police Dept. / 12
min.), which examines various carjacking methods,
and gives tips on how to avoid being a victim.
In-Custody-Related Deaths (California Highway
Patrol / 6 min.), which gives an overview of the
symptoms and the care of people who have been
taken into custody who may have medical problems.
When the Shooting is Over (FLETC and ATF / 30
min.), which discusses critical incident (posttraumatic) stress resulting from officer-involved
shootings, using incidents in which ATF agents shot
and were shot. Involved officers talk about what
happened and how they felt, about both the shooting
and the investigation, and a psychologist points out
the important features of a supportive investigation.
The program also goes over the policies of ATF for
investigating shootings.
California Case Law Updates
Photospread ID: Similar--Not Identical (Golden
Internal Affairs (Golden West College / 15 min.)
Obstruction: What Conduct Adds up to 148
(Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 12 min. )
Confessions: Taking "Not" for an Answer (Alameda
Co. Dist. Atty / 13 min.)
Descriptors: Gangs/Carjacking/Vehicle Theft/Crime
Prevention/Diseases/Health/Prisoners/Survival/Line
of Duty
Casualties/Investigation/Shootings/Vandalism/Stress
(Critical Incident)/Comportment
1994 (2 hours)
[February 1994] This month's programs include:
In Crime's Wake Series (49 min., total) This
program, produced by the U.S. Department of Justice
and the Police Executive Research Forum, highlights
the importance of a responding officer's attitude
toward a victim of crime. The sections are divided by
type of crime.
Making a Difference on Patrol (12 min.), about
how citizens of Fort Worth (Texas) react to crime,
and how important a sympathetic response is to their
recovery.
Domestic Violence: Escaping Abuse (12 min.), in
which women talk about the circumstances of their
abuse, and how the responding officers helped them
get the help they needed.
Sexual Assault: Listening to Victims (9 min.),
about why sexual assaults are frequently unreported,
and how the conduct of the investigating officers
helped the victims deal with the trauma.
Elder Abuse: Hidden from View (10 min.), in
which an officer talks about her experience in
discovering, investigating, and prosecuting abuse
against an elderly woman in her area. The importance
of being on good terms with the neighborhood is
emphasized, since the officer's familiarity with the
people in her neighborhood was what led to the
discovery of abuse.
It Can Happen to Anyone (6 min.), in which
officers who have been the victims of crime talk about
their experiences with the investigating officers.
Detentions: Objectivity, R.I.P. Sherman 19 Cal App
Sufficiency of Evidence: The Boxed Lab: Lancelloti
19 Cal App 4th 809 (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 14
min.)
Plain View, Plain Photo (Golden West College / 11
min.)
Sobriety Checkpoints (Golden West College / 13
min.)
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/Victims/Domestic
Violence/Elderly/Rape/Comportment
1994 (2 hours)
[March 1994] This month's broadcast includes the
programs:
Tails of the Force (Royal Canadian Mounted Police /
13 min.), which gives an overview of how dogs are
used in law enforcement by following a drill
instructor who is showing a rookie (dog) what will be
expected of him. They do it without one allusion to
Sgt. Preston or Yukon King, which impressed me.
Handgun Retention (Peel Regional Police Force / 18
min.). While this program says nothing new about
handgun retention, but it does present the information
in a different fashion. Also included are (Canadian)
officers who were involved in disarming incidents.
Letter Bombs (Los Angeles Police Dept. / 3 min.),
which goes over how the bombs are made, and what
to look for in suspicious packages.
Right from the Start (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Dept. / 26 min.), which reenacts the Supreme Court
decisions Dunaway v. New York (1979), California v.
Hodari D. (1991), and Florida v. Bostick (1991), to
illustrate the "objective" test used by the courts to
evaluate officer's actions in contact with citizens.
OC Sprays: Plan B (Golden West College / 12 min.)
McLaughlin Hearings: Adults Only (Golden West
College / 12 min.)
Preservation and Examination of Evidence (Alameda
Co. Dist. Atty. / 9 min.)
Statements and Contact with Defendants (Alameda
Co. Dist. Atty. / 10 min.)
Descriptors: Police Dogs/Handguns/Weapon
Retention/Bombs/Police Procedures/Handgun
Retention
Program 349: African American Gangs POST
[circa 1995] Like the programs on Hispanic Gangs
(#294) and Asian Gangs (#320), this broadcast
examines the history, nature, and trends in African
American street gangs, specifically the Crips and the
Bloods. A lot of time is given to how and why they
operate, and to gang member tracking.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Gangs/Blacks
Program 350: Principles of Officer Safety and
Survival (30 min.)
[1994] This first program of the ALERT (Advanced
Law Enforcement Readiness Training) series features
"Coach" Bob Lindsey talking and demonstrating how
easy it is for an offender to assault a police officer.
He goes on to show safer ways of standing and
reacting to threats, and talks about a survival attitude.
The program was filmed at the hotel where the 1994
ASLET conference in Washington, DC was being
held.
Descriptors: Survival/Self Defense
Program 351: Terrorism Road Show (1 hour)
[circa 1990] This program came from the Air Force
Reserve, and while the production date is uncertain,
much of the information might still be useful. It
includes the programs:
No Place to Hide (28 min.), which gives the
history and programs of the world's major terrorist
groups;
Anti-Terrorism Awareness Briefing (19 min.),
which goes over the importance of following
procedure during a threat of terrorist acts and being
generally observant for unusual occurrences (By the
way, the same plans would apply for bomb threats, so
the program could be used for bomb threat training,
too); and
Who's Watching Who: OPSEC and
Counternarcotics (17 min.), which talks about the
importance of keeping undercover information quiet,
and ways of preventing criminals (here, drug
smugglers) from finding out enforcement plans.
Descriptors: Drug Enforcement/Terrorism/Bomb
Threats/Bombs/Searches/Intelligence/Undercover
Operations
Program 352: One Step Further (25 min.)
We got this program about credit card fraud from the
North Aurora Police Dept. and one of the local banks
(and it is labelled "for law enforcement only", so
don't go showing it around). It explains how credit
cards can be altered, and how some forms of fraud
work, and emphasizes the importance of examining
any detainee's credit cards for fraudulent cards. An
altered card can lead to the identification of a larger
crime ring.
Descriptors: Fraud (Credit Card)/Identity Theft
Program 353: Bomb Squad Management:
Professionalism, Safety and Technology (FBI
[April 13, 1994] This FBI Teleconference, broadcast
April 13, 1994, features representatives of the FBI
Bomb Data Center and the Kentucky State Police's
Bomb Squad. They talk about the importance of
standard operating procedures, and the types of
equipment now available for bomb squad personnel.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Bombs
Program 355: Illegal Possession and Use of
Firearms Telecourse (2 hours)
[April 14, 1994] We in Illinois will probably not be
able to apply most of this program, which was
broadcast April 14, 1994. It was produced by the
California Commission of Peace Officer Standards
and Training to inform California officers about the
enforcement of the existing statutes. The presentation
of the information, however, is an excellent example
for instructors, and some of the tips of search and
seizure would probably be useful. Information on
federal laws and identifying types of firearms is also
included.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Firearms
Program 356: Effective Report Writing (26 min.)
[circa 1987] This early L.E.NET program, which was
kindly donated by the Santa Fe Railroad Police, gives
a general overview of (as the title states) effective
report writing techniques. The Narrative method is
emphasized.
Descriptors: Report Writing
Program 357: First on the Scene (30 min.)
[circa 1985] Handling hazardous materials accidents
safely is the topic of this Chemical Manufacturers
Association video, which was kindly donated by the
Santa Fe Railroad Police. A fair amount of time is
spent describing how to use the Emergency Response
Guidebook. The importance of safety over speed in
responding to possible accidents is also emphasized.
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials
Program 358: It's Your Tomorrow (15 min.)
[1973] This is a sad video, which was kindly donated
by the Santa Fe Railroad Police. It's not that the
topic--juvenile safety in and around railroad yards--is
presented in a depressing fashion, or that the
presentation is poor. In fact, it's quite engaging. The
problems are that it is a video copy of a 16mm film,
and that it was made in 1973. The intended audience
(now) would be so busy chuckling about the fashions
and the old slang that they would miss the point of the
program: to stay away from moving trains and to stay
off railroad property. It's sad that such a good
program should thus become so hard to use. It would
still be good for getting ideas for presenting the
information, however.
Descriptors: Railroads/ Juveniles/Crime Prevention
Program 359: Grade Crossing Accidents (10 min.)
The Santa Fe Railroad Police donated this program,
which was made to inform locomotive crews what
they should do in the event of a crash at a railroad
crossing grade (or wherever). For officers who are
called to investigate these accidents, this program
would be useful to let them know what the railroad
crew will need to know for their records for the
investigation.
Descriptors: Railroad
Crossings/Accidents/Investigation
Program 360: Operation Lifesaver/Phoenix, Arizona
(20 min.)
[circa 1980s] In the late 1980's the Santa Fe Railroad
instituted a safety program to prevent grade crossing
accidents by ramming a car with a locomotive (you
may remember the Hodgkins "accident": see Tape
#68). This video shows the crash that took place in
Phoenix, Arizona, the reaction of the onlookers, and
the newscasts that covered the incident. This
program has a greater impact than the coverage of the
Hodgkins crash.
Descriptors: Railroad Crossings
Program 361: Emergency Response Training (10
min.)
[circa 1980s] This hazardous materials response
video, which was kindly provided by the Santa Fe
Railroad, discusses procedures for handling such
emergencies. Since it was made by the Santa Fe
Railroad, it's most appropriate for railroad police, but
the emphasis on the importance of following the plan
during a hazardous materials emergency would be
appropriate for anyone, and the explanation of
existing equipment is interesting.
Descriptors: Railroads/ Hazardous
Materials/Emergencies
Program 362: Soft Body Armor (10 min.)
[circa 1980s] This program, produced by the Los
Angeles Police Department in the mid 1980s as a
reaction to a Police Product News article, compares
the "stopping" power of new and used soft body
armor. The conclusion that properly maintained
armor that has been in service for some time works as
well as new.
Descriptors: Body Armor
Program 363: Grade Crossing Accident
The Santa Fe Railroad kindly provided this program,
which features the footage of the staged train/car
collision in Hodgkins, and a number of news reports
of various types of railroad collisions. Issues covered
in the news reports include a possible murder
disguised as an accidental train/pedestrian accident,
and various car and truck collisions, including some
involving hazardous materials. There's a lot of
twisted metal in this one.
Program 364: Grade Crossing Series (November
1988) (12 min.)
[November 1988] The Santa Fe Railroad provided
this tape, which consists of a series of investigative
reports KOCO-TV (Oklahoma City, OK) produced on
drivers who cross in front of approaching trains. The
reports with the offending school bus is interesting.
Program 365: Santa Fe Railroad Grade Crossing
Accident Investigation (2 hours)
[circa 1980s] This series, provided by the Santa Fe
Railroad Police, includes the programs Deadly
Crossings (13 min., about grade crossing safety--it's
pretty effective), Railway Equipment and Personnel
(21 min., which covers the equipment in and around a
train, and the personnel working on the train) Pulse of
Progress (11 min., about the electronic network
connecting parts of the Santa Fe Railroad),
Recognizing and Identifying Hazardous Materials (38
min., which is mostly about Boiling Liquid
Expanding Vapor Explosions: Bleves), Hazardous
Materials--Spills (24 min.), and First on the Scene (32
min., which shows the right way to handle possible
hazardous materials accidents).
Descriptors: Railroad Crossings/Hazardous
Materials/Explosions
Program 366: Deadly Crossing (13 min.)
[circa 1980s] This program, which the Santa Fe
Railroad kindly donated, was produced by GTE and
Conrail. It quite effectively shows the importance of
crossing railroad grades safely: to stop, look, listen,
and not defy the lights or guard rails. Two fatal
accidents are reconstructed.
Program 367: Occult Investigation (Iowa Beat,
March 1990) (12 min.)
[March 1990] Although the Iowa Beat video series
didn't last very many issues, it was nice while it
lasted. It had been designed, by the Iowa Law
Enforcement Academy, to keep Iowa police
departments informed about law enforcement news,
and to give them some training. The whole program
is about an hour, but the section on investigating
possible occult-related crime and trespassing lasts
about ten minutes. It shows viewers what to look for,
and where to look for evidence of crime. (The Santa
Fe Railroad very kindly donated this program.)
Program 369: Santa Fe's Grade Crossing Accident
[circa 1980] This slide program on video is designed
for investigators and responders who may be
unfamiliar with the signals and equipment associated
with railroads. It goes over the functioning of a
locomotive, its safety equipment, the duties of the
train crew, and the types of grade crossing warning
devices.
Descriptors: Railroads/ Railroad Crossings/Trains
Program 370: Texas Grade Crossing Accident (6
min.)
The Santa Fe Railroad donated this program, which
features the news coverage of a train/van collision
near Wabbaseka, Texas. Also included is the news
coverage of a Union Pacific Railroad program in
Arkansas to keep children away from trains and train
tracks.
Program 371: Operation Lifesaver: Kansas (7 min.)
This program, which the Santa Fe Railroad kindly
donated, consists of public service announcement
about stopping at railroad crossings (including the
Warner Brothers/Road Runner one, and several with
Michael Gross). The footage of a train/car collision
filmed from inside the car is quite effective.
Program 372: Handling Noise Complaints (20 min.)
[circa 1987] This may sound like a basic topic, but
when was the last time you had any training on noise
complaint policy? This early L.E.NET program,
which the Santa Fe Railroad donated, discusses the
importance of noise complaint policy, and techniques
for managing noisy citizens.
Descriptors: Noise Complaints/Comportment
Program 373: Pursuit/Defensive Driving
[circa 1987] This early L.E.NET program, which the
Santa Fe Railroad donated, is very much like #129,
Pursuit Driving: Procedures and Liabilities, only
somewhat more talky. It goes over good driving and
backing techniques.
Descriptors: Pursuit/Driving
Program 374: Use of Non-Lethal Force (27 min.)
[circa 1987] This early L.E.NET program, which the
Santa Fe Railroad donated, goes over the levels of
force and appropriate kinds of force (as of 1987, that
is) to respond with. Also included is a section on
writing a report of a use of force, and one on what to
look for in an expert witness.
Descriptors: Force/weapons
Program 377: Handgun Retention; Holstered
[circa 1995] This program from the ALERT
(Advanced Law Enforcement Readiness Training)
goes over the Lindell Method techniques for
regaining control of a handgun, and to prevent its
being snatched in the first place.
Descriptors: Handguns/Weapon Retention/Handgun
Retention
Program 379: Pressure Point Control Tactics and
Use of Force Overview (21 min.)
[circa 1987] This early L.E. Net program, which the
Santa Fe Railroad Police kindly donated, is somewhat
disappointing, in that it discusses the advantages of
using pressure point control tactics instead of giving
directions on performing the tactics (which is
unarguably a safer kind of video to make). But it's
interesting to hear about them, as well as the other
short informative segments of the program.
Descriptors: Control Tactics
Program 380: L.E.Net Physical Fitness Training
(24 min.)
[circa 1987] This early L.E.Net program, which the
Santa Fe Railroad Police kindly donated, promotes the
Cooper Institute program for officer physical fitness,
and then goes over basic changes in lifestyle that can
improve officer health.
Descriptors: Physical Fitness/Health
Program 381: Techniques for Safe and Controlled
Vehicle Search (27 min.)
[circa 1987] This early L.E. Net program, which the
Santa Fe Railroad Police kindly donated, isn't too bad,
though, as the hosts admit, it is somewhat remedial. It
goes over appropriate techniques for a safe approach
for a street stop (this is the best part), then gives a
little information on searching vehicles. Also
included is a segment on fingerprinting children for
future identification.
Descriptors: Street Stops/Searches/Vehicle Searches
Program 383: How to Catch a Rapist (51 min.)
[circa 1987] These two early L.E. Net programs,
which the Santa Fe Railroad Police kindly donated,
feature Nancy Hightshoe, former investigator with the
St. Louis Police Department (who is also the speaker
on Tape #130, Rape Investigation). Part A, The Types
of Rapists and Their Victims, describes the four basic
types of rapist and their MOs, several paincompliance escape techniques women might be able
to use, and their possible liability for injuring a
possible rapist. Also included is a segment on
departmental consolidation (combining fire and police
service into a single department). Part B, Profiling
and Apprehending the Rapist, is the best part of the
set. It repeats the descriptions of the basic types of
rapist (with more detailed information), then goes
over the kind of questions to ask a victim of sexual
assault, and information to get from the examining
medical staff.
Descriptors: Rape/Investigation/Criminal
Investigation/Safety/Criminal Behavior/Criminal
Psychology/Interrogation/Profiling
Program 384: First Response to Vehicle Accidents
Involving Hazardous Materials (49 min)
[circa 1987] These two early L.E. Net programs,
which the Santa Fe Railroad Police kindly donated,
discuss an officer's plan of action upon encountering
an accident which might involve hazardous materials,
and plans of action for the emergency service
agencies that will respond. Part A goes over the use
of the Emergency Response Guidebook and good
procedure for handling an incident. Part B focuses on
agency policy, preparing to handle hazardous
materials incidents, and departmental liability.
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials/Accidents
Program 385: Drug Investigation and Recognition
POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[May 12, 1994] Unlike the earlier program, Drug
Influence POST Telecourse (#344), this program,
which was broadcast May 12, 1994, goes over the
establishment of probable cause in drug
investigations, the ways major types of drugs are
packaged, and search and seizure concerns. It also
includes a section on testifying. While many of the
statutes and procedures may apply primarily to
California, it's a good place to start for an
understanding of Illinois law and procedure.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Drug
Enforcement/Undercover Operations/Search and
Seizure/Drugs/Testifying
Program 386: American Criminal Justice System
(The) (28 min.)
[circa 1987] This early L.E. Net program (originally
called Victims--Part 2), which was kindly donated by
the Santa Fe Railroad Police, would be great to show
to crime prevention groups or beginning criminal
justice students. It goes over the origins of the
American Criminal Justice System, the criminal
justice process (plus tips for victims), the reasons for
public frustration with the process (and how to handle
reporters).
Descriptors: Criminal Justice/Media
Relations/Victims/Law/Courts
Program 387: Law Enforcement Medical-Legal
Issues (25 min.)
[circa 1988] This early L.E. Net program which was
kindly donated by the Santa Fe Railroad Police,
examines possible liabilities related to an officer's
rendering aid (or failing to render aid) at the scene of
an accident or crime. Since the program was made
about 1988, you will want to talk about the
conclusions that are made, but it's a good place to
start a discussion of departmental policy.
Descriptors: Accidents/ Liability/First Aid
Program 388: Medical/Legal Death Investigations
(18 min.)
[circa 1987] The topic of this early L.E. Net program,
which was kindly donated by the Santa Fe Railroad
Police, is death scenes (either homicide or
accidental). It includes a discussion of securing the
scene, plus a general overview of physical indicators
of time of death (featuring a lot of graphic slides of
corpses). The program concludes with comments on
public information relating to a death investigation.
One of NEMRT's death investigation instructors
pointed out some fairly serious problems with the
pictures used in the program:
In three separate slides, the people
investigating the crime scene are not wearing
protective gloves. Not only are they in a good
position to contaminate themselves, but they are
getting their fingerprints on the crime scene. Wear
your gloves at a crime scene.
When the doctor/narrator is explaining
about Rigor Mortis, a photo of a baby is shown. The
information given at that time is correct for adults, but
not for babies.
Descriptors: Homicide/Investigation
Program 389: Dealing with Adolescents (27 min.)
[circa 1987] The Santa Fe Railroad Police kindly
donated this early L.E. Net program, which gives the
viewer tips on how to handle teenagers, especially
when they are in groups.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ Crowd Control
Program 390: POST Satellite Broadcast -- May 1994
(2 hours)
[May 1994] This month's programs include:
Handling Vicious Dogs (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's
Dept. / 9 min.), which outlines procedures for
handling vicious dog radio calls, means by which to
stop dog fights, and ways to minimize danger to
bystanders.
Off-Duty Encounters: Officer Rivers Incident
(Los Angeles Police Dept. / 13 min.), in which Off.
Phil Rivers describes an encounter with armed
intruders in his home. The LAPD Front-RifleTakeaway technique is demonstrated.
*Range Safety (FLETC / 18 min.), which is also
available as part of #256, goes over policies and
procedures a firearms instructor needs to have for
maintaining order on the firearms range.
*Major Crime: Are You Prepared (Royal
Canadian Mounted Police / 23 min.) This segment is a
case study of the pursuit and ultimate capture of a
serial rapist through a forested area into a commercial
area. The frank discussion of their problems and
successes with the pursuit make this program
especially useful.
Stormy Weather: Double Liability (Golden West
College / 11 min.)
P.C. Section I2022 (c): Availability of Firearm
Search Warrants: Anticipating the Adversary
Vehicle Detentions: Checking your Adrenaline
Coolant (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 10 min.)
Descriptors: Off-Duty/Dogs/Animal
Control/Survival/Firearms/Investigation/Rape/Cooper
ation/Shootings
Program 391: Field Training Symposium (39 min.)
[circa 1987] This early L.E.NET program, which was
kindly provided by the Santa Fe Railroad Police,
features a number of (then) experts in recruit field
training, who discuss the history of formal field
training, the function and theory behind field training
programs, and its importance.
Descriptors: Police Training/Field Training
Program 392: Security and Protection Techniques
(27 min.)
[circa 1987] The "security" referred to in this early
L.E.NET program, which was kindly donated by the
Santa Fe Railroad Police, is VIP Security. The
highlight of the program is a discussion of ways of
identifying potential troublemakers (such as
assassins) in a crowd. Also included is a brief
demonstration of evasive driving maneuvers and
high-risk escort techniques.
Descriptors: Driving/Terrorism/Crowd
Control/Surveillance/Security
Program 393: Police Stress (20 min.)
[circa 1987] This early L.E. NET program, which was
features a discussion of stress and the law
enforcement officer, how stressors have changed
from the 1960s to the 1980s, ways of dealing with it,
how departmental management can help, and related
liabilities
Descriptors: Stress/Liability
Program 394: Missing Persons (20 min.)
[circa 1987] This early L.E. Net program, which was
a general overview of the handling reports of missing
teenagers and adults. Highlights include ways of
locating the missing individual, ways of interviewing
friends and family members, and inter-departmental
cooperation.
Descriptors: Missing Persons/Kidnapping/Runaways
Program 395: Impact Weapon Training Issues (26
min.)
a general overview of how to use straight and sidehandled batons, model policy for a baton's use, and
liability considerations. Motor point impact points
are also described (as the "practice practice practice"
learning method is encouraged).
Descriptors: Weapons/Batons
Program 397: Firearms Training Update (23 min.)
describes the various firearms used in law
enforcement (the revolver, the 9mm, and the
shotgun), and safety considerations for keeping
service weapons at home. Part of the program was
filmed at the Smith & Wesson Firearms Academy
(Springfield, MA). The Weaver Stance for shooting,
by the way, is recommended.
Descriptors: Handguns/Firearms/9 mm
Program 398: Liability Issues for Administrators
(28 min.)
covers the three major areas of police liability: HighSpeed Pursuits, Firearms Discharge, and Non-Lethal
Weapon Usage. Negligent Supervision or Retention
and Failure to Train, however, are the main topics
discussed.
Descriptors:
weapons/Recruitment/Pursuit/Firearms/Force/Liabilit
y/ Police Training
Program 400: Thumbs Up Video (25 min.)
[circa 1992] The Idaho Departments of Law
Enforcement (State Police Division) and
Transportation (Highway Safety) produced this
program, which was kindly provided by Law and
Order Magazine. They use a couple of comic movie
critics (Roger Deebert and Gene Fiskell), in the first
part of the program, to explain effective in-car video
taping technique, and how a good video can help the
officer later. (This part is also available as part of
Tape #328). The second part features these characters
talking about the use of the Sony TR-31 8mm video
camera. This section can be summed up with "Read
the Manual", but it's helpful to see the demonstrations
with the camera.
Descriptors: Photography/Video Photography/Comic
Relief/Evidence Collection
Program JOB 401: Gangs and Gang Identification
(11 min.)
After viewing this program, jail officers will be able
to give four reasons why people join gangs, explain
why it is important to know if an inmate is a gang
member, explain how inmates who are not gang
members may become involved in gang activities, and
use the information in graffiti and tattoos to control
gang activities. (This program is more "theoretical"
than practical: that is, the information is generic, and
officers will have to make themselves aware of
regional gang activities and terminology in order to
identify and control gang activity most effectively.)
Descriptors: Corrections/Gangs/Safety
Program 401: Miranda and the Deaf Suspect (8
min.)
The program, produced by the Police Executive
Research Forum, goes over the problem with
Mirandizing a deaf suspect in a legally admissible
way. All the tape says is for officers to not
Mirandizing the suspect at all and to get the suspect
an attorney and interpreter, and to videotape the
process.
Descriptors:
Deaf/Interrogation/Liability/Miranda/Disabled
Program 402: POST Satellite Broadcast -- June
1994 (2 hours)
[June 1994] This month's broadcast includes the
programs:
Chemical Agents for Use in Crowd and Riot
Control (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 10 min.)
This program gives an overview of the CS chemical
devices used at the Sheriff's office, and their safe
handling procedures.
Citizens Police Academy (Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Dept. / 12 min.) If your agency is thinking of
setting up a Citizen Police Academy (or has one
already), this program can give you some ideas about
the curriculum. It goes over Las Vegas's 10-week
program for Police Awareness.
Responding to High Risk Calls (Los Angeles Co.
Sheriff's Dept. / 12 min.) Like Holdup Alarm
Response (NEMRT #40), this segment talks about
safe approaches to sites of possible (Bank) robberies.
Unlike it, though, it discusses and demonstrates a
multi-unit response, dispatcher responsibilities, and
departmental policy.
Psyche of Survival (ATF / 28 min.) A number of
ATF agents who had been shot in the line of duty talk
about how their attitude toward the situation saved
their lives. Also included is police psychologist Dr.
Roger Solomon's commentary on the agents'
narratives, and trauma surgeon Dr. Howard
Champion's assurance that firearms injuries are
seldom fatal in themselves.
Search: The Limits of Good Faith (Alameda Co. DA
/ 10 min.)
Public Access to Police Records (Alameda Co. DA /
10 min.)
3 Strikes Highlights (Golden West College / 12 min.)
Hotel Room Search (Golden West College / 11 min.)
Descriptors: Survival/Chemical Agents/Force/Police
Academies (Citizen)/Shootings/Crowd
Control/Alarms/Robbery
Program JOB 402: Working in a Lockdown Unit
(10 min.)
This program enables viewers to list three reasons
why officers assigned to a lockdown unit must pay
special attention to the inmates, explain why courts
carefully scrutinize treatment of inmates in a
lockdown unit, explain how improper documentation
of activities in the lockdown unit can lead to errors in
inmate classification, and list three reasons why
supervisory staff must visit the lockdown unit
frequently.
Descriptors: Corrections/Safety/Writing
Program 403: Triad: Seniors and Law Enforcement
Together (20 min.)
Board provided this program, which explains how the
Triad program works, and gives examples of its
successes around the country.
Descriptors: Elderly/Volunteers/Crime Prevention
Program JOB 403: Work Release: An Overview (9
min.)
This program enables viewers to describe work
release and how it benefits inmates, the jail, the
courts, and the community; explain what community
corrections is, and how it can help inmates; describe
three work release security measures, and describe
furlongs and passes.
Program 404: Combatting Violent Crime through
Community Involvement (FBI Teleconference) (1
hour, 50 min.)
[June 8, 1994] This June 8, 1994, FBI teleconference
features interviews with representatives of major
crime prevention and apprehension groups in the
United States. They talk about how their group or
program work, and how law enforcement can benefit.
Groups featured include Crime Stoppers International,
the TRIAD concept, the American Association of
Retired Persons crime prevention programs, and the
FBI itself. The success of the television program
America's Most Wanted is also considered.
Descriptors: FBI
Teleconference/Elderly/Volunteers/Crime Prevention
Program JOB 404: Problem-Solving from an
Officer's Viewpoint (11 min.)
After viewing this program, jail officers will be able
to list the five steps of problem-solving, list three
limitations that must be considered before developing
solutions to any problem, explain why it is essential to
develop several alternative solutions to a problem,
explain the importance of documentation and
evaluation in problem-solving, and describe a
situation in which group problem-solving would be
necessary.
Management/Planning
Program JOB 405: Non-Smoking Jails (18 min.)
This program enables officers to describe the benefits
of prohibiting smoking in the jail, explain why it is
best to establish a transition period, describe how
inmates and staff members are likely to react to the
news of the transition to a smoke-free facility, list
three ways to help inmates and staff members adjust
to not smoking in the jail, and explain the problems
that smokers entering a smoke-free jail will face.
(This one reminded me of the film Cold Turkey--you
might want to look at that film, too, to get an idea of
what to expect when making the transition to a
smoke-free environment. SLC)
Descriptors: Corrections/Physical Fitness/Drug
Abuse/Prisoners/ Inmate Management
Program 405: Tunnel (The) (23 min.)
[1975] One of the gang prevention programs on
which the EDGE program was modelled
recommended using this film as a discussion
stimulator. Unhappily, while it may still have
discussion value, its presentation is sadly dated (it
was made in 1975 and looks it). In any event, it's
about a boy who stabs a member of a gang of boys
who were bullying him, how he refuses the help of
friends, teachers, and what appears to be a rival gang
when the bullies threaten retaliation, and how he is
outgunned in the ultimate confrontation.
Descriptors: Gangs/Schools
Program 406: After the Violence (30 min.)
The topic of this program is family reaction to violent
deaths. Parents, grandparents and siblings tell about
the circumstances of their loved one's death
(homicide, mainly in gang-related shootings), how
they felt at the time, and how they feel about it
currently. Experts on grief then talk about what
would be a normal grieving process. The program
may have be of some use to a gang prevention
program, but would probably be most helpful to
officers who have to make death notifications, or
work with people in grief (school liaison officers
would also find it helpful).
Descriptors: Grief/Death Notification/Victims
Program JOB 406: Substance Abuse Treatment
Programs for Jails (15 min.)
This program enables viewers to explain what a jail
substance abuse treatment program is; describe what
steps to take to ensure smooth implementation of the
program; define "cross-training", and explain how it
can serve to strengthen the relationship between jail
security staff and treatment staff; List four criteria for
determining which inmates are eligible to participate
in a jail substance abuse treatment program; and list
the most common symptoms of drug and alcohol
overdose and withdrawal.
Descriptors: Corrections/Drug Abuse/Inmate
Management
Program JOB 407: Con Games and Inmates: What
the Line Officer Needs to Know (15 min.)
After viewing this program, officers will be able to
explain why inmates attempt to manipulate officers;
list characteristics that inmates consider to be good
indicators of a officer's susceptibility to manipulation;
describe the four-step process inmates use to test for
susceptibility; explain how inmates create a gap
between the officer they are attempting to manipulate
and other officers; explain how inmates develop a
bond between themselves and the officer they are
trying to manipulate; and list ways officers can
protect themselves against manipulation by inmates.
Descriptors: Corrections/Con Games/Inmate
Management/Communication
Program JOB 408: Professionalism and Ethics (16
min.)
This Jail Operations Bulletin video enables viewers to
explain what it means to be a professional, describe
how to interact professionally with inmates and other
staff members, explain what a code of ethics is,
describe the dangers resulting from a jail officer's
abuse of drugs or power; or failing to enforce jail
rules, and describe how a jail officer can face
challenges such as stress, isolation, and a difficult jail
population.
Descriptors: Corrections/Drug
Abuse/Ethics/Comportment
Program 408: Violence in the Workplace (FBI
This FBI Teleconference, broadcast in February,
1994, features representatives of both the FBI and the
United States Postal Service, who examine causes and
problems relating to workplace violence. Indicators,
personality problems, pre-employment screening
considerations, and victim assistance are also
discussed.
Descriptors: FBI
Teleconference/Shootings/Employment/Domestic
Violence/Psychology/Background
Investigations/Workplace Violence
Program 409: Transporting Prisoners: The Most
Dangerous Cargo (40 min.)
Agencies that transport detainees regularly will be
especially interested in this program, which goes over
safe procedures for searching and moving prisoners
from one facility to another. It starts off with a
graphic scenario in which carelessness leads to an
escapee's gory murder of the transporting officer and
the prisoners who were with him. It's sure to get the
viewer's attention.
Descriptors: Transportation (Inmates)
a form of deadly force, it talks about ways of
handling encounters with suspects that involve the
least risk of transmission. Officers from the
Kankakee and Bradley (Illinois) Police Departments
also appear in the program, so it is doubly interesting.
Descriptors: AIDS/Survival/Diseases/Bloodborne
Pathogens
Program JOB 410: Working with Inmates with
Mental Illness (17 min.)
Viewing this program should enable jail personnel to:
name five categories of mental disorders; name the
four common types of medication used to treat mental
disorders; explain when not to use medications on an
inmate; describe how to handle mentally disturbed
inmates, and identify three common signs of suicidal
behavior.
Descriptors: Corrections/Mental Illness/Suicide
Program 411: Child Abuse: Recognition and Impact
[July 1994] This telecourse, from July, 1994, is the
first part of the set of programs on law enforcement
response to child abuse (both physical and sexual)
and child neglect. This part talks about, not only
ways of recognizing signs of possible abuse and the
effect of abuse on the child, but the effect on the
officer as well. Since the program was designed for
California law enforcement personnel, parts of the
presentation would not apply in Illinois, but the
program is quite informative and a good basis for
study.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Child Abuse/Child
Sexual Abuse/Victims/Stress
Program JOB 409: Understanding Jail
Management (16 min.)
After viewing this program, viewers should be able to
explain why jail officers need to understand the
responsibilities of their managers; to identify six areas
of responsibility for jail managers; to explain why jail
managers must respond to inquiries from the public
about jail operations; to explain why drills, written
reports, retraining, and routine inspections are
essential in a jail; and to explain why managers must
attend seminars and conferences.
Descriptors: Corrections/Penology/Inmate
Management
Program 412: Child Abuse: Investigation POST
[July 1994] This telecourse, also from July, 1994, is
the second part of the set of programs on law
enforcement response to child abuse (both physical
and sexual) and child neglect. This part talks about
what investigating officers can do once abuse is
identified. Sections on interviewing both the child
victim and the perpetrator are included, along with
tips on evidence collection and courtroom
preparation. Since the program was designed for
California law enforcement personnel, parts of the
presentation would not apply in Illinois, but the
program is quite informative and a good basis for
study.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Child Abuse/Child
Sexual Abuse/Interrogation/Evidence
Collection/Testifying/Criminal Investigation
Program 410: AIDS--The Silent Cop Killer (17
min.)
This program starts out covering the basic information
about AIDS (means of transmission and forms of
protection), and then takes an unusual angle for an
AIDS prevention tape. Taking the view that AIDS is
Program JOB 412: TIE: Training, Industry, and
Education (16 min.)
After viewing this Jail Operations Bulletin video, jail
officers will be able to give two reasons why training,
industry, and education in the jail; explain the
difference between vocational training and industry
programs, and two ways of integrate them; describe
four types of educational programs; and describe how
officers can help an inmate's participation in TIE
programs.
Program 413: White Gangs POST Telecourse (1
hour, 30 min.)
[August 1994] This August 1994 telecourse completes
the California Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training's overviews of gangs. The
gangs discussed include White street gangs (which
model themselves after the African-American gangs),
Taggers (vandalism gangs), and White supremacist
groups. The Aryan Brotherhood prison gang is also
discussed.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Whites/Gangs/Extremist
Groups/Vandalism/Inmates
Program 414: Handgun Retention II: Drawn
Gun/Disarming Techniques (30 min.)
[circa 1994] This program from the ALERT series
continues the demonstrations begun in Tape #377
(Handgun Retention: Holstered Techniques), this
time focusing on disarming techniques. These
techniques look great on video, but remember you
have to practice them many times (with a FAKE gun,
of course) to actually make them work for you and to
avoid accidents.
Descriptors: Handguns/Weapon Retention/Handgun
Retention
Program 415: POST Satellite Broadcast--August
1994 (2 hours)
[August 1994] This month's program includes:
Gang Incident Tracking System (Orange Co.
Sheriff's Dept. / 6 min.), which talks about California
requirements in identifying gang crimes as such in
incident reports.
ARWEN (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 7
min.), which explains the advantages (and
departmental requirements) of using the ARWEN 37
five-shot shoulder weapon (it uses a projectile to stun
the suspect).
K-9 Chemical Testing (Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Dept. / 6 min.), which shows the importance of
giving police dogs training with OC and CS sprays (it
seems that they don't affect dogs much, and with
proper training a K-9 will keep doing its job after
contact).
Basic Marksmanship Instruction: The Ball and
Dummy Exercise (FLETC / 6 min.), which goes over
slow fire, timed fire, and rapid fire exercises with
revolvers.
Basic Marksmanship Instruction: The Practical
Pistol Course (FLETC / 10 min.), which covers
proper drawing technique, how to remove a revolver
from its holster, how to shoot from behind a
barricade, and how to shoot with the weak hand.
Choose Not to Lose (Cook Co. State's Atty / 18
min.), which is the same as #304, about gang
prevention for young people.
Exclusionary Rule: The Involuntary Witness:
Badgett (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 9 min.)
Search Warrants: The Endangered Informant
Protection Act: Hobbs (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 14
min.)
Probable Cause to Arrest/Search (Golden West
College / 10 min.)
Protection of Informants (Golden West College /
12 min.) (which is also about the Hobbs case).
Descriptors: Gangs/Force/Pepper Spray/Police
Dogs/Firearms/Handguns/Police Training/Chemical
Agents
Program 416: Sexual Harassment POST Telecourse
(2 hours)
[September 1, 1994] Although this telecourse,
broadcast September 1, 1994, covers mainly
California law relating to sexual harassment, the
information about recognizing and preventing
harassment should apply in any state. The panelists
discuss the history and nature of sexual
harassment/hostile working environments, what is
meant by "zero tolerance" and "quid pro quo", and
how to respond to complaints of harassment.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Harassment/Employment/Liability
Program 418: POST Satellite Broadcast--September
1994 (2 hours)
[September 1994] This month's broadcast includes:
Scratcher Ticket Forgery (California State Lottery
/ 12 min.) While most of the program applies to the
California State Lottery, the examples of how losing
lottery tickets can be altered to appear to be winning
ones would be helpful to out-of-state enforcement
officers.
Legal Helmets (California Highway Patrol / 7
min.) California has a mandatory motorcycle helmet
use law, and this program goes over ways of
recognizing unapproved (and unsafe) helmets.
Transporting TARPed Suspects (Los Angeles Co.
Sheriff's Dept. / 8 min.) Use of the Riphobble device
in the Total Appendage Restraint Position (TARP) is
not common in Illinois. If any agency does use it,
this program goes over appropriate safety procedures.
Communications Fraud: Are You Prepared?
(FLETC / 11 min.) This program briefly describes the
growing communications fraud problems (stealing
telephone card access numbers and such) and then
promotes the Department of the Treasury's
Telecommunications Fraud Investigative Training
Program in Georgia.
Life or Death: The Harwell Incident (Louisiana
State Police Academy / 20 min.) This program
recreates a street stops that ended up a shooting
incident, and how the officer involved recognized that
the violator was likely to attack him.
The Right to Beg (Golden West College / 12 min.)
Vehicle Stops: Beer Cans, Billy Clubs, and Drugs
Detentions: Through a Windshield, Darkly:
Samaniego (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 10 min.)
Detentions: Reasonable Suspicion of Criminal
Activity: Conway (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 10 min.)
Descriptors: Fraud/Telephones/Transportation
(Inmates)/Identity
Theft/Survival/Helmets/Communications
Program 419: EVOC Driving Course (6 min.)
[circa 1995] If you've taken any Emergency Vehicle
Operators' Courses, you may have seen this video.
The Batavia Police Department produced it to show
participants what the different courses they would be
expected to drive look like, and how to handle them.
Descriptors: Driving/Police Training
Program 421: COPPS: Community Oriented
Policing & Problem Solving (43 min. on 2 tapes)
[1993] The California Attorney General's Office
produced this program in 1993, and personnel of the
DuPage Co. Sheriff's Department have recommended
this video as a useful overview of the Community
Oriented Policing concept. Part 1 (15 min.) gives an
overview of what Community Oriented Policing is
and how it works. Part 2 (28 min.) consists of two
interesting presentations given to a live audience.
Superintendent Chris Braiden of the Edmonton
(Canada) Police talks about the history of Policing,
and how it fits with COP; then Herman Goldstein
discusses implementation.
Program 422: Getting Tough on DWI: The
Defense: Cross Examining the Arresting Officer
(65 min.)
[circa 1992] Don't use this tape by itself: it is most
appropriate for use in a training program with an
instructor. The main focus of this program is on how
to make a police officer look foolish in court, so an
instructor is essential to put the presenter's remarks in
context. It would be appropriate to use with reportwriting training, evidence collection and processing,
and courtroom performance training.
Descriptors: Testifying/DUI
Program 423: Edged-Weapon Defense and
Disarming Techniques (ALERT Series) (31 min)
[circa 1995] This program from the ALERT series
goes over the importance of knowing edged weapon
defense techniques (after all, most households have a
lot more knives in them than guns), appropriate
training techniques, and the techniques themselves.
Descriptors: Weapons/Knives/Self Defense
1994 (2 hours)
[April 1994] This month's program includes:
Seeing is Believing (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. /
11 min.) The topic for this entertaining program is
courtroom preparation. Through the demonstration of
a Buck Savage-like officer, viewers see how to
behave in and around a courtroom, and why
professional behavior is critical to the favorable
outcome of court cases.
A Will for Life (Los Angeles Police Dept. / 9 min.)
While estate-planning is a touchy subject with police
officers, this program goes over the importance of
having a will and of updating personnel packets.
An Introduction to Pepper Gas (OC) (California
Dept. of Justice / 8 min.) This program was made to
show to California citizens (rather than officers). It
provides an overview of the characteristics of OC
spray, (California) laws governing its use, the types
of canisters, license requirements, safety procedures,
and procedures for decontamination.
Aurora Colors II: Dealing with the Gang Issue
(Aurora {Colorado} Regional Medical Center / 28
min.) This program updates the first Aurora Colors
program on Tape 323, and gives information on how
to build a community based anti-gang program.
The "Outside Miranda" Fad) (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty
/ 12 min.)
The Eyes (and Ears) of Needles (Alameda Co. Dist.
Atty / 12 min.)
Post-Arraignment Interrogation (Golden West
College / 12 min.)
Search Warrants: Time Limits (Golden West College
/ 12 min.)
Descriptors: Testifying/Police Families/Pepper
Spray/Gangs/Crime Prevention/Comportment /Line
of Duty Casualties/Chemical Agents
1994 (2 hours)
[October 1994] This month's program includes:
International Law Enforcement Fraud Assistance
(VISA International / 14 min.) This program gives an
overview of international credit card fraud, the
general areas that VISA's risk management personnel
investigate and ways law enforcement officers can
help VISA solve international fraud problems.
Molotov Cocktails (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. /
5 min.), which goes over types of firebombs, their
effect when exploded against a building, and the
importance of officer safety and evidence
preservation during firebombing investigations.
Firearms Safety Review (Orange Co. Sheriff's Dept. /
12 min.) A reminder for officers to never take their
firearms for granted: it goes over procedures for
caring for, transporting, and storing revolvers, semiautomatic pistols, and shotguns.
Integrity in the Workplace (Pt. 1) (Federal Bureau of
Prisons / 32 min.) This exposé-news-report-style
program reenacts actual Bureau of Prisons incidents
of employee misconduct. It is especially useful for
corrections/jail officers, but it's an interesting
reminder for law enforcement officers about the
temptations of public service.
Search and Detention: Knowledge of Search
Condition: Tyrell J. (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 12
min.)
Identifications: Avoiding Suggestions and Providing
Counsel: Tomlin V. Myers (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty /
12 min.)
Miranda Invocation: When to Clarify (Golden West
College / 12 min.)
Interrogation for the Truth (Golden West College / 12
min.)
Descriptors: Fraud (Credit
Card)/Bombs/Firearms/Ethics/Professionalism/Comp
ortment/Corrections
Program 427: Law Enforcement and News Media
Relations POST Telecourse (1 hour)
[November 1994] This program, broadcast in
November of 1994, goes over California law
regarding media relations. Public information officers
from several law enforcement agencies, along with an
active reporter, discuss the importance of good media
relations and a media relations policy, and ideas on
how to develop good relations. Even if you don't
agree with the panelists, having heard their ideas
might be helpful in developing departmental policy.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Media
Relations/Public Relations
Program 428: Devil Worship: The Rise of Satanism
(63 min.)
This program, which was very kindly received from
Bruce Cameron and Law and Order Magazine, is not
specifically law enforcement-related, but it does
provide some useful information about the reasons
people get involved in occult practices, and evidences
of legal and illegal rituals. Much of the information
comes from Europe, but North American trends are
also considered. The program includes a number of
interviews with current and former Satanists and
Wiccans, which are interesting. (The last 15 minutes
is interesting:: most of it is devoted to the crucial part
Christianity plays in both causing and stopping occult
activity.)
Program 429: Combat Shooting Tactics (18 min.)
This program, which was very kindly received from
Bruce Cameron and Law and Order Magazine, goes
over the importance of practicing survival tactics, and
applying them while on patrol. Aside from the
shooting reenactments at the beginning and end
(which are analyzed for mistakes), the presentation is
surprisingly easy-going. Tips on shooting techniques,
methods of practicing them, and choosing leather are
included, along with footage of officers' survival
shooting tests on the firing range.
Descriptors: Firearms/Police Training/Shootings
/Self Defense/Handguns
Program 430: Crime Senior Alert (2d ed.) (21 min.)
Common crimes practiced against senior citizens are
analyzed in this program, which was very kindly
received from Bruce Cameron and Law and Order
Magazine. Elderly "victims" talk about how they
were taken advantage of, the crime (both confidence
crimes and robberies) are reenacted, and then the
"victims" talk about what they have done to prevent
being victimized again. It would be pretty good for
use with senior groups.
Descriptors: Elderly/Fraud/Con Games/Crime
Prevention
Program 431: Armed Robbery Survival Techniques
(10 min.)
NEMRT has a couple of videos about bank teller
safety: this one is designed specifically for
convenience-type store employees. You will still
want to talk about it with the employees after
showing it, but it is a useful place to start describing
safe procedures for dealing with a confrontation with
a robber. Much of the program is about what not to
do, and why not to do it, but, combined with your
discussion of what employees should do, and why
they should do it, the program should be a lot of help.
Descriptors: Robbery/Stores/Survival/Safety
Program 432: POST Satellite Broadcast--November
1994 (2 hours)
[November 1994] This month's programs include:
Hazardous Devices (FLETC / 20 min.) Booby traps
associated with drug-dealing, is the focus of this
program. Officers are reminded to watch for
evidence of hazardous devices, and to request help
from experts if any are suspected. Operation Alliance
is also examined.
Driven to Distraction (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's
Dept. / 5 min.) This program goes over the
importance of driving patrol cars defensively and
make allowances for in-vehicle activity.
Integrity in the Workplace (Pt. 2) (Federal Bureau of
Prisons / 34 min.) This segments continues the
program begun in the October 1994 broadcast (#425).
Another incident of employee misconduct from the
Bureau of Prisons is reenacted, and one of the
incidents from the earlier program is continued. It is
especially useful for corrections/jail officers, but it's
an interesting reminder for law enforcement officers
about the temptations of public service.
Warrant Checks During Consensual Encounter
"Jeff Without Mutt" (Golden West College / 11 min.)
(This is interesting: it goes over the dangers and
drawbacks of team interrogations)
Exclusionary Rule: A Warrant too Late? (Not): Link
(Alameda Co. District Atty / 12 min.)
Exclusionary Rule: The Impact of Knock-Notice:
Watkins (Alameda Co. District Atty / 12 min.)
Descriptors:
Bombs/Driving/Corrections/Ethics/Building
Searches/Drug Enforcement
Program 433: Zero Tolerance Video (1 hour, 35
min.)
[November 18, 1994] This Illinois Secretary of State's
Police/Western Illinois University teleconference,
broadcast November 18, 1994, gives an overview of
the state's Zero Tolerance Law, which went into effect
January 1, 1995. People under 21 who are caught
driving with any measurable alcohol level in their
system automatically lose their driving privileges.
Norm Kappes of the Illinois Secretary of State's
Police, explains how the law affects law enforcement
officers, how to fill out the necessary forms, and then
answers viewer questions.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ DUI/Law/Police
Procedures/Illinois Teleconference
Program 434: Pepper Spray for Self-Defense (17
min.)
While no video alone will make a viewer proficient at
using OC spray, a video can show someone what to
expect from the product, and provide an overview of
how the product should be used. This program,
produced for use with the general public, is such a
program. It goes over the advantages of OC spray,
how to use it, and the importance of self-defense
training with the product.
Descriptors: Pepper Spray/Chemical Agents
Program 435: OC Aerosol Use in Law Enforcement
(22 min.)
While no video alone will make a viewer proficient at
using OC spray, a video can show someone what to
expect from the product, and provide an overview of
how the product should be used. This program goes
over law enforcement applications for using Oleoresin
Capsicum spray. It goes over the advantages of OC
spray, how to use it, the importance of self-defense
training with the product, and special considerations
for handling subjects who have been sprayed with
OC. When you request this one, be sure and ask for
Video #818 as well: OC Aerosol Use in Law
Enforcement II, in which Ed Nowicki gives more
information about what law enforcement officers can
expect when using OC spray.
Descriptors: Pepper Spray/Self
Defense/Prisoners/Chemical Agents
Program 436: Law Enforcement Professionalism
(28 min.)
In this lecture with scenarios, Lt. Art Sapp (Colorado
Springs, CO, Police Department) talks about the
importance of an officer's appearance and demeanor
in getting along with the community he or she serves,
the department, and themselves. It probably won't
tell you anything you don't know, but it is a good
reminder of why you need to act right.
Descriptors: Comportment/Ethics
Program 437: Gang Recognition (29 min.)
This program from the ALERT series goes over ways
of recognizing gang signs and gang members. In
many ways, the program is pretty basic for local
department, but since the program comes out of the
St. Louis area, the program focuses on gang activities
in the Midwest. It gives tips on what to look for
when investigating possibly gang-related crimes, or
other incidents, that might lead officers to identifying
gang members.
Descriptors: Gangs/Investigation
Program 438: Verbal Judo: Methods and Tactics
(3 1/2 hours on 2 tapes)
[1992] This program completes the POST Telecourse
begun with Tactical Communication (NEMRT Video
#247). In it, George Thompson, of the Verbal Judo
Institute, elaborates on the basic principles he
discussed in the first telecourse. This particular
program in broken into short segments, so can be
used conveniently for roll call training.
Descriptors: Communication/Perceptions/Police
Procedures/POST Telecourse/Body
Language/Force/Self Defense
Program 439: POST Satellite Broadcast--January
1995 (2 hours)
[January 1995] This month's programs include:
New Firearms Qualification Course (Los Angeles
Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 3 min.), which describes the new
3-round-burst firearm qualification course the Los
Angeles Co. Sheriff's Department is switching to.
The Bait Car (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 6
min.), which demonstrates the capabilities of their
specially equipped car, which they use to catch car
thieves.
Altered and Counterfeit Credit Cards: The HiTech Holdup (Visa U.S.A. / 17 min.). This program,
which the California Commission on POST helped
produce, describes the characteristics of genuine
credit cards, so officers can recognize them from
counterfeit ones. It sounds like an odd topic for a
training video, but, as is pointed out in the program,
those who use counterfeit credit cards are often
involved in other crimes as well.
Gangs: Turning the Corner (California Atty
General / 41 min.) This glitzy documentary, narrated
by James Earl Jones, points out the need of parents,
teachers, police, and other community leaders to work
together to stop the spread of gang violence.
Mischievous Animals (Golden West College / 13
min.)
HGN: It Takes a Rocket Scientist. . .(Golden West
College / 12 min.)
Search and Seizure: The Irrelevance of the Reason
for a Righteous Vehicle Stop (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty
/ about 11 min.)
Statements: Pre-Miranda Prolonged Detention
(Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / about 11 min.)
Descriptors: Firearms/Vehicle Theft/Fraud/Fraud
(Credit Card)/Gangs/Investigation
Program 441: Victim Contact Skills POST
[January 19, 1995] This program, broadcast January
19, 1995, is intended to help officers interact more
effectively with citizens who have become victims of
crime. Topics covered include effective
communication skills, responsibilities to victims at
crime scenes (in California, at least), what to tell
victims about the criminal justice system, and how to
refer victims for further resources.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Victims/Comportment/Crime
Scenes/Communication/Police Procedures/Death
Notification/Interrogation/Public Relations
Program 442: Breaking the Cycle: Inmate Work
Programs (12 min.)
[October 1994] The Jefferson County Sheriff's
Department in Beaumont, Texas, produced this
program in October, 1994. It describes their
successes they have had with their direct supervision
(and work training) program, called Positive
Production, for inmates.
Descriptors: Inmate Management
Program 443: Pursuit and Defensive Driving (25
min.)
[1994] This 1994 program from the ALERT series
talks about the importance of training in both
defensive and pursuit driving for police officers. The
Palm Beach (Florida) Sheriff's remedial driving
program, along with their unique pursuit policy is
described, as are factors to consider when engaging in
pursuits.
Descriptors: Pursuit/Driving/Police Training
Program 444: POST Satellite Broadcast--February
1995 (2 hours)
[February 1995] This month's program includes:
*Dress for Death (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept.
/ 13 min.) This program is good for showing to
parents and such: it goes over the kinds of clothing,
signs, activities, and behavior that may indicate a
child is part of a gang. The drawback is that it
focuses on gangs of the Los Angeles area, but with
some added discussion, it could probably be used in
the Chicago area.
Living with Africanized Honey Bees (KNSD and
(California) Department of Agriculture / 13 min.)
"Killer" bees are not believed to have reached Illinois
yet, but this program can let us know what we would
be in for. This program goes over the bees' migration,
their dangerous characteristics, and their threats to
agriculture and people.
Detecting Fraudulent Documents (Washington
State Patrol / 12 min.) The focus here is on
Washington state documents, but it could be helpful if
you talk about it with the audience. It identifies
security features for birth certificates, drivers
licenses, social security cards, and such.
Field Command Posts (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's
Dept. / 13 min.) This program explains the necessity
of field command posts, how to set one up, and how it
should function. It also talks about the mobile
command posts available through the Los Angeles
Co. Sheriff's Department.
*Bank Robbery Prevention (San José Police Dept.
/ 8 min.) This program goes over how bank
employees can prepare to survive a bank robbery and
help catch the robber. This program is a good one for
showing to banks that are setting up security
procedures for its tellers.
Child Sexual Abuse (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 13
min.)
Search Warrants; Avoiding Anorexic Affidavits
"Fresh Complaint" Doctrine (Golden West College /
11 min.)
Search his Electric Meter! (Golden West College / 9
min.)
*Available Separately
Descriptors: Gangs/Bees/Fraud/Crime
Prevention/Drivers
Licenses/Emergencies/Robbery/Forgery/Crime
Prevention/Security
Program 445: Skywatch Training 1995 (1 hour, 40
min.)
[February 13, 1995] Jim Allsopp, of the National
Weather Service, talks to an audience of potential
spotters in Naperville on February 13, 1995. The
main focus is the development of tornados, and how
to distinguish a funnel cloud from other storm-related
phenomena, though the dangers of thunderstorms
(lightning and flash floods) are also discussed briefly.
Descriptors: Emergencies/Police
Training/Weather/Tornadoes
Program 446: Serving Search Warrants (26 min.)
[1995] This 1995 program from the ALERT series
talks about the issues officers must consider when
serving search warrants and making searches
(including accusations of theft or planting evidence,
as well as safety considerations). The activities of the
Palm Beach County (Florida) Sheriff's Special
Response Team is also examined.
Descriptors: Search Warrants/Searches/Evidence
Program 447: Supervising Critical Incidents: The
First 30 Minutes POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[February 1995] Supervisors who found themselves
participating in several California disasters talk about
how things went, in this February 1995 POST
telecourse. Emergencies include the Oakland/Laguna
Beach fire of 1993, a multi-car pileup on a highway
(and they can be over 100 cars long in California),
and an armed suspect in an office building. During
the last 45 minutes, though, the discussion turns to
dealing with officer involvement in illegal activities,
and leadership skills. The Laguna Beach part is
especially interesting (and could be useful for
dispatcher training), as is the leadership part (since
during critical incidents, you can get several people
who think they ought to be in charge).
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Emergencies/Leadership/Dispatching/Sup
ervision
Program 448: Dangerous Missions: SWAT (44
min.)
[2002] This video, from the History Channel's series
Dangerous Missions, addresses the origins and
activities of SWAT teams. It starts in 1967, when the
Los Angeles Police Department first organized a
special weapons and tactics unit, and went on to
demonstrate its importance during raids on the
hideouts of the Black Panthers and the Symbionese
Liberation Army. Other noteworthy SWAT responses
include the 1997 North Hollywood Bank Robbery
shootout, the Columbine shootings, and less-famous,
but educational encounters with troubled subjects.
Otherwise, the equipment used, tactics employed, and
the attitude participating officers need are also
examined. Teams from the Los Angeles Police
Department and the St. Louis Police Department are
featured.
Descriptors: Police History/Shootings/SWAT/Police
Training
Program 449: Ultimate Sniper: The Video (1 hour,
25 min.)
Unless you are a marksman or firearms specialist at
your department, don't even bother with this one: the
program goes over how to be a good sniper. Most of
the material is for outdoor, long-distance sniping.
Most people don't need to know about these thing
(and there a lot of people we don't want to know these
things), so if you are a marksman/firearms specialist
who borrows this program, don't go showing it
around.
Descriptors: Sniping
Program 450: POST Satellite Broadcast--March
1995 (2 hours)
[March 1995] This month's broadcast includes:
Community Law Enforcement Center Team (Los
Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 7 min.), which describes
the creation of the "Norwalk Model" (from Norwalk,
CA), for coordinating the city and county public
agencies crime prevention activities. (They're mostly
gang crime prevention activities)
*Death Notification (Los Angeles Police Dept. / 18
min.) This program recognizes the difficulties of
delivering death notifications, and goes over good
procedure for doing it. The last ten minutes are of an
interview with the Squires (founders of Mad About
Rising Crime) discuss the good (and bad) things
police did when their son was shot.
Officer Involved Shooting: Craig Junginger
(Huntington Beach Police Dept. / 20 min.)
Motorcycle officer Craig Junginger reenacts and talks
about a 1989 shootout he had with a bank robber. At
the end of the program, police psychologist Dr. Larry
Blum discusses post-trauma effects and survival
shooting training. (Also available as part of Tape
256.)
Carcinogens and You: A Safe Approach (POST / San
Jose Police Dept. / 12 min.) This program, directed at
patrol officers, discusses where hazardous materials
can be found, and how to handle them. It's similar to
Tape 62 ("Initial Response. . .HazMat Incidents"), but
more strongly emphasizes officer safety. (Also
available as part of Tape 127.)
Will that Old Dog Hunt? (Golden West College / 10
min.) (about how a K-9 "sniff" is not a Fourth
Amendment "search".)
Elder Abuse under P.C. Section 368(a) (Golden West
College / 13 min.)
Detention: The Significance of Walking Away
Search: Getting Consent Beyond the Immediate Area
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/Death
Notification/Survival/Shootings/Hazardous
Materials/Stress (Critical Incident)
Program 451: Stress Management and the Law
Enforcement Family POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[October 1994] This program, broadcast in October of
1994, strings together the comments and anecdotes of
current and former members of police families. They
talk about the fears and problems they had, how those
problems were solved, what the department could
have done to ease those problem. Through these
interviews, viewers are to understand the law
enforcement environment and how it relates to stress
on officers, their families and relatives; how to
recognize the effect of law enforcement work/stress
on the officers' family, and understand the signs and
symptoms of family stress; and possible solutions for
the problems of stress.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Police
Families/Stress/Police Management/Stress (Critical
Incident)
Program 452: Practical Patrol Tactics for the 911
Officer (31 min.)
Building searches have been a popular topic among
NEMRT library users, but there aren't too many
programs available (that we know of) about making
them. This one is designed for officers who may be
called on to go into unknown residences or buildings.
It goes over techniques for clearing stairwells and
hallways (without tactical mirrors or such) and
making room entries.
Descriptors: Searches/Building Searches/Forced
Entry/Safety
Program 453: Police Officer Exams Review (2
hours)
If you have a job with a police department, this video
has arrived too late to help you: it's about what to
expect and how to study for a police selection exam.
It would be helpful for officers who have to work with
potential recruits, though, and, since much of the tape
is on how to study for and take a test, it might help
promotional exam candidates. The program is
divided into eight sections on such topics as Police
Selection Exams, Test Taking Strategies, Memory
Questions, Processing Information, Questions Based
on Forms, Reading Comprehension Questions, and
How to Study for the Exam, with Robert Panzarella
leading the instruction.
Descriptors: Recruitment/Recruitment
Program 454: Police Bicycle Riding Skills and
Tactics (46 min.)
While it isn't a glitzy show, the program clearly
covers the basic things bicycle patrol officers need to
know about a police mountain bike and its capabilities
in order to be effective. Topics include bicycle
maintenance, riding skills and technique, and various
patrol tactics. The program is broken into short
segments, so it could easily be used during roll call.
Descriptors: Bicycles/Police Procedures
Program 455: Firearms and Use of Cover (27 min.)
This program, from the ALERT series, goes over
correct and safe techniques for handling firearms.
Basic firearm grip and stance, target practice,
something referred to here as "points of natural body
armor" (which refers to places on the body that have
no natural protection), and use of cover. North East
Multi-Regional Training, as always, does not
necessarily recommend or agree the techniques and
ideas described here, but it is always interesting to
hear other people's ideas.
Descriptors: Firearms/Handguns/Survival/Police
Training
Program 456: Recognizing Criminal Personalities
[March 23, 1995] The criminal personalities
considered in this March 23, 1995, telecourse, are
basically those of potential and active sex offenders.
The panel of experts (from the FBI and elsewhere)
talk about the basic kinds of disorders (Psychopathic,
Narcissistic, Paranoid and Paraphilic), personality
assessment, and interrogation tactics and strategies.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Criminal
Psychology/Criminal
Behavior/Profiling/Interrogation
Program 459: Escalation to Deadly Force: The
Keith Humphries Story (21 min.)
The U.S. DEA provided this program, which reenacts
a drug bust incident in which this officer is forced to
shoot the suspect he is grappling with. The incident
is first reenacted, then the scene is repeated while
Keith Humphries describes the action and explains
why he did what he did. Also included are tips on
survival, and the importance of wearing body armor.
Descriptors: Survival/Shootings/Deadly Force/Drug
Enforcement
Program 460: David High Story: A Guide for Close
Combat Survival (25 min.)
This program, provided by the Firearms Training
Section of the U.S. DEA, reenacts a drug bust in a
forested area where a couple of things went wrong,
and one of the agents find himself grappling with the
suspect without his team knowing where he is.
Happily, the agents were able to arrest the suspect
without anyone being seriously injured, but David
High, while recounting the incident, talks about how
the glitches could have been avoided. He also talks
about the other safety precautions that probably saved
his life.
Descriptors: Survival/Shootings/Drug
Enforcement/Undercover Operations/Radio
Communications
Program 461: Sight Alignment (7 min.)
This program, provided by the Firearms Training
Section of the U.S. DEA, goes over the proper way to
line up the sights on a handgun in order for the shot to
be straight. Other factors, such as ineffective grips or
squeezing more than the trigger, are also discussed.
Descriptors: Handguns
Program 463: POST Satellite Broadcast--April 1995
(2 hours)
[April 1995] This month's broadcast includes:
Officer Survival: Garden Grove Detectives (Los
Angeles Co. Sheriff's Dept. / 8 min.), which reenacts
an incident in which two plainclothes officers are
forced to shoot a suspect. The officers talk about
what they did wrong, and what they did right.
Hate Crimes (FBI / 19 min.) This straightforward
program goes over the seriousness of bias crimes, the
Hate Crime Statistical Act of 1990, the FBI's process
for national bias crime data collection, and
procedures for identifying and reporting suspected
bias crimes.
How to Make a Video (Idaho Dept. of Law
Enforcement / 15 min.) Fiskell and Deebert, those
training film critics (see videos #400 and #328),
branch out from in-car videotaping into actual
training video production. While you probably won't
be able to go out and make one immediately, the
program does provide an overview of factors to
consider in the planning and production of a video.
Partnerships for a Safer California (California
Commission on Peace Officers Standards and
Training / 12 min.) This program goes over the
method by which the California Commission on
Peace Officers Standards and Training is providing
training in the state, the training relationships it is
establishing with other public safety agencies (like
fire departments), and how they will provide training
to their client agencies in the future.
California Case Law Updates (as usual, some of these
updates could apply in any state, and others are only
for California. Ask your legal counsel for advice on
applying any of this information):
Interrogation: Are You Invoking, or Just Curious
Elements of Crime: Aspects of Asportation (Alameda
Co. Dist. Atty / 10 min.)
"To Collect and Preserve" (Golden West College / 11
min.)
Latest News from the DNA Wars (Golden West
College / 9 min.) The news, by the way, is that DNA
won.
Descriptors: Bias Crime/Criminal
Investigation/Video Photography/Police
Training/Survival/Shootings
Program 464: Teens Talk Violence (In the Mix) (30
min.)
[1993] This made-for-teens PBS program from 1993
uses interviews with teens to show the prevalence of
violence in a teenager's world. It then goes on to
show how various groups and programs are working
to decrease hostilities, and gives personal safety tips.
Also included are segments on girl gangs, handling
ethnic slurs, and conflict resolution.
Descriptors: Schools/Safety/Self Defense/Juveniles
Program 465: Stalking: Attorney General's Law
Enforcement Training Video (45 min.)
[1995] This 1995 video features highlights from
several seminars law enforcement educational
seminars the Illinois Attorney General's Office
sponsored in 1994. Segments are included on the
conditions of Illinois' stalking law, methods of
enforcement, working with the victim, and the
importance of taking the law's enforcement seriously.
(Merri Dee, from WGN-TV, who was shot by a
stalker, talks about the law's importance. Her story is
really something!)
Descriptors: Stalking/Harassment
Program 466: Dynamics of a Shooting Involving an
Officer (34 min.)
This program, from the Seattle Police Department,
goes over an incident in which one of their officers
was shot while investigating late-night drinkers in a
park during the winter. He talks about what
happened, what he did, what the several suspects did,
and what happened later. It's broken down into
shorter sections: Incident Outline (the longest
section), Recovery Time, Incident Critique,
Experience is the Best Teacher, and Basic Advice for
New Officers. (By the way, the program is
specifically labelled "For Law Enforcement Viewing
Only", so don't go showing it around.)
Descriptors: Shootings/ Survival/Line of Duty
Casualties/Self Defense/Stress (Critical Incident)
Program 468: Realistic Side-Handle Baton: Basic
(59 min.)
This two-tape set features John G. Peters and others
demonstrating the abilities of, and the techniques for
using, side-handle, PR-24-type batons. While this
video not intended to replace a hands-on course and
much practice, officers will have a better
understanding of the baton. Topics discussed include
ways to grip the baton, blocking and self-defense
techniques, restraint and control techniques, and blunt
force injuries. (By the way, the tape's production was
partly financed, it appears, by a police products
distributor. The program begins with some
advertising.)
Descriptors: Batons
Program 469: Gangs: Not My Kid (29 min.)
This program, which is also used with the EDGE
gang prevention training program, is especially good
to show to parents. It's mainly about the efforts of
inner-city single mothers in keeping their children out
of gangs, and fighting gang encroachment in their
neighborhoods.
Descriptors: Gangs/Crime Prevention
Program 470: Fighting through Pepper Spray:
Counter Assault and Survival Tactics (29 min.)
This program from the ALERT series is unusual in
that it doesn't show officers how to use pepper spray,
but how to keep going after having been sprayed
themselves with pepper spray. While North East
Multi-Regional Training doesn't necessarily
recommend the tactics described, they are useful to
know about.
Descriptors: Pepper Spray/Self
Defense/Survival/Chemical Agents
Program 471: Media Relations in Crisis Situations
FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[April 12, 1995] This teleconference, broadcast April
12, 1995, examines the needs of the news media,
especially during crises, things managers need to
consider in setting up a media relations policy, and
give proactive tips on working with the media.
Panelists include Penny Parrish (Minneapolis Police
Department), Joe Gentile (Washington DC Police
Department), Bob Hawk (Cleveland FBI), Jim Vance
(FBI Academy).
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Media
Relations/Public Relations
Program 472: FTO Program FBI Teleconference (3
hours)
[June 10, 1992] This teleconference, broadcast June
10, 1992, goes over the origins of various FTO
programs (especially the San José Model), useful
techniques in training recruits, things to consider
when selecting field training officers, and training
updates for the FTOs. Panelists include: Sgt. Mark
Rogers (Fairfax Co. Police Academy), Capt. Laura
Barton (Kansas City Police Department, and S.A.
Larry Bonney (FBI Academy).
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Field
Training/Police Management
Program 473: Sexual Assault Investigations POST
[July 1995] This program, broadcast in July, 1995, is
intended to help viewers understand the motivation
behind sexual offenses, understand the impact of sexrelated offenses on victims, and learn appropriate
techniques for interviewing victims, collecting
evidence, and documenting the incident. Since the
program originated in California, the laws that are
discussed are California ones. You're going to want
to talk about the Illinois laws that are similar, in order
to make the program most effective.
Descriptors: Rape/Investigation/POST Telecourse
/Evidence/Victims/Communication/Interrogation
Program 474: Interrogations/Confessions: Legal
Issues POST Telecourse (2 hours)
The subject of this particular telecourse is
Interrogation and Miranda considerations. Since the
program originated in California, the laws that are
discussed are generally California ones. You're going
to want to talk about the Illinois laws that are similar,
in order to make the program most effective. Topics
considered include Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and
Fourteenth Amendment issues, and how Miranda
applies.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse
Program 475: How to Save Your Dog's Life (36
min.)
[1988] This Leerburg video is about first aid for dogs.
While the injuries considered are generally those most
likely to affect house pets rather than police dogs,
they, too, can have limbs broken, or encounter
poisons, or get something in their ears. If you have a
dog, you might want to take a look at it, anyway.
Descriptors: First Aid/ Dogs/Safety/DVDs
Program 476: Officer Stress Management 1: Stress
of the Gunfight (30 min.)
This program from the ALERT series goes over
Critical Incident Stress: what it's like and ways of
dealing with it. The program includes several
interviews with officers who were involved in
shooting incidents, who talk about their experiences.
Descriptors: Shootings/ Stress (Critical Incident)
Program 477: Legal Update 1995 FBI
Teleconference (2 hours)
[1995] Daniel Schofield and Kimberley Crawford, of
the FBI's Legal Instruction Unit, examine various
Supreme Court decisions that will affect law
enforcement personnel. Of special interest are First
Amendment concerns, policing civil disturbances,
and police/media relations. The program concludes
with an interview with Hank Givens, about legal
issues during crisis situations.
Program 478: Tactical Training/Police K-9 (2
hours)
While it will not replace a hands-on training class,
this Leerburg production will give the viewer an idea
of what to expect with and from a trained police dog.
The focus is not only on training the dog, but in
training the officer to plan for survival while using
the dog. The narrator points out that handlers have a
tendency to depend heavily on the dog and forget
about survival tactics. You'll probably want to begin
by looking at #479 (Training Police Service Dogs).
(We've had some trouble with this program: on the
small video player, it has picture dropouts, on the
office VCR it works fine. If you have any problems,
let us know.)
Program 479: Training Police Service Dogs (2
hours)
This program, a Leerburg Video Production, goes
over the basics of bitework training for dogs used in
police work. It will never replace contact training,
but it does give an overview of what to expect from a
trained dog, and from training a dog for police work.
The video also assumes some understanding of bite
work training, but is still informative.
Program 482: Accident Scene Management (30
min.)
This program from the ALERT Series features
officers from Kenosha, Wisconsin, who give a
straightforward, orderly explanation of things to
consider when working a traffic accident crime scene.
As they point out, departmental policy supersedes
their guidelines, but the suggestions they make, and
the safety tips they give, are good to keep in mind.
Program 483: Protection Training: The Beginning
(2 hours)
This Leerburg video is the "starter" tape for their dog
training series. On it, the process and principles of
bitework are demonstrated on a number of young
shepherds and rotweilers, as well as one older
rotweiler that was mishandled in its youth. NEMRT
doesn't necessarily recommend the dog training
techniques demonstrated here, and certainly doesn't
recommend applying any techniques without
guidance from an experienced dog trainer, but the
program does give the background of the training
described in NEMRT videos 479 (Training Police
Service Dogs) and 478 (Tactical Training/Police K-9).
Descriptors: Dogs/Training
Program 484: POST Satellite Broadcast--September
1995 (2 hours)
[September 1995] This month's program includes:
Cellular Phone Fraud: The Cloned Phone Threat
to Public Safety (Bell Atlantic / 16 min.) This
program begins by examining the seriousness of
stealing cellular phone numbers, then goes over how
the numbers are stolen, what kind of equipment is
used, how cloned phones are used, and how officers
can help catch phone-cloners.
Child Safety Seats: The Loving Connection
(California Office of Traffic Safety / 10 min.) If your
community has a public safety program, this segment
should fit right in. It demonstrates the importance of
using child safety seats when children are in the car,
and explains the sizes appropriate for the child.
Bomb Explosion: First Responder (Los Angeles
Police Dept. / 10 min.) This program goes over what
an officer can expect, and what should be done, when
at an explosion crime scene. Departmental policy will
also need to be examined, but the video is a good
place to start to explain the policy.
Dick and Harry: Rest in Pieces (Niagara Regional
Police Force / 7 min.) This brutally funny program
features graphic footage and still photographs from
bomb scenes, explosions, and victims of bomb blasts.
The idea is for officers to be extremely careful around
bombs and possible bomb scenes, since explosives
don't generally look like something that might blow
up.
It's No Big Deal (Denver Police Dept. / 19 min.)
Officers frequently don't consider credit card thefts as
dangerous crimes. This program talks about credit
card offenders who turned violent when approached
by the police. It also considers major investigations
that were helped through credit card records.
Possession in the Bloodstream (Golden West
College / 10 min.)
P.C. Section 243(c): Battery on a Peace Officer
with Injury (Golden West College / 11 min.)
Search: Exigent Retrieval: Hull (Alameda Dist.
Atty / 14 min.)
Evidence: Unwanted Weight Loss: Valenzuela
and Howard (Alameda Dist. Atty / 12 min.) Parts of
this program could probably be used in Illinois: the
weight loss is from drug evaporation, and it features
information on investigating methamphetamine labs,
including the "Mexican National" lab setup.
Descriptors: Fraud/Fraud (Credit
Card)/Bombs/Explosives/Seat Belts/Survival/Drug
Enforcement/Bomb Threats
Program 485: POST Satellite Broadcast--October
1995 (2 hours)
Stinger 12 Stunbag (Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's
Dept. / 10 min.) The advantages of using the Stinger
12 Stunbag on uncooperative suspects is
demonstrated (the stunbag, by the way, is a weighted
bag shot from a shotgun). Procedures for using it,
situations when using it are appropriate, and safety
measures are also considered. North East MultiRegional Training doesn't necessarily recommend this
device, but it is interesting to know about.
Officer Involved Shooting: Stacey Lim (Los
Angeles Police Dept. / 10 min.) The importance of
having an off-duty survival plan is the topic of this
program, which reenacts an off-duty incident in
which the officer is shot at by carjackers. I think this
is also the first program NEMRT has to feature a
woman officer in a survival situation, too.
Accident Scene Safety (Arizona Department of
Public Safety / 10 min.) The object of this segment is
to demonstrate the safe and effective management of
accident scenes. Guidelines to insure the safety of
victims, approaching motorists, responding officers,
and rescue personnel are also included.
Police and the Hearing Impaired (Denver Police
Dept. / 29 min.) Law enforcement's obligations to the
deaf community are the main consideration of this
program. Other topics include indications for
recognizing a deaf citizen, how to use an interpreter
properly, and hand signs an officer can use to start
communications with the hearing impaired. It starts
off with a Shoot/Don't Shoot scenario in which the
suspect is invariably shot, but then turns out to be
deaf.
Arrest: Whether "Citizen's Arrest" Limits Your
Power: Johanson (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 9 min.)
Search: The Scope of Auto Search Incident to
Arrest: Mitchell (Alameda Co. Dist. Atty / 10 min.)
Suspicious Persons in Parked Vehicles (Golden
Armed in the Commission (Golden West College
/ 12 min.)
Descriptors:
Deaf/Survival/Traffic/Force/Weapons/Disabled
Program 486: Law Enforcement Awareness of
Disabilities (LEAD) POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[June 8, 1996] This program, broadcast June 8, 1996,
is intended to assist law enforcement personnel better
understand, recognize, assist, and communicate with
persons having developmental disabilities. Viewers
will be able to list the four major types of
developmental disabilities, and describe the general
characteristics of people with those disabilities, as
well as strategic communication and safety
techniques to use with each disability. Viewers will
also be able to differentiate between techniques to use
when the person having the developmental disability
is a victim, a witness, or a perpetrator of a crime.
Finally, viewers learn to recognize and begin to use
"People First" terminology, and recognize and
describe general characteristics of persons having a
Traumatic Brain Injury (taken from the telecourse
announcement). As always, the laws and techniques
described in this program apply to California. Make
sure the information applies the same way in Illinois
before using it.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Disabled/Developmental Disabilities
Program 487: Search Warrants POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[September 21, 1995] The learning goals of this
telecourse, broadcast September 21, 1995, are to
demystify the warrant writing process; to encourage
cooperation with District Attorney offices, and to
understand the changing legal climate and its impact
on the need for search warrants; to introduce recent
innovation and technology in the writing and
acquisition of search warrants; and to encourage
officers to prepare more search warrants, taking a
proactive approach to problem solving (taken from
the telecourse announcement). Segments included in
the program cover what search warrants are and when
to use them, how to justify search warrants and have
them granted, tips on working with judges and district
attorneys, probable cause, and corroboration of
sources. As always, check Illinois and municipal
procedures before applying these California
suggestions in your community.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Searches/Search
Warrants
Program 488: Domestic Violence Awareness:
United Against Crime Teleconference (2 hours)
This teleconference, broadcast in October, 1995, was
the first of Radio Shack's United Against Crime
teleconferences. It features Detective Lydia Martinez
of the New York Police Department, who talks about
the prevalence of domestic violence, and what
viewers can do to prevent domestic violence. Since
this program was presented to a general audience,
rather than a specifically law enforcement audience,
the style of presentation may be irritating to viewers.
It doesn't give any specific enforcement tips. Basing
one's own community presentation on Det. Martinez's
format, however, might work well.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Crime
Prevention/United Against Crime Teleconference
Program 491: Breaking the Code: The
Sound/Symbol System of English Spelling (88 min.)
This program, from the National Institute of Justice,
argues (rather convincingly) that one of the major
causes of juvenile delinquency is illiteracy. The code
that is being broken is that of written English. This
program turns out to be a crash course in phonics!
This program might be helpful for officers who are
bad spellers, but would probably be most appropriate
for training reading tutors, especially in a corrections
setting. It demonstrates some classroom technique,
so agencies might do well to use it with reading
training volunteers.
Descriptors: Corrections/Education/Juvenile Crime
Program 492: Understanding & Preventing
Violence: A Public Health Perspective (NIJ
Research in Progress) (1 hour)
[December 1994] This lecture, from December 1994,
features Dr. Arthur Kellerman, director of the Center
for Injury Control at Emory University. He talks
about preventing firearms violence from a Public
Health (a proactive) perspective. This program, and
the others in the series, are not roll-call material, but
they are informative for students and officers
conducting research, or planning to do research.
Topics considered include firearm fatalities in
households, behavioral factors for firearms violence,
home safety and self-defense, non-fatal gunshot
injuries, incident circumstances, reporting realities,
research applications, and possible results. A
question-and-answer segment is included at the end.
Descriptors: Firearms/Gun
Control/Research/Juvenile Crime
Program 493: Intervening with High-Risk Youth:
Preliminary Findings from the Children-at-Risk
Program (NIJ Research in Progress) (44 min.)
[February 1995] This lecture from February, 1995,
features Adele Harrell, Ph.D., director of the
Program in Law and Behavior at the Law Institute,
who talks about the Children at Risk Program: a drug
and violence prevention program for a specific type
of youth between 11 and 13. The main feature of this
program is her discussion of the evaluation of the
program. How the program works, and what the
program involves is also explained. (Evidently, in
addition, Janet Reno is present in the audience, and
more is made of her presence than is necessary to the
information.) The lecture concludes with a questionand-answer session.
Descriptors: Juvenile Crime/Research/Juvenile
Justice
Program 494: Corrections-Based Drug Abuse
Treatment (NIJ Research in Progress) (45 min.)
[January 1995] This lecture from January, 1995,
features Dr. James Inciardi, director of the
Department of Drug Studies at the University of
Delaware. He talks a little about his history with
corrections and drug treatment (and coerced
treatment), describes the program used in Delaware in
the late 1980s, and then talks about his follow-up
research on the program's success. For a clear
narrative of how a program and evaluative research
works, this program is appropriate. It concludes with
a question/answer session.
Descriptors: Drug abuse/Corrections/Research
Program 495: Community Policing in Chicago:
Fact or Fiction (NIJ Research in Progress) (1 hour)
[May 1995] This lecture from May, 1995, features
Wesley Skogan, of Northwestern University, who
describes the CAPS program, the impact of the
program on the neighborhoods of Chicago, why
community policing flounders in many cities, and
how Chicago worked to avoid those problems. The
answer to the question posed in the title is "Fact", in
case you were curious. The program concludes with a
question/answer session, in which Dr. Skogan gets
some argument with his research.
Program 496: Youth Violence, Guns, and Illicit
Drug Markets (NIJ Research in Progress) (1 hour)
[September 1994] This lecture from September, 1994,
features Alfred Blumstein, Professor at the CarnegieMellon University, who discusses the connection
between the drug market and youth violence, crime
statistics, and so forth. It concludes with a segment
on where we go from here. An interesting aspect of
this program is how Professor Blumstein makes his
presentation (as well as his demonstration of how to
lie with statistics, and explanation of ways of reading
a graph). (Incidentally, this program is the first in the
series.)
Descriptors: Juvenile Crime/Research/Firearms/Drug
Trafficking
Program 497: Reducing Gun Violence: Community
Policing Against Gun Crime (NIJ Research in
Progress) (51 min.)
This lecture from April, 1995, features Lawrence W.
Sherman, who talks about applying the SARA method
of community policing to gun violence, and focuses
on what police can do to seize illegal firearms through
enforcement of gun-carrying laws. The research he
discusses took place mainly in Kansas City and
Indianapolis, and involved gun-seizing during traffic
stops. He also discusses evaluation methods (and
seems rather defensive and opinionated, for some
reason), and how techniques need to fit the area being
studied. The program concludes with a
question/answer session.
Descriptors: Firearms/Research/Crime Prevention
/Community Policing
Program 498: Conditions of Juvenile Confinement
OJJDP Teleconference (90 min.)
This teleconference, from September 17, 1993,
examines the findings of the Abt Study of the
conditions of confinement in juvenile facilities in the
United States. It begins with an overview of the
findings, which were 1.) the major problem areas in
the facilities are living space, health care, security,
and control of suicidal behavior; 2.) that conformance
to standards doesn't necessarily lead to improved
confinement conditions; and 3.) the deficiencies are
spread across various types of facilities. It then
features a panel discussion of what the findings mean,
and concludes with a panel discussion of how the
findings apply to suicide prevention in juvenile
facilities.
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice/Corrections/OJJDP
Teleconference/Suicide
Program 499: Parental Abductors: Four Interviews
(43 min.)
[1994] This 1994 program, from the National
Institute of Justice and the School of Social Work, at
the University of Maryland at Baltimore, features
interviews with four parents who, for some reason or
other, abducted their children and hid then for from
two weeks to eleven years. The idea behind this
program is to examine the motivation behind these
parents' actions. One of the things that does come out
is how the criminal justice system was misused or
workers within the system were neglecting their
responsibilities.
Descriptors: Kidnapping/Criminal
Behavior/Interviews/Research/Juvenile Justice/Child
Neglect
Program 500: Drug Education (Crime File) (29
min.)
This program, from the National Institute of Justice's
second Crime File series, examines methods of
teaching children about drug abuse prevention. Its
main focus is the DARE program. The program
concludes with a panel discussion between James Q.
Wilson (Moderator), Joyce Nalepka (National
Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth), Stephen
Leinen (School Program to Educate and Control Drug
Abuse), and Michael Goodstadt (The Addiction
Research Foundation).
Descriptors: Drug Abuse/Juveniles/Crime
Prevention/Crime File Series/DARE Program
Program 501: Drug Education (Crime File) -Spanish Version (29 min.)
Crime File series, is the same as #500 (Drug
Education), only this one has Spanish-language
voice-overs for the speakers. You can still hear the
English a little under the translations, but it's not
irritating. It would be an excellent program for
presenting to a group of primarily Spanish speakers.
Descriptors: Drug Trafficking/Crime
Prevention/Crime File Series/Spanish Language
Program JOB 501: Jail Officer's Leadership Role
(The) (12 min.)
to:
• Define leadership and explain the difference
between a leader and a manager;
• List and define seven character traits of an
effective leader;
• Explain the importance of being a positive role
model;
• Describe the difference between proactive,
reactive, and inactive officers;
• Name the four basic leadership styles and
explain when each style is most appropriate;
• Describe five practical ways in which
leadership skills can be applied in a direct supervision
environment.
(From the video label.)
Descriptors: Corrections/Leadership
Program JOB 503: Why not Direct Supervision?
(20 min.)
to:
Program 502: Drug Testing (Crime File) (29 min.)
second Crime File series, examines pre-trial drug
screening, and legal questions related to the issue.
The program concludes with a panel discussion
between James Q. Wilson (the moderator), Eric Wish
(National Institute of Justice), Elizabeth Symonds
(National Capital Area American Civil Liberties
Union), and Jay Carver (D.C. Pretrial Services
Agency).
Descriptors: Drug Testing/Crime Prevention/Crime
File Series
• Explain what it means to say that officers, not
inmates, control the direct supervision jail;
Program JOB 502: Effects of Officer Expectations
on Inmate Behavior (The) (9 min.)
to:
•
Define "officer expectations";
• Explain why all staff members must enforce
expectations in the same way;
• Describe when and how to communicate
expectations to inmates;
• Explain the difference between proactive and
reactive supervision;
• Explain the importance of documenting
inmate behavior.
(Taken from the video box).
Descriptors: Inmate Management/Corrections
Program 503: Drug Testing (Crime File) -- Spanish
Version (29 min.)
Crime File series, is the same as #502 (Drug Testing),
only this one has Spanish-language voice-overs for
the speakers. You can still hear the English a little
under the translations, but it's not irritating. It would
be an excellent program for presenting to a group of
primarily Spanish speakers.
Descriptors: Drug Testing/Crime Prevention/Crime
File Series/Spanish Language
• Describe the differences between a direct
supervision facility and a traditional linear facility;
• Give at least three reasons why direct
supervision jails are safer than linear jails;
•
List the nine principles of direct supervision;
• Explain why the furnishing in direct
supervision jails are less institutional than those in
traditional jails;
•
Describe how open booking works.
(Taken from the video label. Since many of the jails
in the Chicago area are already direct supervision
jails, the program may be old news, but it might also
be interesting to see how your practice compares with
the practices described.)
Management/Prisoners
Program 504: Drug Trafficking (Crime File) (29
min.)
second Crime File series, examines "successful
targeting of resources on arrest of street-level dealers"
(taken from the NIJ synopsis). The program
concludes with a panel discussion between James Q.
Wilson (Moderator), Mark Kleiman and Mark Moore
(Harvard University) and John C. Lawn (Drug
Enforcement Administration).
Prevention/Crime File Series
Program JOB 504: Small Jails: Special Problems
(18 min.)
to:
• Describe how to provide low-cost staff
training;
• Explain what a jail officer reserve program is
and list four precautions to take before implementing
one;
• Describe two ways to provide necessary
medical services to the small jail population;
• List the three major expenses of a food service
department and one cost-cutter for each;
• Describe how to keep an antiquated jail
functioning on a limited maintenance and renovation
budget;
Program JOB 506: Jail Literacy Programs (16 min.)
to:
• List three no-cost ways to provide inmate
programs;
• Describe how jail literacy programs help
reduce recidivism;
• Describe why it's important to maintain good
community relations, and name the members of the
community who may prove most valuable to jail
administration.
• Describe how jail literacy programs help
officers manage the jail population;
(Taken from the video box.)
Management/Planning
Program 505: Drug Trafficking (Crime File) -Spanish Version (29 min.)
Crime File series, is the same as #504 (Drug
Trafficking), only this one has Spanish-language
voice-overs for the speakers. You can still hear the
English a little under the translations, but it's not
irritating. It would be an excellent program for
presenting to a group of primarily Spanish speakers.
Prevention/Crime File Series/Spanish Language
Program JOB 505: Jail Equipment Technology
Advances (16 min.)
to:
• Explain how the use of computer networks can
improve the storage and retrieval of inmate records;
• Explain how fiber optic technology can
enhance perimeter security;
• Define "addressable head" and explain how
this device can improve fire detection;
• Describe two recent improvements in intercom
systems;
• Explain how the use of card readers and
pneumatic technology can improve the control of
doors;
• List four technological advances that can
improve a jail's video surveillance capabilities;
• Explain why it's not always wise for a jail to
use the latest technology.
(Taken from the video box. Some of the more
unusual ideas for subject restraint, such as sticky goo
and such, have come from the area of corrections.
They don't get into the theoretical technologies here).
Descriptors: Corrections/Technology/Security
• Explain how to identify inmates who might
have literacy problems, and how to screen and select
program participants;
• Discuss the benefits of offering a variety of
jail literacy programs;
• Explain the roles the officer plays in making a
literacy program a success.
(Taken from the video box. You might also want to
take a look at #491, Breaking the Code: The
Sound/Symbol System of English Spelling.)
Descriptors: Corrections/Education/Prisoners
Program 506: Warrant Service and Building Entry
Tactics POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[October 1995] This October 1995 broadcast presents
to officers basic tactics and other safety issues
regarding the safe entry into any structure. According
to the POST announcement, viewers are familiarized
with "the fundamental elements of safe building entry
tactics. . ." and are introduced to the process of
identifying the mission objectives, planning and
executing the entry, and debriefing and critiquing of
the entry.
Descriptors: Search Warrants/Forced Entry/POST
Telecourse
Program 507: Crime Scene Preservation (33 min.)
This program, from the ALERT Series, features
several evidence technicians and evidence managers,
who discuss how they process crime scenes and
evidence. Also included is some consideration of
photographing (and videotaping) the scene and
suspect interviewing. A case study of an actual
homicide case is featured (along with some
photographs).
Descriptors: Evidence/Crime Scenes/Photography
Program JOB 507: Preparing for Promotion:
Climbing the Ladder (18 min.)
to:
• Explain why administrators must prepare
employees for promotion before there is an opening
for an upper-level position;
•
List three things a supervisor can do to help an
employee prepare for promotion;
• List three things employees can do to prepare
themselves for upper-level positions;
•
List the fourteen traits of a leader;
• List ten principles central to being an effective
leader.
(Taken from the video box).
Descriptors: Corrections/Promotion (Corrections)
Program 508: Legal Investigations Involving Peace
Officers POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[May 1995] This telecourse from May, 1995,
examines the legal issues a officer might face due to
action taken on the job, as well as the rights and
obligations of an officer (in California, at least) who is
involved in a criminal, administrative, or civil
investigation and/or legal action. Viewers will learn
the rights and obligations of the law enforcement
agency in the investigative and legal processes; learn
the step-by-step investigative and legal process an
officer might face, particularly if involved in a critical
incident; Learn the importance of "detailed" accuracy
and consistency in statements and report writing in
criminal, administrative, and civil investigations; and
will be aware that not knowing these things can affect
their career, freedom, and financial status (taken from
the program announcement). In any event, before
applying the information from this program, viewers
should check with agency legal counsels about how to
apply it in Illinois, and should become familiar with
the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights.
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Liability/Shootings/Survival/Report
Writing/Photography/Force
Program 509: Law Enforcement Officers Flying
Armed POST Telecourse (1 hour, 20 min.)
[November 1995] This telecourse from November,
1995, along with the accompanying workbook, is
intended to satisfy new federal regulations and
mandates for law enforcement officers who will be
flying armed (in California, anyway). Its main goal
is to make flying armed an uneventful experience.
Viewers will understand the specific conditions when
peace officers can safely and legally carry firearms
and other weapons or restraints aboard an aircraft; the
required procedures for transporting a firearm and
ammunition in checked baggage; procedures to follow
when transporting a prisoner aboard an aircraft; and
the roles and responsibilities of flight and ground
crew members in the event of a passenger disturbance
or other in-flight emergency (taken from the program
announcement).
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Weapons/Transportation
(Inmates)/Aircraft
Program JOB 509: Staff Wellness (9 min.)
to:
• Describe how individuals' wellness helps
themselves, their families, their coworkers, and their
employees;
• List three major barriers to personal wellness
that are common to jail officers;
• Discuss four ways to relieve occupational
stress;
• Describe five exercises that can correct or
prevent lower back problems;
• Describe how they can lessen the effect of
shift work on their wellness.
Descriptors: Corrections/Physical
Fitness/Health/Stress/Shiftwork
Program 510: Crime in a Birth Cohort: A
Replication in the People's Republic of China (NIJ
Research in Progress) (45 min.)
[March 1995] In this program from March 1995, Dr.
Marvin Wolfgang talks about how a 1950's study of
crime within a group of juveniles in Pennsylvania is
being duplicated in China. He describes the original
study, how the research is being conducted in China,
the differences between the availability of
information in the United States and China, and the
difference in results. His discussion about crime
information in the People's Republic of China is
Descriptors: Research in Progress Series/Juvenile
Crime/Research
Program JOB 510: Programming Opportunities in
Jails (18 min.)
After viewing this videotape, jail officer will be able
to:
• Describe how jail-based programs and
services benefit the inmates, the jail, and the
community;
• List five common types of jail-based
programs and services;
• Describe the key components of a substance
abuse program;
• Define "life skills" and list four life skills that
inmates can learn in a jail program;
• Explain what jail administrators can do to
ensure the success of programs and services;
• Explain what jail officers can do to ensure the
success of programs and services.
Descriptors: Inmate
Management/Corrections/Communication
Program 511: Child Abuse and Exploitation [In
Cyberspace] FBI Teleconference (1 hour, 50 min.)
The official title of this March 1996 program is
misleading: it is about the use of computer networks
by pedophiles for the abuse and exploitation of
juveniles. Topics include an overview of child
exploitation, the use of computer networks for the
purpose, and some basic investigative techniques.
This program also features graphic sexual images
(they've been altered to protect the identity of the
victims and to cover any graphic sexual content, but
they're still pretty strong), so the video comes with the
caveat that it is for training purposes only. Viewer
discretion is advised.
Descriptors: Child Sexual Abuse/Computers/FBI
Teleconference/Juveniles
Program JOB 511: Managing Conflict Resolution
(12 min.)
to:
• Describe the problems facing facilities with
too much conflict;
• Describe the problems facing facilities with
too little conflict;
• Explain why moderate levels of conflict can
be also called "functional conflict";
• List the three most common causes of conflict;
• Explain why problem solving is the best
method of conflict resolution;
• Explain the roles of the parties involved in
problem solving.
(Taken from the video label.)
Management
Program JOB 512: Offenders of the '90s (17 min.)
to:
• List four types of inmates frequently found in
jails today;
• Describe the dangers and difficulties presented
by white-collar criminals, ex-military offenders, and
inmates with mental or physical disabilities [including
the elderly -- SLC];
• Define "multijurisdictional offender" and
describe the problems this type of offender presents;
• Describe the training and education jail staff
members need to deal with multicultural inmates;
• Explain why education of the public is vital to
the field of corrections.
Management/Cultures/Criminal
Behavior/Disabled/Media Relations/Elderly
Program 512: Youth Violence in America FBI
Teleconference (1 hour, 50 min.)
[December 1995] This December 1995 program
examines finding from the Major City Chiefs' study
and recommendations. Topics considered include
behavioral characteristics of juvenile offenders, the
American juvenile justice system and how it works,
and a discussion of programs that seem to have a
positive effect on the problem.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Juveniles/Juvenile
Crime/Gangs
Program 513: Employee Assistance Programs FBI
Although this 1995 program does not give specific
recommendations for handling officer stress, it
provides a lot of discussion of issues and concerns
that agencies need to address. Topics include an
overview of the kind of employee assistance
programs the FBI offers to its agents, a long
discussion of officer suicide and suicide prevention,
substance addictions (particularly alcoholism) and
recovery, and the importance of chaplaincy programs.
The chaplaincy program section was especially
interesting: how chaplains helped with the Oklahoma
City bombing recovery, and training needs that arose
are considered at length.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Drug Abuse/Suicide/Stress/Police Families
/Chaplains/Mental Health
Program 514: Dynamics of Off-Duty Encounters,
Pt. 1 (29 min.)
Police officers are off-duty far longer than they are
on-duty. This 1996 ALERT Program points out the
importance of being prepared for (generally armed)
off-duty confrontations. Topics considered include
confrontational statistics and what they mean to
officers, identification techniques, secondary
employment liability, departmental expectations of
how an officer's actions off-duty, and personal safety
techniques (in restaurants or by ATMs, for instance).
Ideally, this program needs to be used with Tape
#515, Dynamics of Off-Duty Encounters Pt. 2.
Descriptors: Off-Duty/Concealed Weapons/Weapons
/Self-defense/Line of Duty Casualties/Survival
Program 515: Dynamics of Off-Duty Encounters,
Pt. 2 (36 min.)
Police officers are off-duty far longer than they are
on-duty. This 1996 ALERT Program points out the
importance of being prepared for (generally armed)
off-duty confrontations. Topics considered in this
program include off-duty dress, weapon and
equipment selection (especially holsters), shot
placement, techniques for drawing the concealed
weapon (and their various advantages), consideration
of the behavior of your companions, and allegations
of domestic abuse within law enforcement families.
This program needs to be used with Tape #514,
Dynamics of Off-Duty Encounters Pt. 1.
Descriptors: Off-Duty/Concealed
Weapons/Weapons/Self-defense/Line of Duty
Casualties/Survival
Program 516: Less Than Invincible (9 min.)
An officer with the San Diego Police Department
whose 16-year-old son was killed in a traffic accident
helped produce this program to remind young people
that they are not invincible. He, along with the
surviving young people, their mothers, and the
paramedics who responded to the call talk about why
the accident happened (careless high-speed driving-it's not a DUI program), and the effect it has had on
their lives. At the time the program was produced, the
survivors had spent about half a year in the hospital,
one had memory lapses, and one was paralyzed on
one side. The parents talk about the changes the
accident caused in their children, their families, and
their lives. It's kind of talky, but with an audience that
isn't likely to drink and drive, it would probably work
well. (This program is examined in the January 1996
issue of Law and Order Magazine.)
Descriptors: Traffic/Accidents/Crime Prevention
/Driving
Program 517: Three Strikes You're Out: Benefits
and Costs of California's Mandatory Sentencing
Law (NIJ Research in Progress) (45 min.)
This NIJ Research in Progress Program from October,
1994, features Dr. Peter Greenwood discussing the
benefits, and drawbacks, of California's Three Strikes
You're Out felony sentencing program. Issues
considered in this RAND research include the driving
force behind the debate, how much will crime be
reduced and at what cost, can alternatives achieve
many of the benefits at less cost, and are either the
new law or any alternatives affordable. He raises
some concerns about the concept: on the whole, the
research casts some doubts on the three-strikes
implementation.
Descriptors: Sentencing/Criminal
Justice/Research/Planning/Research in Progress
Series
Program 518: Gambling Recognition POST
This April 1996 program concerns California
gambling laws, so that part isn't much help in Illinois.
On the other hand, the enforcement techniques would
be extremely useful to any officers in any areas. A lot
of the illegal gambling in California appears to take
place in the Asian community, so the program is also
useful for Asian cultural awareness. Forms of
gambling considered include illegal gambling games,
illegal lotteries, bingo, casino nights, con games and
carnival fraud, and animal fighting.
Descriptors: Gambling/Vice/Con
games/Asians/POST Telecourse
Program 519: Pursuit Driving POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[February 1996] This February 1996 program focuses
on the decision-making process when a pursuit is
initiated. While the laws the presenters refer to are
California ones, the factors to consider before and
during a pursuit, as well as those regarding the
abandonment of a pursuit, will be valuable in any
state.
Descriptors: Driving/Pursuit/POST
Telecourse/Police Procedures
Program 520: Community Oriented Policing POST
This March 1996 program examines how Community
Oriented Policing is practiced in Charleston, South
Carolina; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon;
Oakland, California; Phoenix, Arizona; and Santa
Ana, California. Officers from the departments talk
about the difficulties and successes, departmental
politics and the financial burden, community
resources, and the results achieved.
Descriptors: Community Policing/POST Telecourse
Program 523: It's Your Right: Legal Tips for Home
Repair Fraud (16 min.)
[1994] This AARP program uses a scenario of a
strolling workman forcing his services on an elderly
widow to show viewers warning signals that a
contractor is "shady". As the scenario progresses, the
narrator explains to viewers some do's, don'ts and
recommendations for working with contractors, and
what to do if they think they've been victimized. So
far, it's one of the better con games programs
NEMRT owns.
Descriptors: Elderly/Con Games/Crime Prevention
/Fraud
Program 525: Reducing the Sale of Tobacco to
Youth (22 min.)
[1995] This program, produced by the Illinois Liquor
Control Commission, explains how the "Annual
Survey" mock purchase procedure works (it is the
sending of teenagers into randomly chosen
establishments selling tobacco products to see if the
management will allow the teens to buy any), and
reenacts the purchase procedures as they are done in
Chicago and Woodridge (IL). Other topics include a
discussion of tobacco use reduction strategies for
teens, and tips for controlling tobacco sales to youth.
Descriptors: Drug Abuse/Juveniles
Program 526: Straight Baton Techniques (32 min.)
[1996] This program from the ALERT series goes
over basic strikes, blocks, commands and controlling
techniques officers need to be aware of when using a
straight baton. In several of the demonstrations,
expandable-type straight batons are used, so it would
probably also be appropriate for use with ASP baton
training. Other topics considered include escalation
of force theory (as applied to using a baton), the
importance of continual practice and training (skills
get rusty pretty fast), and liability issues. The video
will not replace hands-on training with a competent
instructor--the video says as much during its
introduction--but it does present an overview of
important skills and techniques. It's a good refresher
for baton use.
Descriptors: Batons/Self-Defense
Program 527: Street Level Drug Enforcement (33
min.)
[1996] This program from the ALERT series presents
"how we do it here" information from Wisconsin,
Missouri, and Texas law enforcement agencies about
undercover drug buys. It doesn't give any step-bystep techniques, but officers who work in drug and
gang enforcement talk about how they operate, and
how well it works. It's a good "idea" program,
because viewers can get ideas about what they can do
at their own agencies. A substantial portion of the
program is about evidence handling and protection.
Also included is an interview with an incarcerated
gang member (his motivation for being in a gang was
money), and an overview of liability issues for drug
buys.
Descriptors: Drug Enforcement/Gangs/Undercover
Operations/Evidence
Program 528: Predicting Criminality (National
Institute of Justice Crime File) (29 min.)
[1988] This Crime File program examines recidivism:
methods of predicting if people released from
incarceration will commit more crimes, and what kind
and how many they might. Panelists include Peter
Greenwood (RAND Corporation), Peter Hoffman
(U.S. Parole Commission), and John Monahan
(University of Virginia Law School), with James Q.
Wilson as moderator. Topics discussed include "The
Salient Factor Score", for assessing a prisoner's
likelihood of recidivism, the role of the Parole Board,
criticisms of trying to predict recidivism, and
justifications for doing it.
Descriptors: Corrections/Prisoners/Research
Program 530: Building Searches (30 min.)
[1995] Two officers performing a building search in a
store starts this program, which demonstrates and
explains good procedures for conducting building
searches. As is always the case with training
programs, North East Multi-Regional Training does
not necessarily recommend the techniques described:
they will need to be compared with appropriate
departmental policy. The program is a good place to
start explaining what officers will need to do, and
keep in mind, while conducting the search, though.
Descriptors: Searches/Building Searches
Program 531: Community Policing I: Responding
to Violence in the Workplace (35 min.)
[1996] According to this program, from the ALERT
series, police officers being killed in the line of duty
account for only 7% of the total number of workplace
homicides 1994, and workplace violence is the #1
cause of death for women in the workplace. The
program does not give any specific procedures to
follow when responding to workplace violence, but it
gives a lot of specific suggestions for making
procedures appropriate to the service area. How law
enforcement agencies in Texas and Missouri prepare
for and respond to violence is examined. The officers
interviewed also talk about how they have established
good working relationships with the security staff at
the various business complexes in their area, and the
importance of such relations.
Descriptors: Violence/Community Policing/Security
Program 532: Preventing Gangs: Signs, Strategies,
Solutions (United Against Crime Teleconference) (2
hours, 30 min.)
[1996] The most interesting aspects of this program
from Radio Shack's United Against Crime
teleconference series are the presentations by the
school administrator and the interview with the
current (and contented) gang member. They, and the
other presenters (who include law enforcement and
parole officers) talk about the gang problem, the
advantages and disadvantages of gang membership,
and ways of keeping youth out of gangs. The
program is clearly not roll call material, but it is
useful for informational purposes, and for developing
programs and presentations.
Descriptors: Gangs/Crime Prevention
Program 533: Seniors: Victims or Partners in
Community Solutions (United Against Crime
[1996] One of the panelists in this United Against
Crime Teleconference (sponsored by Radio Shack) is
Michael Green, of the Northbrook Police Department.
He, and representatives of the American Association
of Retired Persons, and other organizations interested
in the welfare of senior citizens, talk about white
collar crime directed against seniors, elderly abuse,
and especially Elderly Service Officer programs. (By
the way, the tape arrived with a note saying that the
complimentary tape offer the Texas Attorney
General's Office makes only applies to Texas
residents. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
Descriptors: Elderly/crime prevention/con games
Program 534: Sexual Assault Video Tapes (ILETSB
& ICASA) (84 min. over 3 programs)
[1996] The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and
Standards Board and the Illinois Coalition Against
Sexual Assault (ICASA) produced these programs to
accompany the Illinois Sexual Assault Model
Guidelines and Sex Crimes Investigation Manual
(SCRIM). The three programs give a general
overview of procedures for interviewing an adult rape
victim (in the program, a victim of acquaintance
rape), the types of evidence to look for at the crime
scene, and approaches for interviewing suspects. The
evidence collection portion (Evidence Collection (29
min.) is for informational purposes only, and should
not be regarded as examples of appropriate
procedures for evidence collection. Discussion of
departmental policy and effective procedure will be
necessary when using this, or any such program. The
sections of the tape are: Preliminary & Indepth
Interview of the Adult Victim (36 min.), Evidence
Collection (29 min.), and Suspect Interview (19 min.).
Descriptors: Rape/Evidence Collection/Interrogation
Program 535: Latin American Theft Rings FBI
[1996] This June 1996 broadcast features Sgt. Joe
Morrash (Alexandria, VA) Sgt. Jeff Ross
(Northbrook, IL), Sgt. Paula Franks (Houston, TX),
S.A. Lincoln Benedicto (Miami, FL), who talk about
the activities of organized shoplifting rings
originating in South America. How the crimes
compare with Gypsy crimes, how the stolen goods are
fenced, tools the shoplifters use in their business, and
techniques for investigating shoplifting crimes. It's a
surprisingly interesting program, because the
information they present applies to any type of theft
crime, regardless of the ethnic origin of the suspects.
Sections of the program, especially the surveillance
camera footage of actual thefts would be useful for
business crime prevention programs. Since the stolen
goods are frequently marketed in Latino communities,
the information would be helpful in crime or fraud
prevention programs for those communities. Some
discussion of airline ticket or luggage theft and theft
from vehicles is also included.
Descriptors: Shoplifting/Latinos/Robbery/FBI
Teleconference
Program 536: Controlling Violent Subjects Part 1
[1996] Ed Nowicki hosts this May 1996 telecourse,
which examines the issues surrounding the use of
force. According to the statistics referred to in the
program, only 1.7% of all the arrests Los Angeles
Police Department made in 1988 required use of force
reports. Topics considered in this program include
the risk and responsibility of using force, threat
assessment, personal evaluation, effective teamwork,
communication tactics, plus some physical contact
demonstrations. There are a lot of reenactments of
incidents, too. Each segment is short enough to use as
roll call training.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Control Tactics/Self
Defense/Force/Stress (Critical Incident)/Physical
Fitness/Communication
Program 537: Stalking POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[1996] This broadcast from June, 1996, discusses
various aspects of the comparatively recently
recognized crime of stalking. Topics include stalking
victims, stalking laws (in California), stalking
recognition, initial investigation, stalker profiles, case
management, and victim intervention. The program is
set up so that the sections can be reviewed easily. It's
especially interesting because it starts off with an
interview with a San Diego Co. Sheriff's Department
deputy who was stalked by a woman for six years. It
points up the fact that anyone can be stalked, and that
it is important to investigate and prosecute stalking
cases. (it starts with a disclaimer that the audio clips
of stalking messages are from actual stalkers, and
contain graphic and violent language.)
Descriptors: Victims/Domestic
Violence/Stalking/POST
Telecourse/Rape/Homicide/Violence/Workplace
Violence
Program 538: Auto Theft POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[1996] This program, from August 1996, spends a fair
amount of time talking about California vehicle laws
and circumstances, but good procedure is still good
procedure. Besides an overview of laws and vehicle
identification terms, topics considered include
motives and methods of vehicle theft, vehicle
documentation and identification, vehicle recovery
through vehicle contacts, and the big picture of
vehicle recovery, investigation and documentation of
theft, motorcycles and non-passenger vehicles (like
boats), and special problems.
Descriptors: Vehicle Theft/Investigation/POST
Telecourse
Program 539: Hostage Negotiation (1 hour, 15 min.
on two tapes)
[1994] This program uses the scenario of a Vietnam
veteran who believes his wife is going to dump him
for her boss, and who ends up taking him hostage to
illustrate the techniques and issues to consider in
order to conduct a successful hostage negotiation.
The main direction of the program is establishing
rapport with the hostage-taker, rather than scene
security and such. The program is an overview:
practical training and discussion will be necessary to
apply the techniques most effectively. It makes a
good place to start, though. (The scenario acting is
pretty hammy, but at least it gets the scene set.)
Situations/Negotiation/CommunicationHostage
Negotiation
Program 541: Too Good to be True: How to Avoid
Ripoffs (33 min.)
[1992] This scam program from the Aid Association
for Lutherans features a crooked repairman talking
the viewer through the process of cheating people out
of their money. Reenactments of vacation, charity,
and investment scams are also included. The
program is broken into segments that allow for
viewer discussion. Your department may have
already received a copy: those who have seemed to
have liked it.
Descriptors: Con games/Fraud/Elderly/Crime
Prevention
Program 542: TRIAD: Seniors and Law
Enforcement Together FBI Teleconference (2
hours)
[1996] This FBITN teleconference concerns the
American Association of Retired Persons' TRIAD
program. Panelists include Betsy Cantrell (National
Sheriff's Association), Sgt. Mike Green (Northbrook,
IL, Police Department), Robert Garvey (Hampshire
County, Massachusetts, Sheriff's Office), Retired
Chief Mike Courville (Duncanville, Texas), Maria
Reynolds Diaz (AARP/Dallas, Texas), who discuss
the history of the TRIAD program (philosophy or
movement, more accurately) and SALT councils, the
types of crimes senior citizens experience (con
games), and how agencies can organize resources in
the community to help the senior community help
itself. It also includes a section about citizens' police
academies for senior citizens.
Descriptors: Elderly/FBI Teleconference/Crime
Prevention/Community Policing/Police Academies
Program 543: Environmental Crime Awareness for
Law Enforcement Officers (46 min.)
[1995] Harrison Ford hosts this program, which was
produced by the International Association of Chiefs of
Police, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center,
and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Office of Criminal Enforcement. It features 12
scenarios of officers across the country encountering
hazardous materials during their regular patrols, and
shows appropriate ways of handling the situations.
They usually encounter the hazards accidentally, so
awareness is key word for recognizing them. Local
ordinances and departmental procedures will, of
course, take priority over the techniques shown here,
but the scenarios give a good place to start an
examination of good procedure.
Descriptors: Environment/Police
Procedures/Hazardous Materials
Program 544: Training Civilians for Disaster
Response (EENET Teleconference) (2 hours, 20
min.)
[1996] During a disaster, more regular citizens will be
available to help those in trouble than professional
emergency personnel. This teleconference describes
existing programs around the world that train civilian
volunteers to be effective first responders during
disasters. This video is more of a promotional
program for the concept than a description of how to
train interested civilians. If your agency, or your
fire/emergency response district, has considered using
citizens, or currently uses them, this video provides a
lot of how-we-do-it-well-here information.
Descriptors: first aid/ EENET
Teleconference/Emergencies/Training
Program 545: Surviving Domestic Violence (22
min.)
[1996] This program, produced by the Cook County
State's Attorney's Office, features interviews with
several victims of domestic violence. They talk about
the abuse they endured, how they got out of the
relationship, the importance of orders of protection,
and how glad they are to be out of the abusive
surroundings. Some information is presented at the
end about who is able to get orders of protection
Descriptors: Domestic Violence
Program 546: Making Your Case and Making it
Stick Pt. 1: Voluntary Contacts / Terry Stops (28
min.)
[1996] This ALERT program is intended to help
officers think about making sure that what they do
will be acceptable in court. The 4th Amendment (the
difference between voluntary contacts and Terry
Stops) is the topic of this particular program. It
features a police lawyer lecturing in a courtroom
setting, with scenarios showing a patrol officer
gaining compliance (and diverting it), then preparing
a case with a an agency attorney, interspersed.
Descriptors: Testimony/ Street
Stops/Communication
Program 547: Subterranean Life Safety and Fire
Protection: A Partnership in the Codemaking
Process (EENET Teleconference) (3 hours)
[1996] If you have mines in your area that are being
converted for commercial use, or structures that are
deep underground, this program might be interesting
for the emergency responders in the area. This
September, 1996, broadcast discusses various types
of underground structures, their advantages and
drawbacks, and planning necessary to be able to
respond to fires in such facilities. About an hour into
the program, the video channel switches to a
commercial station, though the audio remains with
the teleconference, but after about half an hour it
comes back and stays with the original program to the
end.
Descriptors: Fires/Emergencies/EENET
Teleconference
Program 548: Major Incident Protocol FBI
[1996] This November 1996 broadcast features Cmdr.
Marcus Aurelius (Phoenix, AZ, Police Department -yes, that's really his name), Lt. Amos Machanic
(Metro-Dade Police Department), and Maj. Larry
Gramling (Oklahoma City, OK, Police Department)
discussing local response to disasters, both natural
and man-made. This program is intended to give
agencies the tools and general concepts to design
response plans appropriate to their area.
Descriptors: Emergencies/FBI Teleconference
Program 549: Use of Force: The Keys to Lawful
Use (30 min.)
[1996] In this initial program of ALERT's Law and
Liability series, Randy Means, law enforcement
attorney, talks about considerations of the levels of
necessary versus lawful use of force versus police
authority. His lecture is highlighted with
reenactments of acts of force.
Descriptors: Force/Liability
Program 550: Digital Imaging for Law Enforcement
(24 min.)
[1994 (circa)] This program describes the benefits of
using Digital imaging (computer pictures), and
describes some useful techniques for using the
technology. Topics include techniques (and benefits)
for enhancing fingerprints, for creating court displays,
why the photo lab can be eliminated through its use,
and why higher AFIS hit rates are possible. Pictures
taken with a Kodak DCS camera are the source of
most of the images discussed.
Descriptors:
Fingerprints/Photography/Evidence/Investigation/Tec
hnology
Program 551: Forensic Laser Applications (90
min.)
[1992 (circa)] This program features several wellknown evidence technicians, who discuss various
aspects of the use of lasers during crime scene
investigations. Topics include the history of laser use
for investigations, types of lasers, processing, and
techniques for using lasers and alternate light sources
in locating and identifying fingerprints, body fluids,
fiber evidence, and inks. A section about
photographing laser-enhanced evidence.
Descriptors: Fingerprints/Evidence/Evidence
Collection/Investigation
Program 552: Uniting Youth and Adults in Crime
Prevention (United Against Crime Teleconference)
(2 hours)
[1996] This United Against Crime Teleconference
brings together a number of youth and young adults to
talk about successful crime prevention programs that
are led and managed by young people. They discuss
how their respective programs originated, what they
do, and why they are successful.
Descriptors: Juveniles/Crime
Prevention/Programs/United Against Crime
Teleconference
Program 553: Homicide/Death Investigations Part I
[1996] This October 1996 broadcast is intended for
patrol officers who may find themselves as the firstresponder to a possible homicide crime scene. Using
the scenario of a shooting in a residential
neighborhood, several homicide-investigation
instructors talk about what officers need to keep in
mind, ways of protecting themselves and the crime
scene. and relating to the emergency medical
personnel and the media.
Descriptors: Homicide/investigation/POST
Telecourse/evidence/crime scenes
Program 554: Officer Stress Management II:
Citizen Contacts/Post Pursuit (32 min.)
[1996] This ALERT program discusses the
importance of controlling actions and thoughts in
order to prevent counterproductive officer stress after
suspect pursuits. Sgt. Kipper Connell stresses the
importance of not letting "payback" and contact
expectations interfere with good police procedure.
His lecture is highlighted with footage from
videotaped pursuits and reenacted suspect contacts
from around the country.
Descriptors: Street
Stops/Communication/Stress/Comportment
Program 555: Communities and Crime: A Study in
Chicago (NIJ Research in Progress) (58 min.)
[1995] In this lecture, videotaped in October, 1995,
Robert Sampson, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago,
discusses the preliminary findings of the Project on
Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, a
survey of life in Chicago, Illinois. He discusses the
survey design, featuring the Accelerated Longitudinal
Design for conducting the research. The highlight is
the discussion of how the research measured informal
social control, and the description of the community
environment survey and video.
Descriptors: Research/Research in Progress
Series/Crime/Communities/Surveys
Program 556: Prevalence and Consequences of
Child Victimization: Preliminary Results from the
National Survey of Adolescents (NIJ Research in
Progress) (59 min.)
[1995] In this lecture, videotaped in December, 1995,
Benjamin E. Saunders, Ph.D., and Dean G.
Kilpatrick, Ph. D., talk about the preliminary
conclusions being drawn from the information
provided from the National Survey of Adolescents.
They discuss the development of the research, their
hypotheses, and how the information from the survey
responses correspond with their expectations. An
interesting feature is a discussion of how the National
Survey of Adolescents was conducted, since a
parent/primary caretaker had to give permission
before the survey could be administered.
Descriptors: Research/Juveniles/Child
Abuse/Research in Progress Series
Program 557: Use of Force By and Against the
Police (NIJ Research in Progress) (49 min.)
[1996] In this February 1996 lecture, Joel H. Garner,
Ph.D., discusses the results and conclusions of a study
of force conducted at the Arizona Police Department
with the department, Rutgers University, and Arizona
State University. The research was intended measure
the amount of force used in various situations, and to
address traditional vs. community policing issues,
race and bias issues, and liability issues. How the
research was conducted and the survey presented is
discussed, based on the elements of use of force
(including weapons and tactics, restraints, demeanor,
and flight/pursuit). The circumstances surrounding
the uses of force, and plans for extending the research
to other agencies, is also considered.
Descriptors: Force/Research/Control
Tactics/Research in Progress Series
Program 558: Law Enforcement Operations: Why
Things Go Right -- Why Things Go Wrong (1 hour,
21 minutes)
[1996] The two key ideas to Risk Management are:
Things that can go wrong in life are highly
predictable, and If it's predictable, it's preventable. In
this presentation for managers, risk management
speaker Gordon Graham entertainingly discusses
principles of Risk Management for law enforcement.
He focuses on these Five Pillars of a Good Law
Enforcement Agency: Good People, Good Policy,
Good Training, Good Supervision, and Good
Discipline. He then describes effective ways to
achieve these critical pillars.
Descriptors:
Management/Supervision/Leadership/Comportment/L
iability/Police Procedures/Police Training
Program 559: Law Enforcement Civil Liability: The
True Story (1 hour, 24 min.)
this presentation for patrol officers, risk management
speaker Gordon Graham entertainingly discusses
principles of Risk Management for law enforcement
officers. In addition to the Five Pillars of a Good Law
Enforcement Agency (Good People, Good Policy,
Good Training, Good Supervision, and Good
Discipline), he talks about the importance of writing
reports from a liability point of view (particularly
civil liability), instead of a prosecution point of view.
Descriptors: Police Procedures/Liability/Report
Writing/Comportment
Program 560: Law Enforcement Sexual Harassment
-- Techniques for Elimination (1 hour, 4 minutes)
this presentation, risk management speaker Gordon
Graham entertainingly applies these principles to
preventing sexual harassment within a law
enforcement agency. He focuses on how the Five
Pillars of a Good Law Enforcement Agency (Good
People, Good Policy, Good Training, Good
Supervision, and Good Discipline) are critical to
preventing Sexual Harassment.
Descriptors:
Comportment/Harassment/Discrimination
Program 561: Alcohol in the Human Body
(Intoximeters, Inc.) (29 min.)
This program from Intoximeters, Inc., covers the
general information we all got in driver's education
class about the effect of alcohol on the body, and on a
person's level of impairment. It then goes on to the
more technical information about the history of
Intoximeters, why a breathalyser works, and
techniques for getting the most accurate readings
possible with a breathalyser. The breathalyser in this
particular program is being used in a workplace
setting, so some allowance may have to be made for
field or evidentiary use of breathalyser results.
Descriptors: DUI/Drug Testing/Breathalyzers
Program 562: AlcoSensor IV / RBT IV Training
Tape (Intoximeters, Inc.) (57 min.)
This program explains, describes and demonstrates
the use of Intoximeters, Inc.'s AlcoSensor IV and the
RBT IV breath testing devices. If you use, or plan to
use, a different type of device, don't depend on this
program. It would give you useful information about
how a breathalyser works, though.
Descriptors: Drug Testing/DUI/Breathalyzers
Program 563: Plan to Get Out Alive: Family Fire
Safety Video (45 min.)
[1988] NEMRT got this program, produced by First
Alert, McDonald's and WCBS--New York, from the
Illinois State Fire Marshal's office. It smashes many
of the familiar myths about the nature of fires and
how fires start. It's especially interesting because it
includes footage of a fire as a firefighter would see it
(it doesn't look like it does in the movies), interviews
with fire victims, and a running quiz about fire
survival. The video would be useful for officer's
personal information, and good for community
presentations (talk to your fire department first,
though, so you won't duplicate their efforts).
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/Fires/safety
Program 565: Street Level Fitness: Job
Performance and the Law (30 min.)
[1997] This program, from the ALERT series,
features Robert Hoffman (director of FitForce). He
discusses the importance of an officer's being
physically fit enough to encounter and control the
typically "pumped-up" suspect. Topics considered
include methods of fitness testing, modifying poor
eating habits, and liability issues that can affect
physically run-down officers and the their
departments.
Descriptors: Physical Fitness
Program 566: High-Tech Crimes Part 1 POST
[1997] This March 1997 telecourse examines theft of
high-tech equipment (including hijacking, kidnaping,
and armed robberies), intellectual property theft,
computer/network intrusion, telecommunications
fraud, and software piracy and counterfeiting. While
two hours doesn't allow for a lot of detail on the
topics, it does give a pretty thorough overview.
According to the instructional goals are to provide
law enforcement personnel with an overview of the
high-technology industry, what constitutes a "hightech" crime and its extent and impact, how the
Internet and other emerging technologies are used to
commit crimes, how to identify basic characteristics
of various types of high-tech crimes, basic
responsibilities and limitations of the field officer in a
high-tech crime investigation, officer safety
considerations, and the need and means to properly
identify, preserve, and collect technology-related
evidence.
Descriptors:
Computers/Technology/Robbery/Business
Crime/Safety/Crime Prevention/Trucks/POST
Telecourse
Program 567: Elderly Abuse POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[1997] As the introduction of this broadcast from,
February, 1997, points out, if children were cared for
the way many elderly persons are, the public would be
outraged. The focus of this telecourse is the abuser
and the types of abuse. Experienced investigators
discuss the characteristics of the abuser, then describe
the forms physical and financial abuse may take.
Recreation of actual cases, and interviewing and
investigation techniques, are included.
Descriptors: Elderly/Domestic Violence/POST
Telecourse,
Program 568: Making Your Case and Making it
Stick Pt. 2: Detention, Arrest and the Miranda (30
min.)
[1997] This ALERT tape, which is intended to help
officers think about making sure that what they do
will be acceptable in court, continues the information
presented in NEMRT Video #546. This time,
Miranda warnings as they apply to detention of
citizens or suspects and arrest, are the topic. The
program also touches on Probable Cause, Terry Stops,
Check with the department's legal counsel about how
the information in this program applies at your
department, but in the meantime, it gives the viewer a
lot to think about.
Descriptors: Arrests/Miranda/Interrogation
Program 569: Police Survival and Low Light
Shooting (48 min.)
[1996] This program, which Bruce Cameron and Law
and Order Magazine donated to the NEMRT
Instructors Library, features Julio Santiago (Dakota
Co. Sheriff's Office, Minnesota, ret.). He first
describes the sensations someone involved in a
shooting incident is likely to experience, while an
incident is reenacted. Then, he gives the history of
the low-light gun sight, and what he has learned about
police training as it relates to survival. Finally, he
describes and demonstrates a low-light shooting
training/practice course that viewers can do
themselves. Talk with your training officer about
departmental policy before applying this information,
of course; but it is useful information to be aware of.
Descriptors: Survival/Firearms/Handguns/Shootings
Program 571: Controlling Violent Subjects Part 2
[1996] This November 1996 broadcast continues the
program begun with the May 1996 Controlling
Violent Subjects POST Telecourse (#536). This one
covers the management of confrontations, attitude
and mindset, Ongoing training, and force options,
including demonstrations of chemical agents,
electronic devices and impact weapons. The myths
and realities about carotid control (neck restraints)
and in-custody deaths are also considered. The
program includes some interesting reenactments of
trying to control violent subjects.
Descriptors: Control Tactics/Force/Pepper
Spray/Tasers/Batons/Physical Fitness/Chemical
Agents
Program 572: Are You Sure it's Secure? (15 min.)
[1996] The University of Maryland produced this
crime prevention program, which we got from Law
and Order magazine, about protecting office
equipment on college campuses. The scenarios show
thieves walking off with the equipment, then the same
scenario in which the thief is not able to steal
anything. The upshot of the suggestions is for office
staff to be aware of the people coming and going in
the building, and to implement some basic crime
prevention plans. It's an angle that we haven't seen
before, for a population that doesn't get many crime
prevention videos.
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/robbery/schools
Program 573: Don't Let Up: ABS (Anti-lock
Braking Systems) (9 min.)
[1994] This program is probably most appropriate for
beginning drivers, but could be used with anyone who
might not be used to an anti-locking braking system.
Several young drivers are instructed to put their cars
into skids at GM's testing grounds. First, they skid
with regular braking systems, and then with ABS.
They talk about how the systems felt when engaged,
and which they were more comfortable with.
Descriptors: Driving/Crime Prevention/Cars
Program 574: Ready, Set, Winter! Driving Safely
on Ice and Snow (9 min.)
[1996] Officers might find this program useful as a
reminder about driving under winter conditions. It's
most appropriate, though, for citizens who need to get
their cars ready for, as the title says, ice and snow.
Things to keep in the car are described, as are some
driving techniques.
Descriptors: Driving/crime prevention
Program 575: Children in Traffic (14 min.)
[1970s] This German program, with narration in
English, examines the differences between how
children and adults understand traffic signs and traffic
patterns. Officers who work with young children will
find the presentation interesting, since considerations
such as a child's field of view, recognition of
approaching speed, and understanding of a vehicle's
behavior are discussed. This video is also used with
the State of Florida's crossing guard training program.
Descriptors: crossing
guards/traffic/juveniles/safety/crime prevention
Program 576: Carbon Monoxide Fire Services
Training (26 min.)
[1996] While most appropriate for fire service
personnel, this program is also useful for any first
responders who may have to respond to an emergency
call. Viewers are shown an effective way to examine
a site where a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm has gone
off, possible sources of CO, and some tips for CO
alarm maintenance.
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials/Carbon
Monoxide/crime scenes
Program 577: Are We Delivering on the Promises of
Community Policing: United Against Crime
Teleconference (107 min.)
[1997] Panelists on this Radio Shack / National Crime
Prevention Council / National Sheriffs' Association
teleconference include Louis Nicholson (Pastor, Holy
Tabernacle Church of Deliverance, Newport News,
VA), Beverly Watts-Davis (San Antonio Fighting
Back, San Antonio, TX) David Brown (Asst. City
Manager, Tempe, AZ), Ronald Glensor (Dep. Chief,
Reno (NV) Police Department), Phil Keith (Chief,
Knoxville (TN) Police Department), Thomas
Sweeney (Chief, Bridgeport (CT) Police Department).
They discuss what Community Policing is, how well
it works for service delivery, and how well agencies
have accepted community policing.
Descriptors: Community Policing/United Against
Crime Teleconference
Program 579: Citizens Protecting America's Parks
(13 min)
[1996] This program, donated by Law and Order
Magazine, talks about the unique and common
problems that face the United States' national parks,
and what the National Parks and Conservation
Association (NPCA) has done to help solve them.
Sites specifically considered include the Sweet
Auburn District (Atlanta, GA), the Petroglyph
National Monument (New Mexico), and the national
parks in Alaska. While the program is basically a
promotion to encourage NPCA members to renew
their membership, the message that citizens can work
together to protect something that is important to
them can be a useful encouragement for citizen
participation in Community Policing efforts.
Descriptors: Community Policing/Crime
Prevention/Environment
Program 580: Training and Technology FBI
[January 1997] This January 1997 teleconference
examines what it's like to use technology in training.
Aspects considered include an overview of the
various types of technology used to deliver training,
the issues associated with determining which type of
technology is appropriate for given situations,
program design, and the impact of need assessments
on the quality of the training sessions. Panelists
include Patricia Boord (FBI National Security
Training), Jo Anne Smith (National Drug Intelligence
Center), Richard Abshire (Law Enforcement
Technology Magazine, formerly of LETN) and Guy
Cashman (U.S. Coast Guard Training Academy).
Descriptors: Police Training/Technology/FBI
Teleconference
Program 582: High-Tech Crimes Part 2 POST
[1997] This May 29, 1997, broadcast concludes the
program begun with High Tech Crimes Part 1
(NEMRT video # 566). This program focuses on the
aspects of Cell Phone Fraud, The Internet, Computer
Intrusion, Information Crimes, the use of Computers
in Counterfeiting, and considerations for Computer
Search & Seizure.
Descriptors: Computers/Fraud/Technology/POST
Telecourse
Program 584: Motor Vehicle Drivers Disclosure Act
(8 min.)
[1997] Effective July 1, 1997, law enforcement
officers must notify the Secretary of State of any
accident resulting from a driver's medical condition
that impairs the ability to safely operate a motor
vehicle. This short video from the Illinois Secretary
of State's Police discusses the changes to ILCS 625
Section 11-408, and how they affect accident
reporting, explains how to fill out the "Medical
Reporting and Re-examination Request" form, and
describes the many ways the form can be submitted to
the Secretary of State.
Descriptors: Law/Accidents/Traffic
Program 586: Law Enforcement and the Internet
FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[July 1997] This July 1997 program is intended to
show law enforcement personnel Internet sites for
finding useful information, and inexpensive ways of
accessing the Internet. Panelists include Richard
Abshire (formerly with LETN), Jim Wright
(International Association of Chiefs of Police), and
Ray Franklin (Maryland Police and Correctional
Training Commissions). Also included are remarks
on the future of crime from Kirk Tabbey (Jackson Co,
Michigan, prosecutor) and William A. Tafoya. The
second half emphasises Internet applications for
police training and website guidelines.
Descriptors: Computers/ Technology/FBI
Teleconference/Investigation/Research/Predictions/Po
lice Training
Program 587: Semi-Conscious: Driving in the Real
World (12 min.)
[1996] The target audience for this highway safety
program is teenagers. Four teen are going on a picnic,
and tell about their experience driving to the park.
Giving semi tractor trailers enough space to turn,
highway merging, allowing a safe space between
vehicles, and not driving in blind spots (particularly
for semis) are the issues demonstrated. The songs
explaining the experiences are kind of hokey, but if
it's hokey and works, it isn't hokey. Test it with your
own audience.
Descriptors: Driving/Trucks
Program 588: DWI Detection & Standardized Field
Sobriety Testing (2 hours)
[circa 1996] We got this two-tape set from the Illinois
Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. It is
apparently designed to be used in standardized field
sobriety testing classes, and consists of a number of
DUI investigation short subjects. Tape 1: In the first
segment, a young driver is observed driving recklessly
and, after field testing, is believed to be intoxicated.
The officer then goes over the case with the attorney.
Segment 2: Buck Savage testifies in a DUI case.
Segment 3: Segment 1's officer testifies in the DUI
case. Segment 4: A middle-aged man runs a red
light, and is stopped. Tape 2: Segment 1: "Visual
Detection of Driving While Intoxicated" (film footage
of possible DUI drivers). Segment 2: "Detection of
DWI Motorcyclists". Segment 3: DWI Detection
Phase 1: "Leaving the Shopping Center"; "The Silver
Jeep", "The Sliding Sports Car", "The Impatient
Driver", "The Busy Businessman", "The Busy
Businessman Exiting", (Some of these are repeats
from the first tape). Segment 4: DWI Detection
Phase 2: "Throwing a Curve". Segment 5:
"Standardized Field Sobriety Testing"
Descriptors: DUI/Testifying/Motorcycles
Program 589: 1997 Supreme Court Update (ALERT
& ABLE Series) (26 min.)
[1997] This program from ALERT's Law and
Liability series (which NEMRT doesn't subscribe to),
discusses the recent decisions of the US Supreme
Court that affect law enforcement. Decisions include
Maryland v. Wilson (in which it was decided that
officers can make both drivers and passengers out of
legitimately stopped vehicles), Wilson v. Arkansas
(1995) and Richards v. Wisconsin (1997) (about
knock-notice and exceptions), and Whren and Brown
v. United States (1996) and Ohio v. Robinette (1996)
(about the use of traffic violations to justify stopping a
vehicle).
Descriptors: Law/Street Stops/Searches
Program 590: Passenger Train Emergency
Preparedness (52 min. On 2 tapes)
[1997] This video set was distributed during
METRA's Emergency Evacuation of Commuter
Trains train-the-trainer course, and is intended to be
used with a trained trainer's presentation. Pt. 1,
Evacuation from Commuter Equipment, examines
approaching and assessing the incident, who to
contact, what to report, how to enter the equipment,
and how to control the area. Pt. 2, Technical Details:
Locomotives and Coaches, goes over the types of
main types of locomotives and coaches used on
METRA lines, how to get in them during
emergencies, and other procedures and precautions
that need to be taken.
Descriptors: Trains/Emergencies
Program 591: Responding to Domestic Violence pt.
1 (34 min.)
[1997] This program from the ALERT series
examines traditional domestic violence calls. Capt.
Frank Harris (Creve Coeur, Missouri, Police
Department) and Elizabeth Stoodley (Executive
Director, ALIVE) provide running commentary.
Topics considered include helpful information the
dispatcher can get, practical techniques for
responding at the house, how domestic violence laws
have changed, and considerations when making a
report. As always, check with local statutes and
departmental policy before applying the suggestions.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Dispatching/Report
Writing
Program 592: Responding to Domestic Violence pt.
2: Child Abuse, Death Threats, Stalking and
Elderly Abuse (32 min.)
[1997] As the title indicates, this ALERT program
goes over other forms of family violence. While the
program doesn't allow for a lot of detail, the program
gives some indications to watch for. Again, Elizabeth
Stoodley (Executive Director, ALIVE) and Off. Phil
Johnson (Creve Coeur, Missouri, Police Department)
provide running commentary. Topics include the
effect of family violence on the community, general
suggestions for beginning investigations,
recommendations for victims. It also mentions the
1996 federal law that prohibits those convicted of
certain types of domestic violence from owning
firearms. NEMRT also has other, longer, training
videos from the California Commission on Peace
Officers Standards and Training on these topics (such
as #411/412, #537, and #567). As always, check with
local statutes and departmental policy before applying
the suggestions.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Child
Abuse/Stalking/Elderly/victims
Program 593: Andy's Bicycle Safety Video (8 min.)
[1997] This bicycle safety video uses the scenario of
a young teenager (the Andy in the title) who
videotapes his day on a bicycle. One of his friends
shows good sense as she cycles, and the other is a
goof-off who nearly gets into a couple of accidents.
Topics considered include proper safety gear and
maintenance, lights and reflectors, (a little on hand
signals), and bicycle registrations. You're still going
to want to talk about local laws and safety practices,
but the program shows scenes that can start the
discussion.
Descriptors: Bicycles/Safety/Driving
Program 594: Handgun Stopping Power: The Video
(78 min.)
[1996] This fairly technical program is, as the title
indicates, a Paladin Press-produced video based on
the Marshall and Sanow book Handgun Stopping
Power (also available at the NEMRT Instructors
Library). The presentation seems comparatively dry,
but the information is presented clearly. Topics
include the idea of stopping power, types of cavities
produced, equations for calculating power and such of
bullets (a lot of equations!), previous research that has
been conducted on the topic (and its validity: this part
was especially interesting), preparing and using
ballistic gelatin, techniques for conducting tests, a
comparison of gelatin results with street results (bullet
performance), conditions that may change bullets'
intended effects, the effect of firearm on bullet
performance, and the importance of wearing body
armor and thinking tactically after a subject is shot.
Also included are interviews with people who have
been shot, or have shot people. The program is
intended for informational purposes only.
Descriptors:
Research/Handguns/Firearms/Shootings/SelfDefense/SUrvival
Program 595: Combating High-Tech Crime FBI
[1997] This September 1997 broadcast features
Marylu Korkuch (Technology Theft Prevention
Foundation), Joe Chiaramonte (Sun Microsystems),
Sgt. Phil Povey (Irvine, California, Police Dept.),
Special Agent David Johnson (FBI, San Jose office),
as well as clips from the two POST telecourses about
High Tech crime (NEMRT videos #566 and #582).
They comment on the prevalence and types of hightech crimes, the many victims of these crimes, things
to look for during street stops, and some general
investigation tips. Also considered are international
connections, proprietary information theft, a
interesting case study of an unexpected security
breach at Recon Optical (Barrington, Illinois) and
suspect profiles. It isn't as thorough as the POST
tapes, but it does give an overview of the problem.
Descriptors: Technology/computers/FBI
Teleconference/Fraud/Robbery
Program 596: Line Officer Tactical Shotgun (27
min.)
[1997] In this ALERT program, Sgt. Mike King, of
the Reedsburg (Wisconsin) Police Department, and
Off. Shawn Beane, of the Hanover Park (Illinois)
Police Department, talk about the tactical advantages
of using shotguns, demonstrate their ability, and
describe how shotguns are used at the Reedsburg
Police Department. Other topics include the
capabilities of various types of ammunition, search
techniques, and mounting options. Attorney Mark
Neill then discusses liability concerns about shotgun
use.
Descriptors: Firearms/Self-Defense/Weapon
Retention/Shotguns
Program 597: Massachusetts Anti-Terrorism
Training Video (18 min.)
[1996] We got this program from the Massachusetts
National Guard. It goes over safety procedures for
government workers, that will help them protect
themselves from various forms of attack or assault.
While the title emphasizes protection from terrrorist
attack, the procedures described are general good
crime prevention or personal safety techniques.
Descriptors:
Bombs/Safety/Burglary/Terrorism/Perceptions
Program 598: Trooper Coates Shooting (In the Line
of Duty Series) (31 min.)
[1996] While North East Multi-Regional Training
doesn't subscribe to the In the Line of Duty series, we
were sent this video as a sample. In this November
1992 incident, a South Carolina officer is fatally shot
during a routine highway traffic stop. Included is the
in-car videotape footage of the shooting, interviews
with officers who saw the incident, and a discussion
of how the incident could have been prevented. By
the way, as a rule, In the Line of Duty videos are for
"law enforcement only", so don't go showing them
around.
Descriptors: Street Stops/Shootings/body
language/Stress (Critical Incident)/In the Line of
Duty series/Traffic Stops
Program 599: Traffic Stops POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[1997] This September 1997 telecourse from the
California Commission on Peace Officers Standards
and Training goes over safety considerations and
attitudes relating to traffic stops. Included is footage
of actual traffic stops, and interviews with trainers
and officers. Topics considered include a historical
perspective on traffic stops, vehicle stop review,
safety and legal issues, rural tactics, multijurisdictional traffic stops, the role of the cover
officer and the supervisor, hostage situations, and
high risk van stops. The program is broken down into
shorter segments that can be used as roll call training.
As always, though, compare described techniques
with departmental procedures before applying them,
especially since this program was made for California
officers.
Descriptors: Traffic Stops/Survival/POST
Telecourse/Police Procedures/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Police Training
Program 600: Arson and Bombs POST Telecourse
(2 hours)
[1997] According to this September 1997 telecourse,
more than a third of all fires are started through arson,
and the United States has more bombings than any
other place in the world. Topics covered in this
program include arson and fire behavior (for instance,
fires don't look or behave anything at all like they do
in the movies), first response to arson, wildland fires,
behavior of arsonists and bombers, understanding
bombs, first response to bombs, and investigation.
Also included are interviews with people who have
been involved in fires and explosions. As always,
since this program was made for California officers,
compare the procedures described with your agency's
before applying them.
Descriptors: Bombs/Arson/Explosives/POST
Telecourse/Fires/Profiling
Program 601: Controlling Violent Subjects pt. 3
[1997] This July 1997 telecourse continues the
Controlling Violent Subjects series of programs POST
has made. According to the statistics quoted in this
program, 99% of officers (in California and Arizona)
survive assaults made upon them. This video
considers the survival attitude of officers who have
survived line-of-duty casualties (in this case, shooting
incidents). About ten officers tell about the shooting
incidents in which they were wounded, and how they
survived. Incidents considered include officer
ambush, vehicle pullover (ambush and pursuit), crime
trends, domestic violence, high-risk/crime in progress,
war, workplace violence, use of deadly force, and offduty (robbery in progress and kidnapping). As
always, compare techniques and concepts described in
this California program with local policies before
applying them.
Descriptors: Shootings/ Survival/POST Telecourse
/Line-of-Duty Casualties/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Violence/Workplace Violence
Program 602: Victims of Violence: A Guide to Help
Bring Justice (70 min.)
[1997] This August 1997 POST broadcast was made
for citizens -- victims of violent crime and their
families -- to help explain the criminal justice process
they will experiencing, and what their role might be in
helping law enforcement solve the crime that has
affected their lives. Since it was made for California
victims, you will want to discuss the Illinois
variations. Direct and indirect victims of violent
crimes (murder victim survivors and rape survivors)
talk about their experiences with the criminal justice
system, and what they could have done to help the
cases be solved faster. Unsolved cases are also
considered. Criminal justice professionals describe
their needs at different stages in the investigation and
prosecution.
Descriptors: Courts/victims/crime
prevention/homicide/rape/Investigation/Criminal
Justice
Program 604: Line Officer Survival and Safety:
Building Searches, Frisks & Equipment (28 min.)
[1997] This ALERT program features Sgt. Mike King
(Reedsburg, WI) and Off. Shawn Beane (Hanover
Park, IL), who demonstrate safe methods of
conducting building searches and street and wall
frisks. The, the two demonstrate some useful new
equipment for carrying weapons and such, and
handgun retention techniques, particularly for the new
holsters. Attorney Randy Means concludes the
program with a discussion of anger management, in
the officer and the detainee.
Descriptors: Searches/Building Searches/Weapon
Retention/Communication/Comportment/Handgun
Retention
Program 605: Juvenile Boot Camps (Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
[1996] This OJJDP teleconference, broadcast
February 14, 1996, features panelists Shay Bilchik,
Linda Albrecht, Col. Thomas Cornick, Arnold
Hopkins, and John M. Riley, all contributors in the
area of juvenile corrections, discussing the history,
basic theory, and advantages of juvenile boot camp
programs. Also considered is discussion of what
makes the boot camps effective, and aftercare
programs. The Sgt. Henry Johnson Boot Camp
Program, which uses the Platoon Sergeant model of
individual development is specifically examined.
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice/Corrections/OJJDP
Teleconference
Program 607: Crime, the Media, and Our Public
Discourse (NIJ Perspectives on Crime and Justice)
(72 min.)
[1997] In this presentation from the National Institute
of Justice's Perspectives on Crime and Justice lecture
series, Norval Morris (Ph.D., University of Chicago)
presents the idea that the problem with criminal
justice in the United States is not with the quantity of
crime, but with the emotionalism and sensationalism
of its presentation to the public, and with the
politization of ineffective crime-fighting strategies
(politicians using programs that don't work but look
good in order to get votes). Afterwards, he takes
questions from the audience. The program is
philosophical, rather than specifically action-directed.
The program isn't roll-call training material, but his
additional premise that the U.S.'s crime problem is
actually a violence problem gives the viewer
something to think about.
Descriptors: Media/Criminal
Justice/Violence/Perspectives on Crime and Justice
Program JOB 609: Liability Issues Involving Use of
Force (In Jails) (12 min.)
[1997] This Jail Operations Video Bulletin goes over
the issues surrounding the use of force in a jail setting.
Definitions of "use of force" and "cruel and unusual
punishment" are examined, the effect of the Hudson
vs. McMillian case on use of force in jails and
suggestions on how to apply them in the officer's
workplace, and ways of protecting the officer and
institution from accusations. Documentation
(including written and video forms) is encouraged.
Descriptors:
Force/Corrections/Comportment/liability
Program 609: TRIAD: Making a Difference /
Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (33 min.)
[c. 1995] This program examines the Triad program,
which brings police departments, sheriff's offices and
senior citizens together to protect the elderly from
crime. Part 1, Making a Difference (15 min.),
demonstrates types of activities provided by the
SALT (Senior And Law enforcement Together)
councils that coordinate the local Triad programs.
Part 2, Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (18
min., which is also available by itself as NEMRT
Video #403), presents more of the same.
Descriptors: Elderly/Police Procedures/Crime
Prevention
Program JOB 610: Inmates, Jails and Mental
Illness (15 min.)
[1997] This Jail Operations Video Bulletin discusses
issues a jail needs to consider when handling inmates
with mental illness. Topics addressed include
indicators that someone might have a mental illness,
the myths and facts of mental illness in jails, the
importance of inmate screening and the benefits of
providing treatment programs, times when an inmate
might need crisis intervention and ways of assisting
an inmate in crisis, and how mental health
professionals and jail staff can help each other.
Descriptors: Mental Illness/Corrections
Program 610: Strategies for Fighting Crime Against
the Elderly (27 min.)
[circa 1997] This video, from the National
Association of Veteran Police Officers, features
senior citizens and senior advocates talking about how
life has changed during a senior citizen's lifetime, and
how and why seniors are scammed. The program
continues with senior advocates incidents in which
elderly persons were scammed, and descriptions of
how some seniors and law enforcement turned the
tables on the scam artists. It concludes with personal
safety techniques especially appropriate for senior
citizens.
Descriptors: Elderly/fraud/crime prevention/safety
Program JOB 611: Female Gang Members in Jails
(13 min.)
[circa 1995] This Jail Operations Video Bulletin
describes the nature of female gang members, and the
nature of their association, how women are generally
treated when they are associated with a gang, the
kinds of weapons they carry, where to look for gangrelated tattoos and body markings, the importance of
tracking female gang members within the institution,
and things to watch for in female jail visitors.
Descriptors: Gangs/Corrections/Women
Program 611: Street Level Spanish: Cultural
Diversity I (32 min.)
[1997] This program from the ALERT Series is
intended to remind officers that most people of
Spanish origin are law-abiding. Even so, since the
fastest-growing segment of the population are
Spanish-speakers, officers need at least a basic
understanding of Spanish words and phrases. This
program goes over some basic phrases an officer
would use in a street stop or during a domestic
dispute call, "buzz" words that may indicate illegal
activity or a possible attack., and interviewing
considerations. Also available it an audiocassette of
the material. If you want to borrow it also, ask for it.
Copies of the tape are also available for $9.95 from
ALERT (P.O. Box 6738, St. Louis, MO 63144-6728.
Call 1-800-ALERT-45 for more information.
Descriptors: Spanish Language/Cultures/Street
Stops/Police Procedures
Program 612: Crime in the Schools: A ProblemSolving Approach (NIJ Research in Progress) (1
hour, 7 min.)
[December 1997] Dennis Kenney, Ph.D. (Police
Executive Research Forum) talks about crime issues
in schools, in this December 1997 Research in
Progress lecture. His premise is that current urban
school crime policy is simplistic, not based on a valid
understanding of the problem, and therefore unlikely
to work. He begins by describing previous research
findings, and the problems with the way the research
was conducted, and what kind of response the
research indicates. He then describe the research on
the students' use of the SARA method in certain
Charlotte, North Carolina, schools, and how crime
and violence in those schools was affected.
Descriptors: Schools/Violence/Juvenile
Crime/Research in Progress Series
Program JOB 612: Working with Illegal Alien
Inmates (12 min.)
[1997] This Jail Operations Video Bulletin describes
how to recognize alien detainees who may be in the
country illegally, and what special considerations
they will require. Topics addressed include the
difference between legal and illegal aliens,
procedures to follow when an illegal or criminal alien
is detained in the facility (which agencies to notify,
federal agencies' needs, and such), the importance of
checking the validity of detainees' documents,
suggestions for housing these detainees, procedures
for release, and cultural differences that need to be
considered (including medical screenings, and ethnic
rivalries).
Descriptors: Aliens/Corrections/Diseases/INS
(Immigration and Naturalization Service)
Program 613: Road Rage: 48 Hours (45 min.)
[September 1997] Dan Rather hosts this September
1997 48 Hours, which considers aggressive driving,
or Road Rage. It features several short features
relating to the phenomenon, including interviews with
people involved in a multi-fatality incident in New
York, California motorcycle officers, a former deacon
who shot somebody during a traffic altercation, a
road-rage therapist, a teenager learning how to drive,
and some comic relief about hand signals.
Descriptors: Driving/Accidents
Program 614: Homicide/Death Investigation Part II
for Detectives & Investigators POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[November 1997] This November 1997 POST
telecourse is intended for those officers who may be
called on to investigate a homicide or suspicious
death. The investigators work their way through a
possible homicide scenario, from the initial call to the
investigator, to the examination of the crime scene, to
the neighborhood canvass, with expert comment
between the segments and a panel discussion after the
scenario is finished. Especially interesting is the
evidence collection and processing segments, and the
discussion of media relations during the panel
discussion. As always, compare the techniques and
procedures described here with those of your agency
before applying them, since this program is made for
California and Arizona officers.
Descriptors: Homicide/Crime
Scenes/Criminalistics/Investigation/Evidence/Media
Relations/Evidence Collection/POST Telecourse
Program 615: Officer's Terror Ride: Real-Life Street
Survival (15 min.)
[1997] Off. Shawn Beane (co-star of ALERT's videos
Line Officer Tactical Shotgun and Line Officer
Survival and Safety: Building Searches, Frisks &
Equipment) donated this Calibre Press production to
the NEMRT Library. This program reenacts an
incident in which Officer John Wilbur (Pittsburgh,
PA) is dragged at high speeds by a suspicious car he
had pulled over, survives the ordeal, and then is
roasted in the public arena for shooting the vehicle's
occupants. The officer describes the incident (shows
his scars, and they still look painful five months after
surgery), and tells about what he learned from the
experience.
Descriptors: Survival/Media/Safety/Street
Stops/Vehicle Searches
Program 616: Violence in the Workplace: Reduce
the Risk (18 min.)
[circa 1996] According to this video, about a million
people per year are injured by violence in the
workplace. Topics considered in this overview
designed for non-police viewers are Potential
customer service violence, Stranger attacks, and
Potential Employee Violence. It also includes useful
suggestions for personal safety, facility design,
descriptions of sources of job stresses, and
characteristics of potentially violent employees.
Withdrawn January 2007. Tape lost.
Descriptors: Security/Crime Prevention/violence
/robbery/Workplace Violence
Program 617: Missing and Exploited Children:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (United Against
Crime Teleconference) (2 hours)
[April 10, 1997] This United Against Crime
teleconference focuses on the prevalence and
prevention of crimes against children, including those
forms of exploitation that aren't frequently regarded
as exploitation (such as runaway victimization and
child pornography on the Internet). Ernie Allen, of
the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children, discusses the importance of taking missing
child or runaway reports seriously, investigation
suggestions, child predators on the Internet, and
techniques for protecting children from such crimes.
Also included is an interview with a woman whose
underage sister was enticed through the Internet and
(at the time of this broadcast) is missing.
Descriptors: Child Sexual
Abuse/Technology/Runaways/United Against Crime
Teleconference/Juveniles/Investigation
Program 618: Dealing with Diversity: Perception
vs. Reality (United Against Crime Teleconference)
(1 hour, 56 min.)
[July 1997] This July 10, 1997, teleconference from
Radio Shack's United Against Crime series, features
FBI Supervisory Special Agent James Kavina, who,
with the studio audience, examines how diversity is
understood in the American culture, diversity and
union within the culture, and ways that diversity
affects the workplace. This program also features a
substantial clip about the classroom experiment in
which children were divided according to eye color,
and how conscious discrimination affected them (the
experiment featured in the video Eye of the Storm).
Descriptors: Cultures/United Against Crime
Teleconference/Research/Supervision
Program 619: Power of Prevention (United Against
Crime teleconference) (123 min.)
[1997] This installment of Radio Shack's United
Against Crime teleconference series features
highlights of the 1997 National Crime Prevention
Council Conference. Videotaped presentations
include "Getting Kids Out of Gangs" (Wayne
Sakamoto, San Diego Co. (CA) Office of Education;
and Tyrone Parker, Alliance of Concerned Men),
"Community Policing and the Challenges of
Diversity" (Ondra Berry, Reno (NV) Police
Department), "Crime Prevention and Community
Policing: A Vital Partnership" (Joseph Harpold, FBI
), "Seniors: Partners in Community-based Crime
Prevention" (Michael Courville, IACP), and
"Telemarketing Fraud Prevention" (various AARP
representatives). The segments are of convenient
length to use in short training sessions, though not in
the order listed.
Descriptors: Gangs/Juveniles/Crime
Prevention/Cultures/Community
Policing/Elderly/Fraud/United Against Crime
Teleconference
Program 620: Telemarketing Fraud: Don't Let it
Happen to You (United Against Crime
teleconference) (2 hours)
[1998] This 1998 United Against Crime
teleconference features some unique panelists to
discuss telemarketing fraud, including the FBI agent
who let a recent large-scale sting operation against
fraudulent telemarketer, and the former First Lady of
Idaho, who was "taken" for tens of thousands of
dollars. Other topics considered include how some
telemarketing scams work, ways of recognizing
fraudulent calls, and what law enforcement officers
can do to help potential and ongoing victims.
Descriptors: Fraud/Elderly/United Against Crime
Teleconference/Crime Prevention
Program 621: Developing and Supporting First Line
Supervisors FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[1998] This broadcast, from January 14, 1998,
features Commander Catherine McNeilly (Pittsburgh
(PA) Bureau of Police), Richard Ayres (Center for
Labor/Management Studies), Exec.Asst. Chief David
Brewster (Phoenix (AZ) Police Department), who
report on the findings of the Major City Chiefs'
findings about supervising sergeants in law
enforcement agencies. They examine the importance
of first-line supervisors, the problems of those who
manage those first-line supervisors, and ways of
working out those problems. Also featured are
interviews with Retired Chief Matt Rodriguez
(Chicago Police Department) and Sheriff Jerry Keller
(Las Vegas Metro Police Department) about
significant aspects of supervision.
Descriptors:
Management/Supervision/Motivation/FBI
Teleconference
Program 622: Vests: Smart and Creative Ways to
Dress for Survival FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[1997] Moderator Tom Christenberry raises the
question "If ballistic vests really save lives, why don't
more officers wear them?" This November 27, 1997,
FBI broadcast tries to answer this question, and
suggests ways for officers and municipalities to get
vests, if their departments don't provide them.
Panelists include Bill Brierley (Law Enforcement
Consultant with the International Association of
Chiefs of Police), Trooper Angela Watson (Ohio
State Highway Patrol), Chuck Porucznik (Firearms
Training Unit, FBI), and Richard Gray (Police
Officer and president of Vest-A-Cop). Second
Chance vs. Magnum Force (NEMRT video #50) is a
more effective program to motivate body armor use,
but the information in this one is more up-to-date.
Descriptors: Body Armor/FBI
Teleconference/Survival/Motivation
Program 623: Hate Crime – The Violent Outgrowth
of Intolerance FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[1998] This March 11, 1998, FBI teleconference
examines the incidence of bias crime in the United
States, including those directed against police officers
and Internet-related bias crimes. Panelists include Ed
Davis (FBI Academy), Sherry Riley (Law
Enforcement Satellite Academy of Tennessee), Lt.
Ceaser Moore, Jr. (Houston Police Department), and
Ray Franklin (Maryland Police & Correctional
Training Commissions). Topics include what
constitutes a hate crime, types of perpetrators, the
importance of law enforcement response, and dangers
to law enforcement officers. A segment featuring
interviews with participants at a Klu Klux Klan rally,
and the descriptions of skinhead tattoos are
particularly interesting.
Descriptors: Bias Crime/FBI
Teleconference/terrorism/Whites
Program 624: Tactical Pistol 1: Basic Shooting
Technique and Dry Fire Drill (48 min.)
[circa 1990] The Gunsite Training Center of Paulden,
Arizona, produced this program, which was donated
by Bruce Cameron and Law and Order Magazine.
The introduction states, "This program covers and
reviews the basic elements of the modern technique
of [9 mm] pistolcraft, as taught at the Gunsite
Training Center". Narrator Jack Furr considers the
Weaver stance, Presentation/Draw Stroke, Sight
Alignment, Trigger Control, and the Heavy Duty
Pistol. Weapon malfunctions are also discussed. The
program concludes with a description of a dry fire
drill, and a series of scenarios for practice. By the
way, "this video is for educational reference
information only", according to the disclaimer, so
"viewers must assume all liability for their
subsequent actions and firearm practices".
Descriptors: Handguns/Survival/Police
Training/Firearms
Program 625: First Response to Armed &
Barricaded Situations (Parts 1 and 2) (66 min. on 2
tapes)
[1998] Part One of these ALERT programs feature
Major Tom O'Connor (Maryland Heights, MO, Police
Department) and Gene Dorough (St. Louis Co. Police
Department), who go over the types of armed and
barricaded suspects an officer might encounter, the
importance of time in reducing the barricaded
suspect's anxiety level, the importance of listening to
suspect while he or she vents, rapport-building and
communication techniques, and basic officer safety
(and liability) considerations. Part Two, Tactical
Considerations, adds Lt. Tom Jackson (St. Louis Co.
Police Department). The program features a scenario
of a man holding his wife hostage, and the officer
response, using the techniques described in Part One,
along with control and containment techniques,
negotiation techniques, post-incident reporting, and
officer selection for negotiating with barricaded
suspects.
Descriptors: Survival/Communication/Hostage
Survival/Suicide/Stress (Critical Incident)
Program 626: Effective Programs for Serious,
Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offenders OJJDP
[October 11, 1995] This OJJDP teleconference.
broadcast October 11, 1995, examines three programs
for violent juvenile offenders that appear to have low
recidivism rates. The programs include The Florida
Environmental Institute ("Last Chance Ranch"), the
Capital Offender Program in Giddings, Texas, and the
Multi-Systemic Treatment program at the Medical
University at South Carolina--Charleston, which
works with the whole family. The critical importance
of aftercare programs for the juveniles after they are
returned to the community is emphasized throughout.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ juvenile
crime/corrections/OJJDP Teleconference
Program 627: Promising Practices: Community
Partnerships Helping Victims (22 min.)
[1997] This program is especially useful for those
interested in starting some sort of victim advocacy
program in their area. It examines the Pima County
Victim Witness Program (where people go with the
police to crises), Children's Advocacy Centers, Tulsa
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE–nurses
specially trained to assist sexual assault victims in
collecting evidence), TRIAD, Abused Deaf Women's
Advocacy Services (ADWAS), Telemedicine:
Partnerships through Technology (which uses the
Internet and telephone connections to analyze injuries,
particularly possible child abuse injuries), Eastern
District of Wisconsin Drug Victim Initiative (which
allows people in communities with frequent drug
crimes to voice concerns and help in the arrest of drug
offenders), MADD Victim Impact Panels (MADD
stands for Mothers Against Drunk Driving), and Tariq
Khamisa Foundation Violence Impact Forums (which
helps to intervene in the lives of children in violent
communities. This one is especially interesting,
because it was formed by the father of a shooting
victim and the father of his shooter.) The video case
cover includes contacts and addresses for these
programs.
Descriptors: Victims/Programs/Crime Prevention
Program 628: Wales Bank Robbery Incident (27
min.)
[June 1997] If you found Anatomy of a Chase
interesting, you're likely to find this one interesting,
too. The Wisconsin Department of Justice –
Training and Standards Bureau provided this video
about the April 1994 Wales Bank/Oswald incident:
the pursuit and apprehension of a father/son bank
robbery team, during which a captain from the
Waukesha Police Department was killed. As the
pursuit is reenacted, participating officers talk about
what they did, why they did it, and what they learned.
A Training Guide accompanies the video.
Descriptors: Survival/Robbery/Pursuit/line of duty
casualties
Program 630: Park Smart (20 min.)
According to this entertaining video, Illinois ranks
fifth in the nation for auto thefts, and older cars are as
likely as any to be stolen. Trooper Howard Crull of
the Illinois State Police donated this program, which
was produced for the Illinois Anti-Car Theft
Committee and the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention Council. It goes over good techniques for
helping to keep a car from being stolen or robbed. It
also gives tips for avoiding a carjacking, ideas for
security systems, and tips for buying a used car (to
avoid buying a stolen one).
Descriptors: Vehicle Theft/Carjacking/Crime
Prevention/Alarms/Safety
Program 631: Protecting Children Online OJJDP
[April 22, 1998] According to the participant
handout, the broadcast objectives for this April 1998
program are to allow participants to better recognize
the threat posed by emerging online technology, to
identify available resources to assist law enforcement
officials to successful resolve online crimes against
children, and to identify critical components of
successful prevention programs. Panelists include
Daniel Armagh (National Center for Prosecution of
Child abuse), Fred Cotton (SEARCH Group), Rick
Potosec (FBI), Richard Tyler (San Bernardino Co.
Sheriff's Dept.), and Ruben Rodriguez (National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children), with
Bonnie Krasik as moderator. The question and
answer sessions are what make the broadcast
valuable, because officers across North America
bring up the issues that most affect their
investigations (one of which is convincing their
management that Internet crime is an issue). A
running scenario of a police department trying to find
a runaway who had been exchanging e-mail with a
predator helps move the discussion.
Descriptors: Computers/ OJJDP
Teleconference/Investigation/Pornography/Child
Sexual Abuse/Runaways
Program 632: Subject Control and Compliance 1:
Force Continuum and Relative Positioning (27
min.)
[1998] This program from the ALERT series begins
by examining the familiar force continuum and the
levels of resistance, then points out the importance of
developing good listening skills (instead of
interrupting skills) and empathy. Other topics
considered include the Reactionary Gap, various
positions in relation to the subject that help to protect
officers. The program concludes with an examination
of liability issues.
Descriptors: Selfdefense/Force/Comportment/Control Tactics
Program 633: Professional Ethics in Law
[1998] This ALERT lecture tape begins by examining
the meaning of Morality, Ethics, Values, and
Professional Integrity, and then explores the aspects
of the terms associated with personal ethics. The
various speakers discuss the importance of
representing the Law Enforcement Agency rather than
oneself, ideas for presenting ethics training within an
agency, and specific issues of police conduct. The
program concludes with a segment on law and
liability.
Descriptors: Ethics/Comportment
Program 634: Violence and Mental Illness: A
Community Solution UAC Teleconference (106
min.)
[1998] This program from Radio Shack's, the National
Crime Prevention Council's and the National Sheriffs'
Association's United Against Crime teleconference
series examines issues relating to victims of mental
illness. According to the statistics presented, about
10% of adults suffer from some form of mental illness
each year. Panelists include Dr. Annie Saylor
(National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: NAMI), SSA
George DeShazor, Jr., Lt. Sam Cochran (Memphis
Police Department), Dr. Randolph DuPont
(University of Tennessee), and Dr. Greg Neimeier.
Topics of discussion include organizations to help
families cope with members with illnesses, law
enforcement techniques for recognizing and working
with them, considerations for therapists, and a
description of the CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) at
the Memphis (Tennessee) Police Department. By the
way, did you know that the term the organized
mentally ill prefer for referring to themselves is
"consumer"?
Descriptors: Mental Illness/Disabled/United Against
Crime Teleconference/Programs/Research/DVDs
Program 637: Missing Persons POST Telecourse (2
hours)
[May 1998] This May 1998 POST Telecourse begins
with the statement that every missing person is a
potential homicide case. It goes on to examine
(California) laws about missing persons, categories of
missing persons, initial response for dispatch and
patrol, at-risk investigation, reporting and follow-up
investigation (which includes a section on forensic
odontology), case closure, and other resources. The
focus is on both adult missing persons and missing
children, though the running scenario is of a missing
child. The program also functions as a motivator for
officers and dispatchers to take missing person
incidents seriously, and to look for related crimes that
may involve the missing person. (Internet-related
disappearances are not directly considered in this
program.)
Descriptors: Missing Persons/POST
Telecourse/Investigation/Juveniles/Runaways/Child
Abuse/Kidnapping/Homicide
Program 639: Domestic Violence: Community
Oriented Policing POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[June 1998] Getting out of a violent domestic
relationship is described as like being in a burning
building, only the victim is not on the first floor, but
the eighteenth. In this metaphor, the victim will have
to jump into the rescue net, but if it is only being held
by two people -- the police officer and the advocate -the net may tip and the victim won't jump for fear of
falling. This telecourse from June, 1998, presents
programs from law enforcement agencies across the
United States that help the Community help the
victim, in ways that won't undermine the agency's
budget. To conclude the metaphor, the "net"[work]
the victim must jump into will be held by a lot of
people, and therefore be able to escape the "fire" of
domestic violence. The Coordinated Community
Action Model, the SARA method, and supervisory
support of officers' initiatives, are encouraged.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Community
Policing/POST Telecourse/Programs
Program 640: Drug Enforcement [in] Airports,
Hotels, and Buses: Seizures/Non-Seizures (24
min.)
[1998] Law Enforcement attorney Bob Thomas talks
about the difference between Seizures (which involve
arrest) and Non-Seizures (which don't, and avoid
Fourth Amendment concerns), and how they can
relate to drug investigations, particularly in public
places. Other topics considered include suspect
profiling, body language, abandoned versus
unclaimed items, and drug-sniffing animals. Making
Your Case and Making it Stick, pts. 1 and 2 (NEMRT
videos #546 and #568) cover similar material,
without the drug enforcement emphasis. While North
East Multi-Regional Training doesn't necessarily
recommend any of the practices described here, they
are interesting to know about. Check with agency
policy before applying them.
Descriptors: Drug Enforcement/Body
Language/Miranda/Interrogation/Criminal
Behavior/Investigation/Law/police dogs
Program 641: Forced Entries: Legal Risks (29
min.)
[1998] In this program from ALERT's Law and
Liability series, law enforcement attorney Randy
Means discusses when it is, and when it is not okay to
make non-consensual entry into someone's home. He
goes over the types of lawful entries officers make,
exigent circumstances and the verdict in U.S. v.
Rohrig (which held that loud music can be an
exigency). He then goes on to consider the
implications and liabilities that would be associated
with a possible exigency that would not be considered
a dangerous situation. While North East MultiRegional Training doesn't necessarily recommend any
of the practices described here, they are interesting to
know about. Check with agency policy before
applying them.
Descriptors: Forced Entry/Noise
Complaints/Searches/Law
Program 642: Miranda Considerations (28 min.)
[1998] Law enforcement attorney Randy Means
begins by talking about the history of Miranda rights,
in this program from ALERT's Law and Liability
series. He goes on to talk about deliberate violation
of Miranda principles in order to admissible evidence,
and the drawbacks of such violations. Such
drawbacks include suppression of evidence and civil
liability. The case used as an example is Cooper v.
Dupnik. Attorney Means concludes with an overview
of Miranda principles.
Descriptors: Miranda/Liability/Interrogation
Program 645: Law Enforcement Perspectives on
Victim Rights and Services FBI Teleconference (2
hours)
[May 13, 1998] This May 1998 FBI Teleconference
considers the major victim assistance programs that
exist in the United States, and the importance of
having access to such programs in the community
following crises. Also considered are the rights
victims have in obtaining justice. Panelists include
Carolyn Hightower (Deputy Director, Office for
Victims of Crime (OVC)) Lt. Ed Nekel (President of
National Organization for Victim Assistance
(NOVA)), Chief Frank Winters (Clayton, NJ, Police
Dept.), and Dr. Marlene Young (NOVA Executive
Director). Topics discussed include the functions of
the OVC and NOVA, crisis response teams, and
community policing initiatives. Most of the
discussion in the second half focuses on a proposed
Constitutional amendment for Basic Rights for
Victims of Violent Crime, and the effect that
amendment would have on the Criminal Justice
system.
Descriptors: FBI
Teleconference/Victims/Programs/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Law
Program 647: First Aid for First Responders: Heart
Attacks and Adult CPR (29 min.)
[1998] This program from the ALERT series would
be especially effective when used in a hands-on CPR
or First Aid class. Officer Greg Strauss (Florissant,
Missouri, Police Dept.) talks about the situations
when an officer might be called on to perform CPR,
safety concerns when doing so, equipment that will
be necessary (like gloves and pocket masks) or might
be available (here, an Automatic External
Defribillator), and techniques for performing CPR or
artificial respiration on adult victims. At the
beginning and end of the program, a law enforcement
attorney talks about liability concerns. Always
compare described techniques and procedures with
departmental policies before using them, and getting
hands-on experience before attempting the procedures
would be wise, too.
Descriptors: First Aid
Program 655: Control Holds and Take Downs (30
min.)
[1994] This program from the ALERT series features
Larry Smith (San Diego Police Department, retired)
discussing and demonstrating various subject
control/pain compliance techniques. One unique
feature of this program it the attention paid to training
and practice techniques, and how to apply the
techniques most effectively. As with all defensive
tactics, don't apply these techniques until you've
compared them with departmental policy, and until
you've practiced them the right way.
Program 658: Preventing Road Rage: Anger
Management for Drivers (20 min.)
[1998] This program from the AAA Foundation for
Traffic Safety is designed for use with citizens to help
them deal with violent aggressive driving. Anger
management is the key idea here: it doesn't give
driving tips, but attitude-changing and stressreduction tips. Statements from former angry drivers
and Dr. John A. Larson (Institute of Stress Medicine)
are also included.
Descriptors:
Stress/Traffic/Violence/Driving/Accidents
Program 660: Jane: A Film (25 min.)
[1998] A talented young woman tells about her happy
youth, the successes she had as a teacher, and how,
while driving while intoxicated, she severely injured
herself, killed her boyfriend, and got a five-year
prison term for manslaughter. She goes into detail
about how she ran into the concrete barricade and
how she felt when she realized her boyfriend was
dead. Interestingly enough, she wasn't especially
drunk at the time: the issue was her and her
boyfriend's bad judgement, not their impaired driving.
She also talks about the therapy process and the help
she received through Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings. Law and Order Magazine and Bruce
Cameron provided this program.
Descriptors: DUI/Juveniles/Crime Prevention/Grief
Program 663: Effective Courtroom Testimony (46
min. and 1 hour)
[October and November 1998] This talky program
from the ALERT Series features attorney Randy
Means, along with several police officer-attorneys
from . In Part 1, Preparing for Court, they discuss how
to establish Credibility on the street, and later, in the
courtroom. Other topics include the Brady Rule and
related court decisions about the availability of
information about officer dishonesty and biases; and
things officers should do (as well as learn about:
important court cases, for instance) to prepare for
testifying.
In Part 2, Principles and Performance, attorney Randy
Means gives some direct and practical tips on how to
look and act in and around a courtroom. Little
scenarios are used to demonstrate inappropriate
conduct.
Descriptors:
Testifying/Comportment/Ethics/Liability/Searches/Co
mmunication/Report Writing
Program 664: Speeches They'll Remember
(Viewpoints from the FBI Academy) ( 24 min.)
[December 1992] This conversational, and
enthusiastic, program features Larry Levine
(Education and Communications Arts Division at the
FBI Academy) who gives some practical tips on
giving public presentations. He emphasizes the
importance of the parts of a speech (the beginning,
body, and conclusion), the importance of structure, as
well as that of doing the research on the topic of the
speech, and ways of making the speech memorable.
The conversational style of speechmaking is
emphasized. Even practiced speakers are likely to get
some useful information out of this interesting
program.
Descriptors: Public Speaking/Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy
Program 665: Coaching the Problem Employee
(Viewpoints from the FBI Academy) (24 min.)
[December 1993] In this conversational program from
1993, John Velier (Unit Chief of the FBI's
Education/Communication Arts Unit) talks about the
importance of restoring employees to their full
contributing abilities. He discusses the difference
between problem and "problemed" employees, the
types of problem officers, how supervisors contribute
to creating problem employees, methods of setting up
coaching sessions, and the importance of
documentation. Departments have a lot of time and
money invested in their officers, and as John Velier
points out, it's more effective (and cost-effective) to
correct the problem than to get a new employee. The
program is short, but pithy.
Descriptors:
Management/Motivation/Supervision/Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy
Program 667: Casino Gaming in Your Home Town
(Viewpoints from the FBI Academy) (24 min.)
[August 1997] This conversational program features
Chief Tommy Moffett (Biloxi, Mississippi, Police
Department), who talks about the concerns cities need
to address when they consider having casino
gambling. Some of the unanticipated results Biloxi
faced included an increase in crime-related issues
(fraud, vice, and domestic violence), increased
numbers of homeless people, police agency
employees who gamble (the effect on possible job
assignments and secondary employment), and the
importance of including the police department in the
planning committee for projected casinos.
Descriptors:
Gambling/Planning/Communities/Viewpoints from
the FBI Academy
Program 669: Victims of Fraud: Beyond Financial
Loss (20 min.)
[1998] The Office of Victims of Crime produced this
program, mainly about the effect of fraud on victims.
Other topics include the types of fraud citizens might
encounter, and the function of Victim-Witness
Coordinators. It consists mostly of statements from
victims, investigators, and coordinators. The range of
services victims may need is also considered.
Descriptors: Fraud/Fraud (Credit Card)/Con
Games/Victims/Communication
Program 671: Managing Force Escalations (36
min)
[about 1995] This talky program from early in the
ALERT & ABLE series features attorney Randy
Means, who examines "reasonable force", and
acceptable compared with unacceptable force
escalations. He then goes into interesting detail about
the five factors that lead to unacceptable force
escalations: lack of equipment, lack of training, lack
of physical ability, fear, and anger; and what officers
and departments can do to prevent them.
Descriptors: Force/Liability/Comportment/Police
Training/Physical Fitness
Program 672: Emergency Vehicle Operation (29
min)
[1998] The main topic of this ALERT & ABLE
program is Police Driving: the routine driving
officers do that is not related to pursuits, though
pursuits are considered. According to the statistics
attorney Bob Thomas quotes, most police traffic
accidents take place during routine driving. He then
goes on to list the liabilities, and the conditions that
lead to driving accidents, and how they can be
avoided. Don't laugh, but one of the most common
type of accidents is backing into stationary objects.
Other topics include supervisory monitoring of
pursuits, and use of force issues related to pursuits.
Close officer familiarity with state and departmental
pursuit policy is part of the risk management plan
presented here.
Descriptors: Liability/
Accidents/Driving/Traffic/Police
Vehicles/Pursuit/Force/Comportment
most fights with suspects end up on the ground. This
program from the ALERT series features trainers
Steve Kaminski and Brad Inman, who discuss and
demonstrate various techniques for subduing
attackers from a prone position. Good training safety
procedures are described before the techniques are, so
be sure to follow them when trying these moves.
Also check with departmental policy as to the
appropriateness of the techniques before applying
them.
Descriptors: Self-Defense/Survival/Control
Tactics/Training
Program 673: Probable Cause and Reasonable
Suspicion 1: The Concepts (23 min.)
[1994] This talky program from early in the ALERT
& ABLE series features attorney Randy Means
examining the way probable cause and reasonable
suspicion can be determined, and what is involved in
verifying reasonable suspicion. He also describes
how to explain "gut reaction" so that it may be
recognized as reasonable suspicion.
Descriptors: Street Stops/Arrests/Probable Cause
Program 677: Investigating Financial Exploitation
Against the Elderly Interactive Teleconference (2
hours, 25 min.)
[March 11, 1999] As Patrick Vaughan states in the
introduction to this March 1999 teleconference, its
purpose is to address issued related to financial
crimes against the elderly. The specific focus is
investigative strategies for cases of exploitation, and
application of the Illinois criminal statutes. Special
emphasis is placed on instances when the perpetrator
is a friend or a family member, and using alternative
and community resources in investigations. Speakers
include Chief James L. Roche (St. Charles Police
Department), Special Investigator Edward Hazewski
(Delaware Department of Justice), Asst. State's
Attorney Augusta R. Clarke (DuPage Co. State's
Attorney's Office), and Asst. Attorney General
Margaret O'Connell (Office of the Illinois Attorney
General).
Descriptors: Elderly/Fraud/Domestic
Violence/Illinois Teleconference/ Investigation/Law
Program 674: Ethical Decision Making in Law
Enforcement POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[November 19, 1998] Although the format of this
forum on Police Ethics, broadcast November 19,
1998, doesn't lend itself to use during roll call, it does
give practical insights on how officers can most
honorably perform their duty to their profession, their
agency, and themselves. Representatives from several
law enforcement agencies and advocacy groups
discuss, round table-style, issues of discretionary
justice, community, entitlement, Code of Silence, and
Noble Cause Corruption. Officers are given guides
for making their own decisions about what is ethical
conduct. The segments are short enough to be used in
several short training sessions.
Descriptors: Ethics/Comportment/Police
Training/POST Telecourse/Decision-making
Program 675: Probable Cause and Reasonable
Suspicion 2: The Suspicion Factors (44 min.)
[1998] This program from the ALERT & ABLE
series features attorney Randy Means examining ways
of "aggregating" probable cause and reasonable
suspicion factors, so that a person (for instance) can
be stopped or questioned. While the program,
necessarily, includes a lot of lecturing, there is an
ongoing scenario that helps illustrate the factors
described. As always, check with the agency's legal
counsel and departmental policy about the current
state of the law on these issues.
Descriptors: Street Stops/Arrests/Probable
Cause/Testifying/Evidence/Informants
Program 676: Subject Control and Compliance 2:
Ground Control and Defense (26 min.)
[1998] According to the information in this program,
Program 678: Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens
(45 min.)
[1999] According to this ALERT tape, OSHA
estimates that about six million workers are at risk of
exposure to bloodborne or airborne pathogens. The
topics discussed in this program include sources of
infection that law enforcement officers are likely to
encounter; the diseases themselves, especially
Hepatitis B and C and Tuberculosis; things officers
can and should do to protect themselves from
exposure, decontamination procedures, and training
sources. Police officers and health professionals from
the St. Louis (Missouri) are featured in the
presentation. While AIDS is discussed, protection
from Hepatitis (B and C) and Tuberculosis, which are
potentially far more dangerous to officers, are
emphasized. You may chuckle, but a segment is also
included on good handwashing techniques.
Descriptors: AIDS/Diseases/Safety/Searches/Body
Searches/Training/Liability/Bloodborne Pathogens
Program 679: Partnership in Education [Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy] (24 min.)
[March 1995] Dr. Lois Knowles , of the University of
Virginia, appears in this program from March 1995,
to discuss the partnership between the University and
the FBI Academy. This program isn't roll-call
material, but it is good for criminal justice instructors
at institutions of higher education and police
managers and trainers, as a demonstration of the
valuable relationship between education and training.
She talks about the history of the partnership, its
organization, and its many functions, particularly in
international police training.
Descriptors: Education/ Police Training/Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy
Program 680: Firearms Training Philosophy
[Viewpoints from the FBI Academy] (24 min.)
[April 1995] The guest on this April 1995 program is
Wade Jackson, at that time chief of the Firearms
Training Unit of the FBI Academy. He discusses the
three-tiered firearms training process at the academy:
basic marksmanship, to "combat" shooting (street
applications), to judgmental skills, and the effect the
Miami Shooting had on the FBI's firearms training
program. He also describes the variables in firearms
training, from stances to weapons issued, the "Quick
Incapacitation" target, the Academy's firearms ranges
(and how you can achieve the same effect "on the
cheap"), and evaluation methods.
Descriptors: Police
Training/Firearms/Handguns/Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy
Program 684: Law Enforcement in the Information
Age [Viewpoints from the FBI Academy] (24 min.)
[August 1998] This philosophical program from
August, 1998, features Bob Hall (FBI Academy
instructor), who describes the importance of
managing the many forms information takes in the
modern police department, so it is available and
usable in the future. He describes the ways
information is gathered (at crime scenes and such),
how it is stored, how it is accessed, and the
importance of organizing it with a system that makes
it easy to retrieve. Digital imaging is also discussed
briefly. Little is said on information retrieval, but the
basic ideas behind organizing information are
considered. It's a great program for getting ideas to
organize processes at your department.
Descriptors: Investigation/Evidence
Collection/Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy/Management
Program 692: Serious and Violent Juvenile
Offenders : Risk Factors and Successful
Interventions OJJDP Teleconference (2 hours)
[September 17, 1998] Never Too Early, Never Too
Late: Risk Factors and Successful Interventions for
Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders is a 1997
report produced by the Study Group on Serious and
Violent Juvenile Offenders. In this September 1998
program, the researchers describe the findings of their
research, the indicators of violent offending,
components of successful interventions, and specific
programs that apply the components. They also
answer questions from teleconference viewers.
Speakers include: Rolf Loeber (University of
Pittsburgh), John Wilson (Deputy Administrator,
OJJDP), Frank Sanchez (Delinquency Prevention
Programs, Boys and Girls Clubs of America), and
Judge Glenda Hatchett (Fulton Co. Juvenile Court,
Atlanta, Georgia). The program isn't roll-call
material, but juvenile and school liaison officers
would benefit from hearing the discussion and
recommendations.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ Juvenile Crime/Juvenile
Justice/Crime Prevention/Violence/Schools/OJJDP
Teleconference/Programs/Child Abuse
Program 694: B.J. Learns about Federal and Tribal
Court (10 min.)
[April 1992] The subtitle of this 1992 video is "For
Native American Children Required to Testify in
Court". For that matter, it would be useful for any
children who have to testify in court, or for citizen
academies as an overview of the personnel in a
courtroom and their functions. A boy is nervous
about having to testify in court, and his friends and
their grandmother show him what to expect. The
production values aren't high, but the information is
presented clearly.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ Courts/Testifying/Native
Americans/Criminal Justice
Program 695: Searches of Persons (58 min. on 2
tapes)
[1999] This videotaped lecture from the ALERT and
ABLE series features attorney Randy Means, who
discusses important issues relating to searching
people. Part One of the two-tape set examines
Minnesota v. Dickerson and the plain-feel doctrine;
what a frisk search actually is and when (or if) it is
permitted; permitted extent of a frisk, and threat
factors. The topic then changes to searches incident
to an arrest, inventory search rules and procedures,
and discovery of evidence. Part Two continues
examining issues of searches incident to arrest,
relating to probable cause; then goes on to strip and
body cavity search considerations, searches incident
to a change in custody, and examining items that have
been held after a search.
Descriptors: Searches/Body
Searches/Liability/Law/Arrests
Program 698: Legal Considerations in Report
Writing (26 min.)
[1999] While this ALERT and ABLE tape is about
report writing in general, use of force reports make up
the main emphasis of the program. Law enforcement
attorney Randy Means discusses the importance of
truthfulness in police reporting and liability concerns.
Police instructor Teresa Carton (Eastern Missouri
Law Enforcement Training Center) is also featured.
As always, compare what is described here with your
agency's policies and procedures.
Descriptors: Report
Writing/Liability/Testifying/Comportment
interviewed are mainly from central Illinois and
Missouri, which adds to its interest.
Descriptors:
Schools/Violence/Juveniles/Communication
Program 699: Back from the Brink: Saving
America's Cities by Design (57 min.)
[1996] The upshot of this video, from the American
Architectural Foundation, is that changing citizens'
attitudes about their community through thoughtful
community design, will revitalize that community.
And while it is not directly stated, good citizen
attitudes lead to reduced crime. Of the three cities
considered in this program, two were dying
communities (Suisun City, CA; and Chattanooga,
TN), and one had grown too big too fast (Portland,
OR). The program describes how the cities were
brought "back from the brink". This environmental
design video was the most recommended title on a
recent CPTED (crime prevention through
environmental design) training bibliography: it's a
useful "idea" video.
Descriptors: CPTED/Environmental Design/Crime
Prevention
Program 702: After Sudden Loss: Living with Grief
(62 min.)
[1996] This 1996 panel program, from the Hospice
Foundation of America, features experts in grief
management and counseling who discuss the effect of
unexpected death on the family and friends of the
deceased. The issues examined include sudden loss
and how it complicates the grieving process, what can
be done to help survivors, how communities can
prepare for responding to sudden loss, and how
caregivers or responders can be helped.
Descriptors: Communication/Death
Notification/Grief/Suicide
Program 700: Domestic Terrorism POST Telecourse
(2 hours)
[March 1999] This March 1999 telecourse describes
the ideologies and tactics of the extremist antigovernment groups currently operating in the United
States, though some attention is given to international
terrorism. The first half focuses on the history of U.S.
extremist groups, their intentions and their tactics for
intimidating those who oppose them. The second half
examines how officers can recognize members of
such groups, and suggestions for how to approach the
individuals. The terrorist techniques, which include
such things as frivolous lawsuits, liens, "roughing up"
government representatives, right on up to hunting
down police officers, are especially interesting.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Terrorism/SelfDefense/Survival/Bias
Crime/Communication/Firearms/Street
Stops/Harassment/Terrorists
Program 701: Responding to School Violence pt. 1:
The Warning Signs [Community Policing 2] (40
min.)
[1999] ALERT produced this program for law
enforcement agencies to share with the staff of the
schools in their area. It demonstrates the importance
of school/law enforcement cooperation in preventing
violence in schools. Police and school administrators
talk about the extent and types of violence in schools,
factors that contribute to violence, the function of
school resource officers, dealing with the early stages
of inter-student violence (such as teasing), and the
warning signs. Attorney Randy Means concludes the
program with a discussion of what school officials can
do to manage liability. The schools and police
Program 703: Who We Are, How We Grieve:
Living with Grief (1 hour)
[1998] Grieving and cultural (and social) diversity is
the topic of this 1998 Hospice Foundation of America
panel program. The panelists discuss the various
ways people grieve, the importance of rituals, and
how responders can help then through the process.
Topics include the individuality of grief; the roles of
culture and spirituality on grief, the influence of age,
sex, and class on grief, and the implications for
caregivers or responders.
Descriptors:
Cultures/Grief/Communication/Juveniles/Stress
Program 704: School Violence Prevention: Past
Lessons, Future Promises (FBI and United Against
Crime Teleconference) (1 hour, 53 min.)
[May 1999] In May, 1999, the FBI and the United
Against Crime Network held a joint teleconference on
critical incidents that have taken place in schools.
Responders to the school shootings in Springfield,
Oregon, and Jonesboro, Arkansas, talk about what
took place, and what the local departments' response
was. Other segments include a discussion of
behaviors that may indicate a violence-prone youth,
the Scholastic Crime Stoppers program (which assists
students in being able to report school crime), the
Center for Prevention of School Violence, and the
SAFE program. A particularly interesting section is
the discussion by the media officer from Arkansas
who describes the conduct of the mass media
immediately after the Jonesboro shooting.
Descriptors: Schools/Violence/Juvenile
Crime/Investigation/Victims/United Against Crime
Teleconference/FBI
Teleconference/Emergencies/Media
Relations/Programs/Public Relations
Program 705: Charity Con Video (16 min.)
[November 1998] This interesting AARP video goes
well with Tape Set 17 (Don't Fall for a Telephone
Line: Stop [Telemarketing] Fraud Program Kit): this
one focuses on charity telemarketer fraud. It features
interviews with victims of fraudulent donation
requests and a currently-incarcerated telemarketer,
that show the extent of the problem, and the impact on
legitimate charities. It concludes with a list of tips on
how to set up your own charity giving plan, and avoid
being a victim.
Descriptors: Fraud/Elderly/Telephones
Program JOB 706: Conflict Resolution Intervention
in a Jail Setting (9 min.)
[circa 1995] This Jail Operations Video Bulletin is
intended to assist jail officers in developing their
ability to apply the "Conflict Resolution Intervention"
method of conflict resolution. It describes the
importance of resolving conflicts without using
violence, how the process works, when its use is
appropriate, the selection of the third-party
"intervener", the steps of the process, and the benefits
of applying the intervention method.
Descriptors: Communication/Corrections/Inmate
Management
Program 706: Responding to School Violence:
Legal Considerations in School Searches &
Interviewing (29 min.)
[1999] Randy Means, law enforcement attorney, talks
about various court cases that relate to school
administrator and police searching of students'
property and getting information from students, in this
program from the ALERT and ABLE video series.
Interesting aspects include the use of students as
informants, and the use of scent-detection dogs.
While the information is important, especially to
school liaison officers or school administrators, the
presentation is not flashy. As Randy Means points
out, be sure to make yourself aware of state laws on
the same subjects: some states have more restrictive
laws than the court cases described.
Descriptors: Liability/
Schools/Searches/Interrogation/Violence/Informants/
Drug Enforcement/Police Dogs/Body
Searches/Miranda
Program 707: Responding to School Violence Part
2: Crisis Response and Action – Community
Policing 2 (39 min.)
[1999] The Highland, Illinois, school district's Code
Red system for reporting and responding to violence
in schools is the main focus of this video from the
ALERT series. School administrators and police
officials talk about how the plan for reporting
emergencies in the school works, and what other
relationships (such as school/police cooperation) need
to be in place to maintain a secure educational
environment. Other concepts mentioned include
public relations, school resource officer function and
conduct, truancy issues, aggressive behavior deescalation, and expectations of students' property
being searched.
Descriptors:
Schools/Emergencies/Programs/Juveniles/Violence/S
earches/Communication
Program 710: Tactical Pat Downs and Frisk
Searches (Searches of Persons 1) (28 min.)
[1999] Routine procedure is good as long as it is good
procedure, and this program from the ALERT series
encourages officers to establish a systematic method
of examining suspects for weapons. A Courteous
head-to-toe basic frisk search is demonstrated, while
the frisking officer describes appropriate methods for
searching, and the importance of remembering that
common objects may not be what they appear (for
instance, pagers and wallets may actually be
weapons). Incidentally, one of the key tips is to keep
the suspect (physically) off-balance. Randy Means,
law enforcement lawyer, discusses the legal issues,
including the extent and limits, of a frisk search. As
always, compare the techniques and suggestions
listed here with department policy before using them.
Descriptors: Searches/Comportment/Body Searches
Program 711: It Ain't Love (58 min.)
[1997] The FACES improvisational theater group of
New York City, which is made up of teenagers,
discuss the dating and domestic violence that has
gone on in their own relationships. They compile and
discuss incidents in which they were abused (or more
interestingly, abusive) to create a show on the topic,
to be presented to other teens. The video goes on to
show the changes within the FACES group (between
the boys and the girls) as the relationships are
discussed and examined. The box says "This
program contains strong language and frank
discussions of sex. Parental discretion is advised",
and it's true: the teens have trouble composing
sentences without the word f***. The subject is
valuable, but the urban experiences and the teens'
New York dialect work against it. It's a good "idea"
tape, and parts of it may be good for illustrations, but
it's somewhat long for class use.
One of the scary thing about this program is how
apt the title is: these teens really don't know what
love is supposed to look like, except in a sexual
context, because they evidently have never seen it.
Courtesy in a relationship seems to be an alien
concept to them. If they are an example of what other
teens are like, it should give viewers a whole new
respect for what juvenile and school liaison officers
have to face.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Alcohol/Drug
Abuse/Juveniles/Rape
Program 712: Children and the Internet: Street
Smarts for the Information Super-Highway (UAC
[July 1999] This program, from the United Against
Crime Teleconference series, condenses information
that is also referred to on Tapes 631 (Protecting
Children Online OJJDP Teleconference) and 511
(Child Abuse and Exploitation in Cyberspace FBI
Teleconference), and updates it with some basic child
safety techniques. Speakers include Michael Medaris
(National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention), Peter Banks
(National Center for Missing and Exploited Children),
and Sgt. James Doyle (New York City Police Dept.).
They discuss the ease with which predators can
determine personal information about Internet users,
new sources for crime tips and evidence, and
suggestions on how to learn about Cyberspace with
the children. Additional resources are listed during
the break. The main emphasis is Parental Supervision
and Participation when children use the Internet for
their protection, both on- and off-line.
Descriptors: Technology/Investigation/United
Against Crime
Teleconference/Juveniles/Internet/Evidence/Computer
s
Program 713: Stress Management in Law
Enforcement FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[March 10, 1999] As moderator Tom Christenberry
points out in the introduction to this March 1999
teleconference, the stresses of law enforcement can
produce not only high blood pressure and other
physical effects, but excessive use of force, failed
marriages, alcoholism, and suicide. Unless stress is
recognized, it can't be managed effectively. The
panelists Dr. Victoria Havassy (of Psychological
Resources), SSA Don Sheehan (FBI), Dr. Ellen
Kirschman (author of I Love a Cop), discuss the types
of stress -- cumulative and traumatic -- and their
sources and effects; and coping strategies for police.
It won't come as any surprise, but one of the main
sources of police stress is the police organization, and
officers "addicted to their own adrenalin" are one of
the main sources of stress on a police family. The
importance of maintaining relationships with people
outside of law enforcement (and the difficulties in
doing so) is also emphasized. Watch for the
references listed on the screen during the
"intermission".
Descriptors: Stress/Stress (Critical Incident)/Police
Families/FBI Teleconference/Police
Management/Force/Grief/Communication
Program 717: Violence Against Children
[Viewpoints from the FBI Academy] ( 24 min.)
[March 1999] Gus Kolilis (Missouri Capital Police)
appears in this episode of Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy to discuss basic investigation techniques for
violent child abuse and child homicide. In addition to
explaining how he got involved in the subject, he
examines the problem, abusers and their motives, how
to find evidence (including the "Dirty Dozen"
suspicious stories), and recognizing the difference
between a homicide and SIDS. Some pictures are
included.
Descriptors: Juveniles/Child Abuse/Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome/Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy/Homicide
Program 718: Search Incident to Arrest and Gender
Problems (30 min.)
[1999] This program from the ALERT series follows
up the information in Tape #710 (Tactical Pat Downs
and Frisk Search) with a demonstration of techniques
appropriate to a search incident to arrest. The issue of
"Span of Control" is important to such searches, so,
since suspects may be arrested in such places,
searches of a vehicle, a search in an office setting,
and in a home, are also discussed and demonstrated.
In order to prevent accusations of misconduct, the
importance of having at least two officers involved is
emphasized. Also considered are cross-sex searching
issues (and the use of observers), suggestions for
searching prisoners, and custodial searches of female
prisoners in particular. The program also includes
remarks about legal considerations. As always,
compare the techniques and suggestions listed here
with department policy before using them.
Descriptors: Searches/Body Searches/Comportment
/Prisoners/Arrests
Program 720: Sudden Pediatric Death from a
Parent's Perspective (50 min.)
[1998] Watch the speaker in this video, from the
SIDS Alliance of Illinois: her reactions and attitudes
are more informative about responding to grieving
people than her lecture. Nurse Nancy Maruyama,
who also lost a child to SIDS, discusses ways first
responders and health care providers can help
grieving parents, illustrating her points with
anecdotes. She also talks about the forgotten grievers
(such as siblings and grandparents), and suggestions
for follow-up. The program itself is too long for roll
call, but parts of it would be useful – and as
mentioned earlier, by watching the speaker, viewers
can get an idea of what they are likely to encounter
when responding to the death of a child.
Descriptors: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/Death
Notification/Grief/Comportment
Program 721: Watchful Sensitivity: Investigating
Sudden and Unexplained Infant Death (49 min.)
[1994] The State of Washington Death Investigation
Council produced this program for emergency service
providers about responding to infant deaths: SIDS
and otherwise. It features interviews with officers
who have responded to SIDS deaths, including one
officer whose own child had died of SIDS. A
medical examiner also tells about his experiences,
and the importance of an autopsy in determining
cause of death. The responders talk about the effect
of the call on them, how the families reacted, and
gentle ways of finding out the things, and doing the
things, necessary for the investigation. The second
half of the program is a "debriefing" of all the
responders who were involved with a particular SIDS
death. (This second-generation copy was provided by
the SIDS Alliance of Illinois. The video "rolls" some
at the beginning, but goes away before the interviews
begin.)
Descriptors: Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome/Grief/Investigation/Autopsies/Comportmen
t/Public Relations
Program 722: Long Gun Retention and Disarming
[1999] Officers are more likely than ever to encounter
suspects with long guns, including poachers, drug
producers, and even suburbanites. And long guns are
no longer just shotguns, but rifles and carbines as
well. This program from the ALERT series describes
and demonstrates the Lindell methods of disarming
suspects with such guns, and retaining them when the
officers use them themselves. A lot of attention is
given to safety issues when learning and practicing
the techniques, and the importance of practice (and
accurate practice) in learning the techniques. As
always, compare the techniques and suggestions listed
here with department policy before using them.
Descriptors: Shotguns/Firearms/SelfDefense/Weapon Retention
Program 723: Polaroid Domestic Violence Response
Video : Law Enforcement Version (9 min.)
[1997] Although the primary topic of this program is
use of Polaroid's SPECTRA Autofocus Camera when
photographing injuries, the discussion between the
instructions is an important encouragement to make
photographic documentation of evidence of domestic
violence. The suggestions for what to photograph
would apply regardless of what kind of camera the
officer has available.
Violence/Photography/Evidence Collection
Program 724: Polaroid Domestic Violence Response
Video : Health Care Professional Version (10 min.)
[1997] Police officers are generally trained to
recognize and document evidence of domestic
battering. This program, designed for nurses and
hospital staff (who may not have such training),
includes information on recognizing the injuries most
likely caused during domestic violence, the behavior
and body language of batterers, and the importance of
gathering evidence of the violence. Polaroid
produced the video to help instruct viewers in the use
of their SPECTRA Autofocus Camera, but the
information it gives on photographing victims of
violence is useful, regardless of what kind of camera
is used.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Crime
Prevention/Photography/Evidence Collection
Program 725: Promising Practices for Safe and
Effective Schools Teleconference (90 min.)
[September 15, 1999] This September 15, 1999,
OJJDP teleconference mixes panel discussions with
video clips describing programs various US schools
have that have worked well toward preventing
violence. It's informative, though not really roll call
material, and the program had some technical
problems. The book Early warning, timely response :
A Guide to safe schools. (Washington, D.C.: U.S.
Department of Education; August 1998.) is one of the
bases of the presentation. If you would like a copy,
just request it with the video. It's startling to hear
how many of these programs are ultimately based on
adults who are genuinely interested in the students,
and plain ol' courtesy.
Descriptors: Juveniles/
Schools/Grief/Families/OJJDP Teleconference
Program 726: Children Mourning, Mourning
Children: Living with Grief (59 min.)
[1995] Although this edited version of a 1995
Hospice Foundation of America teleconference is too
long, as a whole, for roll call use, the topic of how
children grieve, and how adults grieve for children, is
always valuable. Parts of the program may fit well.
The aspects of the effect of grief on children that are
examined include: developmental perspectives of
children's understanding of loss and expression of
grief, a child's response to life-threatening illnesses,
mourning the loss of a child, and what others can do
to help. The drawback of the program is its wideranging exploration of the topic: it doesn't give any
simple answers, but the viewers are given food for
thought because of the style of presentation. The
beginning and the end may be useful for roll call.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ Grief/Death Notification
/Families
Program 727: At Work, At School, At Worship:
Living with Grief (1 hour)
[1999] This edited version of a 1999 Hospice
Foundation of America teleconference considers the
myths about grief, and the way grief may be
expressed and addressed in public life, including what
businesses, schools, and faith communities can do to
help. One interesting point is that grief relates to loss,
not just death, so grieving can be a response to many
unexpected circumstances. Both children's and
adults' response to loss is examined. By the way, one
of the panelists is the director of the New York State
Police's employee assistance program, which adds
interest.
Descriptors: Grief/Families/Death
Notification/Schools/Juveniles/Stress (Critical
Incident)
Program 728: 1999-2000 Legal Update Video (22
min.)
[1999] The Illinois State Police produced this cursory
overview of new legislation, that will (generally) take
effect beginning January 1, 2000. Statutes referred to
include 625 ILCS 5/3.405 (Speeding 40 MPH over the
posted limit), 720 ILCS 5/9-3 Involuntary
Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide), 625 ILCS 3405 (Application for [car] registration [for State
Troopers]), 720 ILCS 5/24.6-20 (Aiming a Laser
Pointer at a Police Officer), 720 ILCS 5/12-3.2
(Domestic Battery) and 12-3.3 (Aggravated Domestic
Battery), 720 5/12-4 (Aggravated Battery), 625 ILCS
5/11-501.4-1 (Hospital personnel reporting BAC of
accident victims), 720 ILCS 5/11-23 (Posting
information about people without their knowledge on
a pornographic Internet web site), the Automated
External Defibrillator Act, 720 ILCS 5/21-1.5
(Tampering with anhydrous ammonia equipment),
730 ILCS 150/8 (Photographs of Sex Offenders), 720
ILCS 5/11.94 (Child sex offenders prevented from
being associated with a business intended to provide
services for children), 730 ILCS 150/3 ([Sex offender]
duty to register place of employment), 720 ILCS
5/24-9 (Firearm accessibility to persons under the age
of 14), 720 ILCS 5/11-9.3 and -9.4 (sex offender
proximity to children in a public place), 510 ILCS
70/3.03 (Animal torture), and 625 ILCS 5/12-612
(False/secret compartments in a motor vehicle). The
production values aren't high, but the topic is timely.
Descriptors: Law
Program 730: Right to Silence & Right to Counsel
(50 min.)
[1999] Law enforcement attorney Randy Means
lectures to viewers about the basic concepts of
interrogation rights, in this 1999 entry in the ALERT
and ABLE series. The three rules considered are The
Right to Silence, the Fifth Amendment Miranda
Right, and the Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel.
Training objectives include
• Explaining what rights a suspect can have that
could bloom in the context of police interrogation;
• When those rights apply (or have attached, as they
say in legalese),
• The rules regarding interrogation after the
assertion of rights, and
•
The need of waivers of rights when applicable.
Speaker Means points out that some state laws are
more restrictive of police action than the Federal
Constitution or the Miranda Rule. Be sure to compare
the information presented here with agency policy and
procedure before applying it.
Descriptors: Interrogation/Law/Civil Rights/Prisoners
Program 731: Weapon Suitability and Safety
[1993] Although this episode dates from 1993, the
issues examined – duty weapon (handgun, that is)
selection and avoiding lead contamination – are still
relevant. Three firearm instructors from the FBI talk
about officer size and hand size in relation to gun
size, hand-strengthening exercises, (unobtrusive)
holster types, and precautions to avoid lead
contamination while on or around the firearms range.
Special issues for pregnant officers are also
considered briefly.
Descriptors: Handguns/Weapons/Viewpoints from
the FBI Academy/Physical
Fitness/Safety/Policewomen
Program 733: Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior
[1999] Much of the information presented in this
1999 episode from the Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy appears to relate to Robert D. Hare's book
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the
Psychopaths Among Us. George DeShazor (from the
FBI's Behavioral Science Unit) presents a general
overview of what defines a psychopath, recognizable
behaviors, and how psychopaths (criminal and
otherwise) affect law enforcement and investigations.
Descriptors: Criminal Behavior/Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy/Juvenile Crime
Program 734: What About Girls? Females and the
Criminal Justice System (OJJDP Teleconference)
(2 hours)
[May 1999] According to the information presented
in this teleconference, produced in May, 1999, by the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention, delinquent girls are generally involved in
non-violent or status offenses, and they are three
times more likely to have been victims of sexual
abuse. The premise of the teleconference is, since the
juvenile criminal justice system was basically
developed to respond to violent (male) delinquents,
female juvenile offenders are not receiving a response
appropriate to their crimes or victimization. Three
programs that have had success in helping girls get
out of the cycle of crime are examined: The PACE
(Practical Academic Cultural Education) alternative
school program from Florida, the Volunteer Probation
Officer Program from Arkansas (providing mentoring
and parenting training for teen mothers on probation
and their families), and the Harriet Tubman
Residential Facility (and its gender-specific
curriculum) in New York.
Descriptors: OJJDP
Teleconference/Juveniles/Women/Programs/Juvenile
Justice/Prisoners/Education
Program 735: IPMBA Firearms Training Video (16
min.)
[1999] The Tacoma, Washington, Police Department
produced this overview of firearms training as it
applies to bicycle officers. It doesn't discuss bicycle
officer-specific shooting techniques, but various
courses of fire, under different conditions that a
bicycle officer is likely to encounter. It's a great
program for firearms instructors, for planning specific
shooting drills for his or her agency's bicycle officers,
or for officers interested in improving their own
performance. By the way, the International Police
Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA) disclaimer at
the beginning says something to the effect that this
video is for training/instructional purposes only, it is
intended to be used in conjunction with actual
firearms training, and trainers and trainees need to be
careful when applying the suggestions made in this
program. So use discretion when using the tape.
Descriptors: Bicycles/Handguns/Firearms/Police
Training
Program 736: Deadly Force Issues (25 min.)
[1999] Instead of considering circumstances in which
deadly force may be justified, this ALERT tape
examines what is likely to happen after deadly force
has been used. A Kansas City (Missouri) officer talks
about an incident in which he was forced to shoot and
kill a suspect, then various instructors and attorneys
discuss tactical training tips, the problems of "secondguessing", the importance of writing accurate reports,
and departmental "fallout" (what the officer may
experience within and outside the department). The
program concludes with Chaplain Bill Derryberry's
remarks on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
and its symptoms.
Descriptors: Force/Stress (Critical Incident)/Police
Training/Deadly Force/Report Writing
Program 737: Dangerous Crossings: A Second
Thought (17 min.)
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Police
provided this video, which was produced by the
Michigan State Police. According to the statistics
quoted, over 6000 car-train crashes take place
annually, with 600 deaths resulting from them. The
topic, then, is how to enforce motorist's respect of
railroad crossing signals (and the importance of
preventing vandalism to the crossing signals). Some
of the enforcement suggestions might also work for
other traffic violations, too. A number of crashes are
shown, including one in which a couple of police
officers are killed for ignoring the signal. The trainsemi truck collision is especially interesting.
Descriptors: Driving/Trains/Railroad
Crossings/Railroads
Program 738: Crisis on Campus (23 min.)
[1999] The Police Executive Research Forum
provided this Law Enforcement Television Network
broadcast, which features the Naperville, Illinois,
Police Department's School Liaison Officer program
and its Crisis Incident Management Plan, as part of its
examination of school shootings. Topics considered
in this program include CPTED aspects of school
design, emergency drills, practicing the actual crisis
response, and responding to the media. It concludes
with a discussion of incident aftermath, and the
function of police social workers.
Descriptors: Schools/Violence/Emergencies/Media
Relations/Juvenile Crime/CPTED/Environmental
Design
Program 739: Behind Closed Doors: Elder Abuse
(13 min.)
[c. 1999] The Illinois Department on Aging produced
this general overview of the problem of abuse of the
elderly. The types of abuse, the evidence of abuse
(for observers, rather than prosecutors), the types of
abusers, and how the Illinois Department on Aging
can help end abuse are discussed in the course of the
program. It would be a useful addition to discussions
in crime prevention groups or citizens academies.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Elderly/Crime
Prevention
Program 740: Safer Place (A): Coping with Elder
Abuse in Illinois (20 min.)
[c. 1999] This is one of the better elder abuse
prevention tapes I've seen. The forms abuse can take
(including verbal, financial, negligent, as well as
physical), warning signs (for both observers and
overwhelmed caregivers), sources of assistance, and
the importance of reporting possible abuse to the
Illinois Department on Aging's hotline are described.
But what makes this program especially interesting
are the remarks from a remorseful elder-abuser. She
had been a stressed caregiver, and she tells about how
she got to the point of being abusive, and what others
can do to avoid reaching that point.
Descriptors: Domestic Violence/Elderly/Crime
Prevention
Program 742: Perfect Disaster Response (The) (17
min.)
[1999] If you participated in the September 1999
THUNDER class North East Multi-Regional Training
sponsored, you might want to look for yourself in this
video based on the training. A METRA train has an
accident with a chemical truck, and the participants
go over the appropriate police and fire service
response. The narration emphasizes that the first step
toward a safe response is a good plan before an
accident takes place.
Descriptors: Hazardous
Materials/Trains/Railroads/First Aid/Emergencies
Program 743: Responding to Hate Crimes: A Roll
Call Training Video for Police Officers (20 min.)
[1999] This three-part program from the Bureau of
Justice Assistance goes over the difference between
hate incidents and hate crimes, what first responders
need to be aware of, and resources to help prevent
bias crime. Because of its format, the video can be
used all at once, or over several sessions. Other
issues considered over the course of the program
include bias crimes' relation to enhanced penalties,
laws and data collection, victim response (which is
good for any victim response), and evidence
collection. A booklet from the International
Association of Chiefs of Police (available on their
website) also comes with it.
Descriptors: Bias Crime/Community
Policing/evidence collection/Civil
Rights/Communication
Program 744: They Gave It All: Police Memorial
Video 1999 (5 min.)
[1999] If you're looking for something to show for
Police Memorial Day, this program is a good choice.
This song this music video is based upon is by Mark
Hutchison (Athens, Tennessee, Police Department),
which features footage of officers at work,
appreciative citizens – and police funerals. The
combination of the song and the footage is very
touching, so bring a handkerchief. Paul Carroll
(Chicago Police Department, Ret.) provided this
video.
Descriptors: Grief/Memorials/Line of Duty
Casualties
Program 745: Crime Scene Investigations (LESAT
2000) (2 hours, 10 min.)
[March 22, 2000] Paul Carroll (Chicago Police
Department, ret.) provided and appears in this March
2000 teleconference from the University of
Tennessee's Law Enforcement Satellite Academy of
Tennessee. Major issues discussed are first
responder's responsibilities to preserving a crime
scene, responder safety (from physical and biological
hazards) on the scene, access control, important
documentation and reports about the scene, and useful
equipment for evidence recovery. While the whole
program is too long for roll-call use, it is informative,
and parts of it could be helpful for short uses. Two
particularly noteworthy segments are footage of the
examination of a badly decomposed body, and an
overview of the equipment of one of Tennessee's
evidence recovery units. Some discussion of law and
procedure is included: compare it to what is expected
in your agency before applying such things.
Descriptors: Evidence/Evidence Collection/Crime
Scenes/Safety/Homicide/LESAT
Teleconference/Remains Identification/Investigation
Program 746: Case Preparation & Courtroom
Demeanor (LESAT 1996) (2 hours, 8 min.)
[1996] An officer's credibility, truthfulness and
demeanor can easily be called into question on the
witness stand, as this broadcast from the Law
Enforcement Satellite Academy of Tennessee states.
The program is intended to inform viewers about
when case preparation should begin, Miranda issues,
response to subpoenas, materials that may help the
officer on the witness stand, and some concerns about
search and seizure and informants. A painful
demonstration of what not to do in court is also
featured. The program concludes with a short test
(but there's no answer key, so you'll have to figure out
the answers for yourself). But accepted practices may
be different in your jurisdiction: be sure to compare
the information described with departmental
procedures before using it.
Descriptors:
Testifying/Miranda/Informants/Searches/Comic
Relief/Evidence collection/LESAT Teleconference
Program 748: Through My Eyes: Children Exposed
to Violence (9 min.)
[1999] Children exposed to violence learn to expect
that violence is a natural part of relationships. This
video features remarks and artwork from child
victims of violence, along with clinical discussion
from child psychology professionals. The program
focuses on the effect of the violence, rather than
techniques to prevent it. It makes a useful
introduction to such discussions, though.
Descriptors: Child Abuse/Child Sexual
Abuse/Violence/Juveniles/ Stress
Program 751: Death Notification (Mothers Against
Drunk Driving) (25 min.)
[1995] Although the examples used in this MADD
video involve victims of DUI incidents, the
information presented on how to deliver death
notifications would apply to any type of victim.
Examples of who to include in a notification team,
what to expect from the recipients, and what officers
can do to help are given in the course of the program.
Suggestions for "long-distance" notifications and for
handing the family at a crime scene, are also
included. An interesting added "angle" are anecdotes
from survivors, who tell about notifications-gonewrong (but some tell about things they appreciated).
Descriptors: Grief/Crime Scenes/Death
Notification/Victims
Program 752: Columbine High School – Lessons
Learned [LETN Special] (1 hour)
[April 20, 2000] According to the advertising of the
program's availability, released on the first
anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings,
"the video examines the tactical skills needed to
manage an intense crisis situation and the emotional
implications for officers involved in such an event."
It features Steve Davis, PIO with the Jefferson Co.
(CO) Sheriff's Department, discussing the media's
interference with containment of the scene; and then
SWAT officers who went into the school talking
about their experiences. Michael Dorn, a school
violence expert, is also interviewed in the studio on
the topic of searching students' homes and critical
incident planning. News reports from the local
memorials are featured as well.
Descriptors: Media
Relations/Schools/Violence/Emergencies/Police
Training
Force/Mental Illness/Communication
Program 753: Chiefs and the Union: Building a
Better Relationship FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[January 19, 2000] Panelists Dennis Nowicki (Pfeiffer
University Center for Public Service and Leadership),
Robert K. Olson (Minneapolis Police Department),
and Ron Palmer (Tulsa Police Department) talk about
establishment of good relations with the officer union
unit in this January 2000 teleconference. They also
discuss developing and maintaining good relations
with the mayor/city manager, influential groups in the
community, and contract negotiation methods and
issues.
Descriptors: Police Management/Police Unions/FBI
Teleconference/Media Relations
Program 756: Missing & Exploited Children
Teleconference (LESAT 2000) (2 hours, 20 min.)
[January 26, 2000] With the proliferation of
electronic communication devices, a missing child or
runaway case are increasingly becoming
technological investigations. This January 2000
teleconference from the Law Enforcement Satellite
Academy of Tennessee examines child exploitation
and missing persons, but most of the focus of the
program is on the computer technology that lures
them, the cyberstalkers that hunt them, and the
training investigators need to follow and collect the
electronic trail of evidence. The program features the
National White Collar Crime Institute's videos about
online crime (see Tape Set 19, Fighting Cyber
Crime). The program concludes with a short test,
(but there's no answer key, so you'll have to figure out
the answers for yourself). As always, be sure to
compare the information described with departmental
Descriptors: LESAT
Teleconference/Computers/Internet/Juveniles/
Missing Persons/Technology/Investigation/Evidence
collection
Program 754: Video and Law Enforcement:
Shooting for Justice FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[March 15, 2000] The advantages of videotaping
crime scenes, interrogations, and citizen contacts are
examined in this March 2000 FBI Teleconference.
Sean Walsh (NYCSCA, Office of the Inspector
General), Grant Fredericks (Vancouver City Police
Dept.), Shelley Wennermark (Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Dept./LEVA), and Rick Bravo (Miami-Dade
Police Dept.) discuss specialized video uses, and their
particular areas of expertise in video production.
Agency policies, equipment, public-area surveillance
use, professional organizations, and the advantages of
its use in police training and courtroom presentations
are discussed. Much of the panelists' expertise came
from working in broadcast media at some point, so it's
especially interesting to see how some of their past
job experiences has been turned to agency benefit!
Descriptors: Police Training/Crime
Scenes/Investigation/FBI
Teleconference/Evidence/Evidence
Collection/Testimony/Photography/Video
Photography/Surveillance/Media Relations/Police
Training/Computers/Liability/Public Relations
Program 755: Law Enforcement and Suicide FBI
[September 22, 1999] Suicide-by-cop, but mostly
police officer suicide, are the topics of this September
1999 FBI teleconference, presented in conjunction
with a conference on the topic. Panelists include SSA
Don Sheehan (FBI Behavioral Sciences), Dr. James
Sewell (Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement), and the
Rev. Dr. Katherine Ellison (Montclair State
University). They discuss the extent of officer
depression, the lack of resources available to officers
to handle the problem; and what police management
and other officers can do to help. The last twenty
minutes examines the "suicide-by-cop" phenomenon
and responding to citizen suicides.
Descriptors: Suicide/Police
Management/Stress/Police Families/FBI
Teleconference/Police Training/Recruitment/Deadly
Program 757: Officer Survival Teleconference
(LESAT 2000) (2 hours, 20 min.)
[February 23, 2000] Although survival tactics are not
the focus of this February 2000 teleconference from
the Law Enforcement Satellite Academy of
Tennessee, equipment (mostly body armor) and
training that can protect an officer in dangerous
confrontations are examined. Handcuffing
techniques and shooting techniques are also featured,
though. The program concludes with a short test, (but
there's no answer key, so you'll have to figure out the
answers for yourself). As always, be sure to compare
the information described with departmental
Descriptors: LESAT Teleconference/Line of Duty
Casualties/Body
Armor/Training/Survival/Ammunition/Shotguns/Sho
otings/Firearms/Handguns/Handcuffing
Program 758: Seizure vs Non-Seizure of Persons
(34 min. on 2 tapes)
[2000] This two-tape program from the ALERT
series features lawyer Randy Means discussing the
types of citizen contacts officers make
(voluntary/consensual and involuntary/seizure of
person (Terry-type Stops and arrests)), what the
conditions are for the types of contact, and how to use
words and actions to achieve the appropriate contact.
He refers to court cases that have affected the levels
and limits of officer contact with citizens. But the
program would benefit from scenarios in which the
discussion was demonstrated.
Descriptors: Communication/Street Stops/Law
Program 759: Officer Survival 1998: Center Axis
Relock (2 hours, 20 min.)
[February 4, 1998] Police use of firearms, specifically
the Center Axis Relock (CAR) shooting stance, is the
topic of this broadcast from the Law Enforcement
Satellite Academy of Tennessee. Paul Castle, its
developer, describes its origins, its advantages, and
demonstrates the techniques. An analysis of an
officer shooting during a domestic call, and an
interview with the officers involved is included.
Although North East Multi-Regional Training doesn't
recommend the tactics described in this program, they
are something to think about. Compare them with
agency procedures before using them.
Descriptors: LESAT
Teleconference/Firearms/Handguns/Police
Training/Weapons/Force/Body Armor/Line of duty
casualties/Shootings
Program 760: Youth Trends in Law Enforcement
(LESAT Teleconference) (2 hours, 20 min.)
[April 5, 2000] Jack Enter is featured in this April
2000 Law Enforcement Satellite Academy of
Tennessee Teleconference about sources of youth
violence. Awww, my: this is spooky! He brings up
the changes in the American family, the replacement
of self-worth with self-esteem, incivility,
irresponsibility, the desensitization effects of the
media and video games, and how these have
contributed to creating a generation with inadequate
life skills. The program concludes with a discussion
of what law enforcement can do to help. Much of
what he suggests amounts to officers' making
themselves, and making themselves available, as role
models.
Compare Enter's remarks with those of Bud
Hulsey, who appears on tape #187 (Three Ways to
Keep Your Kids Off Drugs/Why Drugs): times may
change, but people, and what they need, don't. He
also refers frequently to Dave Grossman's book On
Killing (available at the NEMRT Library).
Descriptors: Juveniles/ Juvenile Crime/LESAT
Teleconference/Violence/Schools/Psychology/Familie
s/Criminal Behavior/Homicide/Mental
Illness/Communication/Comportment/Police Families
Program 761: Police Use of K-9s (LESAT
Teleconference) (2 hours, 20 min.)
[May 3, 2000] While this program, from the Law
Enforcement Satellite Academy of Tennessee, won't
help you train your dog any better, it does give
viewers an overview of the history, capabilities, and
advantages of K-9 units in law enforcement. Included
is interesting footage of dogs at work and on trails
(including a cadaver search), and discussion of the
physiology of dogs that make them so useful.
Descriptors: Police Dogs/LESAT
Teleconference/Police Procedures/Searches
Program 762: Implementing Community Oriented
Policing (LESAT Teleconference) (2 hours, 20
min.)
[May 16, 2000] The Huntsville, Alabama, Police
Department's application of the philosophy of
community oriented policing, and how they worked
out, is the focus of this May 2000 teleconference
from the Law Enforcement Satellite Academy of
Tennessee. It begins with a discussion of what
Community Oriented Policing is (and isn't), the
advantages of applying the philosophy to officers'
work (working smarter, not harder), and then
broadens into descriptions of ways to go about
applying it. Included are videotaped remarks from
the Huntsville (AL) Police Department's Patrol
division, the Bicycle Patrol, the Youth Services
Division, a Domestic Violence advocate, its Mounted
Patrol, as well as the city managers. About an hour
into the program, the 2000 Police Memorial Week
music video is shown. The song, "On and On They
Stand", is by Mark Hutchison (Athens, TN, Police
Dept.).
Descriptors: Community Policing/Victims/LESAT
Teleconference/Programs/Comportment/Memorials/S
chools/Juveniles/Domestic
Violence/CPTED/Communities/Cultures
Program 763: Suicide-by-Cop POST Telecourses (4
hours)
[July and August 1999] As the introduction to these
July and August 1999 telecourses point out, the one
of the problems with the term "suicide-by-cop" is that
the real shooting victim is not the shot suspect (the
"precipitator"), but the officer. Topics addressed
include an overview of the incidents, background and
behaviors of the suspects (plus a number of very
interesting cases of suspects using officers to attempt
suicide), Call Intake (how dispatchers' questions can
help), Questions officers should ask about the
situation, Officer training, preparation, and strategies
for handling precipitators. Also included is a
discussion of incident investigation, factors to look
for, civil lawsuits, helping the family of the
precipitator, plus Dave Grossman on post-traumatic
response and pre-incident preparation. (Officer
suicides-by-cops are not considered here.)
Descriptors: Suicide/Selfdefense/Shootings/Stress/Mental
illness/Dispatching/Police
Training/Communication/Liability/Investigation/Victi
ms/Stress (Critical Incident)/POST Telecourse
Program 765: Recognizing Mental Illness -- A
Proactive Approach POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[February 2000] According to this February 2000
telecourse from the California Commission on Peace
Officers Standards and Training, the primary mental
health institutions are now the jails, and the primary
first response is from law enforcement. To allow for
use in roll call training, the program is broken into
segments on the history of public attitudes about
mentally illness, the types of mental illness (thought
disorders, mood disorders, and substance abuse),
Legal response (in California!), Assessment of the
incident, Suggestions for various types of police
response (plus scenarios), and Options for help in the
California corrections system, and ideas for proactive
response to the mentally ill in the community.
Remember, this program was made for California
officers, so discussion of the state of affairs in Illinois
will be needed to use this program effectively. Also,
be sure to compare procedures described here with
those of your agency before applying them.
Descriptors: Corrections/Mental Illness/POST
Telecourse/Alzheimer's Disease/Suicide/Homeless
Program 766: Public Safety Dispatchers POST
[March 2000] If you don't get anything else out of this
March 2000 California Commission on Peace Officers
Standards and Training telecourse, you should get the
motivation to teach your citizens what information
Dispatchers ask for and why they need it. Much of
the hostility the callers "highlighted" in the program's
analyses would have been defused if they had realized
that their, and the responding officers', safety
depended on the answers. In any event, a panel
several experienced dispatchers discuss and describe
their role in relation to:
• Community Oriented Policing (and cranky
callers)
• Crisis Callers (techniques for responding, and
the toll on the dispatcher)
• Issues related to Domestic Violence
• Critical Incidents (Tactical and psychological
aspects), and
• Hate Crimes.
(The sections are short enough to use as roll-call
material.) They go on to assess recorded dispatcher
responses to actual incidents. Some of the program is
amusing, some is inspiring, but some of it is
harrowing: audio footage of a woman who is
apparently murdered during the call is included. So
be warned. And be sure to compare the techniques
and principles described here with the policies and
procedures of your own department before applying
them.
Descriptors:
Dispatching/Dispatchers/Communications/Police
Management/Supervision/Stress/Domestic
Violence/Bias Crime/POST
Telecourse/Communication/Community Policing
Program 767: Police, with Bill Kurtis (94 min.)
[1997] The Arts & Entertainment Network produced
this program, about the history of policing -- or more
specifically, Community Policing -- in the United
States, and how policing is practiced in major areas.
Changes in the police forces of Charleston, South
Carolina; San Diego, California; and Chicago, and
their successes, are examined. Issues raised during
these profiles include racial discrimination, officer
professionalization, citizen involvement, corruption
and abuse of power, development of good community
relations, and use of force. Ultimately, the
application of the principles of Community and
Problem-Oriented Policing in these cities is
demonstrated. It probably isn't roll-call material, but
if you need something for your citizen's academy or
criminal justice overview, it should be helpful.
Descriptors: Police Management/Crime
Prevention/Police History/Comportment/Community
Policing/Police Corruption
Program 768: Realistic Firearms Training Shooting
Simulators (Demonstration) (19 min.)
[2000] If your agency hasn't had its turn with the
FATS machine, this program, from the ALERT
series, will show you what you're missing. It's
basically an overview of how shooting simulators,
such as the FATS machine work. The one
demonstrated is the PRISM system (which shoots
back). Remember, this is a DEMONSTRATION
tape, so it's not so great for training. But it does make
some useful suggestions for "simulated range" safety
and training system applications.
Descriptors: Police Training
Program 769: Supreme Court Update -- 2000 (21
min.)
[2000] This prgram from the ALERT series examines
three Supreme Court cases that will affect law
enforcement, and why the Court may have decided as
it did:
Illinois v. Wardlow, on whether a citizen's flight
in a high-crime area at the appearance of law
enforcement officers is a source of reasonable
suspicion (the Court said yes).
Florida v. JL, on whether suspicion resulting from
an anonymous tip is reasonable suspicion (the Court
said no).
Bond v. United States, on whether an exploratory
manipulation of luggage is an illegal search (the
Court said yes).
Descriptors: Law/Searches/informants/arrests/drug
trafficking
Program 770: Guns of the Police [Tales of the Gun]
(45 min.)
[2000] This entry in the History Channel's Tales of
the Gun series presents an overview of both the law
enforcement profession and the firearms available to
officers. It concludes with a section on new weapons
(especially non-lethal ones) that soon may be
available to the police. It may be better suited to use
in a criminal justice overview class or a citizens
academy than for roll call, but whatever group views
the program is going to know more than it did about
police firearms, and why police use what they do. By
the way, did you know that, at one time, you could
buy Thompson submachine guns at hardware stores?
And aren't you glad times have changed?
Descriptors: Handguns/Firearms/Police
History/Weapons
Program 771: True Stories of the NYPD [History
Channel Time Machine] (90 min.)
[1999] The History Channel produced this overview
of the history of the first organized police force in the
United States: The New York City Police
Department. The department's work, the issues that
have affected the officers, and the personalities that
have influenced its development is examined from its
origin in 1845, through Theodore Roosevelt's tenure
as police commissioner, the Roaring Twenties and the
resurgence of the Mafia, Serpico and the corruption
investigations of the seventies, to COMSTAT and
their current activities. It's rather long for roll call,
but would be useful for a citizens academy or a
criminal justice class. It's also a good reminder of
how the law enforcement profession has developed:
from political hangers-on who bought their job to the
trained professionals of today.
Descriptors: Police History/Police
Management/Police
Corruption/Investigation/Organized Crime
Program 772: Alcohol Compliance Checks: Just the
Facts: Training Video for Youth Buyers (8 min.)
[1999] This program, produced by the Alcohol
Epidemiology Program at the University of
Minnesota, has been a long time in coming. It is
made for use with the teens who have been recruited
to help check if businesses are selling liquor to
minors. It could probably also be used as a
recruitment tape: a number of underaged buyers
appear, and remark on how they've enjoyed the job.
Areas considered include how youth buyers should
dress, what procedures to follow during the "buy",
and what to expect during the compliance check.
Always compare departmental policy/procedures with
those in the training tape before applying them.
Descriptors: Alcohol/Juveniles/Drug Enforcement
/Stores/Undercover Operations
Program 773: Vehicle Searches (21 min.)
[2000] In this ALERT program, officers John
Delgado (Miami, FL) and Richard Grassi (Topeka,
KS) go over techniques for conducting a safe "patdown" of a vehicle. Searching techniques for both the
passenger compartment and the engine compartment
are included. Surprisingly, some of the techniques are
the same as patting down a suspect: officers should
use rubber gloves to help prevent bloodborne
pathogen contamination, and look before touching
anything. As always, compare procedures described
here with those of your agency before applying them.
Descriptors: Searches/Traffic
Stops/Diseases/AIDS/Vehicle Searches/Bloodborne
Pathogens
Program 774: Surviving a Shooting: Your Guide to
Personal Body Armor (14 min.)
[2000] The Office of Law Enforcement Technology
Commercialization produced this program, which
gives the viewer a crash course in body armor. While
it isn't anywhere near as exciting as Second Chance v.
Magnum Force (NEMRT video #50), it does give a
brief description of how body armor works, how
ratings are determined, and how to care for the armor.
Descriptors: Body Armor/Survival
Program 775: Hostage Officer Survival (82 min.)
[1998] According to the box of this Calibre Press
release, designed as a personal in-service training
program for law enforcement personnel, viewers
learn what to say and do to escape alive if taken
hostage, how and when to apply 14 physical escape
tactics, how to work with backup officers, how to
defeat various type of binding (rope, duct tape, car
trunks, handcuffs), and proper use of deadly force.
Also included is live footage of actual events and
survivors, reenactments showing common offender
motivations, and psychological tactics. Since the
program is made for law enforcement, don't go
showing it around. North East Multi-Regional
Training, doesn't necessarily recommend any of the
techniques and tactics described here, so check them
with agency policy before applying them. And when
practicing techniques -- because techniques must be
practiced -- make sure everything is unloaded, that
everyone knows the safety codes, and that you don't
hurt each other.
Descriptors: Hostage Survival/Survival/SelfDefense/criminal behavior
Program 777: GHB Drug-Induced Rape (16 min.)
[2000] Former LAPD detective Trinka Porrata
narrates this program about the effects various "daterape" or "designer" drugs have on users: both
deliberate and unintentional ones. The initial
scenario features a girl who finds herself the victim of
a spiked drink (and the man who spiked it). Since the
video's main audience are people who might be the
victim of drugging, drinking safety tips for attending
parties and clubs are also described, along with
information on what to do if a victim suspects he or
she has been sexually assaulted.
Descriptors: Rape/Juveniles/Drugs/Safety/Ecstasy
Program 778: Sudden In-Custody Death: Training
for Prevention / Positional Asphyxia Update (16
min.)
[2000] This ALERT video reexamines issues and
procedures presented in Positional Asphyxia, Sudden
Death, and Transporting Suspects (#522). It goes
over the key indicators that might lead to a suspect's
in-custody death, techniques for training officers, and
a discussion of a sudden-death incident in Kansas
City, Missouri (which is reenacted in #522). What
positions may can contribute to asphyxia, and
incidents in which suspects died in custody through
no fault of detention procedures, are also described.
As always, compare techniques described here with
departmental procedure before using them.
Descriptors: Transportation (Inmates)/Control
Tactics/Liability/mental illness/drug
abuse/Asphyxia/Excited Delirium
Program 779: Cultural Diversity for Law
[2001] According to this video from Performance
Dimensions, cultural diversity for law enforcement
also involves helping the community understand their
and the needs of the community they live in. It doesn't
address specific conduct towards particular ethnic
groups, but the importance of learning issues and such
that affect local ethnic and social groups. Also
included is footage of a trooper's complete loss of
professional demeanor during a traffic stop with a
cooperative black woman and interviews with victims
of bias crimes. (It isn't fatal to the presentation, but
there are some irritating sound drops at various points
in the program. Just so you know.)
Descriptors: Cultures/Comportment/Sirens/Bias
Crime/Victims/Public Relations
Program 780: Cops & Company (17 min)
[1991] Various police agencies from around the
country helped produce this video about the
requirements to be, and the activities of, the various
types law enforcement and corrections officers, and
the staff that supports them. It is especially helpful
for criminal justice students or citizen academies as
an overview of the wide range of jobs that are
connected with policing.
Descriptors: Dispatching/Criminal Justice/Crime
Prevention/Police
Academies/Corrections/Courts/FBI/Postal
Inspectors/Recruitment/Careers
Program 781: Con Games Behind Bars (36 min.)
[1991] The main point in this video is that, in the
prison or jail, the corrections officer is in the Inmates'
dysfunctional world, and the officer's expectations of
appropriate social interaction won't apply. It goes
over the techniques inmates mayuse to manipulate or
compromise the corrections officer, and how the
officer can avoid being tricked. (A number of
corrections officers from Joliet State Prison are
featured in the interviews.) Special focus is given to
the methods inmates may use with female corrections
officers.
Descriptors: Con
Games/Corrections/Inmates/Comportment/Discipline/
Management
Program 782: Bomb Scare (15 min.)
[2000] Bomb threats to schools are the main focus of
this program, though the basic information about
threats and what possible mail bombs look like would
apply to businesses as well. Characteristics of
students who make bomb threats is described, as are
possible plans for responding to the threat and levels
of threat. Check with your regional bomb squad,
though, before telling your schools or offices to apply
this information. By the way, this program was made
in connection with the Cook Co. Sheriff's
Department's Bomb Squad.
Descriptors: Schools/bombs/juveniles/workplace
violence/Searches/Bomb Threats
Program 783: Explosives: Handle with Care (14
min.)
[2000] This condensed lecture is intended as a
general overview of how a bomb works and what it
can be made of. Featured is Tom Mayton, of the
Cook Co. Sheriff's Department. Topics include the
phases of an explosion, the types of explosion, types
of explosives, and types of devices. For information
on how to respond to possible explosives (in addition
to calling your local bomb squad), Dick and Harry:
Rest in Pieces (part of NEMRT video #484) might
also be useful.
Descriptors: Explosives
Program 784: It's Your Call: Increasing Judicial
Awareness of Highway-Rail Safety (12 min.)
[2000] If a judge only "slaps the wrist" of people
ticketed for trespassing on rail property, they aren't
going to realize in just how much danger they were
putting themselves. This Operation Lifesaver video
demonstrates the ease with which citizen ignorance
and carelessness will get them killed, including
trespassing (walking along the track), disregard of
crossing signals, and vandalism. Although intended
to inform judges of the importance of enforcing laws
about railroads, the program is also useful for
showing officers and citizens the dangers of horsing
around where trains are concerned. It has footage of
some eye-opening crashes, too.
Descriptors: Railroads/ Railroad Crossings/Crime
Prevention/Vandalism/ Driving/trains
Program 785: Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety:
Roll Call (9 min.)
[1999] Enforcement of laws related to railroad grade
crossings and railroad property can save lives. This
program reminds officers of that fact, goes over areas
(geographic and legal) where enforcement would be
necessary, and some techniques for doing it. Also
included is information on the process of going about
stopping a train in an emergency, and malfunctioning
signals. By the way, did you know that a locomotive
wheel only makes about 3/4" contact -- about the
width of a dime -- with the rail? That's another
reason why railroads don't want coins put on the rails.
Descriptors: Railroads/ Railroad
Crossings/driving/traffic/trains/accidents/vandalism
Program 786: News Media's Coverage of Crime and
Victimization (26 min.)
[1999] With the proliferation of news sources on the
Internet and direct television, the reporters finding the
news have become more aggressive. Their actions
can doubly victimize the victims of the crimes they
are trying to cover. This program from the National
Victim Assistance Academy uses interviews with
victimized victims and media professionals to show
the importance of media workers sensitivity to victim
needs, what those needs would be, and the use of a
victim advocates and a "media consortium". Some of
the cases described include the Jennifer Levin Murder
(the "Preppie Murder"), the Oklahoma City bombing,
and the Columbine High School shooting.
Descriptors: Media relations/victims/Public Relations
Program 788: Baton as a Control Device (13 min.)
[2001] The introduction of this ALERT video states
that most officers learn striking techniques for batons,
but lack subject control/manipulation techniques.
Martial arts trainer Steve Uhrig demonstrates various
blocks and compliance moves that help subdue a
suspect without "impact". It's useful as an "idea"
tape, or as a motivation for getting more baton
training, because the techniques are merely
demonstrated at full-speed, and are not explained as
they are demonstrated. As always, NEMRT doesn't
necessarily recommend these techniques, always
compare techniques with departmental policy before
applying them, and don't apply these without getting
some real training in baton control tactics.
Descriptors: Batons/Control tactics
Program 789: Responding to Child Victims and
Witnesses: Innovative Practices for Law
[2000] A child who witnesses violent crime is both a
victim of, and a witness to, that violence: over time,
child witnesses to violence are more likely to be
arrested for violent behavior as teens or adults. The
main thrust of this program from the National
Institute of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime is the
importance of an agency's doing something to
appropriately respond to a child's needs, including
organizing child-specific support services, training
programs for interviewers of children, and
police/psychologist partnerships, to insure the child
has the protection he or she needs, and that the
criminal cases are not compromised.
Descriptors: Juveniles/ Witnesses/Child
Abuse/Interviews/Criminal Justice
Witnesses: Promising Practices to Improve Case
Outcomes (16 min.)
[2000] Children exposed to ongoing violence learn to
expect that violence is a natural part of relationships,
and are more likely to become violent offenders
themselves. This program from the NIJ's Office for
Victims of Crime briefly examines collaborative
programs for helping children work through the
effects of the violence they have experienced. A
sequence about the investigation and prosecution of a
child sexual assault case is also informative.
Abuse/Interviews/Rape/Child Sexual
Abuse/Victims/Criminal Justice
Witnesses: Innovative Practices for Prosecutors (17
min.)
[2000] Child-appropriate services can reduce the time
spent gathering evidence for a child abuse case from
weeks to hours. This program from the National
Institute of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime
briefly examines programs and processes that have
been successful. The length doesn't allow for an indepth explanation of how to set up programs, but it's a
great motivator toward organizing something that will
help both children and the criminal justice system.
Some time is spent describing "Kid's Court", in which
child victims see what a courtroom and courtroom
proceedings are like.
Abuse/Interviews/testifying/Criminal Justice
Witnesses: Innovative Practices in the Courtroom
(15 min.)
[2000] The focus of this program from the NIJ's
Office for Victims of Crime are things that can be
done in a courtroom in order to make a child witness
comfortable (and therefore a better witness).
Included is an overview is the "Kid's Court" program,
which allows children who are going to be part of a
court proceeding to experience beforehand what a
courtroom is like and what to expect. The use of
closed-circuit television, family members, childspecific interviewers, and the judge's recognition that
a child has special needs, are also described. (The
child sexual assault case described in Video #790 is
also briefly referred to.)
Abuse/Interviews/Victims/Criminal Justice
Program 793: Less-Lethal Technology (Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy) (24 min.)
[February 2001] Lt. Randy Quan (Los Angeles Police
Department) appears in this February 2001 edition of
Viewpoints from the FBI Academy. He goes over
definitions, and types of portable devices, and
experimental devices, including the Capture Net,
Beanbag rounds (revolver-size), the Pepper Pistol,
and the Beanbag Baton (PR-24 type). He also
describes the expectations of less-lethal devices, their
advantages, and appropriate situations for less-lethal
options.
Descriptors: Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy/Weapons/batons/crowd control/Pepper
Spray/Chemical Agents/Force
Program 794: Creating Media for Community
Relations [Viewpoints from the FBI Academy] (24
min.)
[March 2001] The FBI concluded its Viewpoints from
the FBI Academy series with this March 2001
program. In it, Chief Bob Edwards (Dover, Vermont,
Police Department) talks about how the Dover Police
Department uses mailings, newsletters (and enewsletters), community service videos (made in
collaboration with the local high school), and public
relations programs to explain their work to the
citizens. He talks about the types of media available,
developing the forms, and getting the community
involved in producing it (the discussion of the high
school students producing law enforcement-related
public service announcements, which look pretty
good).
Descriptors:
Media/Communities/Juveniles/Writing/Police
Academies (Citizen)/Video Photography/Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy/Public Relations
Program 795: Workplace Violence FBI
[May 17, 2000] Pamela Paziotopoluous (Cook Co.
(evidently Illinois) State's Atty's Office), Victoria
Havassy (Psychological Resources), and S.S.A.
Eugene Rugala (FBI: NCAVC-Critical Incident
Response Group) join moderator Tom Christenberry
in discussing the prevalence and prevention of
workplace violence, in this May 2000 teleconference.
They point out that the violence is not only related to
disgruntled workers, but domestic violence or stalking
situations that violently erupt at work, rather than at
home. Subject behaviors -- of the disgruntled
employee, the abuser, and the victim -- are also
discussed, along with the development of prevention
programs.
Descriptors: Workplace Violence/Domestic
Violence/Stalking/Criminal Behavior/FBI
Teleconference/Victims/Harassment
Program 796: Responding to Alien Crime
{Viewpoints from the FBI Academy} (24 min.)
[February 2000] Bart Szafnicki (Immigration and
Naturalization Service) is featured in this February
2000 episode of the Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy. According to the statistics listed here, 27%
of the U.S. prison population are foreign nationals.
The development of developing federal and local
partnerships to catch illegal aliens involved in
criminal activity, and how to deport them, is its main
topic. Task forces that have been successful are also
examined briefly.
Descriptors: Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy/Inmates/Criminal
Behavior/Deportation/Aliens/INS (Immigration and
Naturalization Service)
Program 797: Critical Incident Stress Reaction
[May 2000] Lt. Lianne Toomey (Burlington,
Vermont, Police Department) describes the
manifestation of critical incident stress in order to
show the importance of a critical incident stress
management program, in this May 2000 episode from
the Viewpoints from the FBI Academy series.
Sources of stress, the personality types of people
most likely to experience critical incident stress, and
the ways the stress can be experienced and symptoms
are examined, as are the basic components of a
management program. An interview with one of the
officers who responded to the Murrah Federal
Building Bombing is also included.
Descriptors: Stress (Critical Incident)/Police
Management/Supervision/Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy/Comportment/Physical Fitness/suicide
Program 798: Adventures in Public Speaking
[December 2000] Rather than just looking at people's
fear of public speaking, this December 2000 entry in
the Viewpoints from the FBI Academy looks at the
specific fears speakers have, and explains ways of
handling those fears. Sgt. James Tilton (Nassau
County Police Department), a public speaking
instructor, is the featured presenter. Bad habits new
speakers can develop, and how speakers can handle
their "prejudices" about their audiences, and the use
of visual aids, are also discussed.
Descriptors: Public Speaking/Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy/Stress
Program 800: Recognizing and Dealing with Mental
Illness FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[September 13, 2000] In the first part of this
September 2000 teleconference, Off. Tony Rolon (St.
Petersburg Police Department), George DeShazor, Jr.
(FBI), and Gerry Suchy (National Mental Health
Association) talk about the history of
deinstitutionalization, and the prevalence of mental
illness among people officers are likely to be in
contact with. They then discuss existing training
programs for response to the mentally ill in crisis,
characteristics to watch for, officer safety
considerations, and the importance of being aware of,
and of developing, community resources. One of the
highlights of the second half is a narrative by an
officer of how she dealt with her son's unrecognized
mental illness when he threatened her life and those
of her other children. Some discussion of suicide-bycop is also included.
Descriptors: Mental Illness/FBI Teleconference/Selfdefense/suicide
Program 801: Achieving Diversity through
Marketing FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[January 17, 2001] In this January 2001 FBI
teleconference, Chandra Oden (Detroit Police
Department), Doug Spring (Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department), Cmdr. Betty Kelepecz (Los
Angeles Police Department) talk about recruitment
strategies, both in general, and in targeted
populations. General marketing of a police
department is a major portion of the discussion, too.
Although the "advertised" strategy is TV advertising,
the panelists talk about a number of the ways their
police departments promote themselves to the public.
Some of the interesting aspects examined are
community involvement in recruiting, ways of
preparing young people to join the police department,
and ways of preparing officers as recruiters.
Descriptors: Police Management/FBI
Teleconference/Cultures/recruitment/Communities/Co
mmunication
Program 802: 2001 Legal Update (15 min.)
[2001] This Illinois State Police video goes over the
law changes most likely to affect Illinois law
enforcement. Included are:
720 ILCS 5/26-4: Unauthorized Video Taping
720 ILCS 5/19-4: Criminal Trespass to a Residence
720 ILCS 135/1-1: Harassing and Obscene
Communications Act
720 ILCS 5/21-1.5: Unlawful Transportation of
Anhydrous Ammonia
720 ILCS 5/11-9.3: Presence Within a School Zone
of a Child Sex Offender
325 ILCS 5/3: Abused and Neglected Child
Reporting
735 ILCS 5/12-652: Foreign Orders of Protection
625 ILCS 5/15-102: Lighting Requirements on WideLoad Vehicles
625 ILCS 5/15-109.1: Load Security
625 ILCS 5/12-611: Sound Amplification
625 ILCS 5/11-501.5: Pupilometer Technology (It's
about an 18-month pilot test of the use of Eyecheck:
a device that measures someone's pupils reaction to
light to determine impairment: both chemical-related
and fatigue related)
PA 91-858: Chemical Standards and Procedures of
Chemical Analysis
720 ILCS 5/3-5: Prosecution to commit first-degree
murder.
The program concludes with an explanation of the
Illinois State Police Legislative Advisory
Committee's contribution to the legislative process.
Descriptors: Law/DUI/Explosives/Harassment/Child
Abuse/Driving
Program 803: Reading Gang Tattoos (62 and 48
min. on 2 tapes)
[1998] Bill Valentine, of the Nevada Department of
Prisons (retired), describes and discusses photographs
of various gang tattoos, as well as some examples of
some hand signs and graffiti. White Supremacist and
Hispanic gangs are most closely examined, though
some examples from African-American and Asian
gangs are also considered. The video is labelled Law
Enforcement Only, so don't go showing it around.
Descriptors:
Corrections/Gangs/Prisoners/Latinos/Terrorism
Program 805: Less-Lethal Force Options: SL-6
Multi Roll Projectile Launcher (13 min.)
[2001] The main focus of this program from the
ALERT series an overview of the Sage SL-6 Multi
Roll Projectile Launcher, and its advantages as a lesslethal force option. The program opens, however,
with footage of officers assisting a seizure victim*.
Afterward, West Palm Beach (Florida) officers show
the parts of the projectile launcher, and demonstrates
how it works, how it is loaded, and its applications
for incident response. Although North East MultiRegional Training doesn't necessarily endorse this
product, or these applications, they are useful to know
about.
*(Evidently, officers from the West Palm Beach
Police Department were being filmed for an
upcoming ALERT tape, and during the filming came
across an unconscious woman lying face down in the
dirt. The ALERT cameraman records how they
responded and were able to revive her.)
Descriptors: Force/Weapons/Technology
Program 806: Futuristics and Law Enforcement:
The Millennium Conference [FBI Teleconference]
(3 hours on 2 tapes)
[July 2000] Two panel discussions from the FBI's
July 2000 Millennium Conference are featured in this
program. The first, Technology, Training and the 21st
Century Officer includes panelists Bernard Levin
(Waynesboro Police Department), Lt. Tom Cowper
(New York State Police), Mike Birzer (East Central
University) and Michael Buerger (Northeastern
University), who discuss the influence technology is
having on officer recruitment (and supervising those
people) and training (both as a training tool and a
training need). The second panel examines
Privatization and Policing in the 21st Century.
Panelists include Cliff Maurer (Carter-Wallace, Inc.),
SSA John "Mike" Bellus (FBI), and Capt. Al Youngs
(Lakewood, Colorado, Police Department), who
describe what "privatization" means to them, and the
benefits of including line officers, citizens, and
businesses in the processes of law enforcement, as
well as the benefits of using non-sworn personnel in
certain police positions. The reference material
presented between the segments is also useful.
Descriptors: Technology/FBI
Teleconference/Training/Recruitment/Computers/Pre
dictions/Motivation/Police Academies
(Citizen)/Security/Volunteers/Promotion
Program 807: Overcoming Police Misconduct:
Three CEOs' Success Stories [FBI Teleconference]
(2 hours)
[March 28, 2001] The police chiefs of New Orleans,
Louisiana (Richard Pennington), Washington, D.C.
(Charles Ramsey), and Los Angeles, California
(Bernard Parks) talk about how they went about
"cleaning up" the corruption in their agencies, in this
March 28, 2001, teleconference. Some of the
methods they used included tightening of recruitment
and training standards, pay increases, altering of
citizen complaint procedures, external investigations,
and Union concerns. In the second half, they answer
questions about their experiences from the audience
and viewers. (One audience member got an
interesting answer when he asked the panel for one
piece of advice that would prevent misconduct: the
immediate answer he received was to have courteous
officers.)
Management/Recruitment/Comportment/Ethics/Medi
a Relations/Promotion/ Undercover Operations
Program 808: Sniper (The) : Sixty Minutes (13
min.)
[July 17, 2001] This sequence from the July 17, 2001,
episode of Sixty Minutes II gives an overview of
police sniper training, how they are deployed, and the
social and personal liabilities of using one. Of course,
part of the issue is that snipers are people, and the
ramifications of one person's taking the life of another
is a major part of the program. It's also interesting to
hear how reporter Jim Stewart interviews a sniper
formerly of the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Police
Department.
Descriptors: Stress (Critical
Incident)/Sniping/Shootings/Media Relations
Program 810: New Skinheads [The] (44 min.)
[1995] This Investigative Report features Bill Kurtis,
discussing the history and activities of white
supremacist / Neo-Nazi groups in the United States.
Included are brief interviews with Tom Metzger,
Ashley Brown, Mark Thomas, and other whitesupremacists. The thread connecting the segments is a
discussion of the Freeman murders in Pennsylvania
and the Rivera murder in Queens, New York. Some
discussion is included about how parents can respond
to "hate"-ful attitudes from their children (the upshot
is that ignoring them won't make them go away), and
skinhead graffiti.
Descriptors: Gangs/Bias
Crime/Terrorism/Whites/homicide
Program 812: Paths of Thunder (20 min.)
[1982] Although the presentation on this Burlington
Northern Railroad safety video is somewhat dated,
the information is as relevant now as it ever was.
Railroad tracks are metaphorically described as
"paths of thunder", and if one crosses them carelessly,
one is likely to get struck. The importance of staying
away from railroad tracks, and of practicing good
safety procedures when crossing them, is the main
message of the video. It includes a number of
reenactments of accidents with cars (including one,
with a couple of "good ol' boys" that is especially
horrifying, because it is also gruesomely funny).
Descriptors: Railroad Crossings/Accidents/Crime
Prevention
Program 813: Preventing Disaster at the Crossing :
How Bus Drivers Can Prevent a Tragedy at
Highway-rail Crossings (18 min.)
[1991] If your school district is not one of the districts
in the area that go out of their way to lay school bus
routes away from grade crossings, this program might
be useful for the bus drivers. It goes over safety
procedures for crossing railroad tracks with a school
bus, and describes some horrifying instances in which
locomotives did strike school buses, including the
train-school bus crash in Greeley, Colorado, in 1961,
in which 20 children were killed.
Descriptors: Railroad
Crossings/Buses/Accidents/History
Program 814: Law Enforcement and Media: A
Perspective from Behind the Camera [FBI
Teleconference] (2 hours)
[July 11, 2001] With this FBI Teleconference, the
series changes its name to Law Enforcement Live, so
don't let it throw you. This July 2001 program
concerns the same topic as the California
Training's Law Enforcement and News Media
Relations POST Telecourse (NEMRT Video #427).
Panelists include Blake Morrison (USA Today), Tina
Commodore (WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH), Richard
Adkins (WRAL, Raleigh, NC), Barbara Cochran
(Radio and Television News Directors Association,
Washington, DC), Bob Steele (The Poynter Institute,
St. Petersburg, FL), and Greg Luft (Colorado State
University). They discuss what the media needs from
law enforcement in order to do its job, and why they
would want or need it. The analysis of media
response to law enforcement-related incidents is
interesting.
Descriptors: FBI Teleconference/Media
Relations/Comportment/Ethics/Investigation
Program 815: Racial Profiling -- Chicago Police
Department (40 min.)
[2001] This five-part program produced by the
Chicago Police Department, which we received from
the Illinois Law Enforcement Media Resource Center,
considers various aspects of officer courtesy.
Part One describes the circumstances under which
an investigatory street stop may be made in the city of
Chicago, as of 2001, and how to fill out the Contact
Card;
Part Two demonstrates some tactical
communication skills to help insure subject
compliance during a traffic stop; and
Parts Three, Four, and Five encourages officers to
maintain a good attitude and demeanor with the
citizens they encounter during their work. Examples
include a mother and child in a traffic stop, a missing
person report, and an out of town visitor with a lost
brief case.
As always, compare the recommendations and
behaviors demonstrated in this program with local
practices before applying them. This program was
referred to during the 2001 Bias-Based Law
Enforcement Summit, which may be why it is entitled
"Racial Profiling". Except for a public service
announcement at the very beginning, the issue is not
specifically considered.
Descriptors: Street
Stops/Searches/Communication/Comportment/Profili
ng/Bias Crime/Cultures/Harassment
Program 816: Identity Theft: How to Protect Your
Money, Your Credit, and Your Good Name (27
min.)
[2001] (Just like a commercial video release, it opens
with a trailer about related videos the producer has
available. Oh, well.) This program goes over the
types of people who are at risk of having their identity
stolen (anyone with a social security number), how
the theft affects victims (both individuals and
businesses), how identities are stolen, and how
victims can prevent having their credit (and money)
stolen. It makes you wonder about your garbage
collector.
Descriptors: Fraud/Fraud (credit
card)/Robbery/Identity Theft/Internet
Program 817: Toma Live (1 hour)
[1990] In this emotional address, which we got from
NEMRT's Basic Training Manager Harriet Johnson,
the legendary former police officer David Toma talks
about the ways that drug abuse destroys people's lives.
He talks about his own drug abuse, what he has
learned about dope dealers and their products, how
abusers are misused by their friends; and about his life
as a police officer. I found that part most interesting
of all; and for that reason would suggest this tape for
use with law enforcement job stress classes even
more than for drug abuse programs.
Descriptors: Drug Abuse/Stress/Police
Families/Communication/Drug
Trafficking/Juveniles/Grief
Program 818: OC Aerosol in Law Enforcement II
(38 min.)
[2001] Ed Nowicki appears in this addendum to OC
Aerosol Use in Law Enforcement (NEMRT video
#435), to discuss further the issues related to OC
spray use. Topics include ways of neutralizing
oleoresin capsicum after contact, the types of spray
patterns and their applications, OC spray and
concerns about flammability, the value of OC spray
as compared to impact weapons, and training issues.
The use of OC spray offers many benefits as a nonlethal force option, but listen for the important
training point Ed Nowicki makes at the program's
beginning: "Don't bet your life on OC." The
appropriate use of OC spray is also discussed.
Descriptors: Pepper Spray/Force/SelfDefense/Liability/Weapons/Tasers/Chemical Agents
Program 819: Combating Underage Drinking
OJJDP Teleconference (2 hours)
[September 22, 2000] The model compliance
programs of Las Vegas (Nevada), Puerto Rico, and
Omaha (Nebraska) are described in this September
2000 teleconference from the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention. After a short
video about how each of the three underage
drinking/alcohol sales to minors compliance program
works, a panel discussion of participants' experiences
and viewers' questions is featured. A handout
describing the initiatives, and listing other useful
resources, is included.
Descriptors: DUI/Juveniles/OJJDP Teleconference
/Alcohol/Stores/Drug Enforcement
Program 821: Technology on the Job (30 min.)
[circa 2001] Technology applications that The
National Institute of Justice's Office of Science and
Technology is applying to police work is the topic of
this promotional video. Applications examined
include Thermal Imaging, Geographical Information
Systems (crime mapping), Video Evidence Analysis,
Interoperability, Bullet Resistance Testing, and DNA
Evidence (by the way, the NEMRT Instructors
Library has the training CD-ROMs described in this
segment). The program concludes with a description
of the National Center for Law Enforcement and
Corrections Technology Center. What the video
lacks in enthusiasm, it makes up for in applicability
(case studies of how the applications worked in a real
criminal justice situation are included). It's useful for
getting ideas for which coming technologies would
work well at your agency.
Descriptors: DNA/Body
armor/Technology/Investigation/Evidence/criminalist
ics
Program 822: Looking Back, Pushing Forward :
Three Decades in the Fight Against Domestic
Violence (14 min.)
[circa 1995] Polaroid produced this history of the
movement against domestic violence, from the 1970s
through the passing of the Violence Against Women
Act of 1994. Featured are activists who were
instrumental in the development of governmental
recognition of the issue, of victim shelter programs,
and in establishing law enforcement cooperation.
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/Domestic
Violence/Police History/Research
Program 823: Interpersonal Communications: Legal
Implications (32 min. on 2 tapes)
[2001] To begin this ALERT series program, law
enforcement attorney Randy Means states that the
most successful peace officers he has encountered are
those who approach subjects in a cooperative, rather
than an authoritarian, style. In other words, Asking is
more effective than Telling. In Part 1, he shows how
the wording of a contact can mean the difference
between the courts treating it as a voluntary or
involuntary stop. He then describes ways of keeping
track of exact wording of subject contacts. Part 2
concerns nonverbal communication, imprecise
requests, verbal aspects of force transactions, and the
drawbacks of coarse language. He points out that, in
one study, 70% of complaints against officers
involved officer rudeness to citizens. He concludes
by saying that one of the best things an officer can do
to protect him- or herself is to practice anger
management.
Descriptors:
Communication/Comportment/Searches/Street
Stops/Liability
Program 824: Automatic Weapons in Law
[2001] The circumstances in which automatic
weapons can be helpful to officers are briefly
described in this ALERT video. Most of the program
is devoted to various two-officer Immediate Action
Drills, including stoppage drills (the ones about
getting used to switching between a machine gun and
a handgun interested me), reload drills, the
description of a balanced stance, and what the welldressed West Palm Beach Police Department SWAT
team member is currently wearing (as of 2001).
Although North East Multi-Regional Training doesn't
necessarily recommend the techniques and equipment
described in the program, they might be useful to
know about.
Descriptors: Firearms/Police Training/SelfDefense/Shootings
Program 828: Police Technology [History Channel's
Modern Marvels] (44 min.)
[2001] My mother liked this one. This entry, in the
History Channel's Modern Marvels series, describes
how law enforcement technology has changed over
the history of police forces. Technologies discussed
include the 911 system, dog scent training, body
armor, evidence collection techniques (including
AFIS, and fingerprint and DNA collection), NCIC,
nonlethal weaponry (including tasers, pepper spray,
and Dragon's Breath), pursuit "preventers", patrol car
innovations, face analysis programs, infrared
programs, and that new innovation that takes policing
back to where it started in England: Community
Policing. This one ought to be great for citizen's
academies.
Descriptors:
Technology/weapons/computers/fingerprints/control
tactics/Pepper Spray/Police Vehicles/body
armor/police history/criminalistics/Chemical
Agents/Force/Modern Marvels
Program 829: Use of Force (39 min.)
[2002] Ed Nowicki hosts, and Bloomingdale's own
Chuck Mader appears in, this Performance
Dimensions program on the lawful use of force. The
program begins with an examination of the federal
(color-coded) escalation of force model, with patrol
car camera footage on how it is applied in real life.
(One thing to be said about the example is the
advisability of an officer's planning alternative
methods of responding to apparently non-violent but
noncompliant detainees. It may be possible to deescalate the contact before it reaches a violent
conclusion.) As a matter of fact, the program goes on
to use more footage to demonstrate alternative
methods of responding to situations. Deputy Chief
Mader (Bloomingdale, Illinois, Police Department)
then talks about how to show "the reasonable use of
force" in internal affairs reports. Lower-level force
responses, force terminology (and the abuse of that
terminology), documentation of force use, and the
importance of staying familiar with the legal and
administrative policies on the use of force are also
discussed.
Descriptors:
Force/Liability/Comportment/Tasers/Police
Training/Weapons/Communication/Report Writing
Program 830: Bioterrorism: Anthrax (22 min. and
21 min. on 2 tapes)
[2001] In this two-part program from the ALERT
series, Dr. Greg Evans (Director of Saint Louis
University's Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and
Emerging Infections) discusses bioterrorism, and
what law enforcement is likely to be up against. In
Part 1, he describes the nature of bioterrorism, types
of biological agents that might be used in terrorist
acts, lethality of the most likely agents (anthrax,
smallpox, and [bubonic] plague), distribution
methods, and possible targets. He concludes by
briefly describing the grave differences between
planning for a mass infection and a "traditional"
emergency or disaster. Planning will be the key to the
response, since bioterrorism strikes suddenly. In Part
2, a police officer describes how his agency has
responded to various types of possible exposure, the
training they had been receiving. and changes local
services have made in their emergency plans. (His
discussion of the equipment his department uses is
informative.) Dr. Evans then goes on to discuss
response equipment, and planning for the response.
He indirectly suggests who in the community should
be included in the planning process, but is more
specific on what situations to plan for. He goes on to
describe elements of ineffective and effective
response plans, and earnestly encourages preparation
for more, and more widespread, attacks.
Descriptors:
Diseases/Terrorism/Emergencies/product tampering
Program 831: Legal Update Video 2002 [Illinois
State Police] (8 min.)
[2002]
This year's law changes include:
Aggravated Arson (720 ILCS 5/20-1.1)
Unlawful use of a firearm in the shape of a wireless
telephone (720 ILCS 5/24-3.6)
Cyberstalking (720 ILCS 5/12-7.5)
Unauthorized Videotaping (720 ILCS 5/24-6)
Zero Tolerance Drug Policy (applies to the State
Police) (20 ILCS 2610/12.5)
Wildlife Code Prohibitions (520 ILCS 5/2.33
Altered, Forged or Counterfeit Firearms Owner
Identification Card (430 ILCS 65/6.1)
Firearms Tracing (720 ILCS 5/24-8)
Headset Receivers (625 ILCS 5/12-610)
Oscillating, Rotating or flashing lights on motor
vehicles (625 ILCS 5/12-215)
Operation of Vehicles When Approaching an
Emergency Vehicle (625 ILCS 5/11-907)
Child Protection Act (625 ILCS 25/4a)
Bumpers (625 ILCS 5/1-106.5)
Descriptors: Law
Program 832: Straight Scoop: Kids Talking to Kids
about Drugs (27 min.)
[Circa August 1999] As a discussion-starter, or part
of a school program or project, this one might not be
bad. Without such direction, the featured teens' freeranging discussion of their attitudes toward, and
experiences with drug abuse, could be
counterproductive. (After all, there may be some kids
who think the "rush" is worth the risks.) The
experiences and attitudes of the leading teenagers,
and the youths they meet, during this August 1999
road trip, can be informative for planning and
responding to young people. A teacher's guide
accompanies the video. (The program includes three
breaks for commercials, so be prepared to fastforward through them.)
Descriptors: Drug Abuse/Juveniles/Crime Prevention
Program 833: Prison Bound : The Film about Los
Angeles Gangs (1 hour, 12 min.)
[1997] Gang members from various black and
hispanic gangs in Los Angeles talk about what it
means to be part of a gang. Issues such as relations
with other gangs, and other ethnic gangs, intergang
violence, going to prison, signs and tattoos, and the
effect on families, are discussed throughout the
program. The footage is in black and white, which
gives the video the sense of an animated newspaper
photograph. By the way, the video was donated by
Lt. Steve Podrovitz, BNSF Police (Ret.), who warns
that the language is extremely harsh. It is harsh, but
the harshness is so monotonous (f*** and
m******f*****, over and over again), that the
viewer is eventually calloused to it.
Descriptors: Gangs/Blacks/Latinos/Prisoners
Program 834: Cultural Diversity : Affecting Every
Officer, Every Day FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[March 13, 2002] The strong point of this March 13,
2002, broadcast is the discussion of methods of
recruiting female officers for the New York State
Police in the second half. The first half features
Pamela Moore (Anti-Defamation League), Josef Levy
(Long Beach Police Department), and Deborah
Campbell (New York State Police) describing the
importance of cultural diversity education, with a few
suggestions for getting to know the minority cultures
in the agency's patrol area. As too many programs on
cultural diversity do, though, what the producers
mean by cultural diversity is not clearly identified, so
it rambles between bias crime response, bias-based
policing, cultural sensitivity, and sexual harassment
issues. But the part on recruiting women gives useful
marketing ideas for ways of reaching any target
group.
Descriptors: Cultures/FBI
Teleconference/Recruitment/Women
Program 835: Supreme Court Update 2001 (23
min.)
[2002] Randy Means describes two decisions from
the 2000 session of the U.S. Supreme Court that affect
law enforcement investigative techniques. They are
Dickerson v. United States, decided on June 26, 2000,
which examines whether Miranda Rights are
constitutional law or a procedural safeguard (the
decision indicates that Miranda is here to stay); and
City of Indianapolis v. Edmond, decided on
November 28, 2000, which held that "because the
[drug interdiction] checkpoint's primary purpose is
indistinguishable from the general interest in crime
control, the checkpoints violate the Fourth
Amendment." (taken from the handout). Although it's
a "talking head" program, the results of the cases
described make the program thought provoking.
Descriptors: Checkpoints/Civil
Rights/Law/Miranda/Street Stops
Program 836: Identity Theft: The Game of the
Name (14 min.)
[August 2001] The U.S. Postal Inspection Service
points out, in this program, that almost all cases of
stolen identity involve the mail, so the crime of
identity fraud is important to them. Some information
is given on how to prevent the theft in the first place,
but the memorable part of the program focuses on the
reporting process (what agencies victims should
report to. That includes, of course, their local police
department). Interagency cooperation is encouraged.
Interviews with a victim, a postal inspector, and a
convicted identity thief are also featured.
Descriptors: Identity Theft/Victims/Crime
Prevention/Theft
Program 837: Answering the call: How to handle
anthrax & other biological agent threats (Police
version) (6 min.)
[2002] The theme of this video pamphlet is law
enforcement response to suspected anthrax
contamination, but the response might be appropriate
for many possible hazardous material, not exclusively
anthrax. The program begins with an explanation of
what anthrax itself is, then, using the scenario of
someone winding up with a lapful of suspicious white
powder, the presentation goes through suggested
actions of the dispatcher, the building managers, and
the first responder. By all means compare the
procedures described here with departmental policies
and procedures before applying them! This is only a
generic, basic overview of possible response.
Descriptors: Diseases/Emergencies/Police procedures
Program 838: Street Talk (32 min.)
The destructive effect of cultural bias on the public
perception of the law enforcement profession is
discussed in this program. It goes on to describing
what are supposed to be general characteristics of
various ethnic groups, and possible police responses
to them. (I thought this assigning of characteristics to
people groups counterproductive. BUT! the
suggestions of possible methods for handing the
PERSONALITY types described, or multi-lingual
people, may be very helpful. Use the information
with discretion, and ALWAYS compare information
described in any videos with departmental policies
and procedures.)
Descriptors: Cultures/Comportment
Program 839: Human Diversity (34 min.)
[1994] Improper and proper techniques for
responding to irritated men and women of various
racial origins are demonstrated in five scenarios:
court security, departmental sexual harassment,
Latino in a wheelchair, Homosexual domestic
violence, and hostage negotiation with prisoners. In
practice, however, the theme of the program is
handling irritated people in general. The viewers are
probably going to howl with laughter (somehow,
proper procedure ends up being extremely "talky",
and the scriptwriter was not Shakespeare), but once
they get past that, the basic principles involved -- of
appealing to reason and safe, uniform procedure, and
leaving personal biases out of the discussion -- still
make a lot of sense.
Situations/Comportment/Harassment/Domestic
Violence/Homosexuals/Negotiation/Disabled
Program 840: Subject Control: The Swarm Method
(20 min.)
[2002] As a response to the possibility of death
related to a subject's being hogtied, and the
appearance of excessive use of force, the Swarm
method of subject restraint was developed. Judging
from the lengthy explanation that Lt. Pete Ebel, (Lake
Worth, Florida, Police Department) gives of the
technique, it is especially useful when responding to
subjects in drug-induced or mental crisis. The Swarm
technique involves at least three officers, wide nylon
band hobbles, and the use of clear commands. At the
end, the officers of the Lake Worth, Florida, Police
Department demonstrate the technique, and describe
considerations when securing the subject in a vehicle.
Although NEMRT doesn't necessarily recommend the
procedures described in this video, they might be
interesting to know about.
Program 841: Bike Patrols: Overview and
Equipment (14 and 12 minutes)
[2001] The West Palm Beach (Florida) Police
Department's bicycle patrol is used as an example in
this entry in the ALERT series. Officers talk about
the group's history and activities, physical fitness
considerations, as well as the type of bicycle the
officers use, and how it is outfitted. Part 2 follows
the bike patrol's activities as they cruise the streets.
Special attention is given to drug enforcement
activities and tactics. (At the beginning of Part 1, the
narrator mentions that Part 2 would cover riding
techniques. Between the release of Part 1 and Part 2,
a lot changed at ALERT, and the riding techniques
apparently never made it to video.)
Descriptors: Bicycles/Drug Enforcement
Program 842: Distance Learning in the
Criminal Justice Field: Where are We and
Where Do We Go Next? FBI Teleconference
(2 hours)
[May 29, 2002] Tom Christenberry is back, in
this May 2002 FBI Teleconference, recorded
at the 2002 International Association of
Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and
Training (IADLEST) Conference in Bellvue,
Washington. Panelists include Jeff Jim Dozier
(Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Standards and Education), Ray Franklin
(Maryland Police and Correctional Training
Commission), Jeff Langford (Justice and
Police Safety , Microsoft), and Mike DiMiceli
(California Commission on Peace Officers
Standards and Training ). They discuss what
distance learning is, and isn't -- for instance,
distance learning isn't exclusively Internetbased -- its advantages and effectiveness for
various types of police training or education,
as they've experienced in their states. They
also examine equipment and methods of
presenting distance training, and their merits.
A number of useful websites for training
information are mentioned in the course of the
broadcast.
Training/Planning/Internet/computers
Program 844: Personal Metal Detectors:
Searches of Persons (15 min.)
[2002] Officers from the Lake Worth (Florida)
Police Department describe and demonstrate
the advantages of using hand-held metal
detectors when frisking stopped subjects, in
this program from the ALERT series. Tips on
learning how to learn to recognize types of
items from the detectors response are
described, as are legal considerations for the
device's use.
Descriptors: Searches/Metal Detectors/Street
Stops/Technology
Program 845: Anti-Terrorism for Law
[2002] Ed Nowicki hosts this motivational
program on terrorism, and what officers can
do to prevent acts of terrorism. He talks about
what it is, terrorist target selection,
intelligence collection, and the use of existing
police powers to discourage and defuse
terrorist activities. Domestic terrorist groups,
and training considerations, are also
described. It's a wide-ranging, general
overview of the issues related to the topic: it
doesn't go into a lot of depth, but it's a useful
place to start.
Descriptors: Terrorism/ Informants/Street
Stops/Criminal Psychology/Report
Writing/Communities /Police
Procedures/Comportment/Extremist
Groups/Crowd Control/Police
Training/cultures
Program 846: Youth Gangs in America : An
Overview of Suppression, Intervention and
Prevention Programs (OJJDP
[March 21, 1997] This 1997 teleconference,
sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention, examines three
community programs intended to prevent,
intervene in, and suppress youth involvement
in gangs. As one of the speakers points out,
all three aspects must be addressed in order
for a program to be effective. The three
initiatives addressed are the GREAT Program,
The Fort Worth (TX) Boys and Girls Clubs
"Comin' Up" program, and Chicago's Little
Village Gang Violence Reduction Project.
Descriptors: Juvenile Crime/Gangs/OJJDP
Teleconference/Programs/Research/Juveniles.
/Crime Prevention
Program 848: Surviving the Secondary
Device : The Rules have Changed (10 min.)
[1997] This program is for law enforcement
use only, so don't go showing it around. After
several 1997 bombing incidents in which two
time-delayed bombs, instead of just one, were
detonated, the state of Georgia produced this
program about the importance of anticipating
a secondary device. Things to keep in mind
when responding are briefly considered. They
include the actions that can detonate a bomb
(using a radio, for instance), hazmat issues,
securing the crime scene and videotaping /
sketching it, victim injuries and victim
evacuation, and evidence recovery. The
producers remind viewers to familiarize
themselves with their own agency's and state's
policies and procedures for responding to
bombing incidents, as do we.
Descriptors:
Bombs/Evidence/Victims/Terrorism/Video
Photography/Emergencies
Program 849: Jack-in-the-Box: In the Line
of Duty (26 min.)
[1996] This case study of what happened
when, in 1995, a Livonia, Michigan, officer
was surprised by someone hiding in a car's
trunk act as a good reminder to expect
suspects in unexpected places. An instructor
had recommended this one, because of the
explanation of the reasoning behind the
officers' actions in initially detaining and
searching the stopped subject. (Another
interesting point is that the subject hiding in
the trunk had a weapon ready to fire, and that
subject was a woman. As NEMRT video
#651 (Women Who Kill and Assault) reminds
viewers, don't be tricked by sexual
stereotypes.) The thought-provoking
questions at the end, along with the story of a
Crest Hill (Illinois) officer who was killed by
a subject hiding in a car's trunk, are also
particularly useful. By the way, as a rule, In
the Line of Duty videos are for "law
enforcement only", so don't go showing them
around.
Descriptors: Vehicle Searches/Searches/Street
Stops/Survival/In the Line of Duty
series/Cars/Traffic Stops
Program 850: Darrell Lunsford Murder:
Lessons Learned (7 min.)
[2000] At this writing, it's been eleven years
since Trooper Darrell Lunsford's videotaped
murder, but the incident continues to be
instructional. In 2000, In the Line of Duty
produced this brief overview of what went
wrong when Trooper Lunsford tried to do a
single-handed street stop. Included is footage
of the actual murder, and pithy analysis by
experienced police officers that can help other
officers from making the same mistakes. It's
like a miniature version of NEMRT Video
#236, Murder on Tape. By the way, as a rule,
In the Line of Duty videos are for "law
around.
Descriptors: Survival/Shootings/Video
Photography/Line of Duty Casualties/Street
Stops/Spanish Language/In the Line of Duty
series/Traffic Stops
Program 851: Staying Calm / Avoid
Communication Screw-ups (Special Issues :
In the Line of Duty) (29 min.)
[2000] This In the Line of Duty video
examines the stress placed on Dispatchers.
Audio and video footage of incidents,
including the North Hollywood Shootout and
the Jonesboro school shooting, are used to
demonstrate the importance of dispatcher
demeanor during incidents, and the amount of
tension they have to bear. Trainer Michelle
Lewis discusses personal training techniques,
including visualization (planning responses to
possible incidents in advance), the importance
of putting professionalism before personalities
(in the field and in the communications
room), how officers and telecommunicators
can keep from antagonizing each other, the
importance of including the dispatchers in
incident debriefing, and suggestions for
developing outside interests to help maintain
healthy balance. Also included is hair-raising
audio footage of a "telecommunicator
traumatized by an assault in progress", which
emphasizes the crucial need of personal
training to prepare for the unthinkable. By the
way, as a rule, In the Line of Duty videos are
for "law enforcement only", so don't go
showing them around.
Descriptors:
Dispatching/Survival/Emergencies/Stress/Co
mportment/In the Line of Duty series/Public
Relations/Dispatchers
Program 852: Grade Crossing Safety -- A
Train Crew's Perspective (10 min.)
[2001] This Operation Lifesaver program
reminds viewers that accidents involving
people and trains are likely to increase soon,
so the public needs to be reminded to "Stop,
Look, and Live" (as their slogan says). This
particular video features statements from
engineers and train crew members, describing
how being involved in a crash victimizes
them. Viewers are reminded to stay off
railroad property, and to obey grade crossing
signals.
Descriptors: Trains/Railroad
Crossings/Victims
Program 853: Safety Starts with Crash Data
(15 min.and 8 min.)
[July 2002] The title is promising, but the
program is informational, rather than
technical. Instead of being about how to
collect data from traffic crashes, the program
describes how various transportation agencies
use collected data. Viewers who have to
investigate traffic crashes are urged to submit
"accurate, complete, and timely" crash reports.
Two versions (a long one (15 min.) and a
short one (8 min.)) are included. In that the
analyzed data is supposed to lead to safer
driving conditions, the program does explain
how crash data show problems with the
driving environment or education, so
preventive changes can be made. And some
of the crashes are exciting to see.
Descriptors:
Trucks/Driving/Accidents/Liability
Program 854: School Safety by Management
and Design (Hamilton Fish Institute
[October 25, 2001] Theoretically, this 2001
teleconference was to have been about
CPTED issues for schools. The resulting
program, however, spends more time talking
about the efficacy of student violence
prevention or intervention training at various
schools, particularly in Kentucky. If you
listen closely, though, every so often one of
the speakers will remark on some useful
application of building design, scheduling
modifications, incident mapping, or record
keeping that can help maintain order
independent of student behavior. Also
scattered throughout the program are some
remarks on the legality of locker or student
searches. Since the teleconference was
sponsored by the Hamilton Fish Institute, the
Institute's initiatives get special attention.
Descriptors: Environmental
Design/Schools/Juvenile Crime/Safety
Program 855: Managing the Midsize
Department (FBI Teleconference) (2 hours)
[June 26, 2002] Penny Parrish hosts this June
2002 entry in the FBI's teleconference series,
about how suburban and medium-sized
agencies can help, and be helped by, the larger
departments they may border. Panelists
include Chief Danny Bradley (North Little
Rock, AR, Police Department), Sheriff Jeffrey
Wiley (Ascension Parish, LA, Sheriff's
Office), Chief Randy Carroll (Bellingham,
WA, Police Department). They describe the
challenges of leading a department that is too
big to be small, and too small to be big;
recruitment strategies, cooperation with the
community, the business community, and
with other agencies, crime prevention
initiatives (CPTED principles figure strongly
here), the use of regionalized services,
maintaining an ethical department, with a
focus on supervising narcotics officers, media
relations, and getting, using, and protecting
available technology. A question-and-answer
session with the studio audience is also
included. Some of the chiefs' anecdotes are
interesting. Another interesting feature are
highlights from a video one agency made for
store owners about recognizing a possible
methamphetamine lab operator.
Descriptors: FBI
Teleconference/Management/Police
Management/Ethics/Programs/Crime
Prevention/Penology/Drug
Enforcement/technology
Program 856: Homeland Security and
CommunityPolicing FBI Teleconference (2
hours)
[September 5, 2002] Penny Parrish hosts this
September 2002 teleconference about how
United States law enforcement agencies are
changing their relationship with their
community in the face of an ongoing terrorist
threat. Panelists include David Carter
(Director of the National Center for
Community Oriented Policing, Michigan
State University), Charles A. Moose (Chief,
Montgomery County Police: you may
remember him from all those "Beltway
Sniper" press briefings) Dr. Richart Holden
(Criminal Justice Department, Central
Missouri State University), Louis F. Quijas
(FBI Office of Law Enforcement Coordination
/ former chief of the High Point, NC, Police
Department). Other topics include the use of
community policing techniques to help insure
homeland security and how to get citizens
involved, the implications of the "USA Patriot
Act"
(http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapat
riot/ , as of January 9, 2003) and the
Homeland Security Act, the purpose of the
Office of Law Enforcement Coordination, the
redefinition of terrorism following recent
terrorist acts, what agencies have learned
about interagency communication and trust,
prediction of terrorist targets, and training
opportunities from the federal government.
The program begins with a "Requiem",
featuring images from the September 11,
2001, terrorist attack.
Descriptors: Terrorism/ FBI
Teleconference/Community
Policing/planning/Criminal behavior/Security
Program 857: Weapons of Mass Destruction
and the First Responder (25 min.)
[September 2002] First responders aren't
much help to victims if they become victims
themselves. This Office of Domestic
Preparedness video briefly describes what
they can do -- particularly if they're fire
fighters -- to assess potential targets of
biological or chemical exposure, control the
scene, and rescue and decontaminate the
victims. Special attention is given to setting
up emergency decontamination showers, and
helping those who have been exposed through
the process. Demonstrations from what
appears to have been a training event for the
Seattle (Washington) Fire Department are
included. Ultimately, this program shows
viewers their own need for further preparation
and training for these potential disasters.The
program is labelled "For Official Public Safety
Use Only", so be sure to use it with that
audience.
Descriptors: Terrorism/ Diseases/Hazardous
Materials/Survival/Victims/Planning/Emergen
cies
Program 858: Surviving Weapons of Mass
Destruction (14 min.)
[September 2002] The video is labelled "For
Official Public Safety Use Only", so make
sure that's the audience. Author Tom Clancy
narrates this brief program from the Office for
Domestic Preparedness, which would make a
great lead-in for a longer training class. The
key points for responding to a possible
exposure to hazardous chemical or biological
materials are described, with statements from
emergency responders who have survived
unpleasant surprises at exposure sites. The
types of biohazards that might be encountered
are described, along with the importance of
protecting the crime scene, notifying area
hospitals, managing hysteria, controlling an
evacuation, and keeping oneself safe. It
doesn't give a lot of details about how to do
these things, but it does give the viewer an
informational structure to "hang" those
details.
Descriptors: Terrorism/ Diseases/Hazardous
Materials/Survival/Victims/Planning/Emergen
cies
Program 860: Wild Ride of Outlaw Bikers
(100 min.)
[1999] This documentary from A&E Home
Video gives a cursory overview of the history
of U.S. biker groups (one ongoing program
theme is that most bikers aren't criminals), the
development of the biker gang "mystique",
and (as of 1999) the activities of biker gangs
(outlaw and otherwise). It doesn't give any
tips on handling the criminal element, but it
does give an idea of how biker gangs got to be
what they are.
Descriptors: Gangs/Police
History/Motorcycle Gangs
Program 861: MPs: Warriors Behind the
Badge (100 min.)
[2002] Policing goes to war in this History
Channel documentary, which uses first-person
narratives to recount the history and activities
of U.S. Military Police. Most of the time is
spent describing their contribution to World
War II and the war in Vietnam, but current
training and deployment is also described. Of
special interest are the sections on the use of
K9 units and female officers. It isn't exactly
roll-call material, but it's definitely interesting,
and would be useful for citizen academies,
law enforcement classes --and maybe
recruitment.
Descriptors: Armed Forces/Police
History/Police
Dogs/Policewomen/Recruitment/Dogs
Program 862: Hell's Angels (History
Channel's In Search of History) (41 min.)
[1999] The History Channel series In Search
of History goes "in search of" the history,
mystique, and activities of the Hell's Angel's
motorcycle gang, from its origins in the late
1940s through the 1990s. Major events in the
existence of the group are examined,
(including the "Hollister Riot", Hunter
Thompson's book, and the Rolling Stones'
concert, their gradual involvement in
organized-type crime, and the club's global
expansion) is the most prominent aspect,
though close attention is not given to the
group's activities after the early 1970s.
Interviews with experts and original club
members, are included, so viewers can draw
their own conclusions about the assertions.
Descriptors: Gangs/Motorcycle Gangs/Police
History
Program 863: Special Response Tactics
POST Telecourse (1 hour, 58 min.)
[April 2002] Don't let the length put you off:
this April 2002 telecourse from the California
Training is-- as they all are -- broken down
into segments of about 20 minutes, to allow
for roll call use. This program examines
techniques for responding to high risk vehicle
stops, emotionally disturbed persons, injured
people in the line of fire, active shooters, and
weapons of mass destruction
(WMD)/biohazards. It's directed toward first
responders, so it's most appropriate for patrol
officers, rather than the SWAT team.
Interesting angles taken on these responses
include the use of K-9 units in vehicle stops,
modifications to the "command presence" to
communicate with a consumer in crisis,
detailing officers for responding to active
shooters (with an exciting scenario of a
shooter in at television station), and a case
study of how the threat of a potential
biohazard disaster was handled.
Remember, these demonstrations are for
California officers, so, as always, compare
them with agency policies and procedures
before applying them.
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Street
Stops/Mental Illness/Police
Dogs/Dispatchers/Self-Defense/Police
Procedures/Suicide/Communication/Leadersh
ip/Terrorism/Hazardous
Materials/Emergencies
Program 866: Intelligence Process (The)
POST Telecourse (1 hour, 43 min.)
[September 2002] This October 2002 POST
telecourse uses the analogy of an investigation
to a jigsaw puzzle: some are simple, and one
person can solve them easily, some require
multiple "assemblers" and people expert in
putting pieces together. Sources of
information, collection plans, and ways of
processing information are examined in this
program. News reports, are used to illustrate
the processes. Also included are answers to
specific questions previously submitted to the
producers, information networks, and
overviews of the anti-terrorism investigative
centers that exist in California and Arizona.
This telecourse was intended for California
and Arizona officers, so, as always, compare
the techniques described here with agency
policies and procedures before applying them.
But some of them are very interesting!
Descriptors: POST
Telecourse/Investigation/informants/terrorism
/Intelligence
Program 868: Racially Biased Policing: A
Principled Response (15 min.)
[2002] According to the memo that came with
this video from the Police Executive Research
Forum and the U.S. Department of Justice's
Community Oriented Policing Services, "this
15-minute video is intended to facilitate the
dialogue police and the community on racially
biased policing and the perceptions of its
practice." It includes a number of statements
by people who believed themselves to have
been singled out for police action because of
their ethnicity, and suggestions for developing
relationships with minority communities.
Descriptors:
Harassment/Comportment/Blacks/Bias
Crime/Psychology/Profiling
Program 869: Communication During
Crisis: The Role of the Media During Public
Health Emergencies (57 min.)
[December 3, 2002] According to the label,
"This program addresses how public health
professionals and the media deal with
communication and public information
sharing before and during a public health
crisis. The goal. . .is to assist local and
regional media and public health officials to
work together to provide honest, broad-based,
specific and appropriate information before
the oneset of a crisis and to develop tools to
maintain useful communication channels after
an event occurs." The University at Albany
Center for Public Health Preparedness
presented this telecast December 3, 2002,
featuring Douglas Starr (Kinght Center for
Science and Medical Journalism, Boston
University College of Communication) and
Peter Slocum (Vice President for Advocacy,
American Cancer Society). They discuss the
importance for learning about illnesses that
might break out, planning governmental /
informational responses before an emergency
happens, how to present answers during press
briefings (with some good suggestions on
wording), considerations when reporting
"worst case" scenarios, and examples from
recent public information campaigns. Specific
attention is given to the smallpox vaccination
situation. It's a "talking head" program,
without being a "yawner": the suggestions are
a great basis for planning for any emergency
response, not just illnesses.
Descriptors: Media
Relations/Diseases/Emergencies/Public
Relations
Program 870: Law Enforcement Snipers
(The History Channel) (45 min.)
[2002] The sniper teams from the FBI, the
Secret Service, and several law enforcement
agencies (including Albuquerque and San
Jose) are featured in this 2002 History
Channel production. The members, and
retired members, talk about what they do,
what they use to do it, and incidents that they
and their teams have been part of. Major
incidents which are examined include Ruby
Ridge and Waco, as well as lesser-known
local events, which show the uses (and
limitations) of snipers' work. The section on
how the San Jose Police Department's
MERGE "SWAT-like unit" trains on a
minimal budget is especially interesting.
Descriptors:
Sniping/Surveillance/Firearms/Comportment/
Planning
Program 871: Groundfighting/Gunfight (In
the Line of Duty) (45 min.)
[2000] In this In the Line of Duty program, a
five-minute officer survival incident from
December, 1994, becomes a microcosm of the
issues surrounding officer survival, equipment
selection, groundfighting, liability, K-9 use,
and deadly force. A Dallas, Alabama, officer
loses his primary weapon in a struggle with a
suspect, is nearly shot, and shoots the subject
with his back up weapon. Using the video
footage of the struggle, the officer describes
what happened and what he was thinking as
the incident transpired, what he learned about
the weaknesses in his training (for instance,
he had never been trained in groundfighting)
and his equipment (for instance, he now uses
a duty belt that doesn't slip: his belt had
turned during the struggle, and he couldn't
find his equipment), and what happened
during the post-incident investigation. The
incident has all kinds of possibilities for
discussion and analysis! Also included is a
short segment about the use of streaming
video (of In the Line of Duty programming, of
course) through the Chicago Police
Department, and about the commercial
availability of baggy clothes with secret
pockets. By the way, as a rule, In the Line of
Duty videos are for "law enforcement only",
so don't go showing them around.
Descriptors: Survival/Self-Defense/Control
Tactics/Police
Dogs/Shootings/Liability/Video
Photography/Force/In the Line of Duty series
/Handgun Retention
Program 873: Children in Traffic (Spanish
Version) (14 min.)
[October 2002] This program, from the AAA
Foundation for Traffic Safety, not only
revises the original Children in Traffic
(NEMRT Video #575), with updated vehicles
and children in current fashions, but with
narration in Spanish. The program examines
the differences between how children and
adults understand traffic signs and traffic
patterns. Spanish speakers who work with
young pedestrians, or with Spanish-speaking
drivers, can benefit from the presentation,
since considerations such as a child's field of
view, recognition of approaching speed, and
understanding of a vehicle's behavior are
discussed. The original version has also been
a helpful program to accompany crossing
guard training.
Descriptors: crossing
guards/traffic/juveniles/safety/crime
prevention/Spanish Language
Program 874: CALEA Accreditation:
Professional Excellence (8 min.)
[circa late 1990s] If your agency is planning to
go through accreditation through the
Commission on Law Enforcement
Accreditation, this program would be helpful
for promoting the process. It tells about the
origins of CALEA, the benefits of CALEA
accreditation, the types of agency standards
the Commission oversees, and the steps for
accreditation. Other services CALEA offers
are also mentioned.
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/Police
Management/Standards/Accreditation
Program 875: Smallpox Preparedness:
Considerations for Response Team
Volunteers (45 min.)
[December 20, 2002] According to the box,
"This program is an edited version of a live
satellite broadcast from December 20, 2002."
Its goal is to present to first responders -- in
this case, mainly medical responders -- what
to expect from a smallpox vaccination. Most
of this question-and answer program is
devoted to describing the immunization
process (for instance, the development and
dissipation of the sore spot takes about 21
days), care of the vaccinated area, to avoid
cross-contamination, possible side effects and
effects on the responder's family. Also
included, however, are some gruesome
pictures of the effects of smallpox on the
human body, and of vaccinations that didn't
go as expected. It'll give the viewer
something to think about, all right!
Descriptors: Diseases/Emergencies
Program 876: Smallpox Vaccine
Administration Training Video (38 min.)
[November 27, 2002] This brief
teleconference video, originally broadcast
November 27, 2002, "describe[s] smallpox
vaccine and common reactions following
vaccination, how to screen potential vaccinees
for contraindications to vaccination, how to
administer smallpox vaccine; and how to care
for the vaccination site." It's better suited to
those who would be doing the actual
vaccinations, but the information on what to
expect from the immunization process, side
effects, and caring for the vaccination site is
still useful. Like NEMRT Video #875, it
includes some gruesome pictures of the
effects of smallpox on the human body, and of
vaccinations that didn't go as expected. The
viewer will certainly know more than he or
she did. Just don't think that watching the
video makes the viewer competent to
adminster the vaccine!
Descriptors: Diseases/Emergencies
Program 877: Bomb Squad [Nova] (54 min.)
[1997] The British Army's bomb disposal
team, said to be the busiest in the world, and
their response to IRA bombs, is the focus of
this 1997 NOVA broadcast. Highlights
include a running interview with a former
IRA bomb-builder and bomb-responders,
overviews of the history of the IRA terror
campaign, recruitment strategies, bomb
defusing techniques (including a history of
robotic bomb responders), and mortar and
hostage bombs. Finally, the change in IRA
tactics -- targeting the bomb squad with booby
traps -- and the bomb squad's response, is
described. A lot of personal experiences,
from soldiers, planners, and members of the
London Bomb Squad are included.
Descriptors: Terrorism/
Bombs/Explosives/Criminal
Psychology/Terrorists/Nova Series
Program 878: Bioterror [Nova] (55 min.)
[2001] This 2001 Nova program is the first
one I've seen with reviews. According to the
Indianapolis Star, this program tells "...
basically everything you'd want to know about
biological weapons but were too scared to
think about . . . far scarier than any horror
movie you could imagine." The program is
based on the book Germs: Biological
Weapons and America's Secret War. The
authors, and others, describe the history of
biological warfare, who was doing what with
biological weapons, to whom those germs
have been, or may have been, distributed, how
biological weapons are used, and what might
happen if the germs should be released.
Anthrax, Smallpox, and Salmonella, are
discussed, along with who has actually used
them.. Pay particular attention to the
description of the Denver Plague Drill of
2000, for the "turf" problems. By the way, the
NEMRT library has a copy of Germs, if you
would like to borrow it.
Descriptors: Diseases/Nova
Series/Terrorism/Emergencies
Program 879: Muslim Culture for Law
Enforcement [FBI Teleconference] (2 hours)
[February 2003] This February 2003 FBITN
Teleconference gives a general overview of
the Muslim culture as a U.S. law enforcement
officer is likely to encounter it. Panelists
include Special Agent Foria Younis (FBI,
New York office; a Pakistani immigrant),
John Marley (New Jersey State Police), and
Tom Fisher (Denver Police Department, via
satellite). Topics include the formation of
Arab and Muslim names (Arab ones generally
have four parts), terms and titles associated
with various types of people, the difference
between a Muslim, a Hindu, and an Arab
(apparently, only 20% of the world's Muslims
are Arab, and 50% of Arabs in the U.S. are
Christians), rules and mores of the religion
Islam (and how they may apply in the U.S.:
the informal funds transfer system is
especially interesting), how its festivals are
celebrated, cultural bias against police officers
and other cultural misconceptions, and
investigation and interrogation tips. The
subject of honor killings doesn't come up.
Although it's somewhat buried in the
program, one point they make, which I have
heard in no other "diversity" program is that,
although it is well for officers to be instructed
about other people's cultures, people from
other cultures need to be instructed about the
officers' culture, too. Tolerance goes both
ways, and the reminder was refreshing. Also:
after viewing this program, e-mail
[email protected] . They're looking for
viewer response in order to develop
appropriate programming.
Descriptors: FBI
Teleconference/Cultures/Muslims/Aliens/Bias
Crime/Arabs/Investigation/Religion
Program 880: Achieving Training
Excellence POST Telecourse (2 hours)
[August 22, 2002] This California
Training telecourse, broadcast August 22,
2002, is intended for both students and
instructors. The first half hour is directed at
potential students, with suggestions on how to
get the most out of any training or courses
they attend (choosing classes appropriate to
their learning style, asking questions,
participating, and so forth). The rest of the
program is devoted to inproving current
instructors' delivery methods (new
technologies for getting the point across,
instructions about instructor behavior, making
the training appropriate to the student, etc.).
For inexperienced instructors, it would be a
useful start, in spite of the continual reference
to California POST training and their
educational procedures. And it might make a
good reminder for experienced instructors,
too. Just remember to turn in NEMRT
paperwork according to NEMRT's
procedures, not California POST's.
Descriptors: Training/Police Training/POST
Telecourse
Program 881: Crime in the Health Care
Industry [FBI Teleconference] (2 hours)
[December 4, 2002] Investigating fraud is the
primary topic of this December 2002 FBI
teleconference. Featured panelists include
William J. Mahon (National Health Care AntiFraud Association), Bert Lacatino (FTI
Consulting), and Timothy Delaney (Health
Care Fraud Unit, FBI), who discuss the forms
health care fraud can take, associated crimes
(including homicide) and punishments, who
the victims are, ways of recognizing fraud,
and techniques for investigating it. Various
agencies that specialize in these types of fraud
investigation are also described. The
information may be helpful when planning or
carrying out investigations of other types of
fraud as well. Some interesting cases are
described, with good suggestion for
conducting investigations in general.
Descriptors: FBI
Teleconference/Health/Fraud/Investigation/Dr
ugs
Program 882: Dirty Bombs [Nova] (55 min.)
[2003] This March 2003 episode from the
series Nova examines the dangers posed by
the explosion of a "dirty bomb": a
conventional bomb combined with radioactive
materials. The kind of damage this
"radioactive dispersal device" can do, by
contaminating the area in which it is
detonated, the types of damage it could do
(such as cancer resulting from the exposure to
radiation and radiation sickness), and the
possibility of one being used, are described.
Case studies about experiences with radiation
releases (in Brazil, former-Soviet Georgia, and
Greenville, North Carolina), where those
radioactive sources came from, what is
involved in decontaminating such dangerous
releases, and examples of public hysteria, are
Descriptors: Bombs/Hazardous
Materials/Nova
Series/Explosives/Health/security/terrorism/m
edia relations
Program 883: Handling a School Shooting
(15 min.)
[2001] The principle of "Immediate
Intervention" or "Crisis Entry" is
demonstrated and described in this video
produced by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Office. A scenario of an active shooter in a
school campus opens the program, but the
narration goes on to explain how the
principles can apply to workplace or
emergency situations. The personnel
involved and the actions they perform, the
equipment they may need, tips for training,
are described. Also mentioned are issues a
business or school should consider in the
event that a dynamic shooting situation
develops in their area. It's short, but pithy.
According to the box, the video also received
The Communicator Awards Crystal Award of
Excellence [for video] in 2001.
Descriptors: Shootings/
Safety/Emergencies/Schools/Violence/Juvenil
e Crime/Building Searches/Active Shooters
Program 884: Rapid Response to the Active
Shooter (In the Line of Duty Special Issue)
(50 min.)
[2000] The premise of this video is that, in
these situations, street officers will have to go
in before the SWAT team arrives. Officers
from the Decatur (IL) and St. Louis (MO)
Police Departments demonstrate the methods
they use to train for and respond to active
shooters, particularly those in large buildings,
like schools. These agencies use some
interesting tactics, so, as always, compare the
techniques with agency policies and
procedures before applying them. The
importance of establishing incident command,
the formation of contact teams, methods of
search and rescue, and the removal of victims
are also described in the course of the
program. Since a lot of the footage is from St.
Louis and Decatur training sessions, a lot of
commentary about things responders and
incident commanders need to keep in mind is
also featured. By the way, as a rule, In the
Line of Duty videos are for "law enforcement
only", so don't go showing them around.
Descriptors: Schools/Shootings/Building
Searches/Safety/Emergencies/Active
Shooters/In the Line of Duty series/DVDs
Program 885: Education, Disability and
Juvenile Justice (EDJJ Teleconference) (2
hours)
[March 6, 2003] One of the primary
observations panelists of this March 2003
teleconference make is that more than a third
of the juveniles who wind up in the juvenile
justice system have learning or
emotional/behavioral disabilities. The
panelists go on to describe programs that have
either helped prevent these at-risk students
from getting involved in drugs or violence, or
have given incarcerated teens the education
they need to rejoin society, in a form they can
understand. Programs examined include
Louisville, Kentucky's "Project SHIELD",
Wilmington, Delaware's Ferris School, and
Massachusetts's Department of Youth
Services Western Region Re-Entry Model.
It's often interesting to see how often research
can support conventional wisdom.
Descriptors: Juvenile
Justice/Education/Mental Illness/Crime
Prevention/Research/Schools
Program 886: Tactical Ground Fighting (29
min.)
[1994] Defending oneself after being knocked
down is going to be awkward, but New York
Police Department officers Tracy Robinson
and Douglas Chu describe and demonstrate
methods for fighting back from the ground. A
couple of scenarios are included in which
officers were killed, and the instructors
demonstrate responses that would have saved
their lives. They go on to explain and
demonstrate exercises for developing
appropriate reflexes and responses to threats.
They use the methods developed by Modern
Warrior®. which involve a lot of rolling
without wrestling. Although NEMRT doesn't
necessarily recommend the procedures
described in this video, they might be
interesting to know about. As always,
compare the techniques with agency policies
and procedures before applying them.
Incidentally, the introduction of the instructors
is especially interesting, and might give
viewers new ideas for training on a snowy
day. (Just don't call it "playing" in the snow.)
As always, observe the rules of safe training
when practicing any of these techniques,
anywhere.
Descriptors: Self Defense/Survival/Police
Training/control tactics
Program 887: Financial Abuse Specialist
Team (F.A.S.T.) (33 min.)
[August 2002] The Santa Clara (California)
County Social Services Agency, Department
of Aging & Adult Services call their elder
abuse response program F.A.S.T., and this
video is an overview of the different aspects
of that program. The team's primary purpose
is investigating and prosecuting possible
financial crimes against elderly clients, but
other forms of abuse are also described, since
are also generally present. The team consists
of representatives of different (local)
government agencies, so it's useful as a
demonstration of the results that can be
achieved through cooperation. If you're
thinking of setting up similar program, or
improving one that's already active, the
program might give you some ideas for
approaching it.
Descriptors: Elderly/Domestic
Violence/Fraud/Crime Prevention
Program 888: Multiple Assailant
Confrontations (29 min.)
[1994] Phil Messina (Modern Warrior®)
points out that too many officers try to fight
multiple assailants one at a time, and that's an
ineffective use of energy. In this video from
Performance Dimensions, he explains and
demonstrates ways of fighting with several
people, in which single moves unbalance
several attackers. He also describes tactics
that are effective for smaller officers. The
basic principles of adapting the tactics to the
situation, and thinking proactively, are
emphasized. The scenario at the end, in
which an officer stops three attackers, is
particularly interesting. Although NEMRT
doesn't necessarily recommend the procedures
Descriptors: Control Tactics/Survival/Self Defense
Program 889: Contact and Cover (28 min.)
[1994] Lt. Larry Smith (San Diego Police
Department, Ret.) talks about the advantages
of two-officer patrol teams, one to conduct the
citizen contacts, and one to cover or "watch
the back" of the contact officer. Several
scenarios are used and discussed to illustrate
effective usage. The ways the two officers
communicate, including the use of hand
signals, and the importance to keep each other
informed about their activities, is emphasized.
Although NEMRT doesn't necessarily
recommend the procedures described in this
video, they might be interesting to know
about. As always, compare the techniques
with agency policies and procedures before
applying them.
Descriptors: Safety/Survival/Police
Procedures/Patrol Procedures
Program 890: Tactical Patrol Strategies (25
min.)
[1994] Andy Casavant (Midwest Tactical
Training Institute) narrates this Performance
Dimensions video, about tactically effective
ways to approach unknown threats. A lot of
the discussion focuses on how often, when
officers approach a location, offenders can see
them better (and long before) the officers can
see the offenders. Such factors as
approaching a darkened area from a lighted
one, reflections, and bad positioning are
described and discussed. The program
encourages officers to look at places where
they go (the convenience store or what-haveyou) from an offender's point of view, and
plan accordingly for future responses.
Although NEMRT doesn't necessarily
recommend the procedures described in this
video, they might be interesting to know
about. As always, compare the techniques
with agency policies and procedures before
applying them.
Descriptors: Patrol
Procedures/Survival/Safety/Stores
Program 891: Concealed Carry for Law
[2001] A concealed backup weapon has saved
many an officer's life. Although the focus of
this Performance Dimensions vidso is how to
conceal a handgun while wearing street
clothes, many of the suggestions overlap.
Selecting, placing (and obscuring) a holster,
drawing and firing techniques, training
suggestions, and making a practice of carrying
a concealed handgun are discussed throughout
the program. Although NEMRT doesn't
necessarily recommend the policies or
procedures described in this video, they might
be interesting to know about. As always,
and procedures before applying them. The
program concludes with some remarks on
possible benefits of having a federal law
which would permit law enforcement officers
to carry weapons off-duty wherever they go.
NEMRT does not necessarily endorse the
views expressed; but, ironically, this video
was produced in 2001, and it's interesting to
speculate how history might be different if
such a law had been in force on September 11.
Descriptors: Off-Duty/Concealed
Weapons/Survival/Weapons/Selfdefense/Line of Duty Casualties/Handguns
Program 892: Deadly Force (41 min.)
[2002] This Performance Dimensions video is
about how to avoid being honored. The honor
being avoided, in this case, is getting one's
name inscribed on the National Law
Enforcement Officers Memorial. Recognized
police trainers talk about such issues as fear of
litigation, the importance of training, mental
preparation, stress control and visualization,
personal safety precautions, and choosing to
use deadly force. Watch for the discussion of
aiming at threats at various distances, and
Dave Grossman presenting the essential
version of his lecture on officer survival.
Footage of actual police encounters that
required the use of deadly force are also
included. Although NEMRT doesn't
necessarily recommend the policies or
Descriptors: Force/Deadly
Force/Survival/Street Stops/Body
Armor/shootings/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Stress/line-of-duty casualties
Program 894: HIPAA: Medical Privacy
Issues for Law Enforcement Agencies (59
min.)
[May 21, 2003] The Justice Television
Network broadcast this short teleconference to
U.S. Attorneys' offices on May 21, 2003,
about the effect the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA) is having on getting medical
information about a suspect or victim, and
how to go about getting it. Speakers discuss
the definitions of the terms associated with
HIPAA, what is regulated by HIPAA,
exceptions to the rules, obtaining required
subpoenas and court orders, liability concerns,
and legal remedies and penalties. Other laws
to comply with are also referred to. The
PowerPoint outlines the speakers use are very
difficult to read, and we don't have the
handouts that accompanied the presentation
yet, but it does give useful information that
viewers could use to develop their own
training.
Descriptors: Hospitals/ Evidence
Collection/Liability/Investigation/HIPAA/Poli
ce Procedures/Domestic Violence
Program 895: What Dogs Try to Tell Cops
(24 min.)
[2003] We have a couple of videos on body
language and diffusing aggressive behavior
for people. This one, from the In the Line of
Duty series, combines the two subjects, and
applies it to dogs. Since about 30% of U.S.
households have dogs -- and who knows how
many drug dealers -- officers need to know
what to expect from the dogs they are likely to
encounter. Topics include dog body language,
ways of approaching a dog, available tools for
controlling an attacking dog, and methods of
protecting oneself. The program appears to
have been made in response to an incident in
which a friendly family dog was shot when it
bounded out of a car during a traffic stop, so
using lethal force is recommended only as a
last resort. A handout with discussion
questions is included. By the way, as a rule,
around.
Descriptors: Dogs/Body
Language/Force/Self-Defense/Animal
Control/In the Line of Duty series
Program 896: Shootout at Harrah's : Police
Rapid Response (47 min.)
[May 2003] Anyone familiar with biker gangs
knows that Mongols and Hell's Angels don't
mix. This program, from In the Line of Duty,
describes the emergency response to the
"rumble" that took place during the 2002
River Run at the Harrah's Hotel in Laughlin,
Nevada. Responding officers, and emergency
and communications personnel, tell about
what happened, how they responded, and
what they learned from the experience. A fair
amount of attention is given to the problems
they had with locking down the city, and then
the hospital where the injured bikers were
taken. Investigative procedures are also
described briefly. Also included are short
programs on the importance of keeping one's
hands available (and out of one's pockets)
during a citizen contact, and on searching
inmates. By the way, as a rule, In the Line of
Duty videos are for "law enforcement only",
so don't go showing them around.
Descriptors: Motorcycle
Gangs/Gangs/Shootings/Communications/Sur
vival/Emergencies/Searches/Investigation/In
the Line of Duty series /Planning
Program 897: Surviving the North
Hollywood Shootout (38 min.)
[2003] In this In the Line of Duty program,
(now former) Officer Martin Whitfield, who
was seriously wounded during the February
28, 1997, North Hollywood Shooting, tells
about how his military and police training,
and survival mindset, helped him survive and
fight back. The four points for surviving
critical incidents are also described. The
program concludes with a description of soda
cans and bottles (and other common items)
that have been modified to carry contraband, a
demonstration of a handheld metal detector,
and a short piece on bomb-sniffing dogs,
recruited from dog pounds. By the way, as a
rule, In the Line of Duty videos are for "law
around.
Descriptors:
Survival/Shootings/Firearms/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Body Searches/Metal
detectors/searches/dogs/police dogs/In the
Line of Duty series
Program 898: Cop Killers (American Justice)
(45 min.)
[1996] Bill Kurtis hosts this episode of
American Justice, about the circumstances and
motives surrounding the murders of several
police officers, from about 1946 to 1991, and
law enforcement response toward those who
commit such murders. Deaths described
include those of Bill Davidson (Texas,
1992), Eddie Byrne (New York City, 1988),
Darrel Lunsford (1991, Texas), Gregory
Houser and Raymond Kilroy (Chicago,
1990), and John Milledge (Miami, Florida,
1946). The motivation of the perpetrators to
kill the officers, along with a description of
their apprehension and prosecution is also
given. How these deaths could have been
prevented would be a useful topic of
discussion.
Descriptors: Line of duty
casualties/Shootings/Media/Homicide/Americ
an Justice Series
Program 899: Attack at Waco (American
Justice) (45 min.)
[1996] Bill Kurtis hosts this episode of
American Justice, which examines the
background and outcome of the ATF's 1993
raid on the Branch Davidian Compound in
Waco, Texas. Illegal activities the Branch
Davidians were involved in, along with
federal law enforcement procedural
miscalculations and failures during the
standoff, are considered, and highlighted by
remarks from both law enforcement personnel
and surviving Branch Davidians. A
description of the resulting lawsuits, and the
fallout at the ATF, conclude the program. The
program might be useful for illustrating how
important it is to establish good policies and
procedures for police response, and to follow
them.
Descriptors: Shootings/ American Justice
Series/Comportment/Media/Firearms/Hostage
Situations
Program 900: Booby Traps (Modern
Marvels) (44 min.)
[2003] This episode in the History Channel's
Modern Marvels series describes the history
of booby traps, from tomb protection to
battlefield deterrents to criminal applications.
Both nonlethal and lethal ones are considered,
not to mention electronic ones (computer
viruses). Some of these traps are quite
ingenious, but there are some alarmingly
simple ones, too, so let's hope the antisocial
element doesn't get any ideas. Either way, it's
a great reminder to always be on guard when
going into an unsecured location.
Descriptors:
Bombs/Explosives/Weapons/Drug
Trafficking/Building
Searches/Searches/Security/Terrorism/Crimin
al Psychology/Concealed Weapons/Modern
Marvels
Program 902: Crowd Management & Civil
Disobedience, Parts 1 and 2, POST
Telecourses (3 hours, 45 min.)
[May 2003] Departmental considerations for
responding to mass demonstrations are
described in these California POST
telecourses from May, 2003. Topics include
how crowds become unruly, and the amount
of intervention that might be required to
respond to them, along with the tactical
training protesters may receive, the kind of
equipment they use to antagonize officers,
how protesters try to manipulate the media,
pre-planning for events, arranging for mass
arrest and booking, event documentation and
criminal investigation, command issues and
after-action reports. Part 2 starts with advice
on managing protesters before a protest starts,
along with useful suggestions for making the
police presence, such as how to arrive, use of
barriers, reading of the dispersal order,
handling lockdown devices and carrying
protesters, use of force considerations, and
response documentation. Footage of actual
unruly crowds, and a scenario in which
officers respond to a public disturbance, are
also included. Some of the material appeared
previously in the Civil Disobedience POST
Telecourse (NEMRT Video #654), but this
broadcast goes into more depth. Neither,
however, give a lot of attention to specific
crowd control tactics (though officers are
strongly encouraged to learn them well).
Descriptors: POST Telecourse/Riot
Control/Crowd Control/Media
Relations/Supervision/Planning/Criminal
Investigation/Liability/intelligence/report
writing/photography/video
photography/Public Relations/Civil
Disobedience
Program 903: Con Games and Con Artists
(27 min.)
[1993] Eric Johnson (as of 1993, of the Racine
Co., Wisconsin, Sheriff's Dept.) describes how
con artists operate, and how various scams
work. Con games described include the
"Quick Change" (or "9+1=20"), "Shell and
Pea", "Magic Shot Glasses", "3 Card Monte",
"The Pigeon Drop", and "Rocks in the Box".
A couple of remarks about how an officer can
get information from victims of these frauds,
and how the department can use that
information, is included at the end.
Descriptors: Con Games/
Fraud/Elderly/victims
Program 904: Acquaintance/Date Rape
[2001] This program from the ALERT series
gives a quick overview of some of the
characteristics of a date rape. Answers are
provided about the kinds of drugs generally
used (including alcohol), the condition of the
victims, and characteristics of the rapists, and
prosecuting difficulties. Sgt. Tom Jost, of the
(Missouri) Police Department describes how a
rape case can still be put together after a
reporting delay and without physical evidence.
Things to avoid saying to rape victims are also
mentioned, as are ways of recognizing false
claims of rape.
Descriptors: Rape/interrogation/ecstasy
Program 905: Non-Testimonial
Identification Procedures (42 min.: 19 min.
and 23 min.)
[2002] In this two-part program, legal trainer
Randy Means talks about the many concerns
that surround federally-permitted forms of
non-testimonial identification (such as
fingerprinting, fingernail scrapings, body
measurements, hair samples, voice analysis,
handwriting samples, bodily fluid collection,
or appearance in body line-ups, show-ups, or
photo spreads). In Part 1, he discusses what
can (and can't) be obtained without a warrant
incident to arrest or custody, and can be done
if if there is no arrest/custody. In Part 2, he
talks about the Sixth Amendment right to
counsel, and how it fits with non-testimonial
identification. He also describes some dos
and don'ts for witnesses and suspects when
conducting a line-up, advantages of a showup, the compelling of participation in a lineup/showup, and obtaining court orders. He
reminds viewers that state laws are often more
restrictive than federal ones, so check with
your local counsel before applying his
suggestions.
Descriptors:
Investigation/Law/Identification/Miranda
Program 906: High Profile Policing:
Misdemeanor Offenders Program (7 min.)
[2001] The West Palm Beach (Florida) Police
Department's program of ticketing
misdemeanor offenses (like drinking in
public) is described briefly in this program
from the ALERT series. Footage of officers
stopping subjects is included. The rationale
behind the program is that those committing
misdemeanors might also be committing more
serious crimes, so when watching the
program, watch for how officers insure their
own safety.
Descriptors:
Comportment/Programs/Alcohol/Arrests/Poli
ce Procedures
Program 907: DUI, Deranged, or? (11 min.)
[2003] The "Or" in the title turns out to be a
diabetic seizure. While videotaping the
activities of the Lake Worth Police
Department, ALERT videographers captured
one officer's response to a man who had
parked his vehicle in a traffic lane. During
the interchange, the officer concludes
(correctly) that the man is having a medical
emergency. This program is interesting, not
just for a demonstration of what a diabetic
emergency might look like, but for an
example of police / citizen interaction in
general. It would be great for a "what would
you do" discussion.
Descriptors: Diabetes/Comportment/Police
Procedures/DUI
Program 909: Managing Limited Duty
Officers FBI Teleconference (2 hours)
[August 13, 2003] The deployment of disabled
officers, as opposed to managing officers on
light duty, is the topic of this August 13, 2003,
teleconference. Short video programs about
the activities of various officers who have lost
limbs or have been paralyzed, and who
currently work in various capacities at their
police departments. The upshot of the
teleconference is that the officers may need
some considerations, but they don't need to be
"carried." Panelists include Chief James
Dailey (Newton, Kansas, Police Department),
David Laeffler (Prosecutor, State of
Minnesota), and Patti Moore (Phoenix,
Arizona, Police Department). They talk about
how they were injured, their current activities
at the department, issues that large and small
police departments need to consider when
formulating their policies, ADA issues, and
how departments can get their money's worth
out of each officer's training. A lot of
resources for more information are listed
during the break.
Descriptors: DVDs/Disabled /Police
Management /FBI Teleconference /Motivation
/Discrimination /Line of Duty Casualties
/Police Families /Liability
Program 910: Sniper Attack: Handling
Interjurisdictional Cases [FBI
Teleconference] (1 hour, 57 min.)
[July 23, 2003] How the different law
enforcement agencies in the Washington,
D.C., area were able to work together to catch
the Beltway Sniper is discussed in this July
2003 FBI Teleconference. Speakers include
Gary Bald (FBI), Charlie Deane (Chief, Prince
William Co. Sheriff's Office), Charles Moose
(former Chief, Montgomery Co. Police
Department), Thomas Manger (Chief, Fairfax
Co. Police Department) , with Tom
Christenberry as moderator. The program
opens with a recounting of the events in
shooting spree, after which the panelists talk
about their participation in the investigation.
Issues that arose included the request for
assistance under the federal serial murder
statute, planning for agency response, securing
large crime scenes, handling false leads, and
coordinating agencies' response to the media,
and handling the misundertandings. For
instance, the FBI never released its profile of
the shooters: all the releases on that subject
were from outside speculators. Using federal
resources and coordinating news releases
stand out most in the presentations.
Descriptors: Cooperation/Shootings/FBI
Teleconference/Media Relations/Police
Management/Emergencies
Program 911: Defending the Highrise :
Modern Marvels (44 min.)
[2003] This episode in Modern Marvels'
subseries Terror Tech describes protective
equipment available for the protection of
buildings: and, in spite of the title, not
necessarily tall ones. Equipment described
includes vehicle barricades, devices for video
surveillance, video identification, or
biometric identification, bomb detection
equipment, biological weapon and
radioactivity detection devices, blast-resistant
building materials, and personal parachutes.
A brief history of bombings on Wall Street is
also included. At the very end of the
program, someone makes an interesting
observation: that perhaps the best terrorist
deterrent is the knowledge that their acts won't
terrorize anyone. Demonstrated preparedness
can convey that knowledge. Although
NEMRT doesn't necessarily recommend the
manufacturers described in this video, their
equipment might be helpful to know about.
Descriptors: Terrorism /Security /Crime
Prevention /surveillance /technology
/computers /bombs /Glass /diseases /Modern
Marvels
Program 914: Expanding State and Local
Counter-Terrorism Training FBI
[June 11, 2003] The terrorism recognition
training available to law enforcement officers,
and how to apply community policing
principles to terrorism prevention, are the
topics of this June 2003 FBI teleconference.
Panelists include Doug Bodrero (SLATT
Program), Robert McHugh (Tri-State
Regional Community Policing Institute), John
Adie (FBI, Minneapolis Office), and by video
Louis Quijas (Office of Law Enforcement
Coordination). They discuss the Train-theTrainer programs their organizations have
offered, the elements of those programs and
the usefulness of citizen training for terrorism
prevention. The most interesting section is the
second half: it includes footage from an Al
Qaeda training video, which features
techniques for assassinating police officers
and hostages. Various callers tell about "how
they do it good" in their area. The importance
of having a response plan in place is
emphasized. A list of resources is featured
during the break. Video # 901 (Recognizing,
Reporting & Preventing Terrorism POST
Telecourse) gives more specific information
on counterterrorism training, but if you're
trying to develop a class of your own, this
program would give you good ideas about
topics to include.
Descriptors: Terrorism /Terrorists /Police
Training /Community Policing /Line of Duty
Casualties /Street Stops /intelligence
Program 915: 2004 Legal Update: Illinois
State Police (9 min.)
[2004] The Illinois State Police produced this
short program, which lists the changes in the
law that are most likely to affect police
officers. They include:
Senate Bill 52 (Amends the child passenger
protection act).
House Bill 2446 (Amends aggravated arson
to include arson against schools).
Senate Bill 407 (Amends the offense of a hate
Crimes act, to include harassment by
electronic communications).
House Bill 532 (Peace officers outside their
jurisdiction can help state/local law
enforcement officials).
House Bill 3072 (New offense of a dangerous
place for the commission of a drug offense).
House Bill 2041 (New offense of endangering
the life of an emergency responder).
House Bill 2843 (Amends the Anhydrous
Ammonia act).
Senate Bill 642 (Amends the Drug
Paraphernalia Control Act).
Senate Bill 880 (Amends a
hypodermic/syringe Needles act).
House Bill 92 (Defines aggravated
fleeing/eluding a peace officer).
House Bill 136 (Amends the Vehicle Code:
can't sell vehicles looking like police vehicles
to citizens).
House Bill 1574 (That Left-lane driving law).
Senate Bill 30 (That racial identification at
traffic stops law).
Senate Bill 58 (The one about the number of
passengers teen drivers can have).
Senate Bill 1175 (Penalties for secret
compartments in vehicles).
Descriptors: Law
Program 916: Widening the Circle: Sexual
Assault and people with Disabilities and the
Elderly (22 min.)
[1998] The Wisconsin Coalition Against
Sexual Assault (WCASA) produced this lowkey program, which examines reasons why
elderly and disabled people are especially
vulnerable to sexual assault, and ways they
can get the support and assistance they need.
Various advocates (and possible victims) talk
about ways of approaching the victim,
barriers to receiving assistance that the
victims may face (for instance, lack of
disabled accessibility or no advertising of
available services), and ways of finding out
how agencies can best serve those victims.
Descriptors:
Disabled/Rape/Victims/Elderly/Communities
Program 918: San Francisco Police
Department Cruiser Crash (In the Line of
Duty) (36 min)
[2003] After a brief trailer about another
program, this entry in the In the Line of Duty
series examines the circumstances
surrounding a crash involving two San
Francisco Police Department patrol cars
responding to a call. One officer was killed,
and the other three were seriously injured.
How such issues as the nature of the call, the
officers' patrol experience, siren "washout",
radio traffic about a different incident, seat
belt and air bag function when a car is upside
down, and the speed of the vehicles,
contributed to the crash are analyzed,
illustrated with pictures of the wrecked cars.
A segment about the elements of the San
Francisco Police Department's Emergency
Vehicle Operator's Course is included. The
program concludes with information about
how to make a handcuff key out of the clasp
from a kraft paper envelope, and footage of
some especially brazen shoplifters. The
program is a great illustration of why one can't
let righteous anger get in the way of safe
driving principles. By the way, as a rule, In
around.
Descriptors:
Driving/Traffic/Accidents/pursuit/concealed
weapons/Sirens/In the Line of Duty
series/Cars
Program 919: Pat Downs -- Officer Deaths
(In the Line of Duty) (35 min.)
[2002] A handcuffed detainee bent on
shooting cops kills a police officer with a
concealed gun that was missed during a search
in this In the Line of Duty episode. Stories of
other officers who have been killed with
missed contraband are used to illustrate the
need for thorough searching of detainees:
even compliant ones. The recommended
procedure here is: "Control, Speed Cuff",
Thoroughly Search". Some suggestions about
the importance of consistency when
conducting searches, where and how to look
for contraband, and how to speedcuff a subject
are also made. The program concludes with
some information about water bottles altered
to hide contraband inside. Although NEMRT
doesn't necessarily recommend the procedures
and procedures before applying them. By the
Descriptors: Body
Searches/Searches/Handcuffing/Concealed
weapons/In the Line of Duty series
Program 921: Racial Profiling (In the Line
of Duty) (15 min.)
[2001] The International Association of Chiefs
of Police defines racial profiling as " The
detention, interdiction, or other disparate
treatment of any person on the basis of their
racial or ethnic status or characteristics." This
reassuring "Special Issue" from In the Line of
Duty describes ways police departments can
avoid the appearance of bias-based policing.
Being able to describe reasonable suspicion,
and responding courteously to the stopped
person, are two key elements to
irreproachable behavior. The program
concludes with the Chicago Police
Department's public service announcement
about how it won't engage in racial profiling.
The handout that accompanies the video
concludes with the IACP's "Sample
professional traffic stops policy and
procedure", which might be useful for
comparison to agency policy. By the way, as
a rule, In the Line of Duty videos are for "law
around.
Descriptors: Profiling/
Minorities/Cultures/Comportment/Street
stops/Bias Crime/Harassment/In the Line of
Duty series
Program 922: Law Enforcement Training
and Education Through the FBI Virtual
Academy FBI Teleconference (1 hour, 50
min.)
[November 5, 2003] The benefits of using
what will eventually be the FBI's distance
education initiative, The FBI Virtual
Academy, are described in this November
2003 teleconference. Evidently, the idea is to
speed course registration, track training
activity, provide training opportunities and
information access to registered law
enforcement agencies. Panelists include FBI
personnel Bob Christenberry (moderator),
Larry Walker (Unit Chief, Training
Development Unit), Jane Homeyer (Acting
Dean, Academic Studies and Professional
Development, Office of Training and
Development), and Dean Fletcher (Program
Manager, Synchronous Learning). They talk
about why the Virtual Academy is being
developed, "Blended Learning", software
selection for the system, and what can be
found on the website. The second half is
devoted to how to register's one's law
enforcement agency, how individuals can
register, and how to register for courses. A
reminder: although these speakers talk a lot
about online community and buying copies of
journal articles online, your public library and
your reference librarian can help you acquire a
lot of the information you may need, without
the hassle of a credit card. Librarians are here
to help you find information: include them in
your asynchronous learning endeavors.
Descriptors: Police Training/FBI
Teleconference/Training/Internet
Program 923: Death Investigations FBI
[December 1, 2003] This December 2003
teleconference describes good processes for
investigating deaths (particularly violent
ones), including working with medical
examiners, elements of an autopsy, and when
to bring in experts. Panelists include Art
Westveer (Violent Crime Specialist, FBI), Dr.
William Rodriguez (Office of the Armed
Forces Medical Examiner), and David Fowler
(Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland).
They discuss the functions of the officials who
respond to death scenes, equipment (such as
digital photography) that can help with
investigations, ways of finding and identifying
bodies, ways of identifying causes of death,
details of an autopsy, bullet wound
identification, forensic entomology, and where
to go for resources or more information. Case
studies and anecdotes about important
investigations are featured to illustrate various
training points. Gruesome pictures are
included.
Descriptors: Homicide/Autopsies/Criminal
Investigation/Investigation/FBI
Teleconference/Criminalistics
Program 924: Pit Bulls and Dogfighting (26
min. and 17 min.)
[2004] In the Line of Duty produced this
video, about the relationship between
dogfighting and other local crime problems
(drug trafficking and abuse, domestic
violence, robbery, arson, gang violence, etc.).
Officers from Chicago and San Diego talk
about the extent of the problem, the
importance of using community policing
principles to stop the crimes that surround the
dogfight (besides animal cruelty, crimes
including alcohol sales, vice, and building
code violations are likely to be taking place),
They also point out things to look for that
might indicate a dog is being trained for
fighting, how to use the Internet and the
newspapers to find local dogfighting, things
to document at the crime scene, and questions
to ask when investigating other crimes that
might lead to evidence of dogfighting. Some
interesting statistics about the relationship
between childhood animal abuse and later
crimes are included at the end. The video
features a lot of footage of injured dogs and
bloody dogfights, plus a 17-minute home
video of a dogfight after the training portion.
By the way, as a rule, In the Line of Duty
videos are for "law enforcement only", so
don't go showing them around.
Descriptors: Community Policing/Criminal
Investigation/Dogs/Domestic Violence/In the
Line of Duty series/Animal Control
Program 926: Survival Mindset (The) (23
min.)
[1994] This motivational video from
Performance Dimensions features law
enforcement officers/trainers from a variety of
agencies, who talk about the elements of a
will to survive, and how officers can develop
them. The advantages to the community, how
the Survival Attitude helps officers cope with
the stresses of law enforcement, and mental
exercise for survival. Several scenarios of
planned and unplanned responses are
included.
Descriptors: Survival/Self-Defense/Police
Training
Program 927: Autism and Law Enforcement
Roll Call Briefing Video (21 min.)
[2004] With greater numbers of children
being diagnosed with Autism, officers are
increasingly likely to encounter autistic
children and adults. This video, featuring an
officer whose son has Autism, examines some
behaviors associated with Autism (such as
wandering away from home, not
understanding commands, fascination with
water or shiny objects, or not recognizing
danger), and suggests ways law enforcement
officers can respond when they encounter
someone who may have some form of Autism.
The best start, the program implies, is for
officers to know the people in their
community. Suggestions for tagging
addresses in a 911 database, making homes
more escape-proof, speaking with people with
Autism, and reading them their Miranda rights
are also included. Incidentally, the program
points out that, because of factors related to
the condition, many people with Autism also
be prone to positional asphyxia, so care during
the arrest process is emphasized.
Descriptors: Disabled/Developmental
Disabilities/Interrogation/Miranda/Street
Stops/Control
Tactics/Communication/Comportment/Autism
Program 928: Michelle Norton Story [The]
(20 min.)
[circa 2001] Bruce Cabral, of ALERT
International (Association of Professional
Law Enforcement Emergency Vehicle
Response Trainers International) provided this
painful video, about the dangers high-speed
police driving can pose to the public. The
bulk of the program features the mother of
two teenagers, who were killed in a 1998
crash with a police car, who talks about her
sons; and then graphically describes the
effects of the crash they were all in.
Although the intent of the program is to
discourage careless police driving, it is
perhaps even more appropriate for a
discussion of victim needs, grief, and death
notification. The program concludes with a
series of discussion questions about the results
of the crash, and how they could be prevented.
Descriptors:
Pursuit/Driving/Victims/Grief/Death
Notification/Trafic Accidents/Crashes
Program 930: Reducing Your Risks in the
Crash (9 min.)
[1996] This program is similar to 200
Milliseconds of Your Life (#268), in that it
examines the events inside a passenger
compartment during a car crash. It opens with
a scenario of a family being involved in a
crash, and goes on to describe the proper use
of vehicle restraint systems (seat belts,
airbags, and headrests), and child restraint
systems (which #268 doesn't do). The
program is also available in Spanish (#931:
Reduciendo su riesgo en un accidente).
Descriptors: Accidents/ Crime
Prevention/Driving /Seat Belts
Program 931: Reduciendo su riesgo en un
accidente [Reducing Your Risks in the
Crash] (10 min.)
[1999] This program is a Spanish-language
remake of NEMRT Video #930 (Reducing
Your Risks in the Crash), without the
introductory scenario (which is too bad,
because the scenario was a good introduction
to the topic). It is similar to 200 Milliseconds
of Your Life (#268), in that it examines the
events inside a passenger compartment during
a car crash. This one spends more time
describing the proper use of vehicle restraint
systems (seat belts, airbags, and headrests),
and child restraint systems, though.
Descriptors: Spanish
Language/Accidents/Crime
Prevention/Driving/Seat Belts
Program 932: Tire Safety Police Training :
Michelin (23 min.)
[2003] We got this program from Michelin
North America. In it, officials of ALERT
International (Association of Professional
Law Enforcement Emergency Vehicle
Response Trainers International) and
Michelin Tire testers participate in tests of
various simulated tire-related emergencies
that police officers might have while driving.
The program describes what happens when
vehicles experience blow-outs, or
hydroplaning, and what officers should do in
such circumstances. The importance of
appropriate tire pressure, and the placement of
new tires is also discussed. (The descriptions
of how some of the emergencies were created
is interesting, too, as is the footage of cars
spinning out.)
Descriptors: Driving/Police Vehicles/Safety
Program 933: Hidden Traps & Secret
Compartments (30 min.)
[circa 2002] Pat McCarthy (formerly of the
Chicago Police Department) demonstrates the
places where drug traffickers, gang members,
or other dangerous people, can hide
contraband. Some of the "traps" are preexisting spots in vehicles, furniture and
canned goods, and some were created. In any
event, they are all places officers need to
check when looking for dangerous items. He
also give some tips on what to look for in a
piece of furniture or such that might contain a
secret compartment. An interview with an
incarcerated gang member includes a
description of what they would keep in their
various hiding places. A lot of these spots are
obvious, especially if one reads mystery
stories, but if you don't, the program is a great
reminder that there might be more in that
unopened coffee can than coffee.
Descriptors: Drug
Trafficking/Investigation/Criminal
Investigation/Searches/Concealed
Weapons/Vehicle Searches
Program 934: Drug Traffickers Hiding
Places in Unaltered Autos (49 min.)
[1998, footage 1994] Although the recording
quality leaves something to be desired, the
information Deputy Sheriff (and mechanic)
Brett Hernsworth presents, about where
imaginative drug traffickers might hide drugs
in a vehicle, is still interesting. He works
from the front bumper, through the engine
block, to the back bumper, pointing out how
drugs could be packed in various locations
without interfering with the operation of the
car. He is also a K-9 handler, so some of his
advice has to do with searching when the dog
alerts on something that isn't being found
easily, and things to prepare the dog for when
in the field . He also describes how some of
the existing compartments can be enhanced,
and how they can be made to look like
original equipment, things to look for in a gas
tank, the use of diversionary odors, and
general considerations for making a thorough
search of a vehicle. The program concludes
with a 5-minute slide show of vehicles, with
the spots where drugs were hidden exposed.
(Skip the advertising that follows)
Descriptors: Drug Trafficking/Police
Dogs/Searches/Vehicle Searches/Drug
Enforcement/Cars
Program 935: Hidden Compartments of
Drug Traffickers (1 hour, 50 min.)
[1998] This relaxed video, featuring "live"
footage of drug officers around the country
searching vehicles at drug checkpoints,
includes anecdotes of how drugs were found
in the vehicles. Watching the officers in
action is interesting, and the tricks drug
traffickers may use to distract officers and
narcotic detection dogs gives officers
something to look for when performing their
own searches. Watching and listening to
them interact with the detained people can
also be informative. It might best be used as a
source for footage to incorporate into a larger
training program.
Descriptors: Drug Trafficking/Vehicle
Searches/Communication/Comportment/Drug
s/Police Dogs
Program 936: What Every Law Enforcement
Officer Should Know about TASER (44
min.)
[2004] This is not your father's TASER.
According to this Special Edition entry in the
In the Line of Duty series, only within the last
several years has the technology caught up
with the theory, making the current TASER
an effective less-lethal force option. The
program opens with a brief history of the
device and how it functions; then features
various officers talk about incidents in which
they were able to use a TASER successfully
and user testimonials. The producer discusses
the limitations and conditions that interfere
with its effectiveness, injuries (such as they
are) that may be associated with its use, the
testing that has taken place to demonstrate the
safety of the device, and how its use can
reduce a department's liability costs. The
program concludes with a list of questions to
examine when considering whether to use
TASERs at a department. Although NEMRT
doesn't necessarily endorse the equipment or
Incidentally, did you know that TASER
stands for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle"?
Descriptors: TASERs/Weapons/SelfDefense/In the Line of Duty series
Program 937: Georgia Deputy Murder : In
the Line of Duty Special Issue (56 min.)
[2001] Deputy Kyle Dinkheller thought he
was making a low-risk traffic stop in 1998, but
the speeder had murder in mind. This video,
from the In the Line of Duty series, examines
what originally made the stop suspicious, what
happened when the suspect began behaving
strangely, and what other officers can do to
prevent being a victim. Some commentators
remark that Dep. Dinkheller was too
"agreeable": pleasantness needs to be second
to officer safety; and the time does come when
shooting an offender is the only option.
Another point made is that, although Dep.
Dinkheller shoots 33 times, only one bullet hit
the offender. The suggestion is that officer
firearms training needs to incorporate similar
scenarios. The footage from his in-car video
camera, along with captioning of the dialogue
is included, along with a description of how
the offender was captured. By the way, as a
around.
Descriptors: Survival/Line of Duty
Casualties/Shootings/Traffic
Stops/Comportment/Video Photography/Body
Armor/Deadly Force/Liability/In the Line of
Duty series/Traffic Stops
Program 938: Managing Terrorism
Incidents Tape Set (29 and 26 min.)
[September 2002] The U.S. Department of
Homeland Security produced these two videos
to give first responders some structure from
which to plan their response to, what amounts
to, a hazardous materials situation. Part 1,
Managing Terrorism Incidents Using the
Incident Command System for WMD
Incidents, uses a scenario in which some
paramilitary-types plant a bomb on a tank car
in a rail yard, killing a police officer in the
process., to illustrate how the ICS (Incident
Command System) works in theory and
practice. At the end of that video, the bomb
goes off, and the poison gas starts spreading
toward the city. The second part, Managing
Terrorism Incidents: Using Unified
Command in WMD Incidents, continues to
use the scenario, to illustrate how an Incident
Command system transitions to a Unified
Command system. Aspects examined include
the roles of the agencies that will respond to
the incident, and the four "teams" that oversee
the response and their roles, the federal
agencies (FBI and FEMA) that will be
involved, requirements for the command
center, methods of insuring member
cooperation, and issues the agencies will have
to address (such as division of expenses). The
programs are labeled "For Official Public
Safety Personnel Only", so don't go showing
them around.
Descriptors: Emergencies/Investigation/Fires
/Planning/Interagency
Cooperation/Terrorism/Incident
Command/NIMS
Program 940: Freeway Madness (45 min.)
[1996] If you're planning a training session
about traffic crashes, or accident
investigation, or what might turn up during a
patrol, this program might be useful. It
consists of footage of emergency response to
traffic crashes in Southern California, filmed
from a helicopter, and narrated by a
pilot/reporter. The actual crashes aren't
shown, but the helicopter camera can get
pretty close to the response. Included is a
bus/motorcycle crash, a hostage situation in a
cab, a fleeing demon (yes, it's someone
prowling in a demon costume), another
extrication, a pipe bomb, and footage of other
crashes and such presented without comment.
Some of the scenes would benefit from some
additional commentary, but, either way, the
scenes might make good opportunities for
discussing appropriate response, or
department policy.
Descriptors: Accidents/ Driving/Emergencies
Program 942: National Incident
Management System [NIMS] : An
Introduction Broadcast for First Responders
(45 min.)
[March 10, 2004] This March 10, 2004,
telecast from the Emergency Education
Network gives viewers a general idea of the
origins, purpose and benefits of the National
Incident Management System [NIMS]. It is a
standardized emergency management
structure for local responders, that the local
agencies develop themselves., based on the
Incident Command System and the principles
of mutual aid. In short, it's about cooperation,
not equipment. Although it doesn't explain
the NIMS guide (available at
http//www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interweb/assetli
brary/NIMS-90-web.pdf) specifically, it does
raise viewer interest the system, and provides
a framework of ideas to make the NIMS
manual clear. By the way, a useful web
resource on NIMS is The National Incident
Management System (NIMS) Integration
Center, available at:
http://www.fema.gov/preparedness/nims/ .
Descriptors: Emergencies/Cooperation/Police
Management/Supervision/Media
Relations/Planning/Communities/NIMS/Incid
ent Command
Program 943: Weapons of Mass Destruction:
CoMNET Video Magazine (1 hour)
[June 23, 2004] The June 23, 2004, broadcast
of FEMA's "CONSEQUENCE
MANAGEMENT NEWS, EQUIPMENT, &
TRAINING (CoMNET) MAGAZINE"
included these informative segments:
Recognize a Terrorist Incident: Ways of
recognizing if an emergency to which one is
responding is a WMD emergency, and
precursor signs of a chemical/biological
assault. Special Hazards of a Terrorist
Incident: The different "zones" of a response,
principles for setting up a staging area,
watching for secondary devices and terrorists
who still may be present, decisions about
"defensive mode", and special considerations
for responding. Emergency Powers and
Declarations: what is involved in setting up
an incident command and resource
management, the importance of keeping track
of resources, alternative sources for assistance
(like the Salvation Army or the Red Cross)
and what the Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act means to local
agencies. Understanding Assets Available:
How agencies can get the equipment they
need, when the need it. A segment listing
formal courses on WMD emergency response
is also discussed, along with an examination
of the Master's Degree offered by the Naval
Postgraduate School. A segment featuring
news, initiatives and conferences, is included
in the middle. The Southeastern Public Safety
Institute of St. Petersburg College (Florida)
offers viewer CEUs for those who register to
receive them. Visit The National Terrorism
Preparedness Institute Web Page at:
http://terrorism.spcollege.edu/ for more
information.
Descriptors: Terrorism/
Emergencies/Diseases/Hazardous
Materials/Planning/Incident Command
Program 944: ICS and the Incident
Command Plan: CoMNET Video Magazine
(1 hour)
[February 26, 2004] Although it doesn't focus
on a single issue, this February/March 2004
broadcast features several segments that
would be useful for planning a unified
response to a critical incident. You may want
to keep the remote control close in order to
bypass the advertising (of upcoming events
and such) but the informational parts would
make good illustrations. Those parts include:
An Overview of the services provided by
National Law Enforcement and Correction's
Technology Center in Denver, Colorado;
ICS and the Incident Action Plan (which
examines how to develop an Incident Action
Plan and how it is used as part of ICS);
The Application of Unified Command to a
WMD Incident (how to expand the Incident
Command System to a Unified Command
during WMD event,
and how to integrate federal, state, and local
agencies and the organization of resources at
the scene), and the function of the US
Northern Command (NORTHCOM),
including how NORTHCOM can provide
consequence management assistance, such as
would occur after a terrorist event employing
a weapon of mass destruction.
Descriptors: Diseases/Emergencies/EENET
Teleconference/Terrorism/
Planning/Cooperation/Incident Command
Program 945: Developing Interagency
Protocols for ICS: CoMNET Video
Magazine (1 hour)
[August 25, 2004] Developing mutual aid
agreements, and related cooperation is the
focus of this August 2004 broadcast. You
may not want to use the whole thing, but the
parts would make good illustrations. The
featured segments include:
Developing Mutual Aid Protocols (about how
to develop and assist in the implementation of
mutual aid protocols for WMD incidents,
along with ways to prepare to cooperate with
local and regional emergency response
organizations in a WMD event.)
Recognize Types of Agents (Featuring Capt.
Douglas Wolfe, Sarasota Fire Department,
who describes the types of chemical agents
used as WMD, how they work, and how to
recognize them.)
Understanding the Use and Capability of
Detection Equipment (examining the types of
WMD detection devices currently available.)
Coordinating the Development of Plans,
Procedures and Protocols (which examines
how agencies can create an emergency plan
for WMD, and coordinate it with those of
other local agencies).
Descriptors:
Emergencies/Terrorism/Cooperation/Hazardo
us Materials/Chemical Agents
Program 946: Ninth Annual Emergency
Preparedness Satellite Seminar (NIMS and
Agriculture) (4 hours)
[September 16, 2004] Ordinarily, this program
would hold little interest for law enforcement:
much of the discussion is spent examining
U.S. Department of Agriculture's plans for
action in the event of a health emergency. But
it does include a segment about the history of
the NIMS implementation, training sources in
applying the Incident Command System, and a
lengthy description of USDA response to
possible outbreaks of Mad Cow Disease and
Avian Influenza. It is decidedly not roll call
material, but might be useful for developing
policy, and for getting training ideas. The
presentations from this teleconference are also
available at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/training/ss_200
4/ss-materials.html .
Descriptors:
Diseases/Training/Cooperation/EENET
Teleconference/NIMS/Incident Command
Program 947: Living with Grief: Coping
with Public Tragedy (1 hour)
[April 2003] This condensation of an April
2003 Hospice Foundation of America
examine factors that define a public tragedy,
how professionals can help the victims or
family members involved, and how the
community can address its own grief related
to the public tragedy. Major illustrations
include response to the 2002 tornado that
leveled La Plata, Maryland, and the effect of
the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack.
Supportive responses for those involved in
public tragedy are discussed and analyzed
(including a discussion of Critical Incident
Stress Debriefing), along with what can be
learned from the public tragedies.
Descriptors:
Grief/Emergencies/Psychology/Victims/Stress
(Critical Incident)
Program 948: Jammed Up: Prescription for
Disaster (17 min.)
[2004] OxyContin abuse is the subject of this
program produced by the Middlesex
(Massachusetts) District Attorney's Office. It
features statements from teens who have
abused OxyContin (and in some cases gone
on to heroin), who explain why they got
involved with the prescription drug, and how
abusing it has affected their lives. Statements
from medical professionals are also included,
that explain how OxyContin works, why
people would abuse it, and how parents can
get help for their children.
Descriptors: Drug Abuse/Juveniles/Crime
Prevention/OxyContin
Program 950: Police Pursuit: Modern
Marvels (45 min.)
[2004] It turns out there's a lot more to pursuit
than driving cars! Although no techniques for
pursuing vehicle are examined in this episode
of the Modern Marvels series, the history of
police pursuit vehicles and "getaway cars",
elements of driver training, and in-car
equipment is described. Other interesting
inclusions are an explanation of the PIT
(Precision Immobilization Technique)
maneuver, information systems available to
officers in their car, "cooperative systems" for
locating stolen cars, and the use of aircraft
during a pursuit, night vision equipment. The
program concludes with a look at the U.S.
Coast Guard's pursuit activities.
Descriptors: DVDs/Driving/Pursuit/Modern
Marvels/Police History/Police
Vehicles/Technology/Helicopters/Media
Relations/Boats
Program 951: Interactive "Survival
Spanish": High Risk Vehicle Stops (45
min.)
[1997] The Spanish commands an officer is
likely to need when conducting a vehicle stop
with non-English speakers is the topic of this
program. It begins with a traffic stop in which
an officer is killed because he didn't recognize
that the Spanish-speakers he had pulled over
were planning on killing him. It continues
with an examination of the reasons for
knowing commands in Spanish, the major
commands to be familiar with, the importance
of practicing the commands, and concludes
with a segment about the Texas constable who
was killed in 1991 because he wasn't prepared
to respond to Spanish-speaking suspects.
Descriptors: Spanish Language/Traffic
Stops/Survival
Program 953: Identifying the Stolen Car (34
min.)
[Circa 2000] Things to watch for when
conducting a street stop that might indicate
that the vehicle is stolen, the occupants are
doing something illegal, or both, are discussed
in this Calibre Press video. The first part
describes suspicious behaviors to watch for,
and the importance of being thorough during a
vehicle stop. The second, much longer, part
explains the history and meaning of the VIN
number, the Federal Certification Label, and
other identification numbers, and how
confirming them during any stop can help in
catching a car thief. Where to look for "high
theft labels", confidential numbers, and other
identifiers, are also described.
Descriptors: Vehicle Theft/Street Stops/Drug
Trafficking/Cars
Program 958: Incident Command System
(ICS): Order Out of Chaos (55 min)
[November 10, 2004] This November 10,
2004, EENET broadcast was produced by the
Division of Educational Development, Office
of Emergency Medical Services, Virginia
Department of Health, and gives a brief
overview of the Incident Command System as
they practice it. It answers such questions as:
What is ICS? How does EMS fit in? What
are the key components, span of control, role
of the incident commander, command
functions, transfer and passing command, and
the management structure of ICS? Although
it features a scenario of a smoke-filled house
to illustrate the system, much of it is a lecture
highlighted with a PowerPoint-type outline.
It is based in fire department practice, but not
necessarily fire service-specific. The part
about having a common method of
communication (like using the same
terminology for parts of a building) is
interesting. The program concludes with a
question and answer session.
Descriptors: Emergencies/EENET
Teleconference/Planning/Cooperation/Inciden
t Command
Program 959: Responding to a WMD Crime
Scene (28 min.)
[March 2004] This Department of Homeland
Security program would be useful to share
with your fire department. It uses a scenario,
in which a domestic terrorist accidentally
blows up his house, to demonstrate the dos
and don'ts of responding to a criminal incident
that might involve explosives, hazardous
materials, or such. The initial presentation
shows how emergency first responders can
destroy evidence through common firefighting practices (shades of NEMRT Video
#270, Handle with Care!). An appropriate
response, based on ICS and the expectation of
illegal activity, is then demonstrated. Further
response recommendations are also made.
The programs are labeled "For Official Public
Safety Personnel Only", so don't go showing
them around.
Descriptors: Crime
Scenes/Emergencies/Investigation/Fires/Evide
nce Collection/Planning /Interagency
Cooperation
Program 960: Signs of the Deaf (In the Line
of Duty Special Issue) (32 min.)
[2000] This Special Issue from the n the In the
Line of Duty series goes over some crucial
hand signs for communicating with the
hearing-impaired. The video will not make
viewers proficient at understanding signing
for the deaf, but exposure to the signs should
assist them in recognizing a hearing-impaired
subject, and in providing some assistance
before the interpreter arrives. Three
interpreters present the signs for major phrases
and ideas in right-handed and left-handed
style. Many signs which would be helpful for
traffic stops, injured victims, and such are
featured, including: I am a police officer Deaf / Write it /Do you Understand? Who/What/Where/When/Why - What
Happened? / Calm Down Right/Wrong/Stop/Now - Thank you / Don't
worry - Do you need help? - Get into / out of
the car - This is a ticket - You are under/not
under arrest - Do you have identification /
Write your name/address - Do you want to
make a phone call - Hurt/Help/Hospital
And, significantly, "I will call an interpreter".
The program concludes with some tips for
interacting with the deaf. By the way, as a
around.
Descriptors: In the Line of Duty
Series/Deaf/Communication/Disabled
Program 961: Excellence in ProblemOriented Policing: The Herman Goldstein
Award Winner and Finalists (31 min.)
[2004] The principles of Problem Oriented
Policing, including the SARA method, are
demonstrated through award-winning
programs law enforcement agencies have
developed. Programs described include one
for handling graffiti (San Diego, California,
Police Department, which explains the
application of the SARA model most clearly);
Homeless Shelter Disturbances (Charlotte-
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Police
Department); Repairing Neighborhoods
(Problem properties: Joliet, Illinois, Police
Department); Gas Thefts (Kansas City,
Missouri, Police Department); Independent
Living Home violence (San Diego, California,
Police Department); and Drug dealers in an
inner city park (Vancouver, British Columbia,
Police Department).
Descriptors: Community
Policing/Communities/Programs/Research
Program 962: Weapons of Mass Destruction
(WMD) Standardized Awareness Course Prevention and Deterrence (Module 1) (1
hour)
[January 12, 2005] This January 2005 EENET
Teleconference is the first of several programs
presented about responding to WMD
situations. Although the speakers are not
especially dynamic, their descriptions of
terrorist interceptions they were part of (along
with some pictures) make up for the low-key
delivery. The program describes terrorist
threat indicators, potential targets, and general
precautions for protecting oneself in a WMD
situation. The "RAIN" response concept -(R)ecognize, (A)void, (I)solate, and (N)otify - is incorporated into the discussion An
online pre-test (for the whole series) is
available through
http://www.nv.doe.gov/nationalsecurity/home
landsecurity/responder.htm Information on
the benefits of taking the test is described in
the video.
Descriptors: WMD Standardized Awareness
Course/Terrorism/EENET
Teleconference/Emergencies /Investigation
Program 965: John Wayne Gacy :
Biography (45 min.)
[1996] The life and crimes of the Chicago
area's most notorious serial killer are
examined in this program from A&E's
Biography series. Using interviews with
people who knew him, as well as one with
Gacy himself, the startling picture of a civic
leader who was also a sexual predator is
presented. Two things that make the program
especially disturbing are that, evidently,
nobody suspected what was going on until he
started to confess; and, according to one of the
psychiatrists featured in the program, nobody
has figured out why he did the things he did:
he fit no known psychological pattern. As the
narration states at the beginning of the
program, it makes you wonder about your
neighbors.
Descriptors: Serial
Crimes/Homicide/Criminal
Psychology/Criminal Investigation/Police
History/Biography Series
Program 966: National Response Plan : One
Team One Goal -- A Safer, More Secure
America (1 hour)
[January 19, 2005] When an incident becomes
an "incident of national significance", The
National Response Plan can be activated.
Developed by the Department of Homeland
Security, in conjunction with local
government representatives, first responders,
private sector preparedness and relief groups,
this new response Plan replaces several
hazard-specific federal plans with a common
framework for federal departments and
agencies to provide emergency and disaster
assistance to the various levels of local
government. This panel discussion features
several of the program's developers discussing
the purpose and advantages of having a
common response plan for emergencies
requiring the attention of many responders
For more information on the program, a PDF
version of the full document, and online
training opportunities from FEMA, visit
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/editori
al/editorial_0566.xml .
Descriptors:
Emergencies/Management/Planning
Program 967: Manage and Coordinate a
Large Scale Incident while Maintaining
Routine Operations (WMD Live Response)
(1 hour)
[January 26, 2005] Continuity of Operations
Response Planning is the topic of this panel
discussion question-and-answer program.
Using response to a Florida hurricane as an
illustration, "COOP" is defined and explained;
then a panel of experts talk about their
experiences and answer questions from
viewers. The idea is to plan and coordinate
operations so that essential functions (911
service, records, survival of leadership, and
such) can still function when an emergency
(including a terroristic or WMD incident)
occurs. Planning, Training, and Leadership
are the key elements of a successful
Continuity of Operations Plan. Some of the
experiences they discuss are tabletop training,
working with available staffing levels, facing
equipment failure, working with volunteer
forces, responding to the public, and restoring
services to normal. It doesn't give specific
response information, but learning what other
agencies have learned from their experiences
can make local planning easier. (St.
Petersburg College offers CEUs for viewing
this program, if a viewer registers and passes
an online test. See
http://terrorism.spcollege.edu for more
information.)
Descriptors:
Planning/Emergencies/Interagency
Cooperation/EENET Teleconference
Program 968: Bicycle Safety Camp (25
min.)
[1989] As of this writing, I've only been able
to find three bicycle safety videos for
children, and this is still listed as one of them.
The "hepcat" rap talk is wearing and
patronizing, but the point made are valid.
Sam Sprocket, the instructor of the Bicycle
Safety Camp which several children have
been forced to attend, gives them tips on
appropriate bicycle sizing and equipment, as
well as safe driving behavior in various areas.
Descriptors: Bicycles/Safety/Driving
Program 970: Dealing with Violent Suspects
(9 min.)
[2004] The Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department produced this program, about
ways of responding to out-of-control subjects.
Whether the behavior is due to mental illness,
rage, or drugs, the techniques are similar:
learn what you can about the subject's
condition, behave in a calming manner, and
be observant. The less-lethal force options,
including stunbags and TASERs, and the
escalation levels at which they may be used
are also discussed. Assignment of personnel
for approaching the violent subject, and things
that might agitate the subject more are also
considered.. One drawback of the program is
that the weapons and policies discussed are
those of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department: as always compare the practices
described in this program with Illinois law and
your agency's current policies and procedures
before implementing them.
Descriptors: Mental
Illness/Force/Safety/Communication
Program 973: Biological Agents: WMD
Standardized Awareness Course Module 3
(57 min.)
[March 9, 2005] In Part 3 of the WMD
Standardized Awareness Course, Dr. Jan
DiLorenzo, discusses the basic Types of
biological agents, including Bacteria, Viruses,
Toxins, their Dissemination, Availability,
Routes of Entry, and General Signs and
Symptoms of exposure are also described.
Specific agents examined are Anthrax, Plague,
Tularemia, Smallpox, Venezuelan Equine
Encephalitis, BHF (Ebola), Ricin, and food
poisons. The "RAIN" response concept -(R)ecognize, (A)void, (I)solate, and (N)otify - is incorporated into the discussion . An
available through
http://www.nv.doe.gov/nationalsecurity/homel
andsecurity/responder.htm Information on the
benefits of taking the test is described in the
video.
Course/Terrorism/EENET
Teleconference/Emergencies /Diseases
Program 974: Radiological Devices: WMD
(57 min)
[March 16, 2005] The signs and symptoms of
radiological exposure, types of radiation,
devices used for radiological exposure and
dispersion, differences between a nuclear and
conventional explosion, and the potential for
the use of radiological devices as a terrorist
weapon, are examined in this fourth part of the
WMD Standardized Awareness Course
Module. The difference between exposure
and contamination; and methods of
contamination (with case studies), are also
described. The "RAIN" response concept -(R)ecognize, (A)void, (I)solate, and (N)otify - is incorporated into the discussion . An
available through
the video.
Course/Hazardous
Materials/Terrorism/EENET
Teleconference/Emergencies
Program 976: Chemical Agents: WMD
(57 min.)
[February 2005] In Part 2 of the WMD
Standardized Awareness Course, Dr. Jan
DiLorenzo, discusses the basic types of
chemical agents that first responders may
encounter, including: Toxic Industrial
Chemicals (TICs), and Choking, Blood,
Blister, and Nerve agents. The Types,
Dissemination, Availability, Volatility
(evaporation rate), Vapor Density, Odor,
Routes of Entry, and General Signs and
Symptoms of exposure are also described.
The "RAIN" response concept -(R)ecognize, (A)void, (I)solate, and (N)otify
-- is incorporated into the discussion . The
presentation isn't flashy, but the material is
informative. An online pre-test (for the whole
series) is available through
the video. And keep your Emergency
Response Guidebook handy!
Course/Hazardous
Materials/Terrorism/EENET
Teleconference/Emergencies/Chemical
Agents
Program 977: Explosive Devices: WMD
(54 min.)
[April 13, 2005] J.D. Knight, whose primary
duties with the Navy involved ordinance (not
lecturing), is the instructor of this final module
of the WMD Standardized Awareness course.
The EENET website says it ". . .provides
awareness-level knowledge needed to
recognize potential hazards and explosive
devices (to include basic device type and
design); device construction methods; and, the
components of improvised explosive devices.
Additionally, the effects of explosive devices
and when to initiate evacuation are discussed.
The module examines safety warnings and
procedures during explosive incidents and
demonstrates how one might become a target
for a terrorist's secondary device. At the
conclusion of the fifth of five modules, the
student will differentiate characteristics of
explosives; recognize indicators of explosive
manufacture; and, recognize the effects of a
detonated explosive device." The "RAIN"
response concept -- (R)ecognize, (A)void,
(I)solate, and (N)otify -- is incorporated into
the discussion . The differences between
Pyrotechnics, Propellants, and Explosives are
also described. (By the way, watch for the
footage of the explosion at the Nevada
chemical plant.) An online pre-test (for the
whole series) is available through
http://www.nv.doe.gov/nationalsecurity/homel
andsecurity/responder.htm Information on the
benefits of taking the test is described in the
video.
Course/Bombs/Explosives/Terrorism/EENET
Teleconference/Emergencies
Program 978: First Response (50 min)
[2001] Watch for the emergency response
plans described in this program, which
examines the people who responded to the
2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade
Center. As the events unfolded that morning,
different public safety agencies and
government representatives became involved
in handing the crisis. Officials, medical
personnel, and survivors tell about what they
were called on to do, and how they went about
doing it. The History Channel appears to have
produced this program within a few months of
the attack.
Descriptors:
Emergencies/Narratives/Terrorism/Planning
Program 982: It's the Right Thing to Do :
Consular Notification (11 min.)
[circa 2003] You might say this program is
about the International Golden Rule: Do unto
foreign arrestees as you would have foreign
law enforcement do unto you. The framing
device is of a police officer learning that his
son has been arrested; but the arrest has taken
place in a distant foreign country. The rest of
the program goes over appropriate procedures
and forms to use to inform a foreign national's
consulate of the arrest, and the federal and
international laws that require notification.
Also featured are statements from various
foreign embassies and the U.S. State
Department about the importance of obeying
those laws. (The Australian official mentions
that, frequently, Australian nationals are
mistaken for Americans, so it's good to keep
on good terms with the various consulates.)
As of this writing, it is also available as
streaming video at
http://travel.state.gov/law/consular/consular_2
001.html . By the way, Copy B of this
program includes an Illinois-specific
introduction.
Descriptors: Notification/Foreign Law
Enforcement/Aliens/Comportment/Public
Relations
Program 984: Organizing Your DUI Arrest:
Developing an Standardized Packet (14
min. on 2 tapes)
[2003] Rather than circulate the video set Roll
Call Training on DUI for Police Departments
in Illinois Volume II as a unit, we broke it
down into manageable parts. This part
explains the development and use of the
Springfield (IL) Police Department's
Drug/Alcohol Influence Report. They use it
to streamline information collection when
stopping someone suspected of driving under
the influence. Copies of the form are available
from the Springfield Police Department. The
program might be a useful encouragement for
developing a similar procedure.
Descriptors: DUI/Arrests/Planning
Program 985: Courtroom Reminders:
Improving your DUI "In Court"
Performance (7 min.)
down into manageable parts. This segment
goes over courtroom do's and don'ts when
testifying in a DUI hearing.
Descriptors: Testifying/DUI
Program 986: Is it More than Just a DUI?
Gangs, Guns, Drugs, and Officer Safety (7
min.)
down into manageable parts. This segment
reminds viewers that criminal activity can
come in groups: someone caught in one crime
might be engaged in another as well. Officers
from the Collinsville Police Department
briefly describes behaviors to look for, safe
approach procedures, the usefulness of in-car
video, and places to look for contraband
Descriptors: DUI/Arrests/Drug
Trafficking/Body Language
Program 989: Multi-Hazards Planning for
Schools : Around the Table in Emmitsburg
(EENET Broadcast) (55 min.)
[August 17, 2005] The Emergency Education
Network broadcast this "thinkpiece" program
on August 17, 2005, and the title is an apt
description. A group of experts sit around a
table and discuss planning for emergencies at
schools. As one remarks, though, "If you can
think of it, it can happen at school," so the
discussion of planning needs is wide-ranging;
from chemical spills to earthquakes. It isn't a
thrilling presentation, but it's good for getting
ideas. Perhaps the most interesting aspect is
the discussion of ways for schools and
emergency responders to develop
relationships, and issues to consider when
presenting an emergency drill. The
importance of including schools in ICS
planning is also emphasized. Just before the
credits, an advertisement for an earthquake
response planning program is posted.
Descriptors:
Emergencies/Planning/Schools/EENET
Teleconference/Cooperation/Juveniles
Program 992: Responding to Traumatic
Events: Keeping Our Children Safe and
Secure (1 hour)
[October 18, 2005] Although the primary
"traumatic event" in this October 18, 2005,
teleconference from the U.S. Department of
Education, is Hurricane Katrina, it includes
useful information about handling missing
children and planning school crisis and crisis
response plans. Segments about school
response to students displaced because of
Hurricane Katrina evacuations, the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children,
planning (and practicing) school crisis/crisis
response plans, parental conduct to help
children cope with the stress, and two related
to one school's approach to integrating
displaced students into its academic life are
featured. School Resource Officers, o those
who work directly with community groups
should find this program particularly useful.
Descriptors: Schools/Juveniles/Missing
Persons/Emergencies/Planning/Stress
Program 995: When a Cop Dies: Police
Chaplains (23 min.)
[2001] The importance of the department
chaplain is demonstrated through an
examination of the chaplain's role
immediately after the 1998 Kyle Dinkheller
shooting. In this program from In the Line of
Duty, the responsibilities of a chaplain are
outlined briefly, then those responsibilities are
illustrated through the activities of Gerald
Fraizer, chaplain for the Laurens County,
Georgia, Sheriff's Office. He talks about his
role at the scene of the shooting, during the
manhunt for the killer, at the funeral, and
afterward , is described and explained. He
also confides his own need for the sympathy
and reassurance that chaplains provide to
others. He, and the narrators, then list the do's
and don'ts of being a good chaplain. An
interesting part of Fraizer's story is how the
Dinkheller killing more or less brought him
out of retirement and led him to become a
police chaplain. By the way, as a rule, In the
series/Chaplains/Communication/Stress/Grief
Program 996: Justifiable Homicide by a
Police Officer FBI Teleconference ( 2 hours)
[October 19, 2005] Penny Parrish hosts this
October 19, 2005, teleconference, which
examines the circumstances surrounding
incidents of "suicide-by-cop": psychological
conditions of the subjects, and the effect on
the officers. Speakers inc, features Ed Davis
(Behavioral Science Unit, FBI, and well
known researcher into officer line-of-duty
casualties) and SSA Paula Barrows (instructor
in officer stress, and formerly of the Illinois
State Police). The associated terms are
defined, some statistics about suicide are
presented,, and how subject perceptions about
suicide affect encounters with officers. Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder is also defined and
discussed at some length. The second half of
the program addresses training issues for both
officers and dispatchers; investigative and
reporting tips, and suggestions for responding
to the media. One of the highlights of the
program is the series of interviews, made
during the late 1990s, with prisoners who had
tried this form of suicide and were
unsuccessful, and the officers who confronted
them.
Descriptors: Homicide/Deadly Force/FBI
Teleconference/Stress (Critical
Incident)/Suicide/Line of Duty
Casualties/Mental Illness/Police
Training/Dispatchers/Media Relations
Program 998: Community Policing: The
Block Captain's Role (How to Set Up and
Maintain a Watch Group) (16 min.)
[1996] In spite of the title, the points of this
program are the benefits of having a
neighborhood watch, the functions the
organized group of neighbors can serve, and
how to get a group -- whether it's a residential
neighborhood, businesses, or a rural
community -- organized. The program
reassures viewers that a "Neighborhood
Watch" isn't a band of vigilantes, but a group
of neighbors taking an interest in each other's
welfare. Crime prevention is only one part of
that welfare. Although the program doesn't go
into detail about how to keep the group's
focus on neighborhood cooperation, it does
give suggestions for topics the group can
explore with local public safety personnel that
can help keep the citizens safe.
Descriptors: Community
Policing/Neighborhood Watch/Crime
Prevention/Communities
Program 999: Community Policing: The
Citizen's Role (13 min.)
[1996] The subtitle of this video is "How to
Identify and Report Suspicious Activity",
which its elderly narrator it does in a useful
fashion. Methods possible robbers may use to
"case" a neighborhood are explained and
demonstrated, and descriptive information to
give dispatchers about them and their vehicles
is listed. The context might look a little old:
for instance, a remark is made about calling
the police from a pay phone; but the
information dispatchers and officers are going
to need hasn't changed. The program would
be especially useful to show to citizens and
crime prevention groups.
Descriptors: Crime Prevention/Community
Policing/Burglary/Safety/Neighborhood
Watch/Dispatchers
Program 1000: My Child is Missing: A
Guide for Missing and Abducted Child Case
Investigations (47 min.)
[2000] John Walsh hosts this program about
how to respond to a missing child case.
Included are segments with information for
the initial responding officer, the investigator,
and the supervisor. Overviews of responses
to particular types of cases, including stranger
abductions, family abductions and
disappearances, are also presented. The
program concludes with suggestions for
responding to apparently homeless children or
teens. The segments are brief, but appear
reasonably thorough. Always compare the
information presented in this program (and
others) with agency policies and procedures
before applying it.
A guide to accompany the video, "Missing
and Abducted Children: A Law-Enforcement
Guide to Case Investigation and Program
Management, Second Edition" is available at
http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/publicati
ons/NC74.pdf . Another useful resource is
"My Child is Missing", available at
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/204958.p
df, with a Spanish Version at :
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/206837.p
df (Incidentally, the video also shows why a
department should have good relations with an
informed public. Trying to explain NCIC to a
distraught parent is a challenge.)
Descriptors: Missing
Persons/Juveniles/Investigation/Criminal
Investigation/Kidnapping/Public Relations
Program 1001: Cyber Crime Fighting : The
Law Enforcement Officer's Guide to Online
Crime (23, 19, and 18 min.)
[1999] Yes, this tape is more than six months
old, so, technologically, it's outdated. The
investigative theories presented, however, do
not appear to have changed. This program
from the National Cybercrime Training
Partnership gives a concise, general overview
of the types and nature of computer-related
crime, how to find evidence when an internetrelated crime appears to have been committed,
and practical aspects of seizing a computer
(how to label the ports and cords so it can be
reassembled, for instance). The program is
essentially the same as Set 19, Fighting Cyber
Crime, but is on one tape, rather than several.
Descriptors:
Investigation/Technology/Computers/Search
Warrants/ Searches/Fraud/Evidence/Missing
Persons
Program 1002: Beyond 911: The
Unresponsive Infant (13 min.)
[1998] The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Center of New Jersey produced this program,
about what to expect when responding to the
unexpected death of an infant. Through the
use of several scenarios, viewers are reminded
to be gentle with the family, that signs of
death (skin discoloration, for instance) are not
necessarily signs of abuse, and that
exclamations of grief are not necessarily
statements of guilt. NEMRT Video #111's
segment on SIDS gives other useful
suggestions for following up on such
investigations.
Descriptors: Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome/Communication
Program 1003: Large Vehicle
Hijacking/Pursuit/Lethal Force (In the Line
of Duty) (26 min.)
[1995] How does a police department stop a
tank? That is the topic of this In the Line of
Duty episode, which examines a San Diego
vehicle theft from a National Guard base. A
disturbed veteran driving it destroys property
in several neighborhoods before driving it
onto a major highway. Officers are (finally)
able to attempt to stop the driver when the
tank gets stuck trying to cross the highway
median. Interesting aspects of the case
include an explanation of why deadly force
was preferred to using pepper spray, and the
importance of both preplanning and good
relations with any local military bases. The
tank's path is documented with video footage
taken from a helicopter. Also included is a
brief discussion of a fatal patrol car crash,
which appeared to have resulted from a
questionably-planned pursuit. By the way, as
around.
Series/Pursuit/Emergencies/Armed
Forces/Force
Program 1004: Grateful Dead Concert
Negotiation (In the Line of Duty) (27 Min.)
[1995] St. Louis officers getting ready to
work a Grateful Dead concert are also
confronted with a distraught man with a gun
in a neighboring office building. This In the
Line of Duty episode describes what the
negotiators and line officers did, right and
wrong, to protect the concert crowd and
neighborhood, and to end the situation safely.
Special attention is given to negotiation
techniques and equipment (in this case, a tape
recorder) that were useful, as well as
distractions (news helicopters and impatient
evacuees), perimeter maintenance, and agency
shooting policy. The program is a useful
reminder to viewers to consider how they
might respond when a situation makes a
surprising change. The program ends with a
brief discussion about frisks and patdowns.
Descriptors: In the Line of Duty Series/Crisis
Intervention/Negotiation/Deadly Force/Body
Searches
Program 1005: Irate Motorist (In the Line of
Duty) (24 Min.)
[1996] Video footage of a Maine State
Trooper's interactions with an agitated
motorist is used to illustrate good, and bad,
procedure during a traffic stop. Officer
positioning during the contact, patience with
unhappy people, and the usefulness of in-car
video, are the main topics discussed in this In
the Line of Duty episode. By the way, as a
around.
Descriptors: Traffic Stops/Comportment/In
the Line of Duty
Series/Communication/Safety/Public
Relations
Program 1006: Gun-Wielding Woman (In
the Line of Duty) (23 Min.)
[1996] The incident recounted in this In the
Line of Duty video reminds viewers that
potential shooters do not always look
dangerous. A well-dressed woman in a new
car -- a police officer's wife -- leads officers
on a chase that ends on a rural highway.
When she appears to threaten officers with a
handgun, she is shot and killed.
Considerations for the use of deadly force, the
possibility that a subject cannot understand
officers' commands, and policies on when to
contact a SWAT or negotiation team are
presented. (The program also demonstrates
why having good relations with the news
media is a wise plan. A news crew broadcasts
footage of the shooting, from an angle that
conceals the subject's weapon, making the
police appear to be shooting an unarmed
woman.) By the way, as a rule, In the Line
of Duty videos are for "law enforcement
Series/Deadly Force/News Media/Public
Relations
Program 1007: Idaho High-Speed Pursuit
and Follow Up (In the Line of Duty) (27
and 23 Min.)
[1996] A December 1995 Idaho bank robbery
results in an hour-long high speed pursuit.
When the suspects run out of gas, one starts a
gunfight with the police in which he is killed.
These two In the Line of Duty episodes
examine the events surrounding the pursuit
and suspect apprehension. Part one presents
an overview of the incident, then Part 2
focuses on police procedures as performed
during the shooting and apprehension.. Some
of the events examined include how the
fleeing vehicle was approached, sealing and
preserving the scene of the shooting, and
handling civilians. Also included are
comments from the officers involved, as well
as the dispatcher who was coordinating the
communication. By the way, as a rule, In the
Descriptors: Deadly Force/Pursuit/Stress
(Critical Incident)/Shootings/In the Line of
Duty Series/Dispatching
Program 1008: Flea Market Shooting (In
the Line of Duty (29 Min.)
[1996] Police confront a suspect in a double
homicide in his vendor's space at a car show,
begins assaulting officers with car parts, and
is shot and killed. The training points in this
In the Line of Duty episode involve
approaching subjects in a crowd, ammunition
"stopping power", and handling public
response to the events they just witnessed.
Included is video footage of the standoff as
photographed by an onlooker. The program
concludes with a look at the St. Clair County
(IL) Sheriff's program for taking Polaroid
photographs of domestic violence victims. By
the way, as a rule, In the Line of Duty videos
are for "law enforcement only", so don't go
Series/Shootings/Media
Relations/Communication/Ammunition/Crimi
nal Investigation
Program 1009: Safeway Store Hostage (In
[1996] A disturbed woman takes a grocery
clerk hostage in an attempt to commit suicideby-cop. In spite of all the things that go
wrong, which this In the Line of Duty episode
examines, negotiators and tactical officers are
able to apprehend the hostage-taker without
injury to anyone. Conditions described, albeit
briefly, include an uncooperative news media,
lack of inter-officer communication, hecklers,
and loss of a command post location. The
program provides a useful case study for
analyzing an agency's own preparedness for a
crisis response. The hostage-taker is further
examined in NEMRT video #1010, HostageTaker Interview (In the Line of Duty). By the
Series/Negotiation/Hostage Situations/News
Media/Communications
Program 1010: Hostage-Taker Interview (In
[1996] Holly Patterson, the woman who took
the grocery store clerk hostage in NEMRT
Video #1009 (Safeway Store Hostage (In the
Line of Duty)) talks about what she believes
her state of mind was at the time, and what she
had expected to accomplish. Officers who
participated in the original negotiation team
conduct the interview sometime during her
incarceration. It's interesting to note that she
seems to trace the root cause for her state of
mind to long-term drug abuse, and described
her hostage-taking episode as an attempt to get
help. Some comments from the responding
officers are also included, along with a list of
behaviors associated with people in crisis. By
the way, if you would like further information
on mental states, the work of Dr. Stanton
Samenow might interest you. By the way, as
around.
Descriptors: Mental Illness/In the Line of
Duty Series/Drug Abuse/Criminal
Psychology/Psychology
Program 1011: Hit and Run (In the Line of
Duty) (30 Min.)
[1996] Sometimes, a passenger-side approach
for a traffic stop is the safest method, as the
North Carolina officer in this In the Line of
Duty video learns. While conducting a
routine traffic stop, a pickup truck sideswipes
him. The program follows the apprehension
of the intoxicated truck driver. In another
case presented briefly, a Georgia State
Trooper is severely injured when a vehicle
hits him under similar circumstances. The
program emphasizes the importance of being
safety-conscious while conducting traffic
stops, along with the value of in-car video,
and other tools available in a patrol car that
can make a vehicle stop safer. A short version
of this type of information (but with more
video footage) can be found in the IACP's
video Your Vest Won't Stop This Bullet
(NEMRT video #990). By the way, as a rule,
around.
Series/Traffic Stops/DUI/Accidents/ Safety
Program 1012: D.U.l. Analysis (In the Line
of Duty) (34 Min.)
[1996] How the Champaign, Illinois, Police
Department handles DUIs (in 1996, at least) is
the topic of this In the Line of Duty episode.
Champaign being a college town, the
department has a lot of experience with
alcohol, as well as multiple drug, intoxication.
Officers talk about how they recognize a DUI,
how they administer the Standardized Field
Sobriety test and the Horizontal Gaze
Nystagmus test, ploys detainees attempt to
coax the officer into letting them go, the
advantages of using tactical communication
techniques to gain compliance. In-car video
footage is included. Although NEMRT
doesn't necessarily endorse the procedures
and procedures before applying them. By the
Descriptors: DUI/Driving/Traffic Stops/In the
Line of Duty Series
Program 1014: Gun Safety/311 NonEmergency (In the Line of Duty) (37 Min.)
[1997] The guns referred to in this In the Line
of Duty program are unattended firearms that
police officers might be called on to secure.
The case study is that of an officer who, while
retrieving a suspect's shotgun, shoots his hand.
The training points remind officers to keep the
muzzle pointed away from people, practice
retrieving weapons ahead of time, and keep
focused on the job. An added suggestion is to
know the firearm experts in the agency, and to
ask for help if the weapon is unfamiliar. The
program concludes with a discussion of
Baltimore, Maryland's use of the 311 nonemergency public safety phone number, and
how the system helps with police response.
Descriptors: Safety/In the Line of Duty
Series/Firearms/Shootings/
Communications/Telephones
Program 1015: Pursuit Nabs Naked Cowboy
(In the Line of Duty) (30 Min.)
[1997] The main body of this In the Line of
Duty program is the pursuit and apprehension
of an intoxicated subject in Kootenai County
(Idaho) who drove away from a traffic stop.
What makes the incident interesting is its use
of spike sticks and K-9 units during the
apprehension, the amount of ammunition
found in the subject's car, and the fact that no
one ever figured out what happened to his
clothes. The point made in this episode is that
no traffic stop is a laughing matter. In
addition to the case study, the program
includes an explanation of how spike sticks
work, and how to handle K-9 units during
apprehensions. The program opens with a
painful reminder of the importance of
handcuffing subjects behind their back by
examining the shooting of three Florida
officers when a suspect got out of his
handcuffs and shot them.
Descriptors: Pursuit/Traffic Stops/Police
Dogs/Shootings/DUI/In the Line of Duty
Series
Program 1016: Vest Saves Deputy's Life (In
[1997] A Walton County (Georgia) deputy is
shot during a traffic stop, but, happily, was
wearing his body armor. He talks about the
experience, the importance of wearing one's
armor, the usefulness of peer counseling, and
safe procedure for conducting a traffic stop.
The program concludes with an explanation
of how to determine a proper fit for one's
body armor.
Descriptors: Traffic Stops/Body
Armor/Safety/Shootings/In the Line of Duty
Series
Program 1017: Officer Killed/Rail Safety (In
[1997] This program was interesting in a
number of ways. The case examined involved
an Area, California, detective who is hit by a
train while looking for evidence along parallel
railroad tracks. Apparently the geography of
the grade and landscaping (a blind curve, and
sound and vibration buffering) and the
direction of the locomotive's horn (over the
detective's head) contributed to his not
knowing a train was coming. The vortices
effect of a passing train is also discussed. The
lessons learned from this event include
pairing officers working by tracks: one looks
for evidence, the other looks for trains.
When I mentioned the program to some
people familiar with railroad operations, their
initial reaction was, "Why were they
trespassing on railroad property?" While this
case may not strictly involve trespassing, the
point is that, if you need to be around railroad
property, the railroad needs to know, and
should be contacted. Get to know the railroad
police and railroad managers before you
might need to do something on their property.
They can then warn passing engineers, and
make things safer for everyone. By the way,
as a rule, In the Line of Duty videos are for
"law enforcement only", so don't go showing
them around.
Series/Railroads/Safety/Trains
Program 1018: Gang Violence Stopped (In
[1997] A group of good students in Florida
form a quasi-cult, militia-type gang. They
murder a local band teacher, but, through
other students' tips, are caught before they are
able to implement their bigger plots. The
training points include traditional ways of
recognizing gangs and gang activity (which,
admittedly, didn't really apply in this case), a
reminder to avoid forming gang-related
stereotypes, the usefulness of school resource
officers and school-based CrimeStopper
groups, and the importance of understanding
school-related search and seizure laws. The
program concludes with footage of two
citizens expressing, what they think is, secret
contempt for empty patrol cars, which had
their cameras running. By the way, as a rule,
around.
Descriptors:
Gangs/Occultism/Juveniles/Schools/Search
and Seizure/In the Line of Duty Series
Program 1019: Law Enforcement and the
News Media (In the Line of Duty) (36 Min.)
[1997] Before 2005, had you ever heard of
Red Lake, Minnesota? Before the school
shooting that took place there in March, 2005,
who had? This In the Line of Duty video
points out that crises can happen anywhere,
so, regardless of their size, police departments
need a media relations plan. The types of
media coverage a department might have to
work through, the things reporters need to
know, how to set ground rules for media
contacts, and handling interviews are among
the topics examined in the program. One of
the elements of NIMS is a Public Information
System, so this information is as important
now as it was in 1997. By the way, as a rule,
around.
Descriptors: In the Line of Duty Series/Media
Relations/NIMS/Media/ Incident
Command/Public Relations
Program 1020: Domestic Violence (In the
Line of Duty) (60 min.)
[1998] The program opens with a description
of a fatal firearms training accident in
Nebraska, and ways of handling training
weapons to prevent future lapses. The main
part of the program is a discussion of
domestic violence response. Ann O'Dell,
former San Diego police officer and domestic
violence response trainer, talks about the
importance of approaching domestic violence
calls in a law enforcement capacity, not as a
social worker or mediator. Other topics
include sources and collection of evidence
(including photography), batterer behavior,
recognizing strangulation, self-defense
injuries, the kinds of lawsuits that might result
from a sloppy domestic violence response,
and agencies that have developed successful
domestic violence response programs. By the
Violence/Safety/Criminal
Investigation/Victims/In the Line of Duty
Series
Program 1021: Hood River Multi-Speed
Chase (In the Line of Duty) (30 Min.)
[1998] The events of this pursuit in the hills
of Oregon demonstrate the importance of
approaching a fleeing car with caution, even
when the pursuit appears to be over. A
possibly intoxicated suspect in a stolen truck
leads officers on a pursuit that winds up on an
unpaved logging road. In the process, the
driver runs into a patrol car twice and works
loose from a mud trap before finally being
apprehended. The circumstances and
possibilities officers in such situations might
want to keep in mind are presented.. (And the
accelerated video footage of the pursuit up the
twisting road is rather exciting.) The program
concludes with an analysis of a traffic stop in
which an officer ended up wrestling with a
subject with a knife. By the way, as a rule, In
around.
Series/Pursuit/Safety/Knives
Program 1022: Corpus Christi Knife Assault
(In the Line of Duty) (35 Min.)
[1998] The importance of searching arrestees
is repeated in this In the Line of Duty episode.
A subject performing a sobriety test slashes an
officer several times with a knife that the
subject had said was a comb. Evidently, no
one checked to make sure. Video footage of
the assault also shows visual cues that the
subject was planning an assault. Also
included in the program is a segment about the
importance of being prepared for water
rescues, and considerations for having to work
around water (the effect on defensive and
apprehension techniques, equipment, body
armor). The program ends with a description
of the numerous successful arrests a Denver
fugitive task force was able to make when two
area newspapers began publicizing the area's
most-wanted fugitives. By the way, as a rule,
around.
Series/Knives/Survival/Swimming/Rescues/P
olice Training/Searches/DUI/Body Language
Program 1023: K-9 Saves Officer/K-9
Training for Street Cops (In the Line of
Duty) (30 Min.)
[1998] The case study in this In the Line of
Duty episode concerns the usefulness of police
dogs in the apprehension of suspects. The car
of some fleeing armed robbers slides into a
canal, and, when two of the suspects won't
come out of the water, some police dogs are
sent in after them. The program then goes on
to describe how dogs can be used to help keep
human officers safe, by finding hidden
suspects in buildings, or by recognizing illicit
substances in an area. Information is also
presented about how a non-K-9 officer should
behave around a K-9 unit (don't run in front of
them, don't stare at them, and such). Other
interesting pieces include a discussion of
distractions that K-9 units face, and how to
avoid contaminating a crime scene when a
scent dog is going to be used. Footage of a
funeral for a police dog killed in the line of
duty is also featured. By the way, as a rule,
around.
Descriptors: Force/In the Line of Duty
Series/Police Dogs/Safety/Dogs
Program 1024: Tinted Window
Shooting/Tinted Window Training (In the
Line of Duty) (30 Min.)
[1998] This In the Line of Duty program
examines safety concerns when approaching a
vehicle with tinted windows. A pair of
officers pull over a car with tinted windows,
and discover in time that the driver has a gun.
In the course of the stop, the driver is shot and
killed, but the car, which was still in gear, still
has to be stopped. The training analysis then
describes useful techniques for approaching a
vehicle with tinted windows (including use of
the patrol car's PA system). Although
NEMRT doesn't necessarily endorse the
and procedures before applying them. The
program concludes with an explanation of
how excimer laser surgery corrects bad
eyesight (which was news to me). By the
Series/Traffic Stops/Safety/Cars
Program 1025: Trooper Shot Point Blank
(In the Line of Duty) (40 min.)
[1998] The Idaho trooper featured in this
program is shot in his vest by a prison escapee
in a stolen vehicle. The officer is able to
pursue the suspect until his supervisor orders
him to get medical attention. Although the
importance of wearing body armor is
mentioned, the main point of this In the Line
of Duty program is officer safety while
performing a traffic stop. Using video
footage of the incident, the trooper describes
what he did, and why he did it, then talks
about things he could have done differently.
The main point is that there is no "normal"
traffic stop: always keep officer safety in
mind. A short "infomercial" for a (then) new
and convenient kind of training handcuff is
also included. That segment, which also
demonstrates effective handcuffing procedure,
is a good reminder that safe handcuffing is a
skill that needs to be practiced regularly.
Series/Shootings/Body
Armor/Handcuffing/Survival/Traffic Stops
Program 1037: Disaster Psychology -- CERT
Training (41 min.)
[March 15, 2006] The Community Emergency
Response Team (CERT) Program (see
https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/ for more
information) educates people about disaster
preparedness for hazards that may impact their
area and trains them in basic disaster response
skills, such as fire safety, light search and
rescue, team organization, and disaster
medical operations This teleconference,
broadcast March 15, 2006, helps to prepare
these volunteers for the behaviors and stresses
they are likely to encounter during a disaster.
The sources of stresses, the forms stress
reactions can take, along with special
considerations for children, the elderly, other
responders, and people who need professional
help, are discussed at some length. Some of
the instructions certainly do not apply to
professionals, but at least the professionals
will know what the CERT-prepared volunteers
have been told. On the other hand, much of
the information can be a useful reminder for
professionals, too.
Descriptors: Emergencies/Stress/Stress
(Critical
Incident)/Juveniles/Elderly/Health/Volunteers/
EENET Teleconference/Mental Illness
Program 1048: Joining the Force: In the
Line of Duty Special Issue (1 hour)
[circa 2005] If you're looking for a visual aid
to help with agency recruitment efforts among
students, this In the Line of Duty video would
be a good choice. Working law enforcement
personnel describe the specialized functions
they perform in the field, including
Dispatching, SWAT, "Criminalist"
(fingerprint collector / developing /
identification, firearms identification,
blood/spatter analysis), marine patrol,
correctional officers, and K-9 units. They add
remarks about the personal qualities they have
learned are necessary to succeed in those
positions. Some of these featured personnel
are second-career workers, so the program
also serves as an encouragement to older
potential recruits.
Series/Recruitment/Criminalistics/Police
Dogs/Police Procedures/Careers
Program 1049: Self Defense for Car
Expense (58 min.)
[1996] This Better Business Bureau video,
featuring car repair columnist Mark Salem,
explains wise techniques for selecting an auto
repair shop, and insuring that shop gives you
good service. Topics include suggestions for
getting estimates, preparing for breakdowns,
recognizing types of fluids that might appear
on the driveway, ways to insure repairs were
made correctly and at a fair price, and what to
do if repairs are unsatisfactory. He also gives
periodic time and money-saving tips. For
those departments whose officers work with
local Drivers' Ed classes, this program would
be a useful addition to their presentation, not
to mention for community meetings.
Descriptors: Fraud/Crime Prevention/Driving
Program 1050: Crash Course: What to
Know Before and after a Collision (62 min.)
[2004] Here is an aspect of driving that I
never heard addressed in a drivers' ed class:
Insurance selection. Although the detail in
this Better Business Bureau video regarding
auto insurance and liability is enough to
intimidate any thoughtful driver, those drivers
are sure to understand their coverage more
completely than they did. Ways of avoiding
collisions, what to do in the event of a
collision, filing and justifying insurance
claims, and working through the consequences
are discussed. Community groups, not to
mention Drivers' Ed students, could benefit
from this information.
In addition, the Better Business Bureau has a
website -http://collisionwizard.bbbvideo.com/ -- that
offers free service in helping prepare and keep
track of insurance claims. Another useful
document is the pamphlet "Involved in a
Collision? What to do" , from the New York
State Police
(https://www.troopers.state.ny.us/Publications
/Traffic_Safety/collisionpamp.pdf ).
Descriptors: Driving/Accidents/Crime
Prevention /Liability
Program 1085: Paso a Paso [Spanish
Grammar for Federal Law Enforcement] (1
hour, 44 min, and 43 min. on 2 tapes)
[1990] This 2-tape set, which was donated by
the West Chicago Police Department, is a
great motivator to take a course in
Conversational Spanish. Unlike NEMRT
videos 611 or 951, which list commands an
officer might need to give in Spanish, this
FLETC program uses scenarios of incidents
federal-level agents and investigators might
encounter to explain the rudiments of Spanish
grammar (verb conjugation and word usage).
Although the programs may not be especially
helpful as stand-alone training, they provide
good illustrations for a longer, comprehensive
course, or as a refresher for someone with
previous Spanish training. Scenarios include ,
visitors entering the United States, handling an
informant, Visiting businessmen, denying
entrance to a visitor, various situations at
border checkpoints, securing a prisoner,
searching a suspect, and getting a description
of a suspect.
The program appears to be "Law
Enforcement Only," so don't go showing it
around.
Descriptors: Spanish Language
Program 1086: McGruff's Gang Alert (16
min.)
[1989] he West Chicago Police Department
donated this live-action juvenile video, in
which McGruff informs viewers about the bad
things that happen to you when you join a
gang. He uses the examples of four boys, two
who join gangs and end up in trouble and jail;
and two who say "no" and lead productive
lives. The target audience of this innocently
sinister program is an elementary grade class,
which may still be about right.
Descriptors: Gangs/Juveniles/Crime
Prevention
Program 1087: Serving Crime Victims with
Disabilities: The Time is Now (18 min.)
[2005] The U.S. Department of Justice's
Office for Victims of Crime produced this 3version program, about how people with
disabilities may be victimized, and how the
criminal justice personnel can help them get
justice. Included are descriptions of how a
rape victim with Down's Syndrome was
approached, the observations of a blind
prosecutor in Cook County, Illinois; and the
successes of an advocate for deaf victims in
Austin, Texas. One underlying point the
program makes is that, in order for services to
be used, clients need to know they are
available: when a service is available,
promote it. (And, for that matter, if a program
is unavailable and needed, develop it.) The
three versions of the program on the tape are
Close- Captioned, Open-Captioned, and with
narrated description of the picture.
Descriptors: Crime
Prevention/Disabled/Blind/Deaf/Development
al Disabilities
Program 1088: Serving Crime Victims with
Disabilities: Meet Us Where We Are (14
min.)
[2005] The U.S. Department of Justice's
Office for Victims of Crime produced this 3version program, about the ways people with
disabilities may be victimized, and how
victim advocates can be of service to them.
The underlying theme of the presentation is
that people with disabilities are people before
they are disabled people, and should therefore
be treated with due consideration, The
program also acts as a motivator for those
who work with victims in any capacity to
find out about available services for them.
Some existing programs to assist victims with
various physical challenges are used as
illustrations. The three versions of the
program are Close-Captioned, OpenCaptioned, and with narrated description of
the picture.
Descriptors:
Victims/Deaf/Blind/Developmental
Disabilities/Disabled
Program 1089: Recording Fingerprints for
Ten-Print Submissions (17 min.)
[circa late 1990s] This straightforward
program, which appears to have been
produced by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation , describes how to take inked
fingerprints, and then how that process is
modified for collecting inkless prints and
paperless prints. A brief segment on how to
collect prints from people who can't straighten
their fingers is also included.
Descriptors: Fingerprinting
Program 1090: Responding to Criminal
Aliens (19 min.)
[circa 2005] This brief program from
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
describes the services available to local law
enforcement agencies for identifying and
handling foreign nationals involved in crimes
in the United States. Some of the crimes such
aliens might be involved in, and circumstances
in which officers might encounter them, are
also mentioned. Aside from the usual
situations in which suspects may be spotted,
law enforcement officers are also reminded to
watch for evidence of human trafficking and
exploitation.
Descriptors: Aliens/Human
Trafficking/Traffic Stops/Notification
Program 1091: Vehicle Identification Guide
(13 min.)
[2001] The Towing and Recovery Association
of America produced this program to help
emergency responders identify the classes of
vehicles involved in the wrecks they may be
called to, so the most appropriate tow truck or
recovery vehicle can be dispatched. The
DOT's 8 classes of vehicle are described and
illustrated, along with the 4 types of towing
and recovery trucks. Other of information
towing operators will need is also presented
briefly. The Vehicle Identification Card is
available from the Association through their
website:
http://www.towserver.net/products.htm .
Descriptors: Accidents/ Trucks/Motor
Vehicles
Program 1092: The U.S. Court System and
You (30 min.)
[circa 1995] The Committee for Citizen
Awareness produced this program to inform
high school-level viewers about how the U.S.
court system works. The two branches of
courts (state ad federal), their levels and
categories, and the types of cases for which
each is responsible is also described. Two
figurative cases, a civil and a criminal one, are
then used to identify the titles of the
participants and to illustrate how lawsuits are
conducted. The program itself is fairly
generic, but the organization that created it
includes some (then) local notables. More
information should be available at
http://www.citizenawareness.org/ .
Descriptors: Courts/Criminal
Justice/Juveniles
Program 1093: Public Health Implications
of Law Enforcement Stress [NIJ Research in
Progress Series] (37 min.)
[March 23, 1999] Robyn Gershon describes
the findings of some research her team
conducted with the Baltimore Police
Department, and relates them to information
drawn from other studies. The lecture
becomes a thought-provoking discussion of
the effects of job stress on police officers, and
how that stress manifests itself in domestic
violence, depression, and suicide. Because
the program is an analysis of information,
rather than a guide to responding to stress, it
would be better for management study or
classroom use than it would for roll call. The
speaker's assertion that, mentally, officers tart
their career as psychologically normal people,
but are changed by the job, might make for
some interesting discussion, though.
Descriptors: Research in Progress
Series/Stress/Domestic
Violence/Suicide/Research
Program 1130: Robbery in Progress: An
Analysis of Officers Killed (14 min.)
[1993] According to this video, the most
dangerous call an officer can make is one for a
robbery in progress. Basing the selection on
ten years of research, a number of
reenactments are used to show the most
frequent ways officer have been killed (up to
1993, at least) when they respond to robbery
calls. The situations include not only
shootings as the robbers exit, but shootings
during chases, assaults from unexpected
accomplices, car ramming, and violence upon
confronting a suspect. In spite of the
program's age, the fact that people (and
robbers and officers) haven't changed much
keeps the presentation relevant.
Survival/Robbery/Traffic Stops/Line of Duty
Casualties
(41 min.)
[1999] This program, donated by Lt. Robert
Rubel (Evanston Police Dept., Ret.), features
an Alabama officer's description of what he,
and viewers, can learn about an evening DUI
stop that turned into a violent attack. Points
that are brought up are the importance of
alertness, knowing when to call for backup,
protecting one's weapon, less-lethal options,
how to incapacitate handcuffs, and the
usefulness of in-car video. At the end of the
program, the officer reveals that this recording
was the first day it had been in the squad car.
The program concludes with an expert's
analysis of the remarks and body language
that would have indicated that the subject was
planning an attack.
Series/DUI/SelfDefense/Survival/Handcuffs/Body Language
Program 1131: Burglary in Progress: An
Analysis of Officers Killed (16 min.)
[1993] Most of the burglary in progress calls
turn out to be false alarms, or to be over by the
time the officer arrives. this program presents
lessons learned from those fatal few calls, in
which the burglar was present and armed.
Most fatal encounters occur very early in the
morning, outside of a commercial buildings, at
which more than one suspect was present.
Judging from the information presented here,
though, the overall reason for officer fatalities
is officer carelessness. Viewers are urged to
assume the call is genuine, and that there are
more subjects than the ones that can be seen,
and wait for backup. They are also reminded
to be careful of trapped or uncontrolled
suspects, who will lie whenever possible.
Burglary/Robbery/Alarms/Survival/Line of
Duty Casualties/Building Searches
Program 1138: Non-Warrant Search and
Seizure (1 hour)
[October 5, 1991] Det. Paul Carroll (Chicago
Police Department, ret.) provided this video,
which features Richard Wintory, (then)
Assistant District Attorney, Oklahoma,
showing how the viewers know more than
they realize. Judging from the age of the
program, some of the information has
probably changed, but it might be a good
place to start discussion. In an interesting,
lively fashion, he discusses Supreme Court
rulings related to 4th Amendment issues,
focusing on the questions:
• Does the Fourth Amendment really apply to
the situation? (Can the defendant prove
standing?)
• What qualifies as a search ir a seizure? and
• The 3 key questions: Do I have a seizure?
What kind? What facts do I have to support
it?
Descriptors: Search and Seizure/Search
Warrants/Law
Program 1137: Alabama Officer Assault /
Body Language Part 1: In the Line of Duty
VHS Subject Index
9 Mm
Basics to Bullseyes: The 9mm Semi-Automatic Pistol
[32 min.] (#125)
S.A.F.E. Shooting Method (The [46 min.] (#126)
Firearms Training Update (circa 1987) [23 min.]
(#397)
Accidents
Crashing Cars: Testing for Safety (1986) [8 min.]
(#18)
Where Do the Children Go? [18 min.] (#116)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- August 1990 (August
1990) [2 hours] (#127)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- November 1990
(November 1990) [2 hours] (#134)
Accident Investigation Tape [15 min.] (#145)
Managing Freeway Incidents [13 min.] (#175)
Red Asphalt III / Suddenly Tragedy [17 min. / 6 min.]
(#228)
Felony Hit and Run Investigation [11 min.] (#229)
200 Milliseconds of Your Life [13 min.] (#268)
Grade Crossing Accidents [10 min.] (#359)
First Response to Vehicle Accidents Involving
Hazardous Materials (circa 1987) [49 min] (#384)
Law Enforcement Medical-Legal Issues (circa 1988)
[25 min.] (#387)
Accident Scene Management [30 min.] (#482)
Less Than Invincible [9 min.] (#516)
Motor Vehicle Drivers Disclosure Act (1997) [8 min.]
(#584)
Road Rage: 48 Hours (September 1997) [45 min.]
(#613)
Preventing Road Rage: Anger Management for
Drivers (1998) [20 min.] (#658)
Emergency Vehicle Operation (1998) [29 min] (#672)
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety: Roll Call
(1999) [9 min.] (#785)
Paths of Thunder (1982) [20 min.] (#812)
Preventing Disaster at the Crossing : How Bus Drivers
Can Prevent a Tragedy at Highway-rail Crossings
(1991) [18 min.] (#813)
Safety Starts with Crash Data (July 2002) [15 min.and
8 min.] (#853)
San Francisco Police Department Cruiser Crash (In
the Line of Duty) (2003) [36 min] (#918)
Reducing Your Risks in the Crash (1996) [9 min.]
(#930)
Reduciendo su riesgo en un accidente [Reducing Your
Risks in the Crash] (1999) [10 min.] (#931)
Freeway Madness (1996) [45 min.] (#940)
Hit and Run (In the Line of Duty) (1996) [30 Min.]
(#1011)
Crash Course: What to Know Before and after a
Collision (2004) [62 min.] (#1050)
Vehicle Identification Guide (2001) [13 min.] (#1091)
Accreditation
CALEA Accreditation: Professional Excellence (circa
late 1990s) [8 min.] (#874)
Active Shooters
POST Satellite Broadcast -- September 1993
(September 1993) [2 hours] (#323)
Handling a School Shooting (2001) [15 min.] (#883)
Rapid Response to the Active Shooter (In the Line of
Duty Special Issue) (2000) [50 min.] (#884)
Aggressive Driving: See Driving
Aids
Silent War: Infection Control for Law Enforcement
(1994) [1 hour] (#Set 13)
AIDS Bulletin for Law Enforcement (circa 1988) [23
min.] (#21)
AIDS the Challenge for Corrections AND Preventing
AIDS: It's a Matter of Life or Death (circa 1988) [18
min. and 15 min.] (#22)
Infectious Diseases in the Jail (circa 1990) [9 min.]
(#JOB 109)
Bloodborne Pathogens: Safeguarding Employees by
Reducing the Risk to Occupational Exposure to
Bloodborne Disease (June 16, 1992) [2 hours, 25
min.] (#254)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- March 1993 (March
1993) [2 hours] (#293)
Communicable Diseases POST Telecourse
(November 4, 1993) [2 hours] (#330)
AIDS--The Silent Cop Killer [17 min.] (#410)
Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens (1999) [45 min.]
(#678)
Vehicle Searches (2000) [21 min.] (#773)
Aircraft
POST Satellite Broadcast -- April 1990 (April 17,
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
Law Enforcement Officers Flying Armed POST
Telecourse (November 1995) [1 hour, 20 min.] (#509)
Alarms
Holdup Alarm Response (circa 1989) [29 min.] (#40)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- June 1994 (June 1994) [2
hours] (#402)
Park Smart [20 min.] (#630)
Burglary in Progress: An Analysis of Officers Killed
(1993) [16 min.] (#1131)
Alcohol
Choir Practice; Parts 1 and 2 (1989) [52 min.] (#89)
Drug Abuse by Police Officers {FBI Teleconference}
[3 hours] (#190)
DUI Impact (Legal Action Series) (1992) [1 hour]
(#298)
It Ain't Love (1997) [58 min.] (#711)
Alcohol Compliance Checks: Just the Facts: Training
Video for Youth Buyers (1999) [8 min.] (#772)
Combating Underage Drinking OJJDP Teleconference
(September 22, 2000) [2 hours] (#819)
High Profile Policing: Misdemeanor Offenders
Program (2001) [7 min.] (#906)
Aliens
Working with Illegal Alien Inmates (1997) [12 min.]
(#JOB 612)
Responding to Alien Crime {Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy} (February 2000) [24 min.] (#796)
Muslim Culture for Law Enforcement [FBI
Teleconference] (February 2003) [2 hours] (#879)
It's the Right Thing to Do : Consular Notification
(circa 2003) [11 min.] (#982)
Responding to Criminal Aliens (circa 2005) [19 min.]
(#1090)
Alzheimer's Disease
POST Satellite Broadcast -- February 1993 (February
1993) [2 hours] (#289)
Recognizing Mental Illness -- A Proactive Approach
POST Telecourse (February 2000) [2 hours] (#765)
American Justice Series
Cop Killers (American Justice) (1996) [45 min.]
(#898)
Attack at Waco (American Justice) (1996) [45 min.]
(#899)
Ammunition
Second Chance vs. Magnum Force (1988) [118 min.]
(#50)
Second Chance v. the Cop Killers (circa 1992) [8
hours] (#295)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- October 1993 (October
1993) [1 Hour] (#328)
Officer Survival Teleconference (LESAT 2000)
(February 23, 2000) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#757)
Flea Market Shooting (In the Line of Duty (1996) [29
Min.] (#1008)
Animal Control
POST Satellite Broadcast -- May 1994 (May 1994) [2
hours] (#390)
What Dogs Try to Tell Cops (2003) [24 min.] (#895)
Pit Bulls and Dogfighting (2004) [26 min. and 17
min.] (#924)
Arabs
Armed Forces
Military Snipers Tape Set [The History Channel]
(2002) [45 min. per tape (2 hours, 15 min.)] (#Set 33)
MPs: Warriors Behind the Badge (2002) [100 min.]
(#861)
Large Vehicle Hijacking/Pursuit/Lethal Force (In the
Line of Duty) (1995) [26 min.] (#1003)
Armenians
Cultural Awareness Series (1982-1986) [114 min.]
(#185)
Arrests
1992) [2 hours] (#275)
Making Your Case and Making it Stick Pt. 2:
Detention, Arrest and the Miranda (1997) [30 min.]
(#568)
Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion 1: The
Concepts (1994) [23 min.] (#673)
Suspicion Factors (1998) [44 min.] (#675)
Searches of Persons (1999) [58 min. on 2 tapes]
(#695)
Search Incident to Arrest and Gender Problems (1999)
[30 min.] (#718)
Supreme Court Update -- 2000 (2000) [21 min.]
(#769)
Program (2001) [7 min.] (#906)
Organizing Your DUI Arrest: Developing an
Standardized Packet (2003) [14 min. on 2 tapes]
(#984)
Is it More than Just a DUI? Gangs, Guns, Drugs, and
Officer Safety (2003) [7 min.] (#986)
Arson
Forensic Anthropology, with Dr. William Bass (1986)
[2 hours, 26 min.] (#Set 20)
Arson Investigation Techniques [30 min.] (#27)
Motor Vehicle Fire and Theft Investigation [17 min.]
(#144)
Arson Crime Scenes {FBI Teleconference} [3 hours]
(#149)
Anatomy of an Arson [32 min.] (#184)
Community Response to Juvenile Firesetting &
Juvenile Arson (July 1993) [2½ hours] (#332)
POST Satellite Broadcast--December 1993
(December 1993) [2 hours] (#336)
Arson and Bombs POST Telecourse (1997) [2 hours]
(#600)
Asians
With Respect [19 min.] (#172)
(#185)
Confessions of a Vietnamese Gang Member [71 min.]
(#212)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- January 1992 (January
1992) [2 hours] (#224)
Gambling Recognition POST Telecourse [2 hours]
(#518)
Asphyxia
Neck Restraints: Legal & Tactical Issues (circa
1993) [30 min.] (#2)
Special Response Team Training Set (1999) [55 min.]
(#CRT 224)
Sudden In-Custody Death: Training for Prevention /
Positional Asphyxia Update (2000) [16 min.] (#778)
Autism
Autism and Law Enforcement Roll Call Briefing
Video (2004) [21 min.] (#927)
Autopsies
[2 hours, 26 min.] (#Set 20)
Science of Murder (The) (circa 1988) [1 hour] (#44)
Watchful Sensitivity: Investigating Sudden and
Unexplained Infant Death (1994) [49 min.] (#721)
Death Investigations FBI Teleconference (December
1, 2003) [2 hours] (#923)
Background Investigations
Hiring the Best: Verifying an Employment
Application (1995) [59 min.] (#Set 25)
NCIC/ATF Violent Felon File [11 min.] (#239)
Violence in the Workplace (FBI Teleconference) [2
hours] (#408)
Bank Robberies: See "Robbery"
Batons
ASP Tactical Baton [19 min.] (#81)
Survival Under Stress [31 min.] (#82)
AKD 48 [16 min.] (#267)
ASP Tactical Baton; A Video Training Manual [1
hour] (#279)
Impact Weapon Training Issues (circa 1987) [26 min.]
(#395)
Realistic Side-Handle Baton: Basic [59 min.] (#468)
Straight Baton Techniques (1996) [32 min.] (#526)
Controlling Violent Subjects Part 2 POST Telecourse
(1996) [2 hours] (#571)
Baton as a Control Device (2001) [13 min.] (#788)
Less-Lethal Technology (Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy) (February 2001) [24 min.] (#793)
Bees
POST Satellite Broadcast--February 1995 (February
1995) [2 hours] (#444)
Bias Crime
Fear that Doesn't Fade [17 min.] (#168)
Hate Crime: A Training Video for Police Officers [17
min.] (#203)
Hate Groups: Violence in America {FBI
Teleconference} [3 hours] (#217)
Hate Crimes POST Telecourse [2 hours, 20 min.]
(#235)
POST Satellite Broadcast--April 1995 (April 1995) [2
hours] (#463)
Hate Crime – The Violent Outgrowth of Intolerance
FBI Teleconference (1998) [2 hours] (#623)
Domestic Terrorism POST Telecourse (March 1999)
[2 hours] (#700)
Responding to Hate Crimes: A Roll Call Training
Video for Police Officers (1999) [20 min.] (#743)
Public Safety Dispatchers POST Telecourse (March
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
Cultural Diversity for Law Enforcement (2001) [30
min.] (#779)
New Skinheads [The] (1995) [44 min.] (#810)
Racial Profiling -- Chicago Police Department (2001)
[40 min.] (#815)
Racially Biased Policing: A Principled Response
(2002) [15 min.] (#868)
Racial Profiling (In the Line of Duty) (2001) [15 min.]
(#921)
Bicycles
Police Bicycle Riding Skills and Tactics [46 min.]
(#454)
Andy's Bicycle Safety Video (1997) [8 min.] (#593)
IPMBA Firearms Training Video (1999) [16 min.]
(#735)
Bike Patrols: Overview and Equipment (2001) [14
and 12 minutes] (#841)
Bicycle Safety Camp (1989) [25 min.] (#968)
Biography Series
John Wayne Gacy : Biography (1996) [45 min.]
(#965)
Blacks
(#185)
African American Gangs POST Telecourse (circa
1995) [2 hours] (#349)
Prison Bound : The Film about Los Angeles Gangs
(1997) [1 hour, 12 min.] (#833)
(2002) [15 min.] (#868)
Blind
Police and People with Disabilities (1996) [1 hour]
(#Set 15)
Serving Crime Victims with Disabilities: The Time is
Now (2005) [18 min.] (#1087)
Serving Crime Victims with Disabilities: Meet Us
Where We Are (2005) [14 min.] (#1088)
Bloodborne Pathogens
Silent War, 2d edition (2002 and 2005) [3 hours, 50
min.] (#Set 36)
(November 4, 1993) [2 hours] (#330)
(#678)
Bloodborne Pathogens See "Diseases"
Boats
Police Pursuit: Modern Marvels (2004) [45 min.]
(#950)
Body Armor
(#50)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- November 1991 [2 hours]
(#218)
hours] (#295)
Soft Body Armor (circa 1980s) [10 min.] (#362)
Vests: Smart and Creative Ways to Dress for Survival
Officer Survival 1998: Center Axis Relock (February
4, 1998) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#759)
Surviving a Shooting: Your Guide to Personal Body
Armor (2000) [14 min.] (#774)
Technology on the Job (circa 2001) [30 min.] (#821)
Police Technology [History Channel's Modern
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
Deadly Force (2002 ) [41 min.] (#892)
Georgia Deputy Murder : In the Line of Duty Special
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
Vest Saves Deputy's Life (In the Line of Duty) (1997)
[37 Min.] (#1016)
Trooper Shot Point Blank (In the Line of Duty) (1998)
[40 min.] (#1025)
Body Language
Fatal Addiction (1989) [56 min.] (#53)
Did You See What I Said? [20 min.] (#154)
Use of Force, Part 1: De-Escalation Techniques [28
min.] (#170)
Verbal Judo Review [1 hour, 49 min.] (#240)
Tactical Communication (POST Telecourse) (April
23, 1992) [2 hours] (#247)
Cultural Awareness {POST Telecourse} (November
12, 1992) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#276)
Verbal Judo: Methods and Tactics (1992) [3 1/2
hours on 2 tapes] (#438)
Trooper Coates Shooting (In the Line of Duty Series)
(1996) [31 min.] (#598)
Drug Enforcement [in] Airports, Hotels, and Buses:
Seizures/Non-Seizures (1998) [24 min.] (#640)
Corpus Christi Knife Assault (In the Line of Duty)
(1998) [35 Min.] (#1022)
Alabama Officer Assault / Body Language Part 1: In
the Line of Duty (1999) [41 min.] (#1137)
Body Searches
(#JOB 109)
Search and Seizure: Techniques and Liabilities [28
min.] (#114)
Frisk/Strip Search [12 min.] (#JOB 201)
Transporting Inmates 1 ( 1999) [34 min.] (#CRT 222)
Correctional Searches of Persons 1 (1999) [17 min.]
(#CRT 227)
Inmate Body Searches, Part 1: Clothed (circa 1984)
[16 min.] (#263)
Cross Gender Search (2000) [16 min.] (#CRT 322)
(#678)
(#695)
Responding to School Violence: Legal
Considerations in School Searches & Interviewing
(1999) [29 min.] (#706)
Tactical Pat Downs and Frisk Searches (Searches of
Persons 1) (1999) [28 min.] (#710)
[30 min.] (#718)
Surviving the North Hollywood Shootout (2003) [38
min.] (#897)
Pat Downs -- Officer Deaths (In the Line of Duty)
(2002) [35 min.] (#919)
Grateful Dead Concert Negotiation (In the Line of
Duty) (1995) [27 Min.] (#1004)
Bomb Threats
Bomb Threat [17 min.] (#139)
Terrorism Road Show (circa 1990) [1 hour] (#351)
POST Satellite Broadcast--September 1995
Bomb Scare (2000) [15 min.] (#782)
Bombs
Disguised Weapons (circa 1988) [20 min.] (#13)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- November 1989 (1989) [2
hours] (#92)
Explosives Awareness [30 min.] (#123)
Mail Bombs [30 min. total] (#141)
1994) [2 hours] (#348)
Bomb Squad Management: Professionalism, Safety
and Technology (FBI Teleconference) (April 13,
1994) [2 hours] (#353)
1994) [2 hours] (#425)
POST Satellite Broadcast--November 1994
Massachusetts Anti-Terrorism Training Video (1996)
[18 min.] (#597)
(#600)
Bomb Scare (2000) [15 min.] (#782)
Surviving the Secondary Device : The Rules have
Changed (1997) [10 min.] (#848)
Bomb Squad [Nova] (1997) [54 min.] (#877)
Dirty Bombs [Nova] (2003) [55 min.] (#882)
Booby Traps (Modern Marvels) (2003) [44 min.]
(#900)
Defending the Highrise : Modern Marvels (2003) [44
min.] (#911)
Explosive Devices: WMD Standardized Awareness
Course Module 5 (April 13, 2005) [54 min.] (#977)
Breathalyzers
(1993) [16 min.] (#1131)
Buses
hours] (#176)
(1991) [18 min.] (#813)
Business Crime
High-Tech Crimes Part 1 POST Telecourse (1997) [2
hours] (#566)
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Monoxide Fire Services Training (1996) [26
min.] (#576)
Careers
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
Joining the Force: In the Line of Duty Special Issue
(circa 2005) [1 hour] (#1048)
Alcohol in the Human Body (Intoximeters, Inc.) [29
min.] (#561)
AlcoSensor IV / RBT IV Training Tape (Intoximeters,
Inc.) [57 min.] (#562)
Carjacking
Building Searches
Cars
Officer as Hostage / Tactical Movement [25 min.]
(#250)
Practical Patrol Tactics for the 911 Officer [31 min.]
(#452)
Building Searches (1995) [30 min.] (#530)
Line Officer Survival and Safety: Building Searches,
Frisks & Equipment (1997) [28 min.] (#604)
(#900)
(1993) [16 min.] (#1131)
Case Studies
Burglary
Commercial Burglary Prevention / Residential
Burglary Prevention [11 min. / 10 min.] (#183)
Initial Burglary Investigation [22 min.] (#191)
1992) [2 hours] (#256)
[18 min.] (#597)
Community Policing: The Citizen's Role (1996) [13
min.] (#999)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
Anti-Lock Brake Demonstration (1991) [9 min.]
(#206)
Don't Let Up: ABS (Anti-lock Braking Systems)
(1994) [9 min.] (#573)
Jack-in-the-Box: In the Line of Duty (1996) [26 min.]
(#849)
Drug Traffickers Hiding Places in Unaltered Autos
(1998, footage 1994) [49 min.] (#934)
Identifying the Stolen Car (Circa 2000) [34 min.]
(#953)
Tinted Window Shooting/Tinted Window Training (In
the Line of Duty) (1998) [30 Min.] (#1024)
Ethics in Policing (POST Telecourse) [2 hours, 40
min.] (#242)
Chaplains
Employee Assistance Programs FBI Teleconference
[1 hour, 50 min.] (#513)
When a Cop Dies: Police Chaplains (2001) [23 min.]
(#995)
Checkpoints
Laws of Arrest: Force (1994) [55 min.] (#Set 11)
DWI: Sobriety Checkpoints [30 min.] (#142)
Roadside Safety Check Tape [14 min.] (#287)
Supreme Court Update 2001 (2002) [23 min.] (#835)
Chemical Agents
Defensive Tactics with Chemical Aerosol Sprays
(circa 1989) [39 min.] (#60)
(#CRT 224)
hours] (#402)
POST Satellite Broadcast--August 1994 (August
1994) [2 hours] (#415)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- April 1994 (April 1994)
[2 hours] (#424)
Pepper Spray for Self-Defense [17 min.] (#434)
OC Aerosol Use in Law Enforcement [22 min.]
(#435)
Fighting through Pepper Spray: Counter Assault and
Survival Tactics [29 min.] (#470)
(1996) [2 hours] (#571)
OC Aerosol in Law Enforcement II (2001) [38 min.]
(#818)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
Developing Interagency Protocols for ICS: CoMNET
Video Magazine (August 25, 2004) [1 hour] (#945)
Chemical Agents: WMD Standardized Awareness
Course Module 2 (February 2005) [57 min.] (#976)
Child Abuse
Child Abuse: Recognition and Impact POST
Telecourse (July 1994) [2 hours] (#411)
Child Abuse: Investigation POST Telecourse (July
1994) [2 hours] (#412)
Prevalence and Consequences of Child Victimization:
Preliminary Results from the National Survey of
Adolescents (NIJ Research in Progress) (1995) [59
min.] (#556)
Responding to Domestic Violence pt. 2: Child Abuse,
Death Threats, Stalking and Elderly Abuse (1997) [32
min.] (#592)
Missing Persons POST Telecourse (May 1998) [2
hours] (#637)
Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders : Risk Factors
and Successful Interventions OJJDP Teleconference
(September 17, 1998) [2 hours] (#692)
Violence Against Children [Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy] (March 1999) [24 min.] (#717)
Through My Eyes: Children Exposed to Violence
(1999) [9 min.] (#748)
Responding to Child Victims and Witnesses:
Innovative Practices for Law Enforcement (2000) [17
min.] (#789)
Promising Practices to Improve Case Outcomes
(2000) [16 min.] (#790)
Innovative Practices for Prosecutors (2000) [17 min.]
(#791)
Innovative Practices in the Courtroom (2000) [15
min.] (#792)
2001 Legal Update (2001) [15 min.] (#802)
Child Neglect
Parental Abductors: Four Interviews (1994) [43 min.]
(#499)
Child Sexual Abuse
Sex Crimes [28 min.] (#202)
1994) [2 hours] (#412)
Child Abuse and Exploitation [In Cyberspace] FBI
Teleconference [1 hour, 50 min.] (#511)
Missing and Exploited Children: Yesterday, Today
and Tomorrow (United Against Crime
Teleconference) (April 10, 1997) [2 hours] (#617)
Protecting Children Online OJJDP Teleconference
(April 22, 1998) [1 hour, 57 min.] (#631)
(1999) [9 min.] (#748)
(2000) [16 min.] (#790)
Chinese
(#185)
Civil Disobedience
Control Procedures for Passive Demonstration [31
min.] (#90)
Handcuffs as Defensive Impact Tools: Tactical
Handcuffing, Basic Part 2 [20 min.] (#319)
Crowd Management & Civil Disobedience, Parts 1
and 2, POST Telecourses (May 2003) [3 hours, 45
min.] (#902)
Civil Rights
Proactive Approach to Avoiding Lawsuits [15 min.]
(#JOB 310)
Rights vs. Privileges [15 min.] (#JOB 312)
Right to Silence & Right to Counsel (1999) [50 min.]
(#730)
Comic Relief
Little Red Driving Hood: Fairy Trials (1994) [23
min.] (#Set 16 )
(#50)
1992) [2 hours] (#224)
1992) [2 hours] (#238)
Handle with Care! [12 min.] (#270)
Trooper Malice Tape [34 min.] (#277)
hours] (#295)
Thumbs Up Video (circa 1992) [25 min.] (#400)
Case Preparation & Courtroom Demeanor (LESAT
1996) (1996) [2 hours, 8 min.] (#746)
Communication
Writing Skills for Command Personnel [79 min.]
(#Set 3)
Dispatchers: The Vital Link [1 hour] (#Set 9)
Voices of September 11th [The] (2003) [3 hours, 47
min.] (#Set 29)
Essential Communication Skills Tape Set [ALERT]
(2004) [15, 17, 18 min.] (#Set 30)
How to Be a Better Trainer (circa 1992) [3 hours, 3
min., on 3 tapes] (#Set 39)
Proofreading and Editing Skills (circa 1992) [3 hours,
4 minutes, on 3 tapes] (#Set 40)
Inmate Management (The Correction Officer Series)
(circa 1989) [20 min.] (#71)
Decision Exercises (The Corrections Officer Series)
[24 min.] (#73)
Effective Interpersonal Communications [10 min.]
(#JOB 104)
Managing Mentally Ill Inmates (1997) [43 min.]
(#CRT 123)
First Response to Armed and Barricaded Situations:
Conflict Resolution/Containment (1998) [24 min.]
(#CRT 128)
Non-Verbal and Verbal Communication (1998) [27
min.] (#CRT 129)
Conflict Resolution 1: Basic Problem Solving (1998)
[32 min.] (#CRT 130)
Deaf Awareness Tape [27 min.] (#151)
Officer Courtesy Tape [20 min.] (#157)
min.] (#170)
Interpersonal Communications [25 min.] (#174)
(#185)
Courtesy, The Bottom Line [12 min.] (#199)
Officer Comportment [9 min.] (#JOB 208)
(#212)
Use of Excessive Force (The) {FBI Teleconference}
Teamwork: Team Building in Corrections (2000) [13
min.] (#CRT 229)
23, 1992) [2 hours] (#247)
Sticky Situations: True-Life Training Scenarios [13
min.] (#252)
Diffusing Aggressive Behavior (1989) [18 min.]
(#262)
1992) [2 hours] (#275)
12, 1992) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#276)
1993) [2 hours] (#293)
Dealing with Aggressive Behavior [10 min.] (#JOB
307)
Ethics: Doing the Job Right and Doing the Right Job
(FBI Teleconference) (August 1992) [3 hours] (#311)
Tactical Intervention Telecourse (July 8, 1993) [2
hours] (#316)
Police Courtesy [7 min.] (#340)
Problem-Solving from an Officer's Viewpoint [11
min.] (#JOB 404)
Con Games and Inmates: What the Line Officer
Needs to Know [15 min.] (#JOB 407)
Victim Contact Skills POST Telecourse (January 19,
1995) [2 hours] (#441)
Sexual Assault Investigations POST Telecourse (July
1995) [2 hours] (#473)
Programming Opportunities in Jails [18 min.] (#JOB
510)
Managing Conflict Resolution [12 min.] (#JOB 511)
(1996) [2 hours] (#536)
Voluntary Contacts / Terry Stops (1996) [28 min.]
(#546)
Officer Stress Management II: Citizen Contacts/Post
Pursuit (1996) [32 min.] (#554)
First Response to Armed & Barricaded Situations
(Parts 1 and 2) (1998) [66 min. on 2 tapes] (#625)
Effective Courtroom Testimony (October and
November 1998) [46 min. and 1 hour] (#663)
Victims of Fraud: Beyond Financial Loss (1998) [20
min.] (#669)
[2 hours] (#700)
Responding to School Violence pt. 1: The Warning
Signs [Community Policing 2] (1999) [40 min.]
(#701)
After Sudden Loss: Living with Grief (1996) [62
min.] (#702)
Who We Are, How We Grieve: Living with Grief
(1998) [1 hour] (#703)
Conflict Resolution Intervention in a Jail Setting
(circa 1995) [9 min.] (#JOB 706)
Responding to School Violence Part 2: Crisis
Response and Action – Community Policing 2 (1999)
[39 min.] (#707)
Stress Management in Law Enforcement FBI
Teleconference (March 10, 1999) [2 hours] (#713)
Law Enforcement and Suicide FBI Teleconference
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
Seizure vs Non-Seizure of Persons (2000) [34 min. on
2 tapes] (#758)
Youth Trends in Law Enforcement (LESAT
Teleconference) (April 5, 2000) [2 hours, 20 min.]
(#760)
Suicide-by-Cop POST Telecourses (July and August
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
Achieving Diversity through Marketing FBI
Teleconference (January 17, 2001) [2 hours] (#801)
[40 min.] (#815)
Toma Live (1990) [1 hour] (#817)
Interpersonal Communications: Legal Implications
(2001) [32 min. on 2 tapes] (#823)
Use of Force (2002) [39 min.] (#829)
Special Response Tactics POST Telecourse (April
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
Video (2004) [21 min.] (#927)
Hidden Compartments of Drug Traffickers (1998) [1
hour, 50 min.] (#935)
Signs of the Deaf (In the Line of Duty Special Issue)
(2000) [32 min.] (#960)
Dealing with Violent Suspects (2004) [9 min.] (#970)
(#995)
Beyond 911: The Unresponsive Infant (1998) [13
min.] (#1002)
Irate Motorist (In the Line of Duty) (1996) [24 Min.]
(#1005)
Min.] (#1008)
Communicationhostage Negotiation
Hostage Negotiation (1994) [1 hour, 15 min. on two
tapes] (#539)
Communications
min.] (#Set 29)
Telephone Techniques for Dispatchers [90 min. on 2
tapes] (#284)
Dispatcher Skill Building [109 min. on 2 tapes] (#285)
Radio Dispatching Guidelines [1 hour] (#286)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
Shootout at Harrah's : Police Rapid Response (May
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
Safeway Store Hostage (In the Line of Duty) (1996)
[32 Min.] (#1009)
Gun Safety/311 Non-Emergency (In the Line of Duty)
(1997) [37 Min.] (#1014)
Communities
Problem Oriented Policing Set (circa 1998) [1 hour,
39 min., on 6 videos] (#Set 35)
Communities and Crime: A Study in Chicago (NIJ
Research in Progress) (1995) [58 min.] (#555)
Casino Gaming in Your Home Town (Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy) (August 1997) [24 min.]
(#667)
Implementing Community Oriented Policing (LESAT
Teleconference) (May 16, 2000) [2 hours, 20 min.]
(#762)
Creating Media for Community Relations [Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy] (March 2001) [24 min.]
(#794)
Anti-Terrorism for Law Enforcement (2002) [32 min.]
(#845)
Widening the Circle: Sexual Assault and people with
Disabilities and the Elderly (1998) [22 min.] (#916)
National Incident Management System [NIMS] : An
Introduction Broadcast for First Responders (March
10, 2004) [45 min.] (#942)
Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing: The
Herman Goldstein Award Winner and Finalists (2004)
[31 min.] (#961)
Community Policing: The Block Captain's Role (How
to Set Up and Maintain a Watch Group) (1996) [16
min.] (#998)
Community Policing
Chicago CAPS Conference (March 25, 1993) [7
hours, on 4 tapes] (#Set 7)
Safe Neighborhood Programs: The Hampton,
Virginia Plan {FBI Teleconference} [3 hours] (#193)
Policing in the 21st Century {FBI Teleconference}
(October 1992) [2 hours, 40 min.] (#274)
COPPS: Community Oriented Policing & Problem
Solving (1993) [43 min. on 2 tapes] (#421)
Community Policing in Chicago: Fact or Fiction (NIJ
Research in Progress) (May 1995) [1 hour] (#495)
Reducing Gun Violence: Community Policing
Against Gun Crime (NIJ Research in Progress) [51
min.] (#497)
Community Oriented Policing POST Telecourse [2
hours] (#520)
Community Policing I: Responding to Violence in
the Workplace (1996) [35 min.] (#531)
TRIAD: Seniors and Law Enforcement Together FBI
Teleconference (1996) [2 hours] (#542)
Are We Delivering on the Promises of Community
Policing: United Against Crime Teleconference
(1997) [107 min.] (#577)
Citizens Protecting America's Parks (1996) [13 min]
(#579)
Power of Prevention (United Against Crime
teleconference) (1997) [123 min.] (#619)
Domestic Violence: Community Oriented Policing
POST Telecourse (June 1998) [2 hours] (#639)
(#762)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
Police, with Bill Kurtis (1997) [94 min.] (#767)
Homeland Security and CommunityPolicing FBI
Teleconference (September 5, 2002) [2 hours] (#856)
Expanding State and Local Counter-Terrorism
Training FBI Teleconference (June 11, 2003) [2
hours] (#914)
min.] (#924)
[31 min.] (#961)
min.] (#998)
min.] (#999)
Comportment
(circa 1989) [20 min.] (#71)
(#CRT 128)
min.] (#CRT 129)
(#218)
Professional Ethics in Corrections (1999) [30 min.]
(#CRT 223)
Gangs in Corrections (2000) [22 min.] (#CRT 231)
Law Enforcement Ethics [28 min.] (#237)
min.] (#242)
1992) [2 hours] (#275)
12, 1992) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#276)
1993) [2 hours] (#293)
Hispanic Gangs POST Telecourse (1992) [2 hours]
(#294)
hours] (#316)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
1994) [2 hours] (#346)
Handling Noise Complaints (circa 1987) [20 min.]
(#372)
Professionalism and Ethics [16 min.] (#JOB 408)
[2 hours] (#424)
1994) [2 hours] (#425)
Law Enforcement Professionalism [28 min.] (#436)
1995) [2 hours] (#441)
Pursuit (1996) [32 min.] (#554)
Law Enforcement Operations: Why Things Go Right
-- Why Things Go Wrong (1996) [1 hour, 21
minutes] (#558)
Law Enforcement Civil Liability: The True Story
(1996) [1 hour, 24 min.] (#559)
Law Enforcement Sexual Harassment -- Techniques
for Elimination (1996) [1 hour, 4 minutes] (#560)
Liability Issues Involving Use of Force (In Jails)
(1997) [12 min.] (#JOB 609)
Subject Control and Compliance 1: Force Continuum
and Relative Positioning (1998) [27 min.] (#632)
Professional Ethics in Law Enforcement (1998) [41
min.] (#633)
Managing Force Escalations (about 1995) [36 min]
(#671)
Ethical Decision Making in Law Enforcement POST
Telecourse (November 19, 1998) [2 hours] (#674)
Legal Considerations in Report Writing (1999) [26
min.] (#698)
Persons 1) (1999) [28 min.] (#710)
[30 min.] (#718)
Sudden Pediatric Death from a Parent's Perspective
(1998) [50 min.] (#720)
(#760)
(#762)
min.] (#779)
Con Games Behind Bars (1991) [36 min.] (#781)
Critical Incident Stress Reaction {Viewpoints from
the FBI Academy} (May 2000) [24 min.] (#797)
Overcoming Police Misconduct: Three CEOs'
Success Stories [FBI Teleconference] (March 28,
2001) [2 hours] (#807)
Law Enforcement and Media: A Perspective from
Behind the Camera [FBI Teleconference] (July 11,
2001) [2 hours] (#814)
[40 min.] (#815)
(2001) [32 min. on 2 tapes] (#823)
Use of Force (2002) [39 min.] (#829)
Street Talk [32 min.] (#838)
Human Diversity (1994) [34 min.] (#839)
(#845)
Staying Calm / Avoid Communication Screw-ups
(Special Issues : In the Line of Duty) (2000) [29 min.]
(#851)
(2002) [15 min.] (#868)
Law Enforcement Snipers (The History Channel)
(2002) [45 min.] (#870)
(#899)
Program (2001) [7 min.] (#906)
DUI, Deranged, or? (2003) [11 min.] (#907)
(#921)
Video (2004) [21 min.] (#927)
hour, 50 min.] (#935)
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
(circa 2003) [11 min.] (#982)
(#1005)
Computers
Fighting Cyber Crime [Viewpoints from the FBI
Academy] (May-July 1999) [72 min.] (#Set 19)
Investigative Use of State and National Computers
{FBI Teleconference} (circa 1988) [3 hours] (#150)
hours] (#176)
1992) [2 hours] (#234)
hours] (#566)
hours] (#582)
Law Enforcement and the Internet FBI
Teleconference (July 1997) [2 hours] (#586)
Combating High-Tech Crime FBI Teleconference
(1997) [2 hours] (#595)
(April 22, 1998) [1 hour, 57 min.] (#631)
Children and the Internet: Street Smarts for the
Information Super-Highway (UAC Teleconference)
(July 1999) [1 hour, 39 min.] (#712)
Video and Law Enforcement: Shooting for Justice
FBI Teleconference (March 15, 2000) [2 hours]
(#754)
Missing & Exploited Children Teleconference
(LESAT 2000) (January 26, 2000) [2 hours, 20 min.]
(#756)
Futuristics and Law Enforcement: The Millennium
Conference [FBI Teleconference] (July 2000) [3 hours
on 2 tapes] (#806)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
Distance Learning in the Criminal Justice Field:
Where are We and Where Do We Go Next? FBI
Teleconference (May 29, 2002) [ 2 hours] (#842)
min.] (#911)
Cyber Crime Fighting : The Law Enforcement
Officer's Guide to Online Crime (1999) [23, 19, and
18 min.] (#1001)
Con Games
Don't Fall for a Telephone Line: Stop Fraud Program
Kit (1997) [16 min.] (#Set 17)
Confidence Games [25 min.] (#186)
Confidence Crimes Prevention and Education Series
(circa 1992) [1 hour] (#248)
Con Comes Calling (A) [53 min.] (#342)
Crime Senior Alert (2d ed.) [21 min.] (#430)
(#518)
It's Your Right: Legal Tips for Home Repair Fraud
(1994) [16 min.] (#523)
Seniors: Victims or Partners in Community Solutions
(United Against Crime Teleconference) (1996) [2
hours] (#533)
Too Good to be True: How to Avoid Ripoffs (1992)
[33 min.] (#541)
min.] (#669)
Con Games and Con Artists (1993) [27 min.] (#903)
Concealed Weapons
Disguised Weapons (circa 1988) [20 min.] (#13)
Street Weapons [25 min.] (#128)
(#CRT 227)
Edged Weapon Defense & Disarming (2000) [14
min.] (#CRT 232)
Dynamics of Off-Duty Encounters, Pt. 1 [29 min.]
(#514)
(#515)
Concealed Carry for Law Enforcement (2001) [34
min.] (#891)
(#900)
(2002) [35 min.] (#919)
Hidden Traps & Secret Compartments (circa 2002)
[30 min.] (#933)
Consular Notification : See “Notification”
Control Tactics
Neck Restraints: Legal & Tactical Issues (circa
1993) [30 min.] (#2)
min.] (#90)
Cell Extractions and Use of Restraints (1997) [28
min.] (#CRT 121)
Control and Compliance 1: Ground Defense and
Custody Control Belt (1998) [28 min.] (#CRT 125)
Control and Compliance II: Pressure Points (1998)
[25 min.] (#CRT 126)
Sudden Assaults of Officers by Confined Individuals
(1998) [25 min.] (#CRT 131)
1991) [2 hours] (#200)
(#CRT 224)
Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint for Corrections
[Demonstration] (2000) [24 min.] (#CRT 230)
Active Countermeasures / Crime Scene Diagramming
[50 min.] (#249)
Handcuffing: Team Cuffing / Close Quarter Cuffing
(2000) [14 min.] (#CRT 321)
Pressure Point Control Tactics and Use of Force
Overview (circa 1987) [21 min.] (#379)
(1996) [2 hours] (#536)
Use of Force By and Against the Police (NIJ Research
in Progress) (1996) [49 min.] (#557)
(1996) [2 hours] (#571)
Control Holds and Take Downs (1994) [30 min.]
(#655)
Subject Control and Compliance 2: Ground Control
and Defense (1998) [26 min.] (#676)
Baton as a Control Device (2001) [13 min.] (#788)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
Subject Control: The Swarm Method (2002) [20
min.] (#840)
Groundfighting/Gunfight (In the Line of Duty) (2000)
[45 min.] (#871)
Tactical Ground Fighting (1994) [29 min.] (#886)
Multiple Assailant Confrontations (1994) [29 min.]
(#888)
Video (2004) [21 min.] (#927)
Cooperation
Operations Cooperation [15 min.] (#103)
Major Case Investigation (FBI Teleconference)
Criminal Sexuality / Pattern Sex Offenses (FBI
Teleconference) (December 8, 1993) [2 hours] (#335)
hours] (#390)
Sniper Attack: Handling Interjurisdictional Cases
[FBI Teleconference] (July 23, 2003) [1 hour, 57
min.] (#910)
10, 2004) [45 min.] (#942)
ICS and the Incident Command Plan: CoMNET Video
Magazine (February 26, 2004) [1 hour] (#944)
Ninth Annual Emergency Preparedness Satellite
Seminar (NIMS and Agriculture) (September 16,
2004) [4 hours] (#946)
Incident Command System (ICS): Order Out of
Chaos (November 10, 2004) [55 min] (#958)
Multi-Hazards Planning for Schools : Around the
Table in Emmitsburg (EENET Broadcast) (August 17,
2005) [55 min.] (#989)
Corrections
(circa 1989) [20 min.] (#71)
Assault on Officers--Tactical Mistakes (The
Corrections Officer Series) [18 min.] (#72)
[24 min.] (#73)
How to Conduct Cell Searches [15 min.] (#JOB 101)
Principles of Report Writing [12 min.] (#JOB 102A)
Techniques of Report Writing [11 min.] (#JOB 102B)
Fire Safety [8 min.] (#JOB 103)
(#JOB 104)
Jail Suicides and other Lockup Liabilities [30 min.]
(#104)
Inmate Disciplinary Principles [8 min.] (#JOB 105)
Inmate Classification Procedures [8 min.] (#JOB 106)
Basic Security Principles [9 min.] (#JOB 107)
Inmates with Special Needs [12 min.] (#JOB 108)
(#JOB 109)
Inmate Transportation [9 min.] (#JOB 110)
Inmate Grievance Procedure [10 min.] (#JOB 111)
Use of Force in Jails [9 min.] (#JOB 112)
min.] (#CRT 121)
(#CRT 123)
Corrections Officer Survival and Safety I: Relative
Positioning and Escorts (1997) [34 min.] (#CRT 124)
[25 min.] (#CRT 126)
Fitness for Corrections (1998) [43 min.] (#CRT 127)
(#CRT 128)
min.] (#CRT 129)
Conflict Resolution 1: Basic Problem Solving (1998)
[32 min.] (#CRT 130)
(1998) [25 min.] (#CRT 131)
Legal Considerations in Corrections (1998) [29 min]
(#CRT 132 )
Corrections Officer Survival [30 min.] (#159)
Frisk/Strip Search [12 min.] (#JOB 201)
Stress Management [10 min.] (#JOB 202)
Coping with Crowded Jails [8 min.] (#JOB 203)
Selecting and Supervising Inmate Workers [9 min.]
(#JOB 204)
Administrative Segregation [10 min.] (#JOB 205)
Drugs in the Jail [9 min.] (#JOB 206)
Hostage Survival [10 min.] (#JOB 207)
Cross Sex Supervision (1989) [9 min.] (#208)
Emergency Preparedness Planning [10 min.] (#JOB
209)
Natural Disasters: Hurricane Preparedness [10 min.]
(#JOB 210)
Critical Incidents in Jails [9 min.] (#JOB 211)
Preventing Suicides [10 min.] (#JOB 212)
(#CRT 223)
1992) [2 hours] (#224)
(#CRT 224)
Who Goes to Prison? (December 4, 1991) [2 hours]
(#225)
Suicide Watch & Intervention (1999) [26 min.]
(#CRT 226)
(#CRT 227)
Law Enforcement Custody of Juveniles [29 min.]
(#227)
ADA in Corrections I (1999) [21 min.] (#CRT 228)
min.] (#CRT 232)
Suicide: The Silent Signals (1985) [29 min.] (#251)
min.] (#252)
[16 min.] (#263)
Inmates at Risk for Suicide [9 min.] (#JOB 301)
Natural Disasters: Earthquake Preparedness [8 min.]
(#JOB 302)
Coping with the Job [10 min.] (#JOB 303)
Booking & Admissions [8 min.] (#JOB 304)
Releasing Inmates [8 min.] (#JOB 305)
Control of Keys, Tools and Supplies [8 min.] (#JOB
306)
Drugs: This is the Way it Is [59 min.] (#306)
307)
Contraband Control [9 min.] (#JOB 309)
(#JOB 310)
High-Risk Security Escorts [8 min.] (#JOB 311)
Report Writing [in Corrections] (2001) [13 min.]
(#CRT 314)
Bioterrorism: Anthrax Awareness [in Corrections]
(2001) [28 min.] (#CRT 315)
Cancelled Lives: Letters from the Inside (School
Version) [41 min.] (#321)
(2000) [14 min.] (#CRT 321)
Cancelled Lives: Letters from the Inside (Adult
Gangs and Gang Identification [11 min.] (#JOB 401)
Working in a Lockdown Unit [10 min.] (#JOB 402)
Work Release: An Overview [9 min.] (#JOB 403)
min.] (#JOB 404)
Non-Smoking Jails [18 min.] (#JOB 405)
Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Jails [15
min.] (#JOB 406)
Understanding Jail Management [16 min.] (#JOB 409)
Working with Inmates with Mental Illness [17 min.]
(#JOB 410)
TIE: Training, Industry, and Education [16 min.]
(#JOB 412)
1994) [2 hours] (#425)
Breaking the Code: The Sound/Symbol System of
English Spelling [88 min.] (#491)
Corrections-Based Drug Abuse Treatment (NIJ
Research in Progress) (January 1995) [45 min.] (#494)
Conditions of Juvenile Confinement OJJDP
Teleconference [90 min.] (#498)
Jail Officer's Leadership Role (The) [12 min.] (#JOB
501)
Effects of Officer Expectations on Inmate Behavior
(The) [9 min.] (#JOB 502)
Why not Direct Supervision? [20 min.] (#JOB 503)
Small Jails: Special Problems [18 min.] (#JOB 504)
Jail Equipment Technology Advances [16 min.]
(#JOB 505)
Jail Literacy Programs [ 16 min.] (#JOB 506)
Preparing for Promotion: Climbing the Ladder [18
min.] (#JOB 507)
Staff Wellness [9 min.] (#JOB 509)
510)
Offenders of the '90s [17 min.] (#JOB 512)
Predicting Criminality (National Institute of Justice
Crime File) (1988) [29 min.] (#528)
Juvenile Boot Camps (Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Teleconference) (1996) [1
hour, 51 min.] (#605)
(1997) [12 min.] (#JOB 609)
Inmates, Jails and Mental Illness (1997) [15 min.]
(#JOB 610)
Female Gang Members in Jails (circa 1995) [13 min.]
(#JOB 611)
(#JOB 612)
Effective Programs for Serious, Violent and Chronic
Juvenile Offenders OJJDP Teleconference (October
11, 1995) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#626)
(circa 1995) [9 min.] (#JOB 706)
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
Reading Gang Tattoos (1998) [62 and 48 min. on 2
tapes] (#803)
Corrections Training: See "Police
Training"
Courts
min.] (#Set 16 )
Search Warrant Process (The) [ALERT] (2004) [15,
14 and 18 min.] (#Set 31)
American Criminal Justice System (The) (circa 1987)
[28 min.] (#386)
Victims of Violence: A Guide to Help Bring Justice
(1997) [70 min.] (#602)
B.J. Learns about Federal and Tribal Court (April
1992) [10 min.] (#694)
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
The U.S. Court System and You (circa 1995) [30
min.] (#1092)
Cpted
Back from the Brink: Saving America's Cities by
Design (1996) [57 min.] (#699)
Crisis on Campus (1999) [23 min.] (#738)
(#762)
Crack
Drug Enforcement Techniques (circa 1988) [27 min.]
(#20)
1993) [2 hours] (#289)
Crashes
Michelle Norton Story [The] (circa 2001) [20 min.]
(#928)
Crime
Crime File Series
What Works: Research and the Police (1986) [29
min.] (#38)
Deadly Force (1986 ) [29 min.] (#45)
Street People (circa 1988) [29 min.] (#46)
Domestic Violence (1986) [29 min.] (#47)
Search and Seizure (1986) [29 min.] (#48)
Drugs: Asset Seizure {Crime File} [29 min.] (#195)
Drugs: Youth Gangs {Crime File} [29 min.] (#196)
Drugs: Workplace Testing {Crime File} [29 min.]
(#197)
Drug Education (Crime File) [29 min.] (#500)
Drug Education (Crime File) -- Spanish Version [29
min.] (#501)
Drug Testing (Crime File) [29 min.] (#502)
Drug Testing (Crime File) -- Spanish Version [29
min.] (#503)
Drug Trafficking (Crime File) [29 min.] (#504)
Drug Trafficking (Crime File) -- Spanish Version [29
min.] (#505)
Crime Prevention
Kit (1997) [16 min.] (#Set 17)
Drinking and Driving: The Toll, the Tears [58 min.]
(#29)
min.] (#38)
DWI--It's Your Choice (circa 1989) [35 min.] (#54)
Clandestine Laboratories--Kitchens of Death (Public
Version) (circa 1988) [15 min.] (#99)
Don't Give a Thief a Free Ride; Preventing Auto Theft
[13 min.] (#102)
Take the Long Way Home [15 min.] (#113)
McGruff Story: Making a Difference (The) [39 min.:
13 min. each segment] (#163)
Glazing [15 min.] (#164)
It Sounded Like a Freight Train [23 min.] (#177)
Hot Cars, Cold Facts [23 min.] (#182)
1992) [2 hours] (#224)
Criminal Justice in Crisis (1992) [18 min.] (#245)
(circa 1992) [1 hour] (#248)
1992) [2 hours] (#256)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- December 1992
Cite for Life [11 min.] (#281, pt. A)
Center of the Search (The) [18 min.] (#288)
From Out of the Blue; Storms of Destruction [1 hour]
(#302)
Choose Not to Lose [18 min.] (#304)
Stop Business Crime: Shoplifting / Employee Theft
[27 min.] (#312)
Isn't It About Time (circa 1992) [11 min.] (#318)
What Happens When You're Caught? [14 min.]
(#333)
End, But Not For Me (The) [28 min.] (#341)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
1994) [2 hours] (#346)
It's Your Tomorrow (1973) [15 min.] (#358)
Triad: Seniors and Law Enforcement Together [20
min.] (#403)
Combatting Violent Crime through Community
Involvement (FBI Teleconference) (June 8, 1994) [1
hour, 50 min.] (#404)
[2 hours] (#424)
1995) [2 hours] (#444)
POST Satellite Broadcast--March 1995 (March 1995)
[2 hours] (#450)
Gangs: Not My Kid [29 min.] (#469)
Domestic Violence Awareness: United Against
Crime Teleconference [2 hours] (#488)
min.] (#497)
min.] (#501)
min.] (#503)
min.] (#505)
(1994) [16 min.] (#523)
Preventing Gangs: Signs, Strategies, Solutions (United
Against Crime Teleconference) (1996) [2 hours, 30
min.] (#532)
hours] (#533)
[33 min.] (#541)
Uniting Youth and Adults in Crime Prevention
hours] (#552)
Plan to Get Out Alive: Family Fire Safety Video
(1988) [45 min.] (#563)
hours] (#566)
Are You Sure it's Secure? (1996) [15 min.] (#572)
(1994) [9 min.] (#573)
Ready, Set, Winter! Driving Safely on Ice and Snow
(1996) [9 min.] (#574)
Children in Traffic (1970s) [14 min.] (#575)
(#579)
(1997) [70 min.] (#602)
TRIAD: Making a Difference / Seniors and Law
Enforcement Together (c. 1995) [33 min.] (#609)
Strategies for Fighting Crime Against the Elderly
(circa 1997) [27 min.] (#610)
Violence in the Workplace: Reduce the Risk (circa
1996) [18 min.] (#616)
Telemarketing Fraud: Don't Let it Happen to You
(United Against Crime teleconference) (1998) [2
hours] (#620)
Promising Practices: Community Partnerships
Helping Victims (1997) [22 min.] (#627)
Jane: A Film (1998) [25 min.] (#660)
(September 17, 1998) [2 hours] (#692)
Design (1996) [57 min.] (#699)
Polaroid Domestic Violence Response Video : Health
Care Professional Version (1997) [10 min.] (#724)
Behind Closed Doors: Elder Abuse (c. 1999) [13
min.] (#739)
Safer Place (A): Coping with Elder Abuse in Illinois
(c. 1999) [20 min.] (#740)
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
It's Your Call: Increasing Judicial Awareness of
Highway-Rail Safety (2000) [12 min.] (#784)
Looking Back, Pushing Forward : Three Decades in
the Fight Against Domestic Violence (circa 1995) [14
min.] (#822)
Straight Scoop: Kids Talking to Kids about Drugs
(Circa August 1999) [27 min.] (#832)
Identity Theft: The Game of the Name (August 2001)
[14 min.] (#836)
Youth Gangs in America : An Overview of
Suppression, Intervention and Prevention Programs
(OJJDP Teleconference) (March 21, 1997) [2 hours]
(#846)
Managing the Midsize Department (FBI
Teleconference) (June 26, 2002) [2 hours] (#855)
Children in Traffic (Spanish Version) (October 2002)
[14 min.] (#873)
late 1990s) [8 min.] (#874)
Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice (EDJJ
Teleconference) (March 6, 2003) [2 hours] (#885)
Financial Abuse Specialist Team (F.A.S.T.) (August
2002) [33 min.] (#887)
min.] (#911)
(#930)
Jammed Up: Prescription for Disaster (2004) [17
min.] (#948)
min.] (#998)
min.] (#999)
Self Defense for Car Expense (1996) [58 min.]
(#1049)
Collision (2004) [62 min.] (#1050)
McGruff's Gang Alert (1989) [16 min.] (#1086)
Now (2005) [18 min.] (#1087)
Crime Scenes
[2 hours, 26 min.] (#Set 20)
1992) [2 hours] (#238)
[50 min.] (#249)
Locating Human Remains (FBI Teleconference)
(October 13, 1993) [1 hour, 45 min.] (#337)
1995) [2 hours] (#441)
Crime Scene Preservation [33 min.] (#507)
Homicide/Death Investigations Part I POST
Telecourse (1996) [2 hours] (#553)
min.] (#576)
Homicide/Death Investigation Part II for Detectives &
Investigators POST Telecourse (November 1997 ) [2
hours] (#614)
Crime Scene Investigations (LESAT 2000) (March
22, 2000) [2 hours, 10 min.] (#745)
Death Notification (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
(1995) [25 min.] (#751)
(#754)
Responding to a WMD Crime Scene (March 2004)
[28 min.] (#959)
Criminal Justice
[28 min.] (#386)
Three Strikes You're Out: Benefits and Costs of
California's Mandatory Sentencing Law (NIJ Research
in Progress) [45 min.] (#517)
(1997) [70 min.] (#602)
Crime, the Media, and Our Public Discourse (NIJ
Perspectives on Crime and Justice) (1997) [72 min.]
(#607)
1992) [10 min.] (#694)
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
min.] (#789)
(2000) [16 min.] (#790)
(#791)
min.] (#792)
min.] (#1092)
Criminal Behavior
Laurie Dann Critique (circa 1989) [2 hours, 30 min.]
(#33)
Infant Abduction {FBI Teleconference} [3 hours]
(#148)
(#149)
How to Catch a Rapist (circa 1987) [51 min.] (#383)
Recognizing Criminal Personalities POST Telecourse
(March 23, 1995) [2 hours] (#456)
(#499)
Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior [Viewpoints from
the FBI Academy] (1999) [24 min.] (#733)
(#760)
Hostage Officer Survival (1998) [82 min.] (#775)
Workplace Violence FBI Teleconference (May 17,
2000) [2 hours] (#795)
Criminal Investigation
[2 hours, 26 min.] (#Set 20)
Auto Theft Awareness for the Patrol Officer [28 min.]
(#109)
Rape Investigation [94 min.] (#130)
(#148)
(#149)
1994) [2 hours] (#412)
hours] (#463)
min.] (#902)
1, 2003) [2 hours] (#923)
min.] (#924)
[30 min.] (#933)
(#965)
My Child is Missing: A Guide for Missing and
Abducted Child Case Investigations (2000) [47 min.]
(#1000)
Min.] (#1008)
Domestic Violence (In the Line of Duty) (1998) [60
min.] (#1020)
Criminal Psychology
(#33)
Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness (circa
1980) [14 min.] (#178)
(March 23, 1995) [2 hours] (#456)
(#845)
(#900)
(#965)
Hostage-Taker Interview (In the Line of Duty) (1996)
[30 Min.] (#1010)
Criminalistics
(October 13, 1993) [1 hour, 45 min.] (#337)
hours] (#614)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
1, 2003) [2 hours] (#923)
(circa 2005) [1 hour] (#1048)
Crisis Intervention
Duty) (1995) [27 Min.] (#1004)
Crossing Guards
Crossroads [19 min] (#324)
[14 min.] (#873)
Crowd Control
min.] (#90)
1991) [2 hours] (#200)
1993) [1 Hour] (#328)
Dealing with Adolescents (circa 1987) [27 min.]
(#389)
Security and Protection Techniques (circa 1987) [27
min.] (#392)
hours] (#402)
(#845)
min.] (#902)
Cultures
(2004) [15, 17, 18 min.] (#Set 30)
(#185)
12, 1992) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#276)
Baby Busters: Dealing with the New Work Force
(FBI Teleconference) (June 1993) [2 hours] (#338)
Street Level Spanish: Cultural Diversity I (1997) [32
min.] (#611)
Dealing with Diversity: Perception vs. Reality
(United Against Crime Teleconference) (July 1997) [1
hour, 56 min.] (#618)
(1998) [1 hour] (#703)
(#762)
min.] (#779)
[40 min.] (#815)
Cultural Diversity : Affecting Every Officer, Every
Day FBI Teleconference (March 13, 2002) [2 hours]
(#834)
Street Talk [32 min.] (#838)
(#845)
(#921)
Dare Program
Deadly Force
Deadly Force (1986 ) [29 min.] (#45)
Victim Officers: Post Shooting & Psychological
Services Concerns {FBI Teleconference} [3 hours]
(#216)
Escalation to Deadly Force: The Keith Humphries
Story [21 min.] (#459)
Deadly Force Issues (1999) [25 min.] (#736)
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
Deadly Force (2002 ) [41 min.] (#892)
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
Justifiable Homicide by a Police Officer FBI
Teleconference (October 19, 2005) [2 hours] (#996)
Duty) (1995) [27 Min.] (#1004)
Gun-Wielding Woman (In the Line of Duty) (1996)
[23 Min.] (#1006)
Idaho High-Speed Pursuit and Follow Up (In the Line
of Duty) (1996) [27 and 23 Min.] (#1007)
Deadly Force: Also See "Force"
Deaf
911, the TDD and You (circa 1990) [72 min.] (#Set
10)
(#Set 15)
1993) [2 hours] (#289)
Miranda and the Deaf Suspect [8 min.] (#401)
POST Satellite Broadcast--October 1995 (October
1995) [2 hours] (#485)
(2000) [32 min.] (#960)
Now (2005) [18 min.] (#1087)
Where We Are (2005) [14 min.] (#1088)
Death Notification
hours] (#176)
After the Violence [30 min.] (#406)
1995) [2 hours] (#441)
[2 hours] (#450)
min.] (#702)
(1998) [50 min.] (#720)
Children Mourning, Mourning Children: Living with
Grief (1995) [59 min.] (#726)
At Work, At School, At Worship: Living with Grief
(1999) [1 hour] (#727)
(1995) [25 min.] (#751)
(#928)
Decision-making
min.] (#Set 16 )
[24 min.] (#73)
(#218)
min.] (#252)
Deportation
Developmental Disabilities
(#Set 15)
(#CRT 123)
1980) [14 min.] (#178)
Law Enforcement Awareness of Disabilities (LEAD)
POST Telecourse (June 8, 1996) [2 hours] (#486)
Video (2004) [21 min.] (#927)
Now (2005) [18 min.] (#1087)
Where We Are (2005) [14 min.] (#1088)
10)
(#Set 15)
Law Enforcement--Handicapped Parking Training
(circa 1989) [26 min.] (#55)
(#CRT 123)
Epilepsy: A Police Problem [15 min.] (#156)
Take Another Look; Police Response to Seizures and
Epilepsy [15 min.] (#257)
1993) [2 hours] (#289)
Law Enforcement Torch Run; Making Dreams a
Reality (circa 1992) [6 min.] (#292)
Disabled and Elderly Persons in Disaster: Key Issues
for Emergency Mangers (July 8, 1993) [4 hours, 10
min.] (#331)
1995) [2 hours] (#485)
Violence and Mental Illness: A Community Solution
UAC Teleconference (1998) [106 min.] (#634)
Managing Limited Duty Officers FBI Teleconference
(August 13, 2003) [2 hours] (#909)
Video (2004) [21 min.] (#927)
(2000) [32 min.] (#960)
Now (2005) [18 min.] (#1087)
Where We Are (2005) [14 min.] (#1088)
Discipline
(#CRT 223)
Discrimination
Diabetic Emergencies [4 min.] (#28)
1993) [2 hours] (#289)
Discrimination in the Workplace {FBI
(August 13, 2003) [2 hours] (#909)
Disabled
Diseases
Diabetes
Silent War: Infection Control for Law Enforcement
(1994) [1 hour] (#Set 13)
min.] (#Set 36)
(#JOB 109)
Bloodborne Pathogens: Safeguarding Employees by
Reducing the Risk to Occupational Exposure to
Bloodborne Disease (June 16, 1992) [2 hours, 25
min.] (#254)
(2001) [28 min.] (#CRT 315)
(November 4, 1993) [2 hours] (#330)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
(#JOB 612)
(#678)
Bioterrorism: Anthrax (2001) [22 min. and 21 min.
on 2 tapes] (#830)
Answering the call: How to handle anthrax & other
biological agent threats (Police version) (2002 ) [6
min.] (#837)
Weapons of Mass Destruction and the First Responder
(September 2002) [25 min.] (#857)
Surviving Weapons of Mass Destruction (September
2002) [14 min.] (#858)
Communication During Crisis: The Role of the
Media During Public Health Emergencies (December
3, 2002) [57 min.] (#869)
Smallpox Preparedness: Considerations for Response
Team Volunteers (December 20, 2002) [45 min.]
(#875)
Smallpox Vaccine Administration Training Video
(November 27, 2002) [38 min.] (#876)
Bioterror [Nova] (2001) [55 min.] (#878)
min.] (#911)
Weapons of Mass Destruction: CoMNET Video
Magazine (June 23, 2004) [1 hour] (#943)
2004) [4 hours] (#946)
Biological Agents: WMD Standardized Awareness
Course Module 3 (March 9, 2005) [57 min.] (#973)
Dispatchers
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
tapes] (#284)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
(#851)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
min.] (#999)
Dispatching
How to Train Public Safety Dispatchers (circa 1990)
[4 hours, 16 min.] (#Set 6)
10)
min.] (#Set 29)
tapes] (#284)
Supervising Critical Incidents: The First 30 Minutes
Responding to Domestic Violence pt. 1 (1997) [34
min.] (#591)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
(#851)
of Duty) (1996) [27 and 23 Min.] (#1007)
Diversity: See "Cultures"
Dna
DNA Investigation Techniques (circa 1989) [21 min.]
(#41)
1990) [2 hours] (#127)
Dogs
Training Narcotic Detection Dogs (1988) [1 hour, 22
min.] (#31)
hours] (#390)
How to Save Your Dog's Life (1988) [36 min.] (#475)
Protection Training: The Beginning [2 hours] (#483)
(#861)
min.] (#897)
min.] (#924)
K-9 Saves Officer/K-9 Training for Street Cops (In
Domestic Violence
Report Writing [8 15-minute tapes] (#Set 2)
Law Enforcement Response to Domestic Violence
(POST Telecourse) (September 9, 1993) [2 hours]
(#34)
Domestic Violence Response (circa 1989) [29 min.]
(#69)
Handling Domestic Violence (FBI Teleconference)
(April 12, 1989) [3 Hours] (#83)
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
POST Satellite Broadcast -- October 1991 [2 hours]
(#214)
Tarnished Years (The) (July 5, 1990) [40 min.] (#219)
Domestic Violence/Stalking Laws (Legal Action
Series) (circa 1992) [1 hour] (#326)
1994) [2 hours] (#346)
hours] (#408)
Stalking POST Telecourse (1996) [2 hours] (#537)
Surviving Domestic Violence (1996) [22 min.] (#545)
Elderly Abuse POST Telecourse (1997) [2 hours]
(#567)
min.] (#591)
min.] (#592)
Investigating Financial Exploitation Against the
Elderly Interactive Teleconference (March 11, 1999)
[2 hours, 25 min.] (#677)
It Ain't Love (1997) [58 min.] (#711)
Polaroid Domestic Violence Response Video : Law
Enforcement Version (1997) [9 min.] (#723)
min.] (#739)
(c. 1999) [20 min.] (#740)
(#762)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
2000) [2 hours] (#795)
min.] (#822)
2002) [33 min.] (#887)
HIPAA: Medical Privacy Issues for Law
Enforcement Agencies (May 21, 2003) [59 min.]
(#894)
min.] (#924)
min.] (#1020)
Public Health Implications of Law Enforcement Stress
[NIJ Research in Progress Series] (March 23, 1999)
[37 min.] (#1093)
Drivers Licenses
1995) [2 hours] (#444)
Driving
min.] (#Set 16 )
Valvoline National Driving Test (The) [49 min.
without commercials, 60 min. with commercials]
(#124)
Pursuit Driving: Procedures and Liabilities (circa
1990) [30 min.] (#129)
(#206)
(#214)
1992) [2 hours] (#238)
Pursuit/Defensive Driving Techniques (circa 1987)
[27 min.] (#373)
min.] (#392)
EVOC Driving Course (circa 1995) [6 min.] (#419)
Pursuit and Defensive Driving (1994) [25 min.]
(#443)
Pursuit Driving POST Telecourse (February 1996) [2
hours] (#519)
(1994) [9 min.] (#573)
Ready, Set, Winter! Driving Safely on Ice and Snow
(1996) [9 min.] (#574)
Semi-Conscious: Driving in the Real World (1996)
[12 min.] (#587)
Road Rage: 48 Hours (September 1997) [45 min.]
(#613)
Drivers (1998) [20 min.] (#658)
Dangerous Crossings: A Second Thought [17 min.]
(#737)
(1999) [9 min.] (#785)
2001 Legal Update (2001) [15 min.] (#802)
8 min.] (#853)
(#928)
(#930)
Tire Safety Police Training : Michelin (2003) [23
min.] (#932)
(#950)
D.U.l. Analysis (In the Line of Duty) (1996) [34 Min.]
(#1012)
(#1049)
Collision (2004) [62 min.] (#1050)
Drug Abuse
1990) [2 hours] (#93)
Three Ways to Keep Your Children Off Drugs / Why
Drugs [80 min.] (#187)
[3 hours] (#190)
One on One: Handling a Prisoner Under the Influence
of PCP [11 min.] (#211)
Drug Offenses (Legal Action Series) (1992) [1 hour]
(#297)
min.] (#JOB 406)
[1 hour, 50 min.] (#513)
Reducing the Sale of Tobacco to Youth (1995) [22
min.] (#525)
It Ain't Love (1997) [58 min.] (#711)
Toma Live (1990) [1 hour] (#817)
(Circa August 1999) [27 min.] (#832)
min.] (#948)
[30 Min.] (#1010)
Drug Enforcement
(#20)
Narcotics Investigation [FBI Teleconference] (August
10, 1988) [3 hours] (#23)
min.] (#31)
Felony Stop Procedure/Drug Profiling Update (circa
1989) [24 min.] (#61)
1990) [2 hours] (#93)
Clandestine Laboratories--Kitchens of Death (circa
1988) [30 min.] (#98)
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
Drug Interdiction [30 min.] (#215)
Standardized Field Sobriety Test; The New Weapon
Against Drunk Driving/Drug Recognition Expert
Training (1991) [32 min.] (#243)
1992) [2 hours] (#275)
(#297)
(#333)
Drug Influence POST Telecourse (January 13, 1994)
[2 hours] (#344)
Drug Investigation and Recognition POST Telecourse
(May 12, 1994) [2 hours] (#385)
Story [21 min.] (#459)
David High Story: A Guide for Close Combat
Survival [25 min.] (#460)
Street Level Drug Enforcement (1996) [33 min.]
(#527)
(1999) [29 min.] (#706)
(September 22, 2000) [2 hours] (#819)
Bike Patrols: Overview and Equipment (2001) [14
and 12 minutes] (#841)
(1998, footage 1994) [49 min.] (#934)
Drug Testing
[3 hours] (#190)
Drugs: Workplace Testing {Crime File} [29 min.]
(#197)
Training (1991) [32 min.] (#243)
[2 hours] (#344)
min.] (#503)
min.] (#561)
Inc.) [57 min.] (#562)
Drug Trafficking
(#297)
Youth Violence, Guns, and Illicit Drug Markets (NIJ
Research in Progress) (September 1994) [1 hour]
(#496)
min.] (#501)
min.] (#505)
(#769)
Toma Live (1990) [1 hour] (#817)
(#900)
[30 min.] (#933)
(1998, footage 1994) [49 min.] (#934)
hour, 50 min.] (#935)
(#953)
Drugs
of PCP [11 min.] (#211)
(May 12, 1994) [2 hours] (#385)
GHB Drug-Induced Rape (2000) [16 min.] (#777)
Crime in the Health Care Industry [FBI
Teleconference] (December 4, 2002) [2 hours] (#881)
hour, 50 min.] (#935)
Dui
DUI: Law Enforcement's Role in Curbing a National
Epidemic [112 min.] (#4 to 6)
Drinking and Driving: The Toll, the Tears [58 min.]
(#29)
Drunk and Drugged Driving--Parts 1 and 2 (circa
1988) [2 hours] (#32)
Smarter Than Your Average Teen : A Media Literacy
Curriculum for DWI & Underaged Drinking (2001) [1
hour, 30 min.] (#Set 32)
DWI--It's Your Choice (circa 1989) [35 min.] (#54)
Safety Belts: For Dummies or People / Game of Your
Life (The) (circa 1988) [26 min.] (#67)
hours] (#92)
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
DWI: Sobriety Checkpoints [30 min.] (#142)
(#218)
Courtroom Skills and Tactics [30 min.] (#222)
(#228)
In Vehicle Video Taping [19 min.] (#231)
Training (1991) [32 min.] (#243)
1993) [2 hours] (#289)
(#298)
[2 hours] (#344)
Getting Tough on DWI: The Defense: Cross
Examining the Arresting Officer (circa 1992) [65
min.] (#422)
Zero Tolerance Video (November 18, 1994) [1 hour,
35 min.] (#433)
min.] (#561)
Inc.) [57 min.] (#562)
DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
(circa 1996) [2 hours] (#588)
Jane: A Film (1998) [25 min.] (#660)
2001 Legal Update (2001) [15 min.] (#802)
(September 22, 2000) [2 hours] (#819)
(#984)
Courtroom Reminders: Improving your DUI "In
Court" Performance (2003) [7 min.] (#985)
(#1011)
(#1012)
Pursuit Nabs Naked Cowboy (In the Line of Duty)
(1997) [30 Min.] (#1015)
(1998) [35 Min.] (#1022)
Dvds
It'll Never Happen to Me [44 min.] (#166)
(August 13, 2003) [2 hours] (#909)
(#950)
Earthquakes: See “Emergencies”
Ecstasy
Acquaintance/Date Rape Investigation (2001) [19
min.] (#904)
Education
Partnership in Education [Viewpoints from the FBI
What About Girls? Females and the Criminal Justice
System (OJJDP Teleconference) (May 1999) [2
hours] (#734)
Eenet Teleconference
min.] (#331)
Training Civilians for Disaster Response (EENET
Teleconference) (1996) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#544)
Subterranean Life Safety and Fire Protection: A
Partnership in the Codemaking Process (EENET
Teleconference) (1996) [3 hours] (#547)
2004) [4 hours] (#946)
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Standardized
Awareness Course - Prevention and Deterrence
(Module 1) (January 12, 2005) [1 hour] (#962)
Manage and Coordinate a Large Scale Incident while
Maintaining Routine Operations (WMD Live
Response) (January 26, 2005) [1 hour] (#967)
Radiological Devices: WMD Standardized Awareness
Course Module 4 (March 16, 2005) [57 min] (#974)
2005) [55 min.] (#989)
Disaster Psychology -- CERT Training (March 15,
2006) [41 min.] (#1037)
Elderly
Kit (1997) [16 min.] (#Set 17)
Tarnished Years (The) (July 5, 1990) [40 min.] (#219)
(circa 1992) [1 hour] (#248)
min.] (#331)
1994) [2 hours] (#346)
Triad: Seniors and Law Enforcement Together [20
min.] (#403)
hour, 50 min.] (#404)
(1994) [16 min.] (#523)
hours] (#533)
[33 min.] (#541)
(#567)
min.] (#592)
(circa 1997) [27 min.] (#610)
hours] (#620)
[2 hours, 25 min.] (#677)
Charity Con Video (November 1998) [16 min.] (#705)
min.] (#739)
(c. 1999) [20 min.] (#740)
2002) [33 min.] (#887)
2006) [41 min.] (#1037)
Emergencies
min.] (#Set 29)
(#33)
Awareness for Initial Response to Hazardous
Materials Incidents (circa 1989) [18 min.] (#62)
Critical Incident Response; Sioux City Airline
Disaster (circa 1990) [32 min.] (#80)
Handling Critical Incidents and Hazardous Materials
(FBI Teleconference) (August 8, 1989) [3 Hours]
(#84)
California Earthquake Response (circa 1990) [31
min.] (#88)
209)
(#JOB 210)
(#CRT 224)
(#302)
(#JOB 302)
Tornado Spotters Training 1993 (February 10, 1993)
[1 hour, 30 min.] (#303)
(2001) [28 min.] (#CRT 315)
min.] (#331)
Emergency Response Training (circa 1980s) [10 min.]
(#361)
1995) [2 hours] (#444)
Skywatch Training 1995 (February 13, 1995) [1 hour,
40 min.] (#445)
Major Incident Protocol FBI Teleconference (1996)
[2 hours] (#548)
Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness (1997) [52
min. On 2 tapes] (#590)
School Violence Prevention: Past Lessons, Future
Promises (FBI and United Against Crime
Teleconference) (May 1999) [1 hour, 53 min.] (#704)
[39 min.] (#707)
Perfect Disaster Response (The) (1999) [17 min.]
(#742)
Columbine High School – Lessons Learned [LETN
Special] (April 20, 2000) [1 hour] (#752)
on 2 tapes] (#830)
min.] (#837)
Changed (1997) [10 min.] (#848)
(#851)
(September 2002) [25 min.] (#857)
2002) [14 min.] (#858)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
3, 2002) [57 min.] (#869)
Smallpox Preparedness: Considerations for Response
Team Volunteers (December 20, 2002) [45 min.]
(#875)
Smallpox Vaccine Administration Training Video
(November 27, 2002) [38 min.] (#876)
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
min.] (#910)
Managing Terrorism Incidents Tape Set (September
2002) [29 and 26 min.] (#938)
10, 2004) [45 min.] (#942)
Living with Grief: Coping with Public Tragedy (April
2003) [1 hour] (#947)
[28 min.] (#959)
National Response Plan : One Team One Goal -- A
Safer, More Secure America (January 19, 2005) [1
hour] (#966)
First Response (2001) [50 min] (#978)
2005) [55 min.] (#989)
Responding to Traumatic Events: Keeping Our
Children Safe and Secure (October 18, 2005) [1 hour]
(#992)
Line of Duty) (1995) [26 min.] (#1003)
2006) [41 min.] (#1037)
Employment
Legal Issues and Management (FBI Teleconference)
(October 11, 1989) [3 Hours] (#85)
hours] (#408)
Sexual Harassment POST Telecourse (September 1,
1994) [2 hours] (#416)
Environment
Environmental Awareness for Local Law
Enforcement Officers [34 min.] (#137)
(#214)
Environmental Crime Awareness for Law
Enforcement Officers (1995) [46 min.] (#543)
(#579)
Environmental Design
Design (1996) [57 min.] (#699)
School Safety by Management and Design (Hamilton
Fish Institute Teleconference) (October 25, 2001) [1
hour, 51 min.] (#854)
Epilepsy
(#Set 15)
Epilepsy: A Police Problem [15 min.] (#156)
Ethics
min.] (#Set 16 )
(#218)
(#CRT 223)
min.] (#242)
1994) [2 hours] (#425)
Law Enforcement Professionalism [28 min.] (#436)
Professional Ethics in Law Enforcement (1998) [41
min.] (#633)
2001) [2 hours] (#807)
2001) [2 hours] (#814)
Ethnic Groups: See “Minorities” or
“Cultures”
Evaluation
Evaluation of Managers; Measuring Management's
Effectiveness {FBI Teleconference} (December 9,
1992) [2 hours, 34 min.] (#282)
Evidence
Laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure (1993) [1 hour, 45
14 and 18 min.] (#Set 31)
[1 hour, 40 min.] (#246)
1993) [1 Hour] (#328)
Armed Robbery & Financial Institutions [19 min.]
(#329)
Serving Search Warrants (1995) [26 min.] (#446)
1995) [2 hours] (#473)
(#527)
Digital Imaging for Law Enforcement (1994 (circa))
[24 min.] (#550)
Forensic Laser Applications (1992 (circa)) [90 min.]
(#551)
hours] (#614)
(July 1999) [1 hour, 39 min.] (#712)
22, 2000) [2 hours, 10 min.] (#745)
(#754)
Changed (1997) [10 min.] (#848)
18 min.] (#1001)
Evidence Collection
1992) [2 hours] (#238)
How to Videotape an Incident [14 min.] (#253)
1994) [2 hours] (#412)
Sexual Assault Video Tapes (ILETSB & ICASA)
(1996) [84 min. over 3 programs] (#534)
(#551)
hours] (#614)
Law Enforcement in the Information Age [Viewpoints
from the FBI Academy] (August 1998) [24 min.]
(#684)
22, 2000) [2 hours, 10 min.] (#745)
1996) (1996) [2 hours, 8 min.] (#746)
(#754)
(#756)
(#894)
[28 min.] (#959)
Excited Delirium
Explosions
Santa Fe Railroad Grade Crossing Accident
Investigation (circa 1980s) [2 hours] (#365)
Explosives
(#600)
Explosives: Handle with Care (2000) [14 min.]
(#783)
2001 Legal Update (2001) [15 min.] (#802)
(#900)
Extremist Groups
White Gangs POST Telecourse (August 1994) [1
hour, 30 min.] (#413)
(#845)
Families
Drugs [80 min.] (#187)
209)
(#JOB 302)
Promising Practices for Safe and Effective Schools
Teleconference (September 15, 1999) [90 min.]
(#725)
Grief (1995) [59 min.] (#726)
(1999) [1 hour] (#727)
(#760)
Fbi
Inside the FBI (1995) [4 hours (1 hour per tape)] (#Set
12)
School for Feds [22 min.] (#310)
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
Fbi Teleconference
Legal Aspects of High Speed Pursuits [FBI
Teleconference] (February 10, 1988) [3 hrs] (#19)
10, 1988) [3 hours] (#23)
Interviews and Interrogations (FBI Teleconference)
(circa 1989) [2 hours, 30 min.] (#70)
Handling Domestic Violence (FBI Teleconference)
(April 12, 1989) [3 Hours] (#83)
(#84)
(October 11, 1989) [3 Hours] (#85)
Cults and Gangs (FBI Teleconference) [3 hours]
(#105)
Informant Development {FBI Teleconference} [3
hours] (#147)
(#148)
(#149)
Managing Marginal Performance {FBI
Labor Relations {FBI Teleconference} [3 hours]
(#160)
Police Killings {FBI Teleconference} [3 hours]
(#162)
Stress Management for Police Officers {FBI
[3 hours] (#190)
Vehicle Theft Investigations: Practical Aspects &
Investigative Needs {FBI Teleconference} [3 hours]
(#213)
(#216)
Wellness and Fitness: A Holistic Approach to Health
{FBI Teleconference} (1992) [2.58 hours] (#233)
1992) [2 hours, 34 min.] (#282)
Street Survival (FBI Teleconference) [3 hours] (#301)
(October 13, 1993) [1 hour, 45 min.] (#337)
Bomb Squad Management: Professionalism, Safety
and Technology (FBI Teleconference) (April 13,
1994) [2 hours] (#353)
hour, 50 min.] (#404)
hours] (#408)
Media Relations in Crisis Situations FBI
Teleconference (April 12, 1995) [2 hours] (#471)
FTO Program FBI Teleconference (June 10, 1992) [3
hours] (#472)
Youth Violence in America FBI Teleconference
(December 1995) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#512)
[1 hour, 50 min.] (#513)
Latin American Theft Rings FBI Teleconference
(1996) [2 hours] (#535)
Major Incident Protocol FBI Teleconference (1996)
[2 hours] (#548)
Training and Technology FBI Teleconference
(January 1997) [2 hours] (#580)
(1997) [2 hours] (#595)
Developing and Supporting First Line Supervisors
Law Enforcement Perspectives on Victim Rights and
Services FBI Teleconference (May 13, 1998) [2
hours] (#645)
Chiefs and the Union: Building a Better Relationship
FBI Teleconference (January 19, 2000) [2 hours]
(#753)
(#754)
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
2000) [2 hours] (#795)
Recognizing and Dealing with Mental Illness FBI
on 2 tapes] (#806)
2001) [2 hours] (#807)
2001) [2 hours] (#814)
(#834)
(August 13, 2003) [2 hours] (#909)
min.] (#910)
Law Enforcement Training and Education Through
the FBI Virtual Academy FBI Teleconference
(November 5, 2003) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#922)
1, 2003) [2 hours] (#923)
Field Training
Field Training Symposium (circa 1987) [39 min.]
(#391)
hours] (#472)
Fingerprinting
1990) [2 hours] (#93)
Recording Fingerprints for Ten-Print Submissions
(circa late 1990s) [17 min.] (#1089)
Fingerprints
1992) [2 hours] (#238)
1993) [2 hours] (#289)
[24 min.] (#550)
(#551)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
Firearms
Cleaning Firearms (circa 1985) [13 min.] (#12)
Deadly Distinction (The) (circa 1989) [13 min.] (#58)
hours] (#92)
Kids and Guns; A Deadly Combination [17 min.]
(#110)
1992) [2 hours] (#256)
Illegal Possession and Use of Firearms Telecourse
(April 14, 1994) [2 hours] (#355)
hours] (#390)
(#397)
Liability Issues for Administrators (circa 1987) [28
min.] (#398)
1994) [2 hours] (#415)
1994) [2 hours] (#425)
Combat Shooting Tactics [18 min.] (#429)
POST Satellite Broadcast--January 1995 (January
1995) [2 hours] (#439)
Firearms and Use of Cover [27 min.] (#455)
Understanding & Preventing Violence: A Public
Health Perspective (NIJ Research in Progress)
(December 1994) [1 hour] (#492)
(#496)
min.] (#497)
Police Survival and Low Light Shooting (1996) [48
min.] (#569)
Handgun Stopping Power: The Video (1996) [78
min.] (#594)
Line Officer Tactical Shotgun (1997) [27 min.] (#596)
Tactical Pistol 1: Basic Shooting Technique and Dry
Fire Drill (circa 1990) [48 min.] (#624)
Firearms Training Philosophy [Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy] (April 1995) [24 min.] (#680)
[2 hours] (#700)
Long Gun Retention and Disarming Techniques
(1999) [27 min.] (#722)
(#735)
4, 1998) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#759)
Guns of the Police [Tales of the Gun] (2000) [45 min.]
(#770)
Automatic Weapons in Law Enforcement (2001) [12
min.] (#824)
(2002) [45 min.] (#870)
min.] (#897)
(#899)
(1997) [37 Min.] (#1014)
Fires
(#149)
1992) [2 hours] (#238)
(1988) [45 min.] (#563)
(#600)
2002) [29 and 26 min.] (#938)
[28 min.] (#959)
First Aid
(#CRT 226)
[25 min.] (#387)
First Aid for First Responders: Heart Attacks and
Adult CPR (1998) [29 min.] (#647)
(#742)
Force
(#CRT 132 )
min.] (#170)
23, 1992) [2 hours] (#247)
(#262)
hours] (#316)
Use of Non-Lethal Force (circa 1987) [27 min.]
(#374)
min.] (#398)
hours] (#402)
1994) [2 hours] (#415)
1995) [2 hours] (#485)
Legal Investigations Involving Peace Officers POST
Telecourse (May 1995) [2 hours] (#508)
(1996) [2 hours] (#536)
Use of Force: The Keys to Lawful Use (1996) [30
min.] (#549)
in Progress) (1996) [49 min.] (#557)
(1996) [2 hours] (#571)
(1997) [12 min.] (#JOB 609)
(#671)
4, 1998) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#759)
Less-Lethal Force Options: SL-6 Multi Roll
Projectile Launcher (2001) [13 min.] (#805)
(#818)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
Use of Force (2002) [39 min.] (#829)
[45 min.] (#871)
Deadly Force (2002 ) [41 min.] (#892)
Line of Duty) (1995) [26 min.] (#1003)
1995) [2 hours] (#444)
Fraud
(circa 2003) [11 min.] (#982)
Kit (1997) [16 min.] (#Set 17)
Confidence Games [25 min.] (#186)
(circa 1992) [1 hour] (#248)
1995) [2 hours] (#439)
1995) [2 hours] (#444)
(1994) [16 min.] (#523)
[33 min.] (#541)
hours] (#582)
(1997) [2 hours] (#595)
(circa 1997) [27 min.] (#610)
hours] (#620)
min.] (#669)
[2 hours, 25 min.] (#677)
Identity Theft: How to Protect Your Money, Your
Credit, and Your Good Name (2001) [27 min.] (#816)
2002) [33 min.] (#887)
18 min.] (#1001)
(#1049)
Forfeiture
Fraud (Credit Card)
Forced Entry
Forced Entry [30 min.] (#133)
(#452)
Warrant Service and Building Entry Tactics POST
Telecourse (October 1995) [2 hours] (#506)
Forced Entries: Legal Risks (1998) [29 min.] (#641)
Foreign Law Enforcement
Forgery
One Step Further [25 min.] (#352)
1994) [2 hours] (#425)
1995) [2 hours] (#439)
min.] (#669)
Gambling
(#518)
(#667)
Gangs
Gang Unit Management (1988) [17 min.] (#76)
(#105)
Street Signs (1989 ) [27 min.] (#210)
(#212)
1992) [2 hours] (#224)
(#294)
Gang Crimes (Legal Action Series) (1992) [1 hour]
(#296)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
1995) [2 hours] (#349)
Tunnel (The) (1975 ) [23 min.] (#405)
hour, 30 min.] (#413)
1994) [2 hours] (#415)
[2 hours] (#424)
Gang Recognition [29 min.] (#437)
1995) [2 hours] (#439)
1995) [2 hours] (#444)
Gangs: Not My Kid [29 min.] (#469)
(#527)
Preventing Gangs: Signs, Strategies, Solutions (United
Against Crime Teleconference) (1996) [2 hours, 30
min.] (#532)
Female Gang Members in Jails (circa 1995) [13 min.]
(#JOB 611)
tapes] (#803)
(1997) [1 hour, 12 min.] (#833)
(#846)
Wild Ride of Outlaw Bikers (1999) [100 min.] (#860)
Hell's Angels (History Channel's In Search of History)
(1999) [41 min.] (#862)
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
Gang Violence Stopped (In the Line of Duty) (1997)
[33 Min.] (#1018)
Glass
min.] (#911)
Grief
hours] (#176)
Jane: A Film (1998) [25 min.] (#660)
min.] (#702)
(1998) [1 hour] (#703)
(1998) [50 min.] (#720)
(#725)
Grief (1995) [59 min.] (#726)
(1999) [1 hour] (#727)
They Gave It All: Police Memorial Video 1999
(1999) [5 min.] (#744)
(1995) [25 min.] (#751)
Toma Live (1990) [1 hour] (#817)
(#928)
2003) [1 hour] (#947)
(#995)
Grievance Procedure
Gun Control
(December 1994) [1 hour] (#492)
Handcuffing
Handcuffing: Procedures and Liability (1989) [26
min.] (#49)
1990) [2 hours] (#127)
(#CRT 224)
(2000) [14 min.] (#CRT 321)
(2002) [35 min.] (#919)
[40 min.] (#1025)
Handcuffs
Handgun Retention
Handgun Retention (circa 1989) [30 min.] (#52)
1994) [2 hours] (#348)
Handgun Retention; Holstered Techniques (circa
1995) [29 min.] (#377)
Handgun Retention II: Drawn Gun/Disarming
Techniques (circa 1994) [30 min.] (#414)
[45 min.] (#871)
Handguns
Cleaning Firearms (circa 1985) [13 min.] (#12)
Survival Shooting Tape Set (2002) [46 min. on 3
tapes] (#Set 28)
Deadly Distinction (The) (circa 1989) [13 min.] (#58)
(#110)
Basics to Bullseyes: The 9mm Semi-Automatic Pistol
[32 min.] (#125)
1990) [2 hours] (#127)
Street Weapons [25 min.] (#128)
1994) [2 hours] (#348)
Handgun Retention; Holstered Techniques (circa
1995) [29 min.] (#377)
(#397)
Handgun Retention II: Drawn Gun/Disarming
Techniques (circa 1994) [30 min.] (#414)
1994) [2 hours] (#415)
Sight Alignment [7 min.] (#461)
min.] (#569)
min.] (#594)
Weapon Suitability and Safety [Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy] (1993) [24 min.] (#731)
(#735)
4, 1998) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#759)
(#770)
min.] (#891)
Handicapped Parking
Law Enforcement--Handicapped Parking Training
(circa 1989) [26 min.] (#55)
Harassment
Sexual Harassment [15 min.] (#171)
1994) [2 hours] (#416)
Stalking: Attorney General's Law Enforcement
Training Video (1995) [45 min.] (#465)
[2 hours] (#700)
2000) [2 hours] (#795)
2001 Legal Update (2001) [15 min.] (#802)
[40 min.] (#815)
(2002) [15 min.] (#868)
(#921)
Hazardous Materials
Awareness for Initial Response to Hazardous
Materials Incidents (circa 1989) [18 min.] (#62)
(#84)
1990) [2 hours] (#93)
1988) [30 min.] (#98)
1990) [2 hours] (#127)
(#214)
Action for the First Responder / Negligent Retention
(1990-1991) [50 min.] (#255)
1993) [1 Hour] (#328)
First on the Scene (circa 1985) [30 min.] (#357)
(#361)
First Response to Vehicle Accidents Involving
Hazardous Materials (circa 1987) [49 min] (#384)
[2 hours] (#450)
min.] (#576)
(#742)
(September 2002) [25 min.] (#857)
2002) [14 min.] (#858)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
Health
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
L.E.Net Physical Fitness Training (circa 1987) [24
min.] (#380)
2006) [41 min.] (#1037)
Health: Also See “Diseases” or Physical
Fitness
Helicopters
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
(#950)
Helmets
Hipaa
(#894)
History
(1991) [18 min.] (#813)
History: See Also “Police History”
Homeless
Homicide
Medical/Legal Death Investigations (circa 1987) [18
min.] (#388)
(1997) [70 min.] (#602)
hours] (#614)
hours] (#637)
22, 2000) [2 hours, 10 min.] (#745)
(#760)
(#898)
1, 2003) [2 hours] (#923)
(#965)
Homosexuals
Hospitals
(#148)
(#894)
Hostage Situations
(#CRT 128)
min.] (#CRT 129)
tapes] (#539)
(#899)
[32 Min.] (#1009)
Hostage Survival
(#250)
Fear Awareness POST Telecourse [2 hours] (#327)
(#329)
Human Trafficking
(#1090)
Identification
1993) [2 hours] (#289)
Non-Testimonial Identification Procedures (2002) [42
min.: 19 min. and 23 min.] (#905)
Identity Theft
One Step Further [25 min.] (#352)
[14 min.] (#836)
Illinois Teleconference
35 min.] (#433)
[2 hours, 25 min.] (#677)
In the Line of Duty Series
(1996) [31 min.] (#598)
(#849)
Darrell Lunsford Murder: Lessons Learned (2000) [7
min.] (#850)
(#851)
[45 min.] (#871)
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
min.] (#897)
(2002) [35 min.] (#919)
(#921)
min.] (#924)
What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know
about TASER (2004) [44 min.] (#936)
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
(2000) [32 min.] (#960)
(#995)
Line of Duty) (1995) [26 min.] (#1003)
Duty) (1995) [27 Min.] (#1004)
(#1005)
[23 Min.] (#1006)
of Duty) (1996) [27 and 23 Min.] (#1007)
Min.] (#1008)
[32 Min.] (#1009)
[30 Min.] (#1010)
(#1011)
(#1012)
(1997) [37 Min.] (#1014)
(1997) [30 Min.] (#1015)
[37 Min.] (#1016)
Officer Killed/Rail Safety (In the Line of Duty)
(1997) [32 Min.] (#1017)
[33 Min.] (#1018)
Law Enforcement and the News Media (In the Line of
Duty) (1997) [36 Min.] (#1019)
min.] (#1020)
Hood River Multi-Speed Chase (In the Line of Duty)
(1998) [30 Min.] (#1021)
(1998) [35 Min.] (#1022)
[40 min.] (#1025)
(circa 2005) [1 hour] (#1048)
Incident Command
2002) [29 and 26 min.] (#938)
10, 2004) [45 min.] (#942)
2004) [4 hours] (#946)
Duty) (1997) [36 Min.] (#1019)
Indian
(#185)
Informants
hours] (#147)
(1999) [29 min.] (#706)
1996) (1996) [2 hours, 8 min.] (#746)
(#769)
(#845)
Intelligence Process (The) POST Telecourse
(September 2002) [1 hour, 43 min.] (#866)
Inmate Management
(circa 1989) [20 min.] (#71)
(#JOB 104)
(#104)
Inmate Classification Procedures [8 min.] (#JOB 106)
Selecting and Supervising Inmate Workers [9 min.]
(#JOB 204)
(#CRT 226)
Booking & Admissions [8 min.] (#JOB 304)
Control of Keys, Tools and Supplies [8 min.] (#JOB
306)
(#JOB 310)
Work Release: An Overview [9 min.] (#JOB 403)
min.] (#JOB 404)
min.] (#JOB 406)
TIE: Training, Industry, and Education [16 min.]
(#JOB 412)
Breaking the Cycle: Inmate Work Programs (October
1994) [12 min.] (#442)
Effects of Officer Expectations on Inmate Behavior
(The) [9 min.] (#JOB 502)
510)
(circa 1995) [9 min.] (#JOB 706)
hours] (#914)
Inmates
Interrogation
hour, 30 min.] (#413)
Ins (Immigration and Naturalization
Service)
(#JOB 612)
Insurance
Illinois Mandatory Insurance Law (1990) [8 min.]
(#87)
Intelligence
hours] (#147)
min.] (#902)
Interagency Cooperation
2002) [29 and 26 min.] (#938)
[28 min.] (#959)
Internet
(July 1999) [1 hour, 39 min.] (#712)
(#756)
(circa 1989) [2 hours, 30 min.] (#70)
(#CRT 226)
Interviews POST Telecourse [1 hour, 45 min.] (#299)
Interrogations POST Telecourse [2 hours] (#300)
1994) [2 hours] (#412)
1995) [2 hours] (#441)
(March 23, 1995) [2 hours] (#456)
1995) [2 hours] (#473)
(#568)
Miranda Considerations ( 1998) [28 min.] (#642)
(1999) [29 min.] (#706)
(#730)
min.] (#904)
Video (2004) [21 min.] (#927)
Interviews
Hiring the Best: Interviewing for Integrity (1995) [50
min. on 4 tapes] (#Set 14)
(circa 1989) [2 hours, 30 min.] (#70)
Art of Interviewing (The) [57 min.] (#120)
(#162)
(#212)
Incident on LA-15 (circa 1990) [35 min.] (#280)
(#298)
Real Rookies (The) (1970s) [28 min.] (#314)
Police Chiefs (P.O.V.) (1970s) [58 min.] (#317)
(#499)
min.] (#789)
(2000) [16 min.] (#790)
(#791)
min.] (#792)
Investigation
[2 hours, 26 min.] (#Set 20)
10, 1988) [3 hours] (#23)
Arson Investigation Techniques [30 min.] (#27)
14 and 18 min.] (#Set 31)
1990) [2 hours] (#127)
Recognizing SIDS POST Telecourse [1 hour, 30 min.]
(#140)
Accident Investigation Tape [15 min.] (#145)
hours] (#147)
(#148)
(#149)
hours] (#176)
Anatomy of an Arson [32 min.] (#184)
(#213)
(#214)
Felony Hit and Run Investigation [11 min.] (#229)
1992) [2 hours] (#234)
1992) [2 hours] (#238)
[50 min.] (#249)
Decoy Cops [25 min.] (#315)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
Medical/Legal Death Investigations (circa 1987) [18
min.] (#388)
hours] (#390)
Gang Recognition [29 min.] (#437)
1995) [2 hours] (#439)
1995) [2 hours] (#473)
Accident Scene Management [30 min.] (#482)
Auto Theft POST Telecourse (1996) [2 hours] (#538)
[24 min.] (#550)
(#551)
(1997) [70 min.] (#602)
hours] (#614)
(April 22, 1998) [1 hour, 57 min.] (#631)
hours] (#637)
[2 hours, 25 min.] (#677)
(#684)
(July 1999) [1 hour, 39 min.] (#712)
22, 2000) [2 hours, 10 min.] (#745)
(#754)
(#756)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
True Stories of the NYPD [History Channel Time
Machine] (1999) [90 min.] (#771)
2001) [2 hours] (#814)
(#894)
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
min.: 19 min. and 23 min.] (#905)
1, 2003) [2 hours] (#923)
[30 min.] (#933)
2002) [29 and 26 min.] (#938)
[28 min.] (#959)
(#1000)
18 min.] (#1001)
Investigations : See “Criminal
Investigation”
Japanese
(#185)
Jewish
(#185)
Job Stress: See “Stress”
Juvenile Crime
(#227)
(#333)
(December 1994) [1 hour] (#492)
Intervening with High-Risk Youth: Preliminary
Findings from the Children-at-Risk Program (NIJ
Research in Progress) (February 1995) [44 min.]
(#493)
(#496)
Crime in a Birth Cohort: A Replication in the
People's Republic of China (NIJ Research in Progress)
( March 1995) [45 min.] (#510)
Crime in the Schools: A Problem-Solving Approach
(NIJ Research in Progress) (December 1997) [1 hour,
7 min.] (#612)
11, 1995) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#626)
(September 17, 1998) [2 hours] (#692)
Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior [Viewpoints from
the FBI Academy] (1999) [24 min.] (#733)
(#760)
(#846)
hour, 51 min.] (#854)
Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Law Update (December 8, 1992) [3 hours]
(#283)
(#493)
(#499)
hour, 51 min.] (#605)
(September 17, 1998) [2 hours] (#692)
hours] (#734)
Juveniles
min.] (#Set 16 )
(#110)
Drugs [80 min.] (#187)
(#218)
(#227)
1992) [2 hours] (#275)
(#283)
LETN Child Restraint Tape [17 min.] (#291)
1993) [2 hours] (#293)
Crossroads [19 min] (#324)
Dealing with Adolescents (circa 1987) [27 min.]
(#389)
35 min.] (#433)
Teens Talk Violence (In the Mix) (1993) [30 min.]
(#464)
Reducing the Sale of Tobacco to Youth (1995) [22
min.] (#525)
hours] (#552)
min.] (#556)
11, 1995) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#626)
hours] (#637)
Jane: A Film (1998) [25 min.] (#660)
(September 17, 1998) [2 hours] (#692)
1992) [10 min.] (#694)
(#701)
(1998) [1 hour] (#703)
[39 min.] (#707)
It Ain't Love (1997) [58 min.] (#711)
(July 1999) [1 hour, 39 min.] (#712)
(#725)
Grief (1995) [59 min.] (#726)
(1999) [1 hour] (#727)
hours] (#734)
(1999) [9 min.] (#748)
(#756)
(#760)
(#762)
Bomb Scare (2000) [15 min.] (#782)
min.] (#789)
(2000) [16 min.] (#790)
(#791)
min.] (#792)
(#794)
Toma Live (1990) [1 hour] (#817)
(September 22, 2000) [2 hours] (#819)
(Circa August 1999) [27 min.] (#832)
(#846)
[14 min.] (#873)
min.] (#948)
2005) [55 min.] (#989)
(#992)
(#1000)
[33 Min.] (#1018)
2006) [41 min.] (#1037)
min.] (#1092)
Kidnapping
(#148)
Missing Persons (circa 1987) [20 min.] (#394)
(#499)
hours] (#637)
(#1000)
Knives
Edged Weapon Awareness [25 min.] (#24)
(#50)
Spontaneous Knife Defense [30 min.] (#132)
min.] (#CRT 232)
Edged-Weapon Defense and Disarming Techniques
(ALERT Series) (circa 1995) [31 min] (#423)
(1998) [30 Min.] (#1021)
(1998) [35 Min.] (#1022)
Koreans
(#185)
Latinos
(#185)
(#294)
(1996) [2 hours] (#535)
tapes] (#803)
(1997) [1 hour, 12 min.] (#833)
Law
Vehicle Stops and Searches (2001) [65 min.] (#Set 22)
Non-Searches (2002 ) [19, 24, and 22 minutes on 3
Tapes] (#Set 26)
1992) [2 hours] (#224)
(#283)
[28 min.] (#386)
35 min.] (#433)
(#584)
1997 Supreme Court Update (ALERT & ABLE
Series) (1997) [26 min.] (#589)
hours] (#645)
[2 hours, 25 min.] (#677)
(#695)
1999-2000 Legal Update Video (1999) [22 min.]
(#728)
(#730)
2 tapes] (#758)
(#769)
2001 Legal Update (2001) [15 min.] (#802)
Legal Update Video 2002 [Illinois State Police]
(2002) [8 min.] (#831)
min.: 19 min. and 23 min.] (#905)
2004 Legal Update: Illinois State Police (2004) [9
min.] (#915)
Non-Warrant Search and Seizure (October 5, 1991) [1
hour] (#1138)
Leadership
1992) [2 hours, 34 min.] (#282)
Jail Officer's Leadership Role (The) [12 min.] (#JOB
501)
minutes] (#558)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
Lesat Teleconference
22, 2000) [2 hours, 10 min.] (#745)
1996) (1996) [2 hours, 8 min.] (#746)
(#756)
4, 1998) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#759)
(#760)
Police Use of K-9s (LESAT Teleconference) (May 3,
2000) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#761)
(#762)
Liability
Report Writing Skills for Patrol Officers (circa 1988)
[29 min.] (#1)
Handcuffing: Procedures and Liability (1989) [26
min.] (#49)
(October 11, 1989) [3 Hours] (#85)
(#104)
(#CRT 132 )
(1990-1991) [50 min.] (#255)
(#JOB 310)
(#CRT 314)
[25 min.] (#387)
Police Stress (circa 1987) [20 min.] (#393)
min.] (#398)
1994) [2 hours] (#416)
Use of Force: The Keys to Lawful Use (1996) [30
min.] (#549)
minutes] (#558)
(1996) [1 hour, 24 min.] (#559)
(1997) [12 min.] (#JOB 609)
(#671)
(#678)
(#695)
min.] (#698)
(1999) [29 min.] (#706)
(#754)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
(#818)
(2001) [32 min. on 2 tapes] (#823)
Use of Force (2002) [39 min.] (#829)
8 min.] (#853)
[45 min.] (#871)
(#894)
min.] (#902)
(August 13, 2003) [2 hours] (#909)
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
Collision (2004) [62 min.] (#1050)
Line of Duty Casualties
Will to Survive (The) [Officer Survival VII] (circa
1980) [15 min.] (#15)
(#162)
Police Pursuit: A Victim's Perspective [1 hour, 15
min.] (#198)
209)
(#216)
Ultimate Survivors [85 min.] (#226)
1992) [2 hours] (#234)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
[2 hours] (#424)
Dynamics of a Shooting Involving an Officer [34
min.] (#466)
(#514)
(#515)
Controlling Violent Subjects pt. 3 POST Telecourse
(1997) [2 hours] (#601)
Wales Bank Robbery Incident (June 1997) [27 min.]
(#628)
(1999) [5 min.] (#744)
4, 1998) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#759)
min.] (#850)
min.] (#891)
Deadly Force (2002 ) [41 min.] (#892)
(#898)
(August 13, 2003) [2 hours] (#909)
hours] (#914)
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
Robbery in Progress: An Analysis of Officers Killed
(1993) [14 min.] (#1130)
(1993) [16 min.] (#1131)
Management
[24 min.] (#73)
(October 11, 1989) [3 Hours] (#85)
min.] (#252)
Making the Transition: A Career in Security
Management (circa 1991) [45 min.] (#264)
1992) [2 hours, 34 min.] (#282)
minutes] (#558)
Coaching the Problem Employee (Viewpoints from
the FBI Academy) (December 1993) [24 min.] (#665)
(#684)
hour] (#966)
12)
(#607)
Officer's Terror Ride: Real-Life Street Survival (1997)
[15 min.] (#615)
(#794)
(#898)
(#899)
Duty) (1997) [36 Min.] (#1019)
hours] (#614)
(#753)
(#754)
News Media's Coverage of Crime and Victimization
(1999) [26 min.] (#786)
2001) [2 hours] (#807)
Sniper (The) : Sixty Minutes (July 17, 2001) [13 min.]
(#808)
2001) [2 hours] (#814)
3, 2002) [57 min.] (#869)
min.] (#902)
min.] (#910)
10, 2004) [45 min.] (#942)
(#950)
Min.] (#1008)
Duty) (1997) [36 Min.] (#1019)
Media Relations
Memorials
min.] (#88)
Media Relations [9 min.] (#265)
[28 min.] (#386)
Law Enforcement and News Media Relations POST
Telecourse (November 1994) [1 hour] (#427)
Mental Health
Media
hours] (#176)
(1999) [5 min.] (#744)
(#762)
[1 hour, 50 min.] (#513)
1990) [2 hours] (#93)
Mental Illness
Methamphetamine
(#Set 15)
(2004) [15, 17, 18 min.] (#Set 30)
(#CRT 123)
1980) [14 min.] (#178)
307)
(#JOB 410)
Inmates, Jails and Mental Illness (1997) [15 min.]
(#JOB 610)
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
(#760)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
[30 Min.] (#1010)
2006) [41 min.] (#1037)
(#20)
1990) [2 hours] (#93)
1988) [30 min.] (#98)
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
Mental Retardation: See “Developmental
Disabilities”
Metal Detectors
Personal Metal Detectors: Searches of Persons (2002)
[15 min.] (#844)
min.] (#897)
Metals Theft
Minorities
(#921)
Miranda
(#568)
(1999) [29 min.] (#706)
1996) (1996) [2 hours, 8 min.] (#746)
min.: 19 min. and 23 min.] (#905)
Video (2004) [21 min.] (#927)
Missing Persons
hours] (#637)
(#756)
(#992)
(#1000)
18 min.] (#1001)
Modern Marvels
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
(#900)
min.] (#911)
(#950)
Motivation
Coaching Employees for High Performance [48 min.]
(#118)
min.] (#CRT 229)
on 2 tapes] (#806)
(August 13, 2003) [2 hours] (#909)
Motor Vehicles
Motorcycle Gangs
(1999) [41 min.] (#862)
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
Motorcycles
(circa 1996) [2 hours] (#588)
Muslims
(#185)
Narratives
Native Americans
(#185)
1992) [10 min.] (#694)
Ncic
hours] (#176)
NCIC Overviews [2 hours, 10 min.] (#223)
1992) [2 hours] (#234)
1993) [2 hours] (#289)
1993) [2 hours] (#293)
Negotiation
(#CRT 128)
min.] (#CRT 129)
tapes] (#539)
Duty) (1995) [27 Min.] (#1004)
[32 Min.] (#1009)
Neighborhood Watch
min.] (#998)
min.] (#999)
News Media
[23 Min.] (#1006)
[32 Min.] (#1009)
Nims
2002) [29 and 26 min.] (#938)
10, 2004) [45 min.] (#942)
2004) [4 hours] (#946)
Duty) (1997) [36 Min.] (#1019)
Noise Complaints
Handling Noise Complaints (circa 1987) [20 min.]
(#372)
Notification
(circa 2003) [11 min.] (#982)
(#1090)
Notification, Death : See “Death
Notification”
Nova Series
Occultism
America's Best Kept Secret; A Look at Modern Day
Satanism [57 min.] (#101)
(#105)
Emergence & Investigation of the Occult, Cults &
Non-Traditional Groups [30 min.] (#192)
Occult Investigation (Iowa Beat, March 1990) (March
1990) [12 min.] (#367)
Devil Worship: The Rise of Satanism [63 min.]
(#428)
[33 Min.] (#1018)
Off-duty
hours] (#390)
(#514)
(#515)
min.] (#891)
Ojjdp Teleconference
hour, 51 min.] (#605)
11, 1995) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#626)
(April 22, 1998) [1 hour, 57 min.] (#631)
(September 17, 1998) [2 hours] (#692)
(#725)
hours] (#734)
(September 22, 2000) [2 hours] (#819)
(#846)
Oleoresin Capsicum: See “Pepper Spray”
Organized Crime
12)
Machine] (1999) [90 min.] (#771)
Overcrowding
Oxycontin
min.] (#948)
Pathogens (Bloodborne): See “Diseases”
Patrol Procedures
Contact and Cover (1994) [28 min.] (#889)
Tactical Patrol Strategies (1994) [25 min.] (#890)
Penology
Pepper Spray
(circa 1989) [39 min.] (#60)
(#CRT 224)
1994) [2 hours] (#415)
[2 hours] (#424)
Pepper Spray for Self-Defense [17 min.] (#434)
(#435)
(1996) [2 hours] (#571)
(#818)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
Perceptions
Brain Power (circa 1985) [12 min.] (#39)
[18 min.] (#597)
Perspectives on Crime and Justice
(#607)
Photography
min.] (#CRT 121)
In Vehicle Video Taping [19 min.] (#231)
1993) [1 Hour] (#328)
[24 min.] (#550)
(#754)
min.] (#902)
Physical Fitness
Peace Officer Wellness Evaluation Report (POWER)
(1988) [15 min.] (#14)
Physical Fitness: Training II (circa 1987) [25 min.]
(#25)
(October 11, 1989) [3 Hours] (#85)
1990) [2 hours] (#93)
1990) [2 hours] (#127)
Staying Healthy Telecourse (POST Telecourse) [2 hrs,
8 min.] (# 241)
L.E.Net Physical Fitness Training (circa 1987) [24
min.] (#380)
(1996) [2 hours] (#536)
Street Level Fitness: Job Performance and the Law
(1997) [30 min.] (#565)
(1996) [2 hours] (#571)
(#671)
FBI Academy] (1993) [24 min.] (#731)
Planning
Critical Incident Response; Sioux City Airline
Disaster (circa 1990) [32 min.] (#80)
min.] (#88)
Violent Disturbances [8 min.] (#207)
209)
(#JOB 210)
(#JOB 302)
min.] (#JOB 404)
(#667)
(September 2002) [25 min.] (#857)
2002) [14 min.] (#858)
(2002) [45 min.] (#870)
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
min.] (#902)
2002) [29 and 26 min.] (#938)
10, 2004) [45 min.] (#942)
[28 min.] (#959)
hour] (#966)
(#984)
2005) [55 min.] (#989)
(#992)
Police Dogs
min.] (#31)
hours] (#92)
Police Service Dog Training [24 min.] (#100)
1994) [2 hours] (#348)
1994) [2 hours] (#415)
(1999) [29 min.] (#706)
2000) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#761)
(#861)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
[45 min.] (#871)
min.] (#897)
(1998, footage 1994) [49 min.] (#934)
hour, 50 min.] (#935)
(1997) [30 Min.] (#1015)
(circa 2005) [1 hour] (#1048)
Police Academies
Peace Officer Wellness Evaluation Report (POWER)
(1988) [15 min.] (#14)
It's Up to You (1990) [18 min.] (#204)
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
Police Academies (Citizen)
hours] (#402)
(#794)
on 2 tapes] (#806)
Police and the Public: See
"Communities"or See "Comportment"
Police Cars : See "Police Vehicles"
Police Conduct: Also See "Comportment"
Police Corruption
hours] (#92)
[3 hours] (#190)
Machine] (1999) [90 min.] (#771)
Police Families
Police Stress: How it Affects Survivability [31 min.]
(#152)
hours] (#176)
(#216)
[2 hours] (#424)
Stress Management and the Law Enforcement Family
POST Telecourse (October 1994) [2 hours] (#451)
[1 hour, 50 min.] (#513)
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
(#760)
Toma Live (1990) [1 hour] (#817)
(August 13, 2003) [2 hours] (#909)
Police History
(#294)
Dangerous Missions: SWAT (2002) [44 min.] (#448)
(#770)
Machine] (1999) [90 min.] (#771)
min.] (#822)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
(#861)
(1999) [41 min.] (#862)
(#950)
(#965)
Police History: See Also “History”
Police Management
(#160)
[3 hours] (#190)
(#218)
1992) [2 hours] (#275)
1992) [2 hours, 34 min.] (#282)
hours] (#472)
(#753)
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
Machine] (1999) [90 min.] (#771)
2001) [2 hours] (#807)
late 1990s) [8 min.] (#874)
(August 13, 2003) [2 hours] (#909)
min.] (#910)
10, 2004) [45 min.] (#942)
Police Memorial Day: See Memorials
Police Procedures
(1990-1991) [50 min.] (#255)
1994) [2 hours] (#348)
35 min.] (#433)
1995) [2 hours] (#441)
Police Bicycle Riding Skills and Tactics [46 min.]
(#454)
hours] (#519)
minutes] (#558)
(1996) [1 hour, 24 min.] (#559)
Traffic Stops POST Telecourse (1997) [2 hours]
(#599)
min.] (#611)
2000) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#761)
min.] (#837)
(#845)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
(#894)
Program (2001) [7 min.] (#906)
(circa 2005) [1 hour] (#1048)
Police Training
How to Train Public Safety Dispatchers (circa 1990)
[4 hours, 16 min.] (#Set 6)
AIDS the Challenge for Corrections AND Preventing
AIDS: It's a Matter of Life or Death (circa 1988) [18
min. and 15 min.] (#22)
tapes] (#Set 28)
ASP Tactical Baton [19 min.] (#81)
(#CRT 132 )
Operation Buckle Down Roll Call Video [27 min.,
total] (#179)
1991) [2 hours] (#200)
It's Up to You (1990) [18 min.] (#204)
Orientation to Laser Village (An) [10 min.] (#205)
(#CRT 224)
min.] (#CRT 229)
(1990-1991) [50 min.] (#255)
1992) [2 hours] (#256)
hour] (#279)
[1 hour, 30 min.] (#303)
Field Training Symposium (circa 1987) [39 min.]
(#391)
min.] (#398)
1994) [2 hours] (#415)
EVOC Driving Course (circa 1995) [6 min.] (#419)
(#443)
40 min.] (#445)
hours] (#463)
minutes] (#558)
(January 1997) [2 hours] (#580)
(#599)
(#671)
(#735)
(#754)
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
4, 1998) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#759)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
Realistic Firearms Training Shooting Simulators
(Demonstration) (2000) [19 min.] (#768)
min.] (#824)
Use of Force (2002) [39 min.] (#829)
(#845)
Achieving Training Excellence POST Telecourse
(August 22, 2002) [2 hours] (#880)
hours] (#914)
Survival Mindset (The) (1994) [23 min.] (#926)
(1998) [35 Min.] (#1022)
Police Training: Also See "Training"
Police Unions
(#160)
(#753)
Police Vehicles
(#206)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
min.] (#932)
(#950)
Policewomen
FBI Academy] (1993) [24 min.] (#731)
(#861)
Pornography
(April 22, 1998) [1 hour, 57 min.] (#631)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: See
“Stress (Critical Incident)”
Post Telecourse
Law Enforcement Response to Domestic Violence
(POST Telecourse) (September 9, 1993) [2 hours]
(#34)
(#140)
Hate Crimes POST Telecourse [2 hours, 20 min.]
(#235)
Staying Healthy Telecourse (POST Telecourse) [2 hrs,
8 min.] (# 241)
min.] (#242)
23, 1992) [2 hours] (#247)
Courtroom Testimony Telecourse (September 1992)
[1 hour, 52 min.] (#260)
12, 1992) [1 hour, 50 min.] (#276)
(#294)
Interviews POST Telecourse [1 hour, 45 min.] (#299)
Interrogations POST Telecourse [2 hours] (#300)
hours] (#316)
Asian Gangs POST Telecourse (August 12, 1993) [2
hours] (#320)
(November 4, 1993) [2 hours] (#330)
[2 hours] (#344)
1995) [2 hours] (#349)
Illegal Possession and Use of Firearms Telecourse
(April 14, 1994) [2 hours] (#355)
(May 12, 1994) [2 hours] (#385)
1994) [2 hours] (#412)
hour, 30 min.] (#413)
1994) [2 hours] (#416)
1995) [2 hours] (#441)
(March 23, 1995) [2 hours] (#456)
1995) [2 hours] (#473)
Interrogations/Confessions: Legal Issues POST
Telecourse [2 hours] (#474)
Search Warrants POST Telecourse (September 21,
1995) [2 hours] (#487)
(#518)
hours] (#519)
Community Oriented Policing POST Telecourse [2
hours] (#520)
(1996) [2 hours] (#536)
hours] (#566)
(#567)
hours] (#582)
(#599)
(#600)
(1997) [2 hours] (#601)
hours] (#614)
hours] (#637)
[2 hours] (#700)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
(August 22, 2002) [2 hours] (#880)
min.] (#902)
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
Postal Inspectors
Prisons
Predictions
on 2 tapes] (#806)
Prisoner Transportation: See
"Transportation (Inmates)"
Prisoners
[24 min.] (#73)
min.] (#CRT 121)
(#225)
(#227)
(#333)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
(#435)
Crime File) (1988) [29 min.] (#528)
[30 min.] (#718)
(#730)
hours] (#734)
tapes] (#803)
(1997) [1 hour, 12 min.] (#833)
1994) [2 hours] (#425)
[39 min.] (#707)
hours] (#734)
(#762)
(#846)
Program (2001) [7 min.] (#906)
[31 min.] (#961)
Profiling
Promotion
Probable Cause
Concepts (1994) [23 min.] (#673)
Problem Oriented Policing
Product Tampering
on 2 tapes] (#830)
Professionalism
(March 23, 1995) [2 hours] (#456)
(#600)
[40 min.] (#815)
(2002) [15 min.] (#868)
(#921)
Programs
hours] (#552)
hours] (#645)
(September 17, 1998) [2 hours] (#692)
on 2 tapes] (#806)
2001) [2 hours] (#807)
Promotion (Corrections)
Preparing for Promotion: Climbing the Ladder [18
min.] (#JOB 507)
Prostitution
Psychology
(#216)
hours] (#408)
(#760)
(2002) [15 min.] (#868)
2003) [1 hour] (#947)
[30 Min.] (#1010)
Ptsd: See "Stress (Critical Incident)"
Public Relations
Proofreading and Editing Skills (circa 1992) [3 hours,
4 minutes, on 3 tapes] (#Set 40)
(#218)
Media Relations [9 min.] (#265)
1995) [2 hours] (#441)
(#754)
min.] (#779)
(1999) [26 min.] (#786)
(#794)
(#851)
3, 2002) [57 min.] (#869)
min.] (#902)
(circa 2003) [11 min.] (#982)
(#1000)
(#1005)
[23 Min.] (#1006)
Duty) (1997) [36 Min.] (#1019)
Public Relations: See Also “Comportment”,
“Media Relations”, “Police Conduct”
Public Speaking
On Your Feet and Liking It--Vol. 1, General Do's and
Don'ts [40 min.] (#121)
On Your Feet and Liking It--Vol. 2; The Voice and
the Body [Presentation & Discussion] [40 min.]
(#122)
Did You See What I Said? [20 min.] (#154)
1992) [2 hours] (#224)
Speeches They'll Remember (Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy) (December 1992) [24 min.] (#664)
Adventures in Public Speaking {Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy} (December 2000) [24 min.] (#798)
Pursuit
Legal Aspects of High Speed Pursuits [FBI
Teleconference] (February 10, 1988) [3 hrs] (#19)
Hot Pursuit: Is it Worth the Risk? (April 26-28, 1989)
[11 min.] (#57)
Hot Pursuit (1980) [16 min.] (#74)
Pursuit Driving: Procedures and Liabilities (circa
1990) [30 min.] (#129)
Police Pursuit: A Victim's Perspective [1 hour, 15
min.] (#198)
Pursuit/Defensive Driving Techniques (circa 1987)
[27 min.] (#373)
min.] (#398)
(#443)
hours] (#519)
(#628)
(#928)
(#950)
Line of Duty) (1995) [26 min.] (#1003)
of Duty) (1996) [27 and 23 Min.] (#1007)
(1997) [30 Min.] (#1015)
(1998) [30 Min.] (#1021)
Radar Enforcement
Operations of Traffic Radar (MPH Industries Training
Tape) (June 14, 1985) [1 hour, 55 min.] (#273)
Radio Communications
Railroad Crossings
Simulated Grade Crossing Incident (A) (circa 1989) [2
min.] (#68)
Train Training Promotional Tape [11 min.] (#180)
Operation Lifesaver/Phoenix, Arizona (circa 1980s)
[20 min.] (#360)
Grade Crossing Accident Investigation [44 min.]
(#363)
Grade Crossing Series (November 1988) (November
1988) [12 min.] (#364)
Deadly Crossing (circa 1980s) [13 min.] (#366)
Santa Fe's Grade Crossing Accident Investigation
(circa 1980) [21 min.] (#369)
Texas Grade Crossing Accident [6 min.] (#370)
Operation Lifesaver: Kansas [7 min.] (#371)
(#737)
(1999) [9 min.] (#785)
(1991) [18 min.] (#813)
Grade Crossing Safety -- A Train Crew's Perspective
(2001) [10 min.] (#852)
Railroads
(#361)
(circa 1980) [21 min.] (#369)
(#737)
(#742)
(1999) [9 min.] (#785)
(1997) [32 Min.] (#1017)
Rape
1994) [2 hours] (#346)
hours] (#390)
1995) [2 hours] (#473)
(1997) [70 min.] (#602)
It Ain't Love (1997) [58 min.] (#711)
(2000) [16 min.] (#790)
min.] (#904)
Recruitment
Hiring the Best: Interviewing for Integrity (1995) [50
min. on 4 tapes] (#Set 14)
Art of Interviewing (The) [57 min.] (#120)
It's Up to You (1990) [18 min.] (#204)
min.] (#398)
Police Officer Exams Review [2 hours] (#453)
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
Cops & Company (1991) [17 min] (#780)
on 2 tapes] (#806)
2001) [2 hours] (#807)
(#834)
(#861)
(circa 2005) [1 hour] (#1048)
Release
Religion
Remains Identification
[2 hours, 26 min.] (#Set 20)
(October 13, 1993) [1 hour, 45 min.] (#337)
22, 2000) [2 hours, 10 min.] (#745)
Report Writing
Report Writing Skills for Patrol Officers (circa 1988)
[29 min.] (#1)
Report Writing [8 15-minute tapes] (#Set 2)
Writing Skills for Command Personnel [79 min.]
(#Set 3)
Principles of Report Writing [12 min.] (#JOB 102A)
Techniques of Report Writing [11 min.] (#JOB 102B)
Report Writing (1987) [21 min] (#313)
(#CRT 314)
Effective Report Writing (circa 1987) [26 min.]
(#356)
(1996) [1 hour, 24 min.] (#559)
min.] (#591)
min.] (#698)
Use of Force (2002) [39 min.] (#829)
(#845)
min.] (#902)
Rescues
Water Safety and Victim Rescue [13 min.] (#173)
(1998) [35 Min.] (#1022)
Research
Chicago CAPS Conference (March 25, 1993) [7
hours, on 4 tapes] (#Set 7)
min.] (#38)
Deadly Force (1986 ) [29 min.] (#45)
Domestic Violence Response (circa 1989) [29 min.]
(#69)
(#162)
(#225)
COPPS: Community Oriented Policing & Problem
Solving (1993) [43 min. on 2 tapes] (#421)
(December 1994) [1 hour] (#492)
(#493)
Community Policing in Chicago: Fact or Fiction (NIJ
Research in Progress) (May 1995) [1 hour] (#495)
(#496)
min.] (#497)
(#499)
( March 1995) [45 min.] (#510)
Crime File) (1988) [29 min.] (#528)
min.] (#556)
in Progress) (1996) [49 min.] (#557)
min.] (#594)
hour, 56 min.] (#618)
min.] (#822)
(#846)
[31 min.] (#961)
[37 min.] (#1093)
Research in Progress Series
( March 1995) [45 min.] (#510)
min.] (#556)
in Progress) (1996) [49 min.] (#557)
7 min.] (#612)
[37 min.] (#1093)
Riot Control
1991) [2 hours] (#200)
Violent Disturbances [8 min.] (#207)
1993) [1 Hour] (#328)
min.] (#902)
Road Rage: See Driving
Robbery
[27 min.] (#312)
(#329)
hours] (#402)
Armed Robbery Survival Techniques [10 min.] (#431)
1995) [2 hours] (#444)
(1996) [2 hours] (#535)
hours] (#566)
(1997) [2 hours] (#595)
1996) [18 min.] (#616)
(#628)
(1993) [14 min.] (#1130)
(1993) [16 min.] (#1131)
Runaways
(April 22, 1998) [1 hour, 57 min.] (#631)
hours] (#637)
Safety
min.] (#Set 36)
Handling Undercover Contacts [10 min.] (#271)
(#294)
(#302)
Working in a Lockdown Unit [10 min.] (#JOB 402)
(#452)
(#464)
(1988) [45 min.] (#563)
hours] (#566)
[18 min.] (#597)
(circa 1997) [27 min.] (#610)
[15 min.] (#615)
(#678)
FBI Academy] (1993) [24 min.] (#731)
22, 2000) [2 hours, 10 min.] (#745)
hour, 51 min.] (#854)
[14 min.] (#873)
min.] (#932)
min.] (#999)
(#1005)
(#1011)
(1997) [37 Min.] (#1014)
[37 Min.] (#1016)
(1997) [32 Min.] (#1017)
min.] (#1020)
(1998) [30 Min.] (#1021)
Schools
(#218)
Gang Crimes (Legal Action Series) (1992) [1 hour]
(#296)
Tunnel (The) (1975 ) [23 min.] (#405)
(#464)
7 min.] (#612)
(September 17, 1998) [2 hours] (#692)
(#701)
(1999) [29 min.] (#706)
[39 min.] (#707)
(#725)
(1999) [1 hour] (#727)
(#760)
(#762)
Bomb Scare (2000) [15 min.] (#782)
hour, 51 min.] (#854)
2005) [55 min.] (#989)
(#992)
[33 Min.] (#1018)
Search and Seizure
Tapes] (#Set 26)
14 and 18 min.] (#Set 31)
min.] (#114)
(May 12, 1994) [2 hours] (#385)
[33 Min.] (#1018)
hour] (#1138)
Search Warrants
14 and 18 min.] (#Set 31)
1995) [2 hours] (#487)
18 min.] (#1001)
hour] (#1138)
Searches
Tapes] (#Set 26)
14 and 18 min.] (#Set 31)
(October 11, 1989) [3 Hours] (#85)
hours] (#92)
How to Conduct Cell Searches [15 min.] (#JOB 101)
(#JOB 109)
min.] (#114)
1991) [2 hours] (#200)
(#218)
(#CRT 227)
[16 min.] (#263)
Techniques for Safe and Controlled Vehicle Search
(circa 1987) [27 min.] (#381)
(#452)
1995) [2 hours] (#487)
Building Searches (1995) [30 min.] (#530)
Series) (1997) [26 min.] (#589)
(#678)
(#695)
(1999) [29 min.] (#706)
[39 min.] (#707)
Persons 1) (1999) [28 min.] (#710)
[30 min.] (#718)
1996) (1996) [2 hours, 8 min.] (#746)
2000) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#761)
(#769)
Bomb Scare (2000) [15 min.] (#782)
[40 min.] (#815)
(2001) [32 min. on 2 tapes] (#823)
[15 min.] (#844)
(#849)
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
min.] (#897)
(#900)
(2002) [35 min.] (#919)
[30 min.] (#933)
(1998, footage 1994) [49 min.] (#934)
18 min.] (#1001)
(1998) [35 Min.] (#1022)
Searches – Vehicle : See “Vehicle Searches”
Seat Belts
Fully Equipped (circa 1986) [20 minutes] (#7)
Occupant Protection Usage and Enforcement [50
min.] (#16)
Children in Crashes [8 min.] (#17)
Crashing Cars: Testing for Safety (1986) [8 min.]
(#18)
Safety Belts: For Dummies or People / Game of Your
Life (The) (circa 1988) [26 min.] (#67)
Seatbelts and the Family; Shattering Some Myths [15
min.] (#131)
Operation Buckle Down Roll Call Video [27 min.,
total] (#179)
1991) [2 hours] (#200)
(#218)
200 Milliseconds of Your Life [13 min.] (#268)
Cite for Life [11 min.] (#281, pt. A)
LETN Seat Belt Tape [20 min.] (#290)
LETN Child Restraint Tape [17 min.] (#291)
1993) [2 hours] (#293)
(#930)
Security
Basic Security Principles [9 min.] (#JOB 107)
(#148)
1992) [2 hours] (#256)
[27 min.] (#312)
min.] (#392)
1995) [2 hours] (#444)
(#JOB 505)
Community Policing I: Responding to Violence in
the Workplace (1996) [35 min.] (#531)
1996) [18 min.] (#616)
on 2 tapes] (#806)
(#900)
min.] (#911)
Segregation
Self Defense
Vehicle Stops & Officer Safety (2000) [69 min.] (#Set
23)
Edged Weapon Awareness [25 min.] (#24)
tapes] (#Set 28)
(circa 1989) [39 min.] (#60)
[25 min.] (#CRT 126)
(1998) [25 min.] (#CRT 131)
Orientation to Laser Village (An) [10 min.] (#205)
of PCP [11 min.] (#211)
min.] (#CRT 232)
23, 1992) [2 hours] (#247)
[50 min.] (#249)
(#250)
(#262)
hour] (#279)
Principles of Officer Safety and Survival (1994) [30
min.] (#350)
Edged-Weapon Defense and Disarming Techniques
(ALERT Series) (circa 1995) [31 min] (#423)
(#435)
(#464)
min.] (#466)
(#514)
(#515)
Straight Baton Techniques (1996) [32 min.] (#526)
(1996) [2 hours] (#536)
min.] (#594)
and Defense (1998) [26 min.] (#676)
[2 hours] (#700)
(1999) [27 min.] (#722)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
(#818)
min.] (#824)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
[45 min.] (#871)
(#888)
min.] (#891)
about TASER (2004) [44 min.] (#936)
Sentencing
Serial Crimes
(#965)
Sexual Harassment:: See “Harassment”
Shiftwork
Shootings
(#33)
(#50)
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
1990) [2 hours] (#127)
Officer Survival Tape [33 min.] (#161)
1992) [2 hours] (#234)
1992) [2 hours] (#256)
1993) [1 Hour] (#328)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
hours] (#390)
hours] (#402)
hours] (#408)
[2 hours] (#450)
Story [21 min.] (#459)
hours] (#463)
min.] (#466)
Officer Stress Management 1: Stress of the Gunfight
[30 min.] (#476)
min.] (#569)
min.] (#594)
(1996) [31 min.] (#598)
(1997) [2 hours] (#601)
4, 1998) [2 hours, 20 min.] (#759)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
(#808)
min.] (#824)
min.] (#850)
[45 min.] (#871)
Deadly Force (2002 ) [41 min.] (#892)
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
min.] (#897)
(#898)
(#899)
min.] (#910)
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
of Duty) (1996) [27 and 23 Min.] (#1007)
Min.] (#1008)
(1997) [37 Min.] (#1014)
(1997) [30 Min.] (#1015)
[37 Min.] (#1016)
[40 min.] (#1025)
(1993) [14 min.] (#1130)
(1993) [16 min.] (#1131)
Shoplifting
Special Olympics
[27 min.] (#312)
(1996) [2 hours] (#535)
Law Enforcement Torch Run; Making Dreams a
Reality (circa 1992) [6 min.] (#292)
Shotguns
(1999) [27 min.] (#722)
Sids: See “Sudden Infant Death Syndrome”
Sirens
min.] (#779)
Smuggling
Sniping
Military Snipers Tape Set [The History Channel]
(2002) [45 min. per tape (2 hours, 15 min.)] (#Set 33)
Ultimate Sniper: The Video [1 hour, 25 min.] (#449)
(#808)
(2002) [45 min.] (#870)
Spanish Language
min.] (#501)
min.] (#503)
min.] (#505)
min.] (#611)
min.] (#850)
[14 min.] (#873)
Interactive "Survival Spanish": High Risk Vehicle
Stops (1997) [45 min.] (#951)
Paso a Paso [Spanish Grammar for Federal Law
Enforcement] (1990) [1 hour, 44 min, and 43 min. on
2 tapes] (#1085)
Stalking
Domestic Violence/Stalking Laws (Legal Action
Series) (circa 1992) [1 hour] (#326)
Stalking: Attorney General's Law Enforcement
Training Video (1995) [45 min.] (#465)
min.] (#592)
2000) [2 hours] (#795)
Standards
late 1990s) [8 min.] (#874)
Stores
[27 min.] (#312)
(September 22, 2000) [2 hours] (#819)
Street Stops
Tapes] (#Set 26)
(#50)
Felony Stop Procedure/Drug Profiling Update (circa
1989) [24 min.] (#61)
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
1992) [2 hours] (#238)
Night Stops [8 min.] (#269)
Non-Felony Vehicle Stops [4 min.] (#334)
(circa 1987) [27 min.] (#381)
(#546)
Pursuit (1996) [32 min.] (#554)
Series) (1997) [26 min.] (#589)
(1996) [31 min.] (#598)
min.] (#611)
[15 min.] (#615)
Concepts (1994) [23 min.] (#673)
[2 hours] (#700)
2 tapes] (#758)
[40 min.] (#815)
(2001) [32 min. on 2 tapes] (#823)
[15 min.] (#844)
(#845)
(#849)
min.] (#850)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
Deadly Force (2002 ) [41 min.] (#892)
hours] (#914)
(#921)
Video (2004) [21 min.] (#927)
(#953)
Stress
min.] (#Set 29)
Police Stress: How it Affects Survivability [31 min.]
(#152)
Stamp Collecting (Circa 1970s) [19 min.] (#153)
Stress Management [10 min.] (#JOB 202)
(#216)
Coping with the Job [10 min.] (#JOB 303)
hours] (#316)
Police Stress (circa 1987) [20 min.] (#393)
[1 hour, 50 min.] (#513)
Pursuit (1996) [32 min.] (#554)
Drivers (1998) [20 min.] (#658)
(1998) [1 hour] (#703)
(1999) [9 min.] (#748)
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
Adventures in Public Speaking {Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy} (December 2000) [24 min.] (#798)
Toma Live (1990) [1 hour] (#817)
(#851)
Deadly Force (2002 ) [41 min.] (#892)
(#992)
(#995)
2006) [41 min.] (#1037)
[37 min.] (#1093)
Stress (Critical Incident)
(#216)
1992) [2 hours] (#256)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
[2 hours] (#450)
min.] (#466)
Officer Stress Management 1: Stress of the Gunfight
[30 min.] (#476)
[1 hour, 50 min.] (#513)
(1996) [2 hours] (#536)
(1996) [31 min.] (#598)
(#599)
(1997) [2 hours] (#601)
hours] (#645)
(1999) [1 hour] (#727)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
(#808)
Deadly Force (2002 ) [41 min.] (#892)
min.] (#897)
2003) [1 hour] (#947)
of Duty) (1996) [27 and 23 Min.] (#1007)
2006) [41 min.] (#1037)
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
1990) [2 hours] (#111)
(#140)
(1998) [50 min.] (#720)
Beyond 911: The Unresponsive Infant (1998) [13
min.] (#1002)
Suicide
(#104)
Stamp Collecting (Circa 1970s) [19 min.] (#153)
(#CRT 226)
307)
(#JOB 410)
[1 hour, 50 min.] (#513)
min.] (#702)
(September 22, 1999) [2 hours] (#755)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
[37 min.] (#1093)
Supervision
Coaching Employees for High Performance [48 min.]
(#118)
Cross Sex Supervision (1989) [9 min.] (#208)
minutes] (#558)
hour, 56 min.] (#618)
2000) [2 hours] (#766)
min.] (#902)
10, 2004) [45 min.] (#942)
Surveillance
min.] (#392)
(#754)
(2002) [45 min.] (#870)
min.] (#911)
Surveys
Survival
Will to Survive (The) [Officer Survival VII] (circa
1980) [15 min.] (#15)
(#50)
1990) [2 hours] (#127)
Corrections Officer Survival [30 min.] (#159)
Officer Survival Tape [33 min.] (#161)
(#162)
1991) [2 hours] (#200)
of PCP [11 min.] (#211)
(#218)
min.] (#CRT 232)
1992) [2 hours] (#234)
(#250)
1992) [2 hours] (#256)
hours] (#295)
1993) [1 Hour] (#328)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
Principles of Officer Safety and Survival (1994) [30
min.] (#350)
hours] (#390)
hours] (#402)
[2 hours] (#450)
Story [21 min.] (#459)
hours] (#463)
min.] (#466)
1995) [2 hours] (#485)
(#514)
(#515)
min.] (#569)
min.] (#594)
(#599)
(1997) [2 hours] (#601)
[15 min.] (#615)
(#628)
and Defense (1998) [26 min.] (#676)
[2 hours] (#700)
Surviving a Shooting: Your Guide to Personal Body
Armor (2000) [14 min.] (#774)
(#849)
min.] (#850)
(#851)
(September 2002) [25 min.] (#857)
2002) [14 min.] (#858)
[45 min.] (#871)
(#888)
min.] (#891)
Deadly Force (2002 ) [41 min.] (#892)
2003) [47 min.] (#896)
min.] (#897)
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
Stops (1997) [45 min.] (#951)
(1998) [35 Min.] (#1022)
[40 min.] (#1025)
(1993) [14 min.] (#1130)
(1993) [16 min.] (#1131)
Swat
Swimming
(1998) [35 Min.] (#1022)
Tasers
(1996) [2 hours] (#571)
(#818)
Use of Force (2002) [39 min.] (#829)
about TASER (2004) [44 min.] (#936)
Technology
(#JOB 505)
[24 min.] (#550)
hours] (#566)
(January 1997) [2 hours] (#580)
hours] (#582)
(1997) [2 hours] (#595)
(July 1999) [1 hour, 39 min.] (#712)
(#756)
Less-Lethal Force Options: SL-6 Multi Roll
Projectile Launcher (2001) [13 min.] (#805)
on 2 tapes] (#806)
Marvels] (2001) [44 min.] (#828)
[15 min.] (#844)
min.] (#911)
(#950)
18 min.] (#1001)
Telephones
1993) [2 hours] (#293)
(1997) [37 Min.] (#1014)
Terrorism
(2001) [28 min.] (#CRT 315)
min.] (#392)
[18 min.] (#597)
[2 hours] (#700)
tapes] (#803)
on 2 tapes] (#830)
(#845)
Changed (1997) [10 min.] (#848)
(September 2002) [25 min.] (#857)
2002) [14 min.] (#858)
2002) [1 hour, 58 min.] (#863)
(#900)
min.] (#911)
hours] (#914)
2002) [29 and 26 min.] (#938)
Terrorists
[2 hours] (#700)
hours] (#914)
Testifying
Courtroom Performance (circa 1980) [30 min.] (#75)
1990) [2 hours] (#93)
Courtroom Skills and Tactics [30 min.] (#222)
[50 min.] (#249)
Courtroom Testimony Telecourse (September 1992)
[1 hour, 52 min.] (#260)
(May 12, 1994) [2 hours] (#385)
1994) [2 hours] (#412)
Getting Tough on DWI: The Defense: Cross
Examining the Arresting Officer (circa 1992) [65
min.] (#422)
[2 hours] (#424)
(circa 1996) [2 hours] (#588)
1992) [10 min.] (#694)
min.] (#698)
1996) (1996) [2 hours, 8 min.] (#746)
(#791)
Courtroom Reminders: Improving your DUI "In
Court" Performance (2003) [7 min.] (#985)
Testimony
(#546)
(#754)
Theft
[27 min.] (#312)
[14 min.] (#836)
Tornadoes
(#302)
[1 hour, 30 min.] (#303)
40 min.] (#445)
Tornados; See "Emergencies"
Traffic
(#228)
1995) [2 hours] (#485)
(#584)
Drivers (1998) [20 min.] (#658)
(1999) [9 min.] (#785)
[14 min.] (#873)
Traffic Direction
Traffic Direction & Control [22 min.] (#201)
Traffic Stops
Vehicle Stops & Officer Safety (2000) [69 min.] (#Set
23)
(1996) [31 min.] (#598)
(#599)
(#849)
min.] (#850)
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
Stops (1997) [45 min.] (#951)
(#1005)
(#1011)
(#1012)
(1997) [30 Min.] (#1015)
[37 Min.] (#1016)
[40 min.] (#1025)
(#1090)
(1993) [14 min.] (#1130)
Trafic Accidents
(#928)
Training
tapes] (#Set 28)
How to Be a Better Trainer (circa 1992) [3 hours, 3
(#CRT 224)
Protection Training: The Beginning [2 hours] (#483)
and Defense (1998) [26 min.] (#676)
(#678)
on 2 tapes] (#806)
(August 22, 2002) [2 hours] (#880)
2004) [4 hours] (#946)
Trains
Simulated Grade Crossing Incident (A) (circa 1989) [2
min.] (#68)
Train Training Promotional Tape [11 min.] (#180)
(circa 1980) [21 min.] (#369)
Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness (1997) [52
min. On 2 tapes] (#590)
(#737)
(#742)
(1999) [9 min.] (#785)
(2001) [10 min.] (#852)
(1997) [32 Min.] (#1017)
Transportation (Inmates)
Inmate Transportation [9 min.] (#JOB 110)
(#CRT 224)
Transporting Prisoners: The Most Dangerous Cargo
[40 min.] (#409)
Traumatic Stress: See "Stress (Critical
Incident)"
Trucks
Air Brake Program [108 min.] (#230)
hours] (#566)
Semi-Conscious: Driving in the Real World (1996)
[12 min.] (#587)
8 min.] (#853)
Undercover Operations
(May 12, 1994) [2 hours] (#385)
(#527)
2001) [2 hours] (#807)
United Against Crime Teleconference
hours] (#552)
Are We Delivering on the Promises of Community
Policing: United Against Crime Teleconference
(1997) [107 min.] (#577)
hour, 56 min.] (#618)
hours] (#620)
(July 1999) [1 hour, 39 min.] (#712)
Vandalism
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
hour, 30 min.] (#413)
(1999) [9 min.] (#785)
Vehicle Searches
min.] (#114)
(circa 1987) [27 min.] (#381)
[15 min.] (#615)
(#849)
[30 min.] (#933)
(1998, footage 1994) [49 min.] (#934)
hour, 50 min.] (#935)
Vehicle Theft
Don't Give a Thief a Free Ride; Preventing Auto Theft
[13 min.] (#102)
Auto Theft Awareness for the Patrol Officer [28 min.]
(#109)
Motor Vehicle Fire and Theft Investigation [17 min.]
(#144)
Hot Cars, Cold Facts [23 min.] (#182)
(#213)
Stolen Vehicle Recognition [17 min.] (#339)
1994) [2 hours] (#345)
1995) [2 hours] (#439)
(#953)
Vice
(#518)
Victims
Fear that Doesn't Fade [17 min.] (#168)
Hate Crime: A Training Video for Police Officers [17
min.] (#203)
(#298)
1994) [2 hours] (#346)
[28 min.] (#386)
1995) [2 hours] (#441)
1995) [2 hours] (#473)
min.] (#592)
(1997) [70 min.] (#602)
hours] (#645)
min.] (#669)
(1995) [25 min.] (#751)
(#762)
1999) [4 hours] (#763)
min.] (#779)
(1999) [26 min.] (#786)
(2000) [16 min.] (#790)
min.] (#792)
2000) [2 hours] (#795)
[14 min.] (#836)
Changed (1997) [10 min.] (#848)
(2001) [10 min.] (#852)
(September 2002) [25 min.] (#857)
2002) [14 min.] (#858)
(#928)
2003) [1 hour] (#947)
min.] (#1020)
Where We Are (2005) [14 min.] (#1088)
Video Photography
1993) [1 Hour] (#328)
hours] (#463)
(#754)
(#794)
Changed (1997) [10 min.] (#848)
min.] (#850)
[45 min.] (#871)
min.] (#902)
Issue (2001) [56 min.] (#937)
Vietnamese
(#212)
1992) [2 hours] (#224)
Viewpoints from the Fbi Academy
Speeches They'll Remember (Viewpoints from the
FBI Academy) (December 1992) [24 min.] (#664)
(#667)
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