Leadership: Texas Hold 'Em Style
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Servicemembers who
have written about military Tactics and Doctrine:
Dr.
John B. Alexander, USA
Douglas N. Campbell, USAF
John T. Carey, USAF
Wesley K. Clark, USA
John M. Collins, USA
George A. Crawford, USAF
Michael Wayne Hall, USA
Thomas X. Hammes, USMC
Wray R. Johnson, USAF
Greg Michael, USMC
Allan R. Millett, USMC
James B. Motley, USA
H. John Poole, USMC
Hy S. Rothstein, USA
Robert H. Scales, Jr., USA
John C. Scharfen, USMC
Robert L. Shaw, USN
Carl W. Stiner, USA
Harlan K. Ullman, USN
John A. Warden, USAF
William D. Wunderle, USA
Anthony Charles Zinni, USMC |
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Greetings!
American Heroes Press wishes you a Happy
Independence Day and a warm welcome to the July
issue of our newsletter. In this issue, new
contributors join us: Tracy E. Barnhart
(corrections); Paul Purcell (general law
enforcement); and, John Honovich (private
security. We welcome back David Waksman (legal);
Darnell Patton (leadership); and, Andrew Hawkes
(general law enforcement).
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Michael Jackson and other Crime
Scenes
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.)
Michael Jackson is dead, but the controversies have just
begun. Among the growing issues surrounding his death
are the actions of the first responders and
investigators. On July 3, 2009, the Associated Press
ran an article which asked several pointed questions;
"Why didn't the police seal the mansion where he had
been living? Why didn't they get immediate search
warrants? Why did they tow away a doctor's car right
after the death but not declare the home a crime
scene?" These questions point to serious question for
all law enforcement personnel - what is a crime scene?
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Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for Law Enforcement
Physical evidence has the potential to play a critical
role in the overall investigation and resolution of a
suspected criminal act. Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide
for Law Enforcement discusses the fundamental principles
of investigating a crime scene and preserving evidence
that need to be practiced in order to yield reliable
information. This research
report is intended for use by law enforcement and other
responders who have responsibilities for protecting crime
scenes, preserving physical evidence, and collecting and
submitting the evidence for scientific examination.
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Developing Subordinate Leaders
Gunnery Sergeant Darnell E. Patton, USMC
There are many great leaders who lead things from small
businesses to large countries. Each of those leaders
had to start somewhere. Leadership starts at different
stages for different people; some start learning as a
small child while others may not start until adulthood.
But regardless of when they start, its how they get
there and where they finish that matters.
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Standards for SWAT
Many small towns and rural jurisdictions
assemble SWAT teams - some of them part-time,
some of them multijurisdictional - with little
expectation that these teams will ever be called
on in a crisis situation. However, incidents
like the ones mentioned above can happen
anywhere, at anytime, in places like
unincorporated Cokeville and Bailey, a town of
far less than 1,000 residents, as well as in
major cities.
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Reasonable Expectation of Privacy:
Police Monitoring of Conversations
David M. Waksman
Article I, section 12 of the Florida Constitution provides
that "The right of the people to be secure ... against the
unreasonable interception of private communications by any
means, shall not be violated. This right shall be
construed in conformity with the 4th Amendment to the
United States Constitution, as interpreted by the United
States Supreme Court." The facts of this case are rather
simple, and probably occur on a regular basis.
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Project Tip Line
During a critical incident, rapid collection,
processing and dissemination of information is
vital to the outcome of an investigation. Tip
lines have become more popular in recent years
as an investigative tool, and law enforcement
agencies now have new advanced tip line
technology at their disposal. Project TIPLINE
is a free Internet-automated tip collection,
management and analytic tool. The software is
used to collect and analyze data and can be
modified to meet an agency's specific needs. A
handbook is included that reviews standard
operating procedures for tip lines, how to
handle large numbers of tips and how agencies
can prepare for events and incidents that
might use a tip line system.
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Swine Flu:
21 Things Law Enforcement Needs to Know
Paul Purcell
At the time of this
writing, only the potential for a pandemic has been
mentioned, and summer approaches; not your "usual" cold
and flu season. One school of thought is that we will
see a relatively minor wave of flu cases which will
diminish toward the end of the summer. However, when
fall starts and schools are back in session and
traditional cold and flu season begins, it's possible
we'll see a more massive wave of infection and reach
true pandemic status.
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Security Manager's Guide to
Video Surveillance
John Honovich
This book is designed for the
security manager who uses video surveillance/CCTV
systems. You should be able to understand this book if
you have used a DVR system. The book's goal is to help
you make better decisions about evaluating and
selecting video surveillance systems. Integrators and
manufacturers should also be able to learn from this,
especially to gain a better appreciation of drivers
for security managers.
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Veteran Officers - Be A Mentor
Sergeant Andrew G. Hawkes
I remember looking at the "old guys" at the
office when I first became a cop. They would come to work
with the uniform wrinkled, an old revolver strapped to
their hip that looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a
year, no vest with a daily agenda of how little can I do
and where am I going to eat lunch. We called those guys
"ROD", or retired on duty. I told myself I would never
become one of them.
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What Makes a
Warrior?
Tracy E. Barnhart
I have written many training
articles and trained many individuals who I hope
never need the tactics and strategies that I have
shown. I often wonder while pondering and
reminiscing of old times hoping that I told each
student everything that I knew or have shown them
the details of the tactics necessary to subdue the
resisting individual. However, I always return to
the same thought, "what makes a warrior?" In a very
real sense, corrections employees serve more time in
prison than many inmates, they just serve it in
eight-hour installments! The famous criminologist,
James B. Jacobs noted, "A career correctional
officer in effect commits himself to a life sentence
in prison."
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Geography and Public Safety bulletin
Sex Offender Residency Restrictions This issue
focuses on how mapping and spatial analysis can help
jurisdictions understand the effects of restrictions
on where sex offenders are allowed to live.
Specifically, it discusses how residency
restrictions affect recidivism - whether they hamper
offenders' reentry process and make it less likely
that they will get treatment and services. Articles
include a discussion of whether residency
restrictions are a good idea, a study of residency
restrictions in Minnesota, a report on the use of
GPS monitoring for sex offenders in Florida, and a
description of a spatial analysis technique for
tracking sex offenders piloted by California
Department of Corrections data.
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Sincerely,
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Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.)
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