On March 19, 2018 at approximately 0210 hours I was in the area of US HWY 19 and River Gulf RD in Port Richey, FL. I observed a red 2012 Volkswagen four door sedan traveling north on US HWY 19. I observed the vehicle to lack an operational tag light. I maneuvered my unmarked patrol vehicle (116) behind the Volkswagen and confirmed the vehicle’s tag light was not working. I initiated my emergency equipment and conducted a lawful traffic stop.
I made contact with the driver, who was identified by her Florida driver’s license as Kristina Lee Nisi. I made contact with the front passenger who was identified by his name and date of birth as William Lee Saunders. An NCIC / FCIC check was conducted of both subjects, which revealed William had
On 01-01-17 at 0023 hours I was monitoring the radio and heard that Officer Harrell #3441 and Officer Thebeau #8402 were involved in a vehicle pursuit in the area of Fair Oaks Avenue and Corson Street. I responded to the above location to assist. They advised responding units that the suspect was involved in a traffic collision on the eastbound 210 Freeway Fair Oaks Avenue off-ramp.
This study was created by Lt. Wells on behalf of the Florida Highway Patrol. Lt. Wells was a member of the Law Enforcement Stops and Safety Subcommittee. This committee is volunteer-based and works under the financial support of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is affiliated with the International Association of Chiefs of Police. As a me...
On May 22, 1990 two Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies were responding to a call to break up a fight. While returning to their cars one of the officers, Murray Stapp noticed a motorcycle moving at rather high speeds. The motorcycle was being operated by 18-year-old Brian Willard and carrying a 16-year-old passenger by the name of Phillip Lewis. Neither the operator nor the passenger of the motorcycle had anything to do with the fight being responded to.
Imagine being a police officer doing your daily routine job. You are in a patrol car on the highway, watching the cars and trucks drive by. You are also looking for speeders to warn them to be more careful and maybe you’ll ticket them. It has been a very boring day for you, since you have only been called on your radio once, and it was for an accident (fender bender). Almost at the end of your shift, a blue car drives by going ninety miles an hour, but you know the speed limit is only fifty-five miles an hour. You pull the patrol car out of the gravel area that you had been sitting in and you start to follow the car. You put your lights on and catch up to them. After a few minutes you pull the person over. You get out of the car and start walking over towards the blue car. You are right about to talk to the driver and he drives off, leaving nothing but dust in your face. Now, the adrenaline is pumping in your body, but what should you do? You could call for backup or follow the blue car. Anything could happen. How far should you actually go? This is the question that will be answered in this paper. I will explain what police pursuit is and some different things officers do during a pursuit. I will also give some statistics about the fatalities that have happened in a police pursuit. I will also illustrate my opinion about how far police pursuits should go.
I exited my patrol vehicle and I made contact with the White male/ driver, later identified as David Lee Jones. I advised Jones of the reason for the traffic stop. Jones acknowledged running the steady red light and he stated that the "sun was blocking his view." I asked Jones to produce his driver's license, vehicle registration and insurance. Jones then advised "I want to be honest, my license is suspended." Jones did provide the vehicle's
We have the ability to find out who the driver is, and that's what they should be doing (she said of the division's investigative office). We're doing everything we can to figure this out. We have an injured family here. They need to know who, what, when, where, why. This is a crime. It's not just a traffic crime. It's a crime.”
On May 31, 2018 at approximately 1445 hours, I was dispatched to the lobby of the Port Richey Police Department located at 6333 Ridge RD Port Richey, FL in reference to a domestic violence injunction violation. Upon my arrival, I made contact with the complainant, who was identified by her Florida identification card as Alice Lorraine Lindahl. Alice was with a witness, who was identified by his Florida identification card as David Carl Koorey.
Officer Stamets and Pastucka assisted Officer Hand from the Frackville Boro. Police with a reckless driving complaint. An individual reported a white Ford sedan travelling northbound on State Route 61 towards the borough of Frackville. The caller reported that the vehicle was travelling all over the roadway. Officer Hand advised he observed a white Ford sedan while he was stationary near Anthony's Pizza and Sub's. The vehicle came to an absurd halt when the female operator observed the police car, stopping in the middle of the travel lane of State Route 61. Afterwards the operator accelerated and continued northbound on State Route 61. While travelling on State Route 61 Officer Hand observed the operator's vehicle swaying in the roadway nearly crossing the double yellow lines and then aggresively swayed right travelling against the
Victim/Reporting Person Summary: Justin said he went out to start his vehicle the morning of Sunday, Febuary 4th, 2018 around 8:00am. Justin noticed the property in his truck and van had been gone through. Justin said his wife's purse was missing from the van. Justin said the purse had his wife's credit cards and identifacation cards. Justin said the purse also had $30.00 dollars in cash inside the purse. Justin was not sure what time the property was stolen from his vehicle.
The researcher hypothesizes that the use of body-cameras on police officers would reduce the instances of gainful communication between civilians and law enforcement. The null-hypothesis is that the use of body-cameras on police officers will have no effect on gainful communication between civilian and law enforcement. In determining the implications of how body-cameras effects civilian behavior, the research will include a sampling survey of criminal justice students and information gathered from journal documents related to research on police body-cameras.
Late last night on July 17th, a woman of the name Myrtle Wilson was found dead in the middle of the street around midnight. It is pretty clear, based off of the scene that it happened because of the impact of a car moving at high speeds. The area where it happened had signs of skid marks going left and right, right before where Mrs. Wilson was hit. There were very few witnesses to what happened due to the time of night that this occurred but one witness stated “I was just closing up my store when I saw some woman who looked like she was crazy run into the street with several bruises and scars, she saw the car that was coming and seemed that she expected it to stop, but it didn’t. After she was hit, the mysterious car was gone in seconds like as if nothing happened”. Based off if this Witnesses words, police are now trying to look into the reasoning for the bruises that she had before the accident happened. Another Witness stated, “as I was walking home from my friend’s house I noticed a woman lying dead on the ground and it scared me to death, then the car that had hit her sped by me and I could see a man and woman in the car but I didn’t recognize them. They were gone within seconds”. Police have been detailing the scene for over 24 hours at this point but cannot pin point the car
I arrived and found the victim, Kenneth Kirby, identified by his California identification card, and the suspect, Christine Wakefield, also identified by her California identification card, both standing in the front yard. Wakefield was crying, and I could see that her right cheek appeared to be swollen. Kirby was visibly upset and had swelling and a cut over his left eye. He also appeared to have a bloody nose. I asked Wakefield to step back and wait over by the house, but she told me, "I called you."
Since Radar’s first use in 1937 by Watson-Watt, where they detected the motion of flying objects by calculating the difference in the signals emitted and received, Radars have been used in various occasion (Crochi). After laser was invented, the modern LIDAR system was used in such missions as the Apollo 15 to help draw moon’s map. Apart from its pervasive use in naval and aerial object detection, the modern technologies, based on the principle of Radar’s working mechanism, are used in smaller handy devices like radar guns to measure the speed of the object. Usually handguns used by police officers, or even an athlete’s coach, use the Radar or the modern LIDAR technologies to measure the speed of the targeted source. Despite their sophisticated mechanism, these surveillance equipments are prone to various deceptive strategies like jamming.
I've researched about the volunteer program in phoenix, and it is named COPS "Citizens Offering Police support" This program is running through out all Phoenix Arizona departments. The volunteer organization is dedicated to helping the Phoenix Police Department and the community. Today, they have almost 200 volunteers working in a variety of units within COPS department. They also have university and college students interns working on their career paths with program. The COPS Program brings the community into the police family. Volunteers working shoulder to shoulder with police officers and our support staff can see the difficulty and value of the police mission. Although it isn't easy to just become apart of the support system, it's more
Police officers use discretion in a broad manner. Depending on a situation I can issue a verbal warning, a citation, or an arrest. However, when taking a course of action in a situation I want to make sure I have a reason as to why I gave them the punishment that I did. Discretion in the criminal justice system is based off of efficiency, safety, and justice.