SUBJECTS PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE & LAW ENFORCEMENT
Police & Law Enforcement Programs, Policies and Issues
Updated 07/07
Police & Law Enforcement Programs, Policies and Issues
Contents
- Electronic Crime
- Hate Crimes
- Hot Pursuit
- Special Populations
- Use of Force
- Racial Profiling
- Crime Prevention
- Community Policing
- Community Relations
- MRSC Related Web Pages
Electronic Crime
- Internet Safety Resources and Links - Washington State Attorney General
- Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders (
874 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Written and Approved by the Technical Working Group for Electronic Crime Scene Investigation, Department of Justice, NCJ 187736, July 2001
- Best Practices for Seizing Electronic Evidence, International Association of Chiefs of Police, A joint project of the IACP and the US Secret Service
Hate Crimes
- Addressing Hate Crimes: Six Initiatives That Are Enhancing the Efforts of Criminal Justice Practitioners (
515.8 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bureau of Justice Assistance Monograph - Hate Crime Series, February, 2000
- Hate Crimes Research Network - Portland State University Department of Sociology
- A Policymaker's Guide to Hate Crimes (
224 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bureau of Justice Assistance, March 1997.
- Preventing Youth Hate Crime: A Manual for Schools and Communities - U.S. Department of Education, 1998.
- Responding to Hate Crimes: A Police Officer's Guide to Investigation and Prevention - International Association of Chiefs of Police
Police Pursuit, "Hot Pursuit"
- Police Pursuit: Policies and Training (
275 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, by Geoffrey P. Alpert, National Institute of Justice Research in Brief, May 1997, 8 p.
- Police Pursuit and High-Speed Driving Lawsuits, by Andrew G. Cooley, Attorney at Law, and Brock Gavery, Attorney at Law, Keating Bucklin & McCormack, Inc, Police Chief, October 2006.
- Police Pursuits: Reforming the Law - The Reformation of Fleeing and Attempting to Elude Police Laws: A Step Towards Deterrence, Marci S. Johns, J.D., Institute for Criminal Justice Education, Inc., n.d.(circa 2000)
- Pursuit Management Task Force (
26 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, National Institute of Justice Research Preview, August 1998
- To Pursue or Not to Pursue? That Is the Question, by Nichelle A. Johnson, Municipal Lawyer, January/February 2005 MRSC Library Loan
Special Populations
- Keeping the Peace: Police Discretion and Mentally Ill Persons (
325 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, by Linda A. Teplin, National Institute of Justice Journal Issue No. 244, July 2000.
- NCJRS Law Enforcement Topics - Victims: Special Populations
- People with Mental Illness, by Gary Cordner, Problem Oriented Guides for Police, Problem Specific Guides for Police No. 40, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2006
- Police Response to Special Populations (Word), Police Executive Research Forum, 1997.
Use of Force
- Deadly Force: Issues, Risks, Dilemmas, and Solutions (
168 KB), by Thomas C. Frazier, Public Entity Risk Institute, PERI Symposium entitled Risk Management Issues in Law Enforcement, held in December 2002
- Equipment and Facilities: Less Than Lethal - NCJRS
- Improper Tactics and Use-of-Force Liability (case law) - International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Police Use of Force in America 2001 (
544 KB), International Association of Chiefs of Police.
- Less Lethal Options Program for Seattle Police Department - A Report with Recommendations, September 2000
- Sample Policy Documents
- Auburn Directive on Less than Lethal Force (
482 KB)
- Edmonds Policy on Use of Force (
155 KB)
- Seattle Department Policy Directives Policy Governing Less Lethal Options: The Taser and the Patrol Less Lethal Shotgun with Beanbag Rounds (
47 KB), April 2005
- Auburn Directive on Less than Lethal Force (
Racial Profiling
- NCJRS Law Enforcement Topics - Profiling
- Policies Help Gain Public Trust: Guidance from the IACP Highway Safety Committee, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Police Chief, July 2000
- Current Legal Issues in Racial Profiling, 2000 Update, AELE Law Enforcement, Prepared by by Aimee B. Anderson and Carl Milazzo, Conference materials, Legal Officers Section, International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Racial Profiling: A Police Manager's Perspective (
173 KB), by Chief Russ Leach, Public Entity Risk Institute, PERI Symposium entitled Risk Management Issues in Law Enforcement, held in December 2002
- A Resource Guide on Racial Profiling Data Collection Systems, Promising Practices and Lessons Learned (
210 KB), Prepared by Northwestern University, November 2000.

