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This week’s police podcast focuses on criminal interdiction. In the past, many officers and trainers have focused on drug interdiction in rural stretches of highway. I suggest that criminal interdiction techniques can, and should, be applied in all areas of your jurisdiction.
Among other things, I talk about officer safety, vehicle occupants and vehicle contents.
As mentioned in a previous podcast, the web address for the company making the Cobra Strike Plate is: ArmorShield USA. I did not see the plate on the site yet, but I am working on getting more information, including a video of the plate in action.
The podcast runs a little longer, a little shy of an hour, but I hope you get some good information out of it.
Following a tip, Alabama deputies made contact with a suspicious man in the parking lot of a restaurant. The man was in possession of a take-out lunch that he said he was getting ready to eat. However, the foil-wrapped baked potato was actually five ounces of cocaine.
Police academies are woefully inadequate at teaching criminal law and criminal procedure. Typically, 40 hours or less are devoted to teaching criminal law (I’ve seen some states only require 16 hours). Generally, the teacher is a street cop, who may not spend a lot of time reading the statute books or slip opinions.
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