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An all-points bulletin (APB) is an electronic information broadcast sent from one sender to a group of recipients, to rapidly communicate an important message. [1] The technology used to send this broadcast has varied throughout time, and includes teletype, radio, computerized bulletin board systems (CBBS), and the Internet.
Immediate action rapid deployment (IARD) or rapid deployment, is a police tactic where first responders, typically regular policemen, actively confront a developing high-risk crisis. This is opposed to first responders acting to assemble a cordon around the crisis zone [ 1 ] and then waiting for specialized special response units to spearhead a ...
A police board, police services board, or police commission is an appointed commission of a local government charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force. Police boards may be required by government regulation, as they are in most of Canada , or they may be voluntarily formed by individual municipalities.
A Fort Worth police officer in the West 7th entertainment district last month pursued the operator of pickup truck suspected of drunken driving. The pursuit ended when the suspect’s truck struck ...
During a council meeting in Washington D.C., Police Chief Peter Newsham admitted that his department had not been properly following lawful protocol.
The police procedural, police show, or police crime drama is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasises the investigative procedure of police officers, police detectives, or law enforcement agencies as the protagonists, as contrasted with other genres that focus on non-police investigators such as private investigators.
York City Police officers responded to a call Sunday morning on Jessup Place for a neighbor dispute, a fairly routine call. It ended with two dogs being shot by a police officer, one fatally.
Subtle framing characteristics influence a witness' response to a question. For example, if a police officer asks which of the individuals in a lineup committed the crime, the wording of the question implies that one of the individuals is guilty, in a manner analogous to leading questions in court testimony. This suggestion increases the ...