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Police Field Operations, Sixth Edition (Hardcover)

by Thomas F. Adams (Author)
2.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)


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The industry standard for 21st-century policing, Police Field Operations is written from the perspective of a working police officer, presenting real-life scenarios an officer is likely to encounter while on-duty. With its focus on community policing, it describes how and why certain procedures are used, and gives informative techniques from leading police academies from around the country. This fully updated edition covers the latest information on interviews and interrogations, arrest laws, search and seizure, and DUI laws. It gives the full range of skills a police officer needs to possess, by covering observations, perceptions, interviewing techniques, and crowd and riot control. Police communications, basic field procedures, traffic direction and enforcement, crimes in progress, reporting and records, and officer survival and stress reduction are all comprehensively addressed. Great resource material for those involved in police patrol procedures and police and field operations.

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For courses in police operations/management. This source book is replete with real-life scenarios from an officer's daily regimen. The book details how and why certain procedures are used and presents instructional techniques from leading police academies across the country. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 592 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6 edition (May 8, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0131122967
  • ISBN-13: 978-0131122963
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #714,850 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)


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3.0 out of 5 stars Police Field Operations, February 15, 2000
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Too vague and general for someone using the book to use as a reference. Does not go into a lot of key points you actually use on patrol. Also, tends to make remarks that do not reflect the reality of todays police work. The author seems out of touch with policing today.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very basic, good book, February 28, 2001
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I had to read this book for a promotional examination and found it to be a good refresher of the very basic points that we all learned at the beginning of our police careers. When I am approached by someone who is not yet in police work and wants to read a good, simply written and understandable book on law enforcement, I always recommend this one. It may seem to be too basic for those of us in this field for the years I have served, but many areas are still very relevant.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars POLICE FIELD OPERATIONS BY THOMAS F ADAMS, November 15, 2006
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK. IT IS POORLY WRITTEN AND IT SEEMS THAT EVERY EDITION GETS WORSE. SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY.
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1.0 out of 5 stars One star because zero wasn't an option
This book was on the required reading list for a California POST promotional exam. It would have been more appropriate if third graders were taking the exam. Read more
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Police Field Ops is like going back to the police academy. The book slowly walks you through every single situation you could encounter. Read more
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Miserable read. Completely unrealistic and one-track BS - only about community policing. This book seems to be written by some retired policeman that is so far removed from the... Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars I hated it
My department changed the reading material for a promotional exam from Callibre Press to this junk. I was forced to read and internalize it; I hated it. Read more
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