scholarly journals Peculiarities of us Border Guard Officers’ Training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Using Online Campus

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihor Bloshchynskyi
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Training Center ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Law Enforcement Training ◽  
Federal Law Enforcement ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract Professional training of future US border guard officers at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center using e-FLETC Online Campus has been substantiated in the article. Special attention has been paid to revealing such topical areas of Online Campus computer-based training modules (crime scene, driver training, drugs, firearms, health, interviewing, investigative, legal, mapping, maritime, officer safety, technology, terrorism, traffic stops, training) that include over 120 lessons and 20 videos which are available on a wide range of topics. Web-based training lessons which include topics such as counterterrorism, crime scene preservation and documentation, disaster, crisis and emergency strategies and management, domestic violence, drug endangered children, drug related crimes, elder abuse, firearms, fitness and healthy lifestyles, human trafficking, interacting with special needs populations, intelligence led policing, interpersonal skills and conflict management, interviews and interrogations, investigating technology related crimes (protecting and collecting digital evidence), investigative skills and techniques, knowledge of laws and regulations, leadership and management, lessons learned (previous case analysis), maritime law enforcement, etc. have been revealed. Besides, examples of “Firearms” and “Use of Force” curricula in e-FLETC Online Campus have been presented.

Medical support for law enforcement-extended operations incidents

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-135
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Levy, DO, MSc ◽  
Nelson Tang, MD
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Medical Support ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Federal Law Enforcement ◽  
Clinical Encounters ◽  
Medical Response ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Chief Complaints

Objective: As the complexity and frequency of law enforcement-extended operations incidents continue to increase, so do the opportunities for adverse health and well-being impacts on the responding officers. These types of clinical encounters have not been well characterized nor have the medical response strategies which have been developed to effectively manage these encounters been well described. The purpose of this article is to provide a descriptive epidemiology of the clinical encounters reported during extended law enforcement operations, as well as to describe a best practices approach for their effective management.Design: This study retrospectively examined the clinical encounters of the Maryland State Police (MSP) Tactical Medical Unit (TMU) during law enforcement-extended operations incidents lasting 8 or more hours. In addition, a qualitative analysis was performed on clinical data collected by federal law enforcement agencies during their extended operations.Results: Forty-four percent of missions (455/1,047) supported by the MSP TMU lasted 8 or more hours. Twenty-six percent of these missions (117/455) resulted in at least one patient encounter. Nineteen percent of patient chief complaints (45/238) were related to heat illness/dehydration. Fifteen percent of encounters (36/238) were for musculoskeletal injury/pain. Eight percent of patients (19/238) had nonspecific sick call (minor illness) complaints. The next most common occurring complaints were cold-related injuries, headache, sinus congestion, and wound/laceration, each of which accounted for 7 percent of patients (16/238), respectively. Analysis of federal law enforcement agencies’ response to such events yielded similar clinical encounters.Conclusions: A wide range of health problems are reported by extended law enforcement operations personnel. Timely and effective treatment of these problems can help ensure that the broader operations mission is not compromised. An appropriate operational strategy for managing health complaints reported during extended operations involves the deployment of a well-trained medical support team using the core concepts of tactical emergency medical support.

The Year of the Cop

2018 ◽  
pp. 43-63
Author(s):  
Max Felker-Kantor
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Ronald Reagan ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Officer Training ◽  
Federal Law Enforcement ◽  
Riot Control ◽  
The Way

The LAPD’s postwar model of policing routinely served as a standard for departments across the country. Backed by federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funds and support from newly elected law-and-order governor Ronald Reagan, the LAPD led the way in bolstering its paramilitary function through riot control plans, the use of helicopters, and the invention of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, which was quickly adopted by other departments. At the same time, the department sought to legitimize the iron fist with the velvet glove of community relations and improved officer training. As this chapter shows, the LAPD engaged in a process of militarization and enhanced its martial capacity while expanding its reach through community relations programs.

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