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?IF NOT ME, THEN WHO??


	Paul Mendofik, a Retired Pennyslvania State Police Lieutenant and former United States Marine with over 27 years of Law Enforcement experience, contributes this article regarding "Critical Incident Response to School Violence". Paul shares insight to the "Active Shooter" and the need for First Responders and Critical Incident Negotiators. Paul will soon be contributing to the PATC/IAHN Online Training with Online Seminars in this subject area. Author: Paul J. Mendofik

Covert Video Surveillance


	A recent case from the Supreme Court of Alaska is instructive as to the analysis when dealing with an employee?s right to privacy from covert video surveillance.i In Cowles, University of Alaska Police officers received information that the University?s box office manager was stealing money from ticket sales. Author: Jack Ryan, J.D.

Are You Providing Reasonable Training and Policy Direction on the handling of the mentally ill and emotionally disturbed persons?


	field officers are not expected to make a diagnosis of these types of clinical problems. These officers, however, are expected to recognize that the persons they are confronting are engaged in unusual, bizarre and/or abnormal behavior and require field tactics to control the situation that are different than those used during a confrontation with a criminal. Author: Lou Reiter

Liability Exposure In Special Operations


	Many police operations have the potential to create liability exposure for an agency; however certain types of operations have an exponential likelihood of creating claims. One area of high liability is the decision to use a SWAT team.i In considering whether or not a SWAT type team is appropriate for an agency several considerations should be examined. Author: Jack Ryan, J.D.

Shots Fired Standoff


	Author: By Dolph Federico, Kenner Police Department

Crisis Negotiators, No Rules in the Life Saving Game


	Author: By Detective Dominick J. Misino (retired) This article first appeared in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 2, No. 3 June-September 2000.

Law Enforcement Id Jackets


	Captain Frank A. Bolz Jr, NYPD, Ret is one of the founders of the NYPD Hostage Program, in 1972. He became the Commanding Officer and Chief Negotiator of the Hostage Negotiation Team. In his 10 years in those roles, he negotiated more than 285 incidents without a single loss of a single Hostage or Police Officer. Frank to this day shares his experience and wisdom in hostage negotiations and kidnapping situations through training seminars conducted all over the world. This article is protected by copy write laws and is posted with the written permission of Frank A. Bolz Jr. Author: By Capt. Frank A. Bolz, Jr. NYPD, Ret.

Pennsylvania Negotiator Case Law


	This is a recent Pennsylvania Superior Court case law that came out of a barricaded suspect and hostage negotiation incident. It applies to whether or not Miranda Warnings apply during negotiation. Thanks to HostageNegotiation.com member Robert Ward for sharing this with us. Author: Robert Ward, CMERT

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