Note Taking for Police & Security pt. 2 - Critical Incidents
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- While taking good notes might not be the most exciting or sexy part of police and security work it is critically important. Here I delve a little deeper into the subject and dabble a little into police interview tactics used on the street as I discuss note taking at more critical incident types where information is time sensitive. Please also watch my first video about note taking for more information on the topic in general.
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As a police field training officer (FTO) one of the most common issues for probationary officers/deputies/trainees to have is poor paperwork skills. Be it filling out forms or writing citations properly.
Note taking is integral to Police work, and is rarely trained to any standard outside of more advanced homicide investigation classes that street cops rarely get the opportunity to attend. I think this is a shame.
By teaching new officers/deputies/guards how to take effective notes we can greatly enhance their effectiveness on scene, increase their usefulness later on in an investigation, and give them the core requisite skills to write better Police reports.
Key to this is giving new recruit officers a structure on which they can make their own system for note taking. It isn't enough to just scribble things down on paper if we can't decipher them later on to write the report and, just as importantly, in a couple weeks when a detective has a question about the case.
Also critical is knowing how to conduct a good Police/Sheriff/Security field interview. In this video we dip into the topic of eliciting accurate and useful information from the person we are interviewing.
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As a security supervisor who tends to train a lot of people, I find these videos perfect for referencing and even using for training purposes. Thank you very much for these videos and keep it up! Stay safe, officer.
+Colin Cameron You are very welcome. Please tell anyone you think could be helped by them.
+free field training Will do for sure!
@@freefieldtraining I would count in this category, been learning from you for a bit now!
Ah. She lives with John Doe. Their mailbox was damaged by a car in May.
Dude... This is golden. I wish I had gotten advice like this when I started my first LE job. Note taking is key. This type of incident is important to plan for. You'll know this one day when you are writing an important report and see that you can't read some key info you took down or have to page back and forth 40 times. Oh yes this can happen to you. Fail to plan and you plan to fail.
making some research for as I'm writing a detective / police story and I find this very useful! Thanks a lot for sharing this with the common folks as well!
Funny thing, we have a Main St. In my town that runs north and south. And we have a fourth st. That intersects with it.
Most small towns do. That's why I picked 'em.
Dreadlock guy had to knock over a Subway to pay for the new mailbox
You mean rob a subway to pay for box
This may sound unusual, but I'm going to use your techniques for my job as an auditor, where we constantly have to interview people and get down the information.
+SD I'm just glad to help.
You really have to control the uncontrollable situation that occurs at that time so that you are not intimidated by your friend's bigotry or because of hatred towards someone so that you follow false reports from people at the time of the incident who try to distort information and influence your attitude towards a case, which is professionalism above all else accompanied by an oath of service. really objective with details step by step to formulate a case. I am optimistic about the planning you develop when patrolling the streets. You know that sometimes police cars make traffic jams. Sometimes ambulances can arrive in 1 day and then go 12 rounds in the city center but without careful planning like the one you developed.
Apart from being well planned, you also don't miss a single detail of the information you get from the victims and eyewitnesses around the crime scene. You know this is a psychological game. You have to be calm and firm with the victims who are still in shock and sometimes their speech is also rambling and the eyewitnesses at the crime scene are less clearly witnessing incidents because people on the streets are focused on driving, they will not focus on incidents that disturb their focus on their own activities, so you really have to be careful because on the streets, crime is really serious and cannot be solved, but when I saw your plan, I was enthusiastic and hopefully you can provide a little solution when it happens. crime on the streets
I would've also mentioned security cameras if the business is equiped with them most business are it may be possible to see things that the witness may have forgotten or didn't see such as the plate number on the car
I'll save that one for a video on investigations. That is the problem with teaching police work, everything dovetails into everything else. I have to draw lines somewhere in a video format and here it is just about taking notes.
+Cortland Whitaker I integrated your idea into the report writing video. Thank you for helping to improve my content!
this will help me with doing notes on my mobile computer
I've worked in the security industry for 16yrs and never gotten incident number I've put time and date when the incident happened and when pd or the s.o. I would get the responding officer name and employee ID/badge number and case/incident number when he gets there while the responding officer gets there I'll brief him/her what happen and let him/her read my note pad or I'll give him the info verbal as well
+Michael Ruiz where I'm at we just give out the number. Much easier referencing stuff later. No mixing up which report it was.
in what state are u a police officer?
What is the oldest officer you have seen going to the academy or starting out at your agency?
+James Conquest I went to the academy with a chief of police who was sending himself because he was hired from out of state. As I remember he was in his 50's
when you ask question, don't ask, "was he wearing bright shoes", you'll plant the idea in their head. simply ask " tell me a out his shoes?" etc.
+9385dee7 true.
9385dee7 I agree, use open questions and remember T.E.D: "Tell me...", "Explain to me...", "Describe..." So for example "Tell me about his clothing?" "Describe his jacket", "Explain to me where they were standing?" These questions illicit more info than closed questions such as "did he have a coat on?" And doesn't prompt an answer such as "Was it a dark jacket?"
Can you make a video on what questions to ask on scene?
You mean like this: th-cam.com/video/efpTyQ49zxA/w-d-xo.html
Hey sir, love your stuff. Can you do a grammar and punctuation class for dumb guys like me. Thanks be safe.
Is the time you write down the time that the incident happened or is it the time you arrived to the scene?
Time of call is usually set by dispatch and it is the time the call was entered I to the system or the card was punched on the clock depending on how old your system is.
Excellent Video
Would you ever recommend using an audio recorder to just keep for your own records. So after you deal with an incident you can do a quick audio recording just incase you want a secondary way of keeping notes. I’ve seen a few officers do it and thought I’d ask your opinion
With body cameras today being almost universal I don't see the point. If you don't get issued a bwc and you are thinking of using an audio recorder you might as well get a camera. They are far more useful for report writing than just the audio plus they give you the video reference points to make it easier to find the information you are looking for. As a man who does a fair amount of sitting in front of wave forms trying to edit audio it is a pain to find things once it is split from the video.
@@freefieldtraining great point. I’m about to be employed by a local department and they don’t issue body cams. So I can still buy one myself and use it? I had no idea I was able to do that.
@@FrazerLoveman That will depend on what your department policy says.
Great video. It's unfortunate I can't use it in my college CJ classes. When you mentioned the black suspect you had that "budump" noise which makes it improper for the classroom. Otherwise, I'm very impressed and I'm a retired patrol Sergeant with over 30 years of duty in a cruiser.
+Matthew Jarvis seems everything is improper for the classroom these days eh? Even explaining why people default to "black suspect" when they don't know.
Say a car speed off from the scene and you're the first officer on scene. Would you go after the car or check out the store/place that was robbed
I'd also like to know.. but law clearly states(in my country) don't leave the victim unattended..🤷♂️
Hi, I'm a teenager and i want to become a police officer, i wanted to know what the requirements are and at what age i could start. i also wanted to ask what type of education i would need to start.
Requirements vary greatly. Minimum ages run from 19-21 with some towns "unofficially" not hiring anyone under 23-25.
Educational requirements also run the gambit. Some places require a GED while some investigating agencies want multiple bachelors or masters degrees with unusual majors. Many places especially small jurisdictions, will take military service in lieu of college and will give preference to folks with specific skills that are not college related, like being a mechanic, electrician, having a CDL, or being licensed as an electrician, though these things are rarely advertised. Interestingly, your level of college education has far more to do with the number of opportunities that are open to you at the entry level than it does for the quality of your opportunities especially after a few years in practice. I for instance, never finished my four year degree, but make far more where I am at than the median income for a cop and am sought out and offered jobs by other agencies on a fairly regular basis. So, it really depends on the type of place you want to work to start.
For more info on minimum requirements I suggest going to theblueline.com and perusing the job postings for various agencies.
PS don't ignore corrections, industrial private security, and telecommunications jobs. There is plenty of work to be done and you might find you are more adept at a related but different profession.
in what state are u a police officer?
in what state are u a police officer?
in what state are u a police officer?
Illinois, I'm kind of shocked the accent dosent give it away.
Hopefully having watched this will make me a better witness, should the need arise. :P
Let's hope the need never arises, but if it does I'm glad you are better prepared.
Free Field Training, i came over from Deputy Tantum's channel. and just watched two of your videos, they are very informative especially for someone in Security and looking to go into LE. I am also from Illinois. Would you mind if I shared the Lin to your channel in a Facebook group I'm part of for the Will County Sheriff's Office Explorer Post? I'm an associate advisor for the post and think some of them would enjoy your videos.
+grailbomb92 Of course, please do! BTW love the range you guys have. I went to a rifle class put on by Chudwin at the will county range and had a blast. The classroom with AC was quite a bonus in the middle of the summer as well.
free field training how close to Will County are you if you don't mind me asking? I live just east of Joliet
+grailbomb92 by I94
i see love in the air
+Ken Saft Naw, I only have eyes for you Ken! With your skinny arms and strong tongue. Who could resist?!
I can do my best to give you all the info you need to know how the security officer/guard needs to get what info he/ she needs to get from l.e.o.s cause security officers that work at a stationary post like a mall or post that's both a stationary/ mobile patrol including security patrol
Can someone become a police officer with bad credit... like unpaid medical bills?
+onesidequeens Depends on the agency. Most places just require that you not have a ton of unsecured unpaid debt. If you need a security clearance working for the feds though, your credit is a big deal.
free field training Thank you very much!! I appreciate you sir!!
I'm just giving some info from the security side and how security responds to an incident and what the security officer/guard needs to get from the responding l.e.o.'s I'm just giving you some extra info from a security officer I have nothing bad to say about what your trying to do on here
+Michael Ruiz oh, no bro not at all. You please continue commenting with how things work where you are at. That is how we all learn.
I was simply pointing out that sometimes agencies and companies do things that make our lives more complicated just because "that's the way it's always been". It is the bane of my existence for decades.
What's incident number mean?
It is a reference number assigned to each call to make information easier to look up and incidents easier to reference to later. Generally today they are computer generated and used as a file number to attach documents electronically as well.
Oh ok, thanks. Can you make another taking notes video about suspects?
Lmao was it intentional or accidental that you used the name anna frank 😂
+michael sulit international.
When giving a phone number example use 555 as in 312-555-xxxx or 708-555-xxxx as in the movies... Thank you for the video ! tjl
+Tim Lipinski That number is an inside joke. They won't mind if you call it.
in what state are u a police officer?