Nice post. Nevertheless, the competition for everyone who wants to be a police officer is very high today. This is because of the security of the job: a competitive salary and benefits that the job provides despite the global financial crisis. There is no standard wage for the job because the pay varies depending on what force you belong to.

You are a court officer on patrol in the area of the court house when you get called to the scene of a fight in front of the court house. When you arrive on scene you notice a man down on the side of the road bleeding while another male is standing over him. You immediately call for an ambulance for the man who is lying on the side of the road. The ambulance arrives and takes the male to the hospital. You interview other man. He tells you that the other male pulled a knife out and tried to rob him. He then beat the man to the ground, and took the knife out of his hands. The man then tells you that after taking the knife away from the man, he continued to hit him to make sure that he would not get up to attack him, what is the best course of action for you to take?

a. Take the statement down and thank the man.

*b. Detain the man pending further investigation.

c. Yell at the man for hurting the other man.

d. None of the above.

Answer:

Detain the man. Maybe it wasn’t a robbery. Maybe it was just a beat down. If it was a robbery then you would need to know why the man continued to hit the suspect. Was the suspect still fighting? Did he fear for his life?

Do you have a right to detain the man? Absolutely. At least, until you can determine he wasn’t the one that committed the crime.

a.Ignore the situation and continue to patrol.
*b.Radio for back up, give a description of the car and where it is going, turn your lights and siren on and go after the car.
c.Radio the cars description and where it is heading for units in the area request k9 and aerial support. Do not give chase to the car, try to follow the direction the car fled.
d.None of the above.

ANSWER:

Give chase. Although some departments would prefer answer C. But I still believe like many departments that many times when somebody runs from the police they have done something worse than what they were initially being stopped for and if the general public knows about a no chase policy it may lead to more criminals fleeing the police.