This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. The authoritative text in police field operations. The result of over two years of revisions, Police Field Operations, Eight Edition brings this essential text up to date with the most recent developments in police practices and procedures. For years, Adams has served as the textbook standard for police departments and academies and academic programs across the country. Written from the perspective of a working police officer, the text presents the real-life scenarios an officer is likely to encounter while on-duty. It focuses on community policing, details how and why certain procedures are used, and provides instructional techniques from leading police academies.

This fully updated edition covers the latest information on interviews and interrogations, arrest laws, search and seizure, and DUI laws. It is designed for police officers and presents the best techniques in the real world of police work. It acknowledges how many procedures have changed within the field of police work, as well as the introduction of many new scientific instruments and techniques. Even though there is an awareness of the need for improvements to the system there is also an awareness that many of the old ones still work. This book was developed to assist the officer on how to best perform fundamental police procedures.