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First Day On "The Street"

This week, we're bringing you the latest law enforcement news story, officer-down memorials, and some good old police training. Join us for the first edition.

Devonta Richardson & Jake McNerney
February 05, 2024

This week’s edition is in Dedication to:
Trooper Cenescar & Trooper Fink
Welcome To The Street
By Devonta Richardson and Jake Mcnerney · January 21, 2024

Welcome To The Shit Show

Happy Monday to you all, and Welcome To The Street. In the words of my favorite sergeant, “Go f*ck some sh*t up, but be righteous about it.” Which means to be proactive. Go stop some cars, search the one that makes your spidey senses tingle, and make some arrests. However, make sure you’re being righteous about it. Which means to be fair, act in good faith, and don’t violate anybody’s rights. Have a safe shift .

Since you're new here this week, we'll hold your hand and show you how things work. Follow the arrow buttons to get a quick introduction to our subheadings.

➡️ This section of the newsletter is our Intro, where we will greet you, give a brief introduction, and introduce the theme of our shift briefing for the week. This week, the theme is getting you introduced to how things work here.

🗓️ What To Expect

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News
Officer Down
Shit Your Sgt. Should’ve Taught You
Training: Case Law Review
Let Us Know How We Did
Useful Links

News

➡️ Try to keep up Rookie. This is our news section. It obviously contains the news. Throughout the week, our team selects articles to share with you. Feel free to click on the article, and it will bring you to the news story’s source.

New Ring Camera Policy Will Limit How Law Enforcement Can Use Your Footage

Ring, which is owned by Amazon, is changing its policy. While Officers can still ask Ring camera owners for their video, the company will no longer allow police to “mass request video” from homeowners.

California Police Can No Longer Ask “Do You Know Why I Pulled You Over?” starting in 2024

California law enforcement officers must first state the reason for the stop before any other questions. Law enforcement officers can no longer begin the stop by asking the question, “Do you know why I pulled you over?” Unless the officers deem it necessary “to protect life or property from imminent threat”

New Roadside Marijuana Testing Tool Being Used in Minnesota Pilot Program

Minnesota is rolling out a roadside test to stop marijuana users from driving while high. This has been a concern since the state legalized recreational pot last summer. Law enforcement is getting trained on a saliva-based test. The results won't be used in court for now. The study will last all year. Then, lawmakers will consider whether the tests worked in early 2025.

Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage

Body camera video equivalent to 25 million copies of “Barbie” is collected but rarely reviewed. Some cities are looking into new technology to examine this stockpile of footage to identify problematic officers and patterns of behavior.

Officer Down

➡️ Take your hat off, rookie. This section is for our fallen officers who paid the ultimate price this past week. If you click on their pictures, it will take you to their officer-down memorial page.

Rest Easy, Trooper Cenescar, Trooper Fink, and K-9 Nyx. We’ll hold the line from here.

This week, we lost two of our brothers and one K-9 partner in the line of duty. Our two brothers were killed in a car crash during vehicle pursuits. Our hearts go out to Trooper Cenescar and Trooper Fink’s family.

This is a reminder for all of us to weigh the risk vs. reward factor when engaging in vehicle pursuits. Each year, we lose so many of our brothers and sisters to car crashes. Let their deaths serve as a reminder to us of the dangers of vehicle pursuits. Drive safe, and if you have to cancel a pursuit, remember that the goal of every shift is to go home at the end of it.

Trooper Jimmy Cenescar- Georgia State Patrol

Trooper Jimmy Cenescar was killed in a single-vehicle crash attempting to stop a fleeing motorcycle on Interstate 85 North at 5:39 p.m.

Trooper Zachary Fink- Florida Highway Patrol

Trooper Zachary Fink was killed in a vehicle crash during a pursuit on Interstate 95 north at Crosstown Parkway near Port St. Lucie at 3:00 a.m.

K9 Nyx- Rockford Police Dept., Illinois

K9 Nyx was shot and killed while tracking a suspect involved in a domestic incident.

Shit, Your Sergeant Should’ve Taught You

➡️ Oh Rookie, if your sergeant failed to get you right we’re going to correct that sh*t right here. Also, in the words of my favorite Sgt. before receiving a write-up, “Come get your pee-pee slapped and move on 🤪.” Use these critiques to make you a better officer.

“Radio Etiquette”

Let's talk about your department-issued radio and your use of it. Proper use is being clear, accurate, and not hogging the radio air like an asshole.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, transmissions should not be longer than 15 seconds, and there should be a break if it is longer than 15 seconds. Sometimes, 15 seconds or more is needed. However, if you are on a low-priority call or giving low-priority information and have access to a computer in your car, shut the hell up. Another cop may be getting shot, conducting a traffic stop, or in a foot pursuit while you are giving a disposition over the air that took 20 minutes to get out.

Also, it is crucial that when entering your disposition into the computer, you clear the call out well. You should type out thorough notes about the call with your disposition. I have found myself reading old calls I cleared out at a particular residence and later benefitted from it when building a case.

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Training

➡️ Rookie I hope you’re still with us. Welcome to our training section of the newsletter. Sometimes, there will be quizzes here like this week. On other weeks, it could be an article or anything that we find useful to keep you sharp and ready to go out on patrol.

How Well Do You Know Your Case Law?

Terry Vs. Ohio

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Resources

➡️ This is where we will post any additional links that you might find useful. Click on them and check them out.

OHIOPD - Resources for Ohio Law Enforcement Officers

This website is a great resource for law enforcement officers working in Ohio. However, it also has some useful information that cops in other parts of the country can benefit from, such as a federal agency directory sheet and a latitude and longitude finder if your state requires you to enter it for crashes.

Case Law 4 Cops

Case Law 4 Cops contains information on hundreds of court cases. The cases cover what officers can and cannot do in several areas of law.

CopLine

Cops understand Cops. We’ve been exposed to similar situations in our careers. Whether you’re active duty or retired and feel like no one understands what you're going through, we want to answer your CALL.

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