Police tactics

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The police tactic is the procedure used by the police to cope with police operations and during discussions, for example during interrogations (interrogation tactics).

intention

The tactic can serve a variety of goals, these are specified in a written or verbal deployment order. The goals of a tactic can be, for example: the choice and quantity of command and control equipment (deployment of forces and equipment) and their use, the deployment of the police vehicles (before moving away, at the deployment site , position of a vehicle guard), the action of the forces through to public relations and the choice of police chief . The management and operational resources and, if necessary, specially trained personnel, such as the deployment of members of the special units or the negotiation group, are important .

execution

Ideally, the tactic is adapted to the situation, organized, targeted and designed promptly. It adapts to mission-relevant events, the so-called police situation . A tactic is always different in practice and can develop in a complex manner , for example in hostage-taking and mobile situations. The tactic ends with the completion of a target, for example a person in custody or a preservation of evidence in the context of law enforcement.

The more important the legal interest at risk and the riskier the situation, the more forces and resources must be brought to the scene of the incident. In addition, coordination and organization become more complicated. Since the practice cannot generally be planned and assignments are extremely diverse, theoretical elaboration in advance is practically impossible. Nevertheless, there are so-called deployment concepts that give clues about organization and behavior.

The determination of the tactics and their implementation is reserved solely for the on-site chief of operations , or alternatively the control center . With regard to the deployment order, the following must be included, among other things: force approach (including withdrawals and formation of reserves), deployment and evasive channels (radio), strength and location of neighboring forces, passwords for civil forces and much more.

Meaning and impact

The use of tactics is commonplace and is already used in simple missions. There are basic theoretical concepts for certain tactics, but these are more recommendations than instructions. Due to the multifaceted nature of an operation, it is practically impossible to work out all conceivable tactics in advance.

For a tactic, it is important to know the situation through clarification (gathering information) and passing it on (information exchange) to decision-makers, etc. U. also to all emergency services

Important components

Part of the police tactics are particular

In larger situations such as shooting sprees, operations managers are responsible for determining the tactics, e.g. B. a unit or police leader. In normal situations, the patrol leader or the control center determines the tactics. More details are regulated in-house by Police Service Regulations 100 - Management and Deployment of the Police (1999 edition).

The area counts in police training or in police science for leadership and operational training (FEL).

In a broader sense, this also includes self-protection , the behavior of the officer when contacting the police officer. This is the case when appropriate procedures are used. Example: In principle, a person sits in a patrol car with an officer behind the passenger seat so that he cannot attack the driver without further ado.

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