The begining of the fourth week we started working in the lab room. We went over things we learned from the weeks before like the arm bar take down and the proper escort position. After doing the escort position we learned how to take control of a person in order to place them under arrest and in handcuffs. We learned three different techniques, one was gripping the thumbs, another was gripping the fingers, another was going behind their back and pulling your arms behind them while pulling them closer so the officer can stay incontrol. The last technique will only work if the officer has a partner. We also learned how to do a take down if the perpertracter was in a car, bar or other place that you they were not standing.
Modern policing was the next topic we covered for our history of policing notes. The topic that we covered that was a big thing was the battle between two police departments in New York City. There had been fighting and a lot of violence, no one cared about the city anymore both police departments wanted to be an army of the mayor. This occured in 1857 and had forced state to make new laws, but both police departments kept patrolling the city until the Pendleton Act became into an effect. Something I learend that was a shock to me was that criminals, gang related criminals had been appointed by the mayor as law enforcement. Why would they appoint people to protect the city who had hurt people in the first place. The policing areas had been changed and organized so that northern cities had police departments and southern had like police regions that army had patrolled. Later the army had left and the patrolling was left to county police. The Criminals had changed so the policing had to change as well because if the police had been a step behind the criminals the chance of catching them would be very unlikely.
This week we watched a video about guns. The video taught about how they classify different guns. Different police departments use different guns as their choice concealed weapon. Some use a pistol and some use a shotgun. The department that uses the shotgun talked about how even the sound the shotgun makes is intimidating for the person being arrested at the time. Each of the guns has markings on the inside of the gun which marks the bullet every time the gun is fired. These markings can be matched to the gun which than the police can find who the gun is registered to. Each marking is specific to the gun , making it easier to trace back to a model of a gun and using it as evidence to the jury. There are special officers and labs that run test and double check that the bullet and the gun match.
In room 203 we worked with nerve or pressure points. If the criminal is resisting arrest we learn a couple of different ways to make them comply with the officer. If they are resisting arrest we can knee them in the side of the leg a couple inches above the knee. It strikes a nerve and weakens the body which makes it easier to use one of the take down techniques to get them on the ground. I also learned that everyone is made differently so one persons nerve may not be as close to the surface of your skin as another. Therefore you may have to strike a person more than once while trying to take them down to bring the nerve to the surface of the skin than hitting it again. Another way to make a person comply with the officer is to pop there shoulder. If you do this it's a warning that farther action may take place if they do not start to comply with the officer.
During forensics this week we learned new things and got a hands on experience with certain things. We learned all the safety for the lab and what each number on the chemicals mean.If we can not pass the safety quiz we are not aloud to work in the lab because everything is very crucial to the safety of others in the lab. We learned that the fumes from one chemical can still react with another even if the other chemical is in a bottle or container. Like when the ethanol was made into a gas state and the plastic wrap was taken off of it the flame that was placed near it created a reaction in the air and made it catch on fire. The reaction was from the ethanol being oxidized which is a really bad thing when it comes to fire and chemicals. We watch CSI for two days because Mr. mauser's wife was having a baby but the point of watching CSI is to see the "effect" and than the real thing. It slowly puts us into our evidence bagging and tagging quarter and everything like that. But my favorite day so far was Friday, we go to turn pennies silver and than burn them into a gold coin if we wanted to. Everything in that lab has to do with chemical reactions that occur because of the solution the penny is placed in and than heated over.
Modern policing was the next topic we covered for our history of policing notes. The topic that we covered that was a big thing was the battle between two police departments in New York City. There had been fighting and a lot of violence, no one cared about the city anymore both police departments wanted to be an army of the mayor. This occured in 1857 and had forced state to make new laws, but both police departments kept patrolling the city until the Pendleton Act became into an effect. Something I learend that was a shock to me was that criminals, gang related criminals had been appointed by the mayor as law enforcement. Why would they appoint people to protect the city who had hurt people in the first place. The policing areas had been changed and organized so that northern cities had police departments and southern had like police regions that army had patrolled. Later the army had left and the patrolling was left to county police. The Criminals had changed so the policing had to change as well because if the police had been a step behind the criminals the chance of catching them would be very unlikely.
This week we watched a video about guns. The video taught about how they classify different guns. Different police departments use different guns as their choice concealed weapon. Some use a pistol and some use a shotgun. The department that uses the shotgun talked about how even the sound the shotgun makes is intimidating for the person being arrested at the time. Each of the guns has markings on the inside of the gun which marks the bullet every time the gun is fired. These markings can be matched to the gun which than the police can find who the gun is registered to. Each marking is specific to the gun , making it easier to trace back to a model of a gun and using it as evidence to the jury. There are special officers and labs that run test and double check that the bullet and the gun match.
In room 203 we worked with nerve or pressure points. If the criminal is resisting arrest we learn a couple of different ways to make them comply with the officer. If they are resisting arrest we can knee them in the side of the leg a couple inches above the knee. It strikes a nerve and weakens the body which makes it easier to use one of the take down techniques to get them on the ground. I also learned that everyone is made differently so one persons nerve may not be as close to the surface of your skin as another. Therefore you may have to strike a person more than once while trying to take them down to bring the nerve to the surface of the skin than hitting it again. Another way to make a person comply with the officer is to pop there shoulder. If you do this it's a warning that farther action may take place if they do not start to comply with the officer.
During forensics this week we learned new things and got a hands on experience with certain things. We learned all the safety for the lab and what each number on the chemicals mean.If we can not pass the safety quiz we are not aloud to work in the lab because everything is very crucial to the safety of others in the lab. We learned that the fumes from one chemical can still react with another even if the other chemical is in a bottle or container. Like when the ethanol was made into a gas state and the plastic wrap was taken off of it the flame that was placed near it created a reaction in the air and made it catch on fire. The reaction was from the ethanol being oxidized which is a really bad thing when it comes to fire and chemicals. We watch CSI for two days because Mr. mauser's wife was having a baby but the point of watching CSI is to see the "effect" and than the real thing. It slowly puts us into our evidence bagging and tagging quarter and everything like that. But my favorite day so far was Friday, we go to turn pennies silver and than burn them into a gold coin if we wanted to. Everything in that lab has to do with chemical reactions that occur because of the solution the penny is placed in and than heated over.
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