Law Enforcement

1
Law Enforcement Security

• Risk Mngt. Unintentional Torts (negl.)
• Law Enf. crimes/intent. Torts (misd/fel)
• Why are Tourists/Recreationists Targets?
• There guard is down, they have money!
• Criminals Situational or Chronic
• Take advantage of situation, or a career

2
Jurisdiction

• Jurisdictional Police Models
• Traditional Police respond to incidents
• Only important ones, little preventative help
• Community or Problem-Oriented
• Improve relations between police community
• Intensive use of crime prevention
• Citizens quazi-cops! (bike/foot patrols, etc.)
• Park law Enforcement
• Compliance rather than sanctions, education,
  focus on protecting resources
• Rangers mission unclear, lower pay scales

3
Levels of Authority

• Full Law Enforcement Authority (level 1)
• Only certified park police/rangers (RP)
• Empowered to enforce all state laws, etc.
• Park rules (acceptable level of compliance)
• Have resources of urban police!
• Limited Law Enforcement (Level 2)
• Rangers can only enforce park ordinances
• No Law Enforcement Authority (Level 3)
• Rely on county or city police (sub-contract)

4
Types of Law Enforcement

• Education
• teach compliance enjoyment
• Positive Peer Pressure
• cool-kids clean-up
• High-Profile Enforcement
• Making law enforcers visible to the public
• Negative Peer Pressure
• break law unacceptable to peer groups (gangs)
• Low Profile Enforcement
• Surveillance, going undercover, etc.

5
Law Enforcement Procedures

• To be included in in-service training
• Handling disruptive behavior
• Seizure of persons (3 levels)
• Contact, detention and arrest
• Dealing w/ juveniles
• Handling evidentiary items (three types)
• Direct, circumstantial and physical evidence
• Interviewing witnesses
• Writing Reports

6
General Security

• Crime Prevention
• Situational
• Increasing efforts needed by criminals the risk
  to potential criminals, making crimes less
  rewarding, stating clear rules
• Community
• Focuses on the local social conditions that
  foster and sustain crime
• Developmental
• Focus on childhood behaviors (interventions)

7
Premises Security

• Outdoor Areas
• Planning, design layout
• Screening (trees, etc. make patrol difficult),
  lighting, access points (prefer 1 entrance
  exit)
• Maintenance (cops/mainten. eyes/ears)
• Target Marketing (participants desireable
• Building Security
• The function and role of supervision as a control
  keeping building attended!

8
Other Issues

• Special Events Concerns
• Type of Policing to use
• Admission and Entrance control
• Access Control
• Crowd Control
• Emergency Response Procedures
• Emergency Management Issues
• Mitigation (prevention), Preparedness, Response
  Recovery