Publisher's Synopsis
This manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-39.10 Police Operations, is organized into seven chapters with nine appendixes to provide additional details on selected operational topics. The first two chapters describe policing aspects of the operational environment and the planning and integration of police operations in support of decisive action. The remaining chapters discuss LE activities, police engagement, and HN police training and support. A brief description of each chapter and appendix is provided below: - Chapter 1 describes the operational environment, with particular focus on the nature and scope of modern conflict and the relevance of police operations within the operational environment. It provides the doctrinal framework for police operations that provide understanding and focus for policing and LE activities. The discussion is not a repeat of information in previous manuals; it is focused specifically on those aspects of the operational environment that generate requirements for police operations. - Chapter 2 provides considerations for planning police operations. The chapter includes a discussion of the policing principles, the various policing models and strategies, and the relationship between LE and due process. - Chapter 3 discusses the mission command of police operations. It focuses on police station operations and the relevance of the police station to the mission command of police assets and the management of police information and specific LE activities and requirements. - Chapter 4 describes LE patrol activities, including discussions of patrol methods and strategies, interviews, and LE interrogations as they apply to basic LE patrols, search and seizure procedures, and basic report writing. - Chapter 5 focuses on police engagement. This chapter discusses police engagement as a policing and LE-specific application of Soldier and leader engagement. It describes police engagement planning and coordination considerations; specific police engagement activities; and the use of forums, working groups, and boards to facilitate police engagements. - Chapter 6 describes traffic management and enforcement, as conducted within the police operations discipline, and includes a limited discussion on traffic-related tasks conducted within the context of security and mobility support. It discusses traffic planning, traffic control and enforcement, traffic accident investigations, and traffic assessments. - Chapter 7 discusses building police capability and capacity. This chapter includes a discussion of HN police support and the restoration of civil control (the reconstitution of HN police forces, training of HN forces, mission command of military police elements conducting HN police training and support, and sustainment of HN police forces). - Appendix A provides a metric conversion chart. - Appendix B provides information on authority and jurisdiction in conducting LE activities. - Appendix C addresses basic evidence collection guidelines and provides a doctrinal framework describing evidence collection and forensic analysis. - Appendix D focuses on customs and border control support by Army military police. - Appendix E discusses methods for calculating LE patrol and manpower requirements. - Appendix F focuses on crime prevention programs and strategies. - Appendix G describes basic police station construction requirements. - Appendix H provides basic planning considerations for police operations-related equipment requirements. - Appendix I describes considerations for special-response situations.
