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I've been watching an old show concerning LAPD Officers. One problem I have noticed are conflicting instruction given by the multiple Officers on a scene. They almost present a no win situation . Also, the lack of finger disapline by some Officers is disturbing.

Listen to the guy with the most chevrons on his sleeves. Never fails.

When in doubt just get your hands up and slowly go to the ground with all your limbs spread out.

Roughly how old is the program? I've noticed that in the past as well and talked to some of our local cops during our citizen's police academy. They indicated they do their best to avoid that and try to have just one give commands.

If it is a properly executed felony stop and the officers are properly trained and/or experienced, one officer will give commands to the suspect(s). The most potential for multiple officers issuing commands is in a tactical operation where officers are entering an area with multiple areas and occupants. "When in doubt just get your hands up and slowly go to the ground with all your limbs spread out..." is excellent advice. Sudden movement, being argumentative and disregarding instructions leads to problems for everybody.

Show was filmed in the 90s. One example was a felony stop.... All instructions begin with turn around and face away from us..... Then it diverted as where to walk and where the perp was to put his hands( about three separate instructions being yell out by 5 to 6 Officers. Another was just checking on a homeless guy. One Officers tells him to pull up his pants ( they were falling off) then as soon as begins to comply, the other yells to him to put his hands on his head .... He was pathetic and all ended well with the Officer just telling him to leave the area.

I would be reluctant to learn anything about correct police procedure from a Hollywood product.

In most departments on a patrol (Non-Tactical/SWAT) call for service you have a primary officer and cover/backup officer or officers.

The primary officer is "running" the call for service. The cover officer/officers are there primarily for officer safety in case there are multiple suspects or participants, not to take over the call for service unless the cover/backup is a supervisor (stripes on the arm) and that supervisor chooses to take command of the call. Some do, the good ones let the primary officer get the experience of running the call until completion or the primary consults the supervisor for direction on how to complete the call if a complex call.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

AJSully421 wrote:Listen to the guy with the most chevrons on his sleeves. Never fails.

That works better when they're not shining a combined 3500 lumens in your eyes.