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COURT RECALL PLAN IN PHILADELPHIA

NCJ Number
10503
Journal
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Volume: 42 Issue: 5 Dated: (MAY 1973) Pages: 3-7 & 26
Author(s)
J F O'NEILL
Date Published
1973
Length
6 pages
Annotation
SYSTEM WHEREBY EACH POLICEMAN SUBPOENAED INTO MUNICIPAL COURT TO APPEAR AS A WITNESS IS ASSIGNED A BEAT TO PATROL WHILE AWAITING HIS CALL TO TESTIFY.
Abstract
OFFICERS ARE ASSIGNED ALSO TO STAKEOUT DUTIES IN BANKS AND ROBBERY-PRONE BUSINESSES. DETECTIVES ARE UTILIZED IN THEIR DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, INTERVIEWING WITNESSES, PREPARING REPORTS, AND QUESTIONING SUSPECTS. PATROLMEN AND DETECTIVES ALIKE ARE READILY ON CALL FOR COURT APPEARANCES BY MEANS OF A PORTABLE RADIO NETWORK OR A PHONE CALL FROM THE COURT ATTENDANCE CLERK. THE PROGRAM HAS ADDED THOUSANDS OF MAN-HOURS TO THE DEPARTMENTAL PATROL EFFORT AND HAS REDUCED CRIME IN THOSE PATROL BEATS SELECTED FOR SPECIAL COVERAGE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)

Corporate Author
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Address

J.Edgar Hoover Building, 9th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20535-0001, United States

Publication Format
Article
Language
English
Country
United States of America