Policing
Setting out best practices for policing issues that have significant legal underpinnings, this project provides valuable guidance for legislatures, policing agencies, courts, and others.
Tentative Draft No. 4 (softbound)
Tentative Draft No. 4 contains Sections of Chapter 1, General Principles of Sound Policing, and Chapter 4, Police Encounters; revised versions of two Sections of Chapter 9, Forensic-Evidence Gathering; and all of Chapter 12, Informants and Undercover Agents, and Chapter 14, Role of Other Agencies in Promoting Sound Policing. The membership voted to approve this draft at the 2022 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and editorial prerogative. This material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text is published.
Tentative Draft No. 4 (Electronic PDF)
Tentative Draft No. 4 contains Sections of Chapter 1, General Principles of Sound Policing, and Chapter 4, Police Encounters; revised versions of two Sections of Chapter 9, Forensic-Evidence Gathering; and all of Chapter 12, Informants and Undercover Agents, and Chapter 14, Role of Other Agencies in Promoting Sound Policing. The membership voted to approve this draft at the 2022 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and editorial prerogative. This material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text is published.
Tentative Draft No. 3 (Electronic PDF)
Tentative Draft No. 3 contains additions to Chapter 1, General Principles of Sound Policing; Chapter 2, General Principles of Searches, Seizures, and Information Gathering; Chapter 3, Policing with Individualized Suspicion; Chapter 5, Policing in the Absence of Individualized Suspicion; Chapter 6, Policing Databases; Chapter 8, General Principles for Collecting and Preserving Reliable Evidence for the Adjudicative Process; Chapter 9, Forensic-Evidence Gathering; and Chapter 13, Promoting Sound Policing Within Agencies. This draft was approved by the membership at the 2021 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and to editorial prerogative. This material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text is published.
Tentative Draft No. 2 (softbound)
Tentative Draft No. 2 contains portions of Chapter 1, General Principles (§§ 1.01-1.07); Chapter 4, Police Encounters; Chapter 10, Eyewitness Identifications; and Chapter 11, Police Questioning. The draft was approved by the membership at the 2019 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and to the usual editorial prerogative. This material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text of the entire project is published.
Tentative Draft No. 2 (Electronic PDF)
Tentative Draft No. 2 contains portions of Chapter 1, General Principles (§§ 1.01-1.07); Chapter 4, Police Encounters; Chapter 10, Eyewitness Identifications; and Chapter 11, Police Questioning. The draft was approved by the membership at the 2019 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and to the usual editorial prerogative. This material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text of the entire project is published.
Tentative Draft No. 1 Revised (Electronic PDF)
Revised Tentative Draft No. 1 contains Part III, Chapter 5, Use of Force. The draft was approved by the membership at the 2017 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and the usual editorial prerogative. This material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text is published.
Tentative Draft No. 1 (softbound)
Tentative Draft No 1 contains Part III, Chapter 5, Use of Force. The draft was approved by the membership at the 2017 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and the usual editorial prerogative. This material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text is published.
Tentative Draft No. 1 (Electronic PDF)
Tentative Draft No 1 contains Part III, Chapter 5, Use of Force. The draft was approved by the membership at the 2017 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and the usual editorial prerogative. This material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text is published.