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The rate of occurrence of autism has increased in the past ten years from 2 to 6 in ten thousand persons, to 2-6 in one thousand persons. Persons with autism and other developmental disabilities are estimated to have up to seven times more contacts with law enforcement agencies during their lifetimes (Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services News In Print, Winter, 1993). You can expect to have an increasing number of interactions with them. Interacting with a child or adult who has an autism spectrum disorder will challenge your experience and training. People with autism are as different from each other as we all are. Persons with autism will present the behaviors and characteristics described at this website and elsewhere in different combinations and degrees. Each person will have a different level of independence as well. Some persons with autism will have a caregiver with them at all times. Others will live semi or fully independent lives. You will hear terms such a...

Admin OptionsEdit Post Add Tags Cancel Delete Post Manage Blog GENERAL PATROL TIPS I'm going to write this column in a generally amusing way as I know from experience that when you fail to keep a recruit or rookie's attention, their memory retention goes from 10 to 0 in no time flat!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carefully choreograph your traffic stops as much as possible to minimize danger. If patience is the virtue by which police are going to be evaluated in the hereafter, I fear for their well-being. Some cops are in such a rush to get a car stopped that they'll let the driver they're attempting to detain dictate where the traffic stop will take place. Worse, they'll allow suspects to choreograph what happens once the cars have stopped. Bad Location Given the opportunity, suspects will lead you as far off the beaten path as possible, or at least to a location that provides them a situational advantage. Example: ...