Bloomberg BNA Publishes 2013 Edition of “The Law Officer’s Pocket Manual”

Bloomberg BNA has published the 2013 Edition of The Law Officer’s Pocket Manual, giving law enforcement quick, reliable guidance based on the latest Supreme Court rulings and other legal developments. The handy 4" x 6" Pocket Manual covers arrest, search, surveillance, and other routine and sensitive areas of law enforcement.

The Law Officer’s Pocket Manual is useful as a classroom training reference for officers and criminal justice students, as well as on-the-scene guidance to help officers make quick decisions and take enforceable action in everyday situations. Defensible police practices are presented, with more than 100 examples drawn from leading cases. Basic rules of procedure are highlighted in red for quick reference and examples showing how the rules are applied are provided throughout. Ample space for note-taking also is provided after each chapter.

The 2013 Edition is designed to offer immediate answers law officers need, providing lower federal court rulings on computer searches and searches of cell phones, and the latest U.S. Supreme Court decisions, on the topics of:

• Interrogating prisoners
• Installation of GPS tracking devices
• Strip searches of arrestees  

The Pocket Manual also is available as a mobile application for the Android™, Apple iPhone®/iPad®, or BlackBerry®. The application offers quick access to information, as well as searching and bookmarking capabilities to find and save the most pertinent information.

Since it was first published in 1972, hundreds of police departments, sheriffs’ offices, and security patrols nationwide have used The Law Officer’s Pocket Manual on the beat, in daily briefings, and in training, because it is written in plain English and updated annually by the experienced editors of Bloomberg BNA’s Criminal Law Reporter. In addition, the Pocket Manual has been adopted for high school and college criminal justice courses. This title is available for sale directly from Bloomberg BNA and is also available on the Bloomberg Law legal research system.