Legal and Procedural Application of Mobile Videotaping to Criminal Interdiction Patrol  E-mail this product to a friend

Legal Application of Mobile Videotaping
to Criminal Interdiction Patrol
by Jim Kuboviak

For years, mobile videotaping techniques have been used to document cases of DUI. Now, Jim Kuboviak, renown as the nation’s authority on mobile video, applies this technology to the important field of criminal interdiction.

The author shows you how the videotapes work in court to corroborate an officer’s testimony and eliminate the fabrication of facts by the defendants - resulting in more successful prosecutions than by testimony alone. The use of videotaping allows the court to see, in real time, what prompted the officer to make the initial traffic stop, why probable cause was developed and what reasonable suspicion the officer had to make the arrest. Throughout the book, the author cites numerous court cases, giving you the history and rulings of each.

Mr. Kuboviak addresses issues such as drug courier profiling, reasonable suspicion, the use of drug dogs for probable cause and search warrant requirements. In addition, you will find information on the types of videotaping equipment available on the market and the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing a specific type.

The following chapters are included:

• The Need for Mobile Video in Interdiction
• Is Profiling Dead
• Pretext Stops
• Reasonable Suspicion and Questioning
• Legal Issues Concerning Officer Safety During Criminal Interdiction Stops
• Drug Dogs for Probable Cause
• Search Warrant Exceptions
• Mobile Videotaping Techniques in Criminal Interdiction Cases
• Affirmative Links to Possession
• Criminal Interdiction Evaluation Checklist
• Criminal Interdiction MVT Admissibility
• Purchasing a Mobile Videotaping System for Criminal Interdiction

Jim Kuboviak is a former police officer with departments in Texas and Mississippi. Since 1985 he has served as Prosecutor for Brazos County, Texas. He is recognized as the nation’s leading authority on mobile video and has trained thousands of law enforcement officers and prosecutors around the country.

Specifications: 168 pages; 5½” x 8½”; 3 ring binder; Publisher: IPTM (1997)