ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The new 2010 Edition of The Law Officer's Pocket Manual gives officers quick, reliable guidance based on the latest Supreme Court rulings and other legal developments. It covers arrest, search, surveillance, and other routine and sensitive areas of law enforcement, and is published by BNA Books, a division of BNA, a specialized news and information publisher.

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The Law Officer's Pocket Manual is useful as a classroom training reference for officers, as well as an on-the-scene immediate reference. The handy 4" x 6" Manual helps officers make quick decisions and take enforceable action in everyday situations, based on current guidance from the Supreme Court. Defensible police practices are presented with more than 100 practical 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 is provided after each chapter.

The 2010 Edition is designed to provide the immediate answers law officers need, including the latest U.S. Supreme Court decisions on:

• radical changes to the rules governing searches of vehicles incident to an arrest
• the new rule allowing interrogations of formally charged defendants
• the latest guidance on questioning and frisking during vehicle stops
• expansion of the good-faith exception to the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule for unconstitutional searches and seizures
  

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 BNA's Criminal Law Reporter.

BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to The Law Officer's Pocket Manual, 2010 Edition, BNA Books publishes BNA's Directory of State and Federal Courts, Judges, and Clerks; Supreme Court Practice; Federal Appellate Practice; and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to books@bna.com.

The Law Officer's Pocket Manual, 2010 Edition (185 pp./Spiralbound/Order #1814) is priced at $25.00 per copy (plus tax, shipping, and handling of $6.00 first copy, $2.00 each additional copy). Discounts are available on bulk orders. Orders for single copies must be prepaid. The Manual may be purchased from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. E-mail orders: books@bna.com. The BNA Books website, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

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