Two Tools for Field Communications

How, when, and why you talk to people in the field is all about the context, the setting, and the seriousness or the urgency of the issue at hand. Most conversations between citizens and the police, which are not initiated by 9-1-1-driven radio calls or getting flagged down as you pass ("Hurry! He's beating her over on the next block!"), are fairly routine. They usually involve saying hello, passing on information, or hearing about some situation that could bear looking into.Talking to people wh