Basic Rules in the Work of Police Officers While Witness Protection

Volume 4 - Issue 1

Mensur Sipkar*

Received: November 12, 2019;   Published: December 10, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/PRJFGS.2019.04.000176

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Abstract

Conducting investigations and proving criminal offenses of organized crime is very difficult, in some cases often impossible, without persons, participants to an organized criminal group, which, for various reasons (fear for one’s own life or the lives of those close to him, etc.), will help in gathering evidence, thus becoming a key witness, without whom proof would be impossible or very difficult. Police officers charged with protecting these persons must strictly adhere to the prescribed rules and procedures in order not to endanger, first and foremost, their own lives and the lives of witnesses, and to question the final outcome of a criminal investigation.

Keywords: Witness and witness protection

Abstract| Proper Selection and Professional Attitude of a Police Officer in Dealing with A Witness| Avoid Emotionally Tying A Police Officer to A Witness and His Family| Do Not Make Promises and Advice| Do Not Meet Witness Requirements| Avoid Working with The Opposite Sex| Obligatory Adherence to The Prescribed Procedures in Dealing with The Witness| Conclusion| References|