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SPECIAL REPORT By The Book SUMMARY Staying current is critical for all levels of law enforcement. You can���t just graduate from the Academy or pass the next promotion exam and think your book learning is over. Use-of-force laws change all the time, as do pursuit policies. Some misdemeanors become felonies, some misdemeanors become infractions. Search & Seizure laws change. The entire field of electronic investigations changes every year. No officer of any rank is immune from a career-long study of ���the book.��� You have just been promoted to sergeant, lieutenant or captain. Hitting the books is now more important than ever. BY THE BOOK You owe it to yourself. By Ross Swope 38 LAW and ORDER I December 2012