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The Sting Book: A Guide to Setting Up and Running a Clandestine Storefront Sting Operation
Author(s): Steven K. Frazier (Author)
- Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Aug. 1994
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0398059187
- ISBN-13: 9780398059187
Book Description
THE STING BOOK is designed as a comprehensive law enforcement guide to setting up and running a clandestine storefront sting operation. It is designed to instruct prospective sting managers, and participants, in all facets of creating and operating a storefront sting program. The book is organized in a step-by-step format to lead the sting manager through a logical progression for developing a sting. It identifies problems that are likely to arise and offers solutions based on the real-life experiences of other sting managers including the author. What makes this book unique is that it takes a realistic approach from the point of view of someone without experience in sting programs trying to set one up for the first time. It focuses on such issues as how to sell the program to management, how to set up and install the video and sound equipment, how to locate and acquire resources for little or no cost and how to avoid the major pitfalls that have plagued past programs. The instruction is geared toward developing a simplified flexible program that will work anywhere in the country under a wide variety of conditions. The material is based on techniques that the author has developed from stings he has designed and directed as well as those developed out of over 22 sting programs conducted statewide in California and selected others from across the nation. Though these stings have occurred in a wide variety of settings, from low-cost rural stings to large-scale big-city stings, they all share common elements. These common elements, and those specific to certain kinds of stings, are examined in detail. All instruction is based on actual hands-on experience using proven methods that work.
