Office of the
District Attorney
Alameda County
Nancy E. O'Malley, District Attorney

Point of View

Point of View is a quarterly law journal which has been published by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office since 1970. Its purpose is to provide officers, prosecutors, and judges with original articles and recent case reports pertaining to all phases of police field operations and criminal investigations in California.

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California Criminal Investigation

CCI 2010: California Criminal Investigation is a practical and easy-to-use manual in which we have organized and condensed the rules and principles pertaining to police field operations and criminal investigations in California. Subjects include probable cause, search warrants, warrantless searches, Miranda, interrogations, detentions, arrests, surveillance, and court procedure. The 2010 edition—which is the 14th annual edition—consists of 734 pages, including more than 3,500 endnotes with comments, examples, edifying quotes from court opinions, and over 15,000 case citations.

CCI Online: CCI Online is our new and innovative internet site that contains all of the information in the manual plus the following: daily updates, a global word feature, endnote viewing with the click of a mouse, and links to articles and case reports published in Point of View. For more information: Click here

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