Subcourse Overview

AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION

Subcourse Number MP1018

EDITION D

United States Army Military Police School

Fort McClellan, Alabama 36205-5030

3 Credit Hours

Edition Date: March 1994

SUBCOURSE OVERVIEW

This subcourse covers the area of authority and jurisdiction.

As a military law

enforcement officer, you have one of the most demanding jobs in the Army. You must

always keep high standards of appearance and job performance. You are charged with

the safety of the military community and with keeping order on military

installations.

To accomplish these tasks, you are given responsibilities that far outweigh those

of the average soldier.

In most cases, you will be armed with an MP club and a

firearm or some other lethal weapon. In the performance of your duties, you will

stop and question people, apprehend those who break the law, and conduct searches

and interrogations. If it becomes necessary, you will use force to be certain that

law and order are maintained. All of these responsibilities are entrusted to you.

If you are to properly assume these duties, you must have several qualities. One

of the most important of these is a good working knowledge and understanding of

military law.

This subcourse is designed to reinforce the basic knowledge which

you may have had in military law, as well as to expand your knowledge in this area.

If you do not have any prior familiarity with this area of the law, this subcourse

will also give you a basic, working knowledge of its legal principles.

The

successful completion of this subcourse will help prepare you to assume the added

responsibilities of a supervisor over those who are engaged in law enforcement

duties.

There are no prerequisites for this subcourse.

This subcourse reflects the doctrine which was current at the time it was prepared.

In your own work situation, always refer to the latest official publications.

Unless otherwise stated, the masculine gender of singular pronouns is used to refer

to both men and women.

MP1018