Officer Safety
The Officer Safety topic page has the specific mission of keeping cops safe through current & quality information, with tips, columnist commentary and the latest news updates. The Officer Safety topic page is a key resource for officers everywhere.
Jim and Doug also highlight ways LEOs can bring a pursuit to a safe conclusion and explore issues related to contact with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) subjects
The retired LEO was attempting to break up a fight
Here are a few tips for the plainclothes folks on staying alive should you get mixed up in an altercation requiring gunplay
Most law enforcement optics don’t really stand out — the Leupold VX-R Patrol does
An unedited videotape may never lie, but it is also always partially blind, often totally deaf, and usually too late to the dance
Any individual police officer can make a massive contribution in an instant, or over the course of many years combined. Neither is better than the other — or bigger than the other — they’re just different from one another
Very few officers will have the opportunity to improve their tactical skills once they have graduated from the police academy
Part four of a four-part series entitled ‘Think first!’ addressing a critical element of officer safety
Part three of a four-part series entitled ‘Think first!’ addressing a critical element of officer safety
Part two of a four-part series entitled ‘Think first!’ addressing a critical element of officer safety
Part one of a four-part series entitled ‘Think first!’ addressing a critical element of officer safety
Inmate Troy Davis was executed for the death of an off-duty officer
New NIJ Level IIA Systems are well-suited for full-time use by police departments
New evidence has come forth in the case of a Seattle officer accused of stomping on a man outside a bar
Prosecutors say Barbara Sheehan shot her husband 11 times using two handguns that he kept loaded
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released information on the number of fatal work injuries in 2010
Take the emphasis off of ‘quick’ in quick-peeking and retrain yourself not to look any faster than you really can see
Four people, including a police officer and the suspected gunman, were shot
Sgt. Joe Szczerba was fatally stabbed while struggling with a suspect
The amygdala is tasked with regulating emotions and activating the body’s earliest warning system for danger so survival actions can follow
Police union officials have criticized prosecutors for turning allegations of ticket fixing into a criminal matter
Officer Eric Fontes was killed after a pickup truck crashed into the scene of a traffic stop
Officer Sherman Abrams, 28, went running in downtown Manhattan
A Boynton Beach police spokeswoman says the officers piled into a single car
You can’t win if you can’t hit
The hacker group has the attention of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal investigators
Ball Police Officer Russell A. “Roscoe” George, 47, died in a crash in early June
Terrorists will continue to refine their tactics and improve their operational capabilities, so we’re not going to have much of that ‘luck’ left to rely upon
A county ordinance said his immigration status meant release
MOST POPULAR
- Gunman, others in custody in ambush shooting of Mo. officer
- LEO Near Miss: Officers survive stabbing during domestic violence incident
- Brotherly bond united deputies in Dorner manhunt
- Minn. man arrested for threatening to kill cops on Twitter
- Calif. man acquitted of murder arrested after ambushing deputy