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What are your tips for ensuring a suspect in restraints doesn’t escape?
The erosion of the Graham standard is occurring on many different levels and in many different ways — not all of them in the courtroom
After a decade as a law enforcement professional and an active amateur boxer, I have come to recognize key similarities between the two
Let’s face it — an officer who appears unsure and timid most likely has a greater chance of being assaulted
Right-thinking citizens ignore the negative national ‘narrative’ created by the mainstream media and depend more on their own experiences when forming an opinion about law enforcers
Xora’s mobile workforce management solution lets dispatchers and supervisors see the exact GPS location of every one of its more than 2,000 sworn law enforcers
Those old M16A1 rifles that some agencies have been getting from the U.S. Government are going to have 1/12 inch twist barrels — this works well with 55 grain bullets but not much else
Says a gun battle is all but certain within the next 30 to 60 days
Man suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including one that ripped through his heart
What can we do to fulfill the need of realistic training while also minimizing injuries?
The recruit said he had a headache but wasn’t sure if he wanted to tell instructors
A massive manhunt for a suspected killer ended in the fatal shoot-out
The suit alleges that officers held the man down, collectively using excessive force as he lay in the prone position
Sticky Holsters are available in 16 different sizes for just about any make gun, from Beretta to Walther
Unfortunately, the closest thing to off-duty carry training many officers get is qualifying with their off-duty piece once or twice per year
Preparing for combat with one or more Jihadist extremists expecting to die while carrying out his/their attacks is the biggest problem facing law enforcement
“They stuck to their training. They knew they had a job to do, and they did a great job.”
Only in Stephen King novels does the tractor actually turn on the farmer and try to kill him, but we run toward the shots — it’s what crime fighters do
The department has released 68 seconds of surveillance video from the shooting
Like the magic eight ball sometimes says, all ‘signs point to yes’
“He was a good officer who was liked by everyone and did a good job”
The National Transportation Safety Administration attributes 10 percent of all fatal accidents to driver distraction, and a squad car cockpit is cluttered with distractions
Investigators believe that 39-year-old Hydra Lacy Jr. is the gunman who opened fire from the attic, killing two cops and wounding a U.S. Marshal
Investigators are trying to locate the registered owner of the vehicle driven by the suspect, David Anthony Durham
The suspect remained barricaded inside the house where the shooting happened, Police Chief Chuck Harmon said
Detroit precincts don’t have metal detectors and the front desks are not fitted with Plexiglas-type shields