Officer Safety
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Using cover can save your life, so you owe it to yourself to be well-trained in its use
Adequately preparing officers for field application of control tactics is a vital component of successful training
Implementing policies that incentivize officers to be healthier and more physically fit can be a huge factor in your program’s success
The three men followed Officer Dayton Leavitt when he left work in his personal vehicle
Beware of trigger words in a suspect’s verbal onslaught because the man who angers you, conquers you!
Research shows that a sudden in-custody restraint death is a statically rare event given the annual number of police contacts with citizens
Law enforcement officers need to be vigilant against the use of biological weapons
DA, police officer and police clerk were plot of hit
15 officers have been killed in only 5 separate multiple-death incidents
Charleston County Deputy Jeffrey DeGrow was calm, collected on radio tape despite wounds
How has policing changed in the past 10 years? We collected responses from P1 members and columnists
DeKalb cops go from 9 mm to .40-caliber sidearms
The officer was shot in the line of duty last year
There are a ton of acronyms, numbers, and silly names like like 802.11, Wi-Fi, iGSM EDGE, UMTS, and CDMA2000, wireless connectivity is really not magic
The female officer fell asleep moments before the crash
San Francisco’s police chief George Gascón ordered a study of stun gun use
While you don’t gain any added concealment with the grip length unchanged, you also don’t lose any rounds for when the fight is on
A training concept taught for a decade is still unfamiliar to many officers and agencies
Police officer stress is the silent, ever-present killer — here are some easy ways to defeat it
Officer Jason Allen was shot 5 times as he sat in his patrol car
Officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries
The thermal moldable grip system is unlike any other
The officer had arrested the suspect after finding 5 bricks of cocaine in his car
11 officers from 9 different states have been killed
Carrying two shotguns, the suspect told his brother by phone that he would kill as many deputies as possible
The first two weeks of 2010 have left 11 officers dead
Every so often, the next big thing really is big, in part because it also gets back to the basics
Michael Smith may have used a perch in an upstairs bedroom to fatally shoot Trooper Paul Richey in the neck
The court ruled that the officers did not use excessive force during a domestic dispute