Officer Safety
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Executive Order 13688, issued in January 2015, effectively ended federal support for the local equipment acquisition program known as the 1033 program
In training, ambushes are detected early by the flankers when utilizing the “Y” formation
This awards program recognizes individual officers and departments for excellence in service and commitment to their public safety mission
Too many officers have lost their lives due to lack of what I consider to be four core elements of officer safety: Focus, Attention, Situational awareness, and Tempo
Drew Ryan Maras fatally shot sheriff’s Deputy William Coleman on Sunday after the officer responded to a burglary call
An officer concealed his nameplate because he had heard that another officer videotaped by Occupy protesters later had personal information posted online
Police say a man in Indiana accused of stealing a car threatened to hunt down and eat his arresting officers
Using computer algorithms, ‘predictive policing’ estimates where certain types of crime may occur, in a similar way that meteorologists forecast weather
To reduce the number of successful close-quarter assaults against officers we must adopt tactics that make sudden attacks more difficult and more obvious
Running a quiet range takes a lot of work but results speak for themselves
For police use-of-force incidents, the definitions of words like ‘reasonable’ and ‘necessary’ are often discussed but sometimes also misused or misunderstood
The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office released a complete list of pardons and other executive actions Tuesday, Republican Haley Barbour’s last day
Ventura County Superior Court Judge Charles Campbell gave Jeffrey Stephen Fennell 1,151 days of credit for the time he spent in jail after his arrest
Web-based collaboration AntiSec said it revealed 75,000 names and e-mail addresses, credit cards and passwords for Stratfor customers
Police have released few details about the shootout, pending an internal investigation
Deputy William Coleman, 50, was killed early Sunday at a north Phoenix medical building
The Rapid Medical Response: Self-Aid and Buddy-Aid for Patrol Officers course taught by working paramedics, several of whom have military medic training and/or Tactical Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) experience
A police officer remains in the hospital following a collision with a pickup Wednesday
Trooper Donald Crozier was traveling westbound was on his way to assist another officer involved in a motorcycle traffic stop
When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
After his girlfriend called 911 on him, 36-year-old Jorel Ellis started to threaten the lives of the officers arresting him as well as the lives of those cops’ families
Arellano Felix headed a once-mighty cartel that came to power in Mexico in the late 1980s
An assailant suddenly tackles a Baltimore cop, springing a suspect who had been prone and placed under arrest
In an effort to dispel accusations of officer misconduct, the department has allowed the attorneys and local media to view — but not record — the videotape
Proper training on the principles of the public duty doctrine and how it applies to police officers is essential to avoid liability on the part of the department and officers
To avoid slipping into a “routine” during your traffic stops, one thing to consider is having a multitude of “tools” in the toolkit, using the one at each stop which makes the most sense
The COVRT M4 takes the covert rifle bag to a new level and does a good job of looking more like a sports bag rather than a rifle bag
