Officer Safety
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When cops assess a potential threat, they determine whether lethal force is necessary or if one of several “less lethal” tools such as a baton, OC or TASER will be successful
Patrol officers may not be the most “tactical” members of a department, but they should absolutely be the most formidable pistol fighters
Philadelphia police spokesman Lt. Ray Evers said the department has seen an increasing number of people arrested for misusing laser pointers
When the bad guys run, the cops give chase but all too often, officers are lured into jeopardy and sometimes don’t realize it until it is too late
The laudable and lofty goal of keeping police officer line of duty deaths under 100 in 2011 may not have been achieved, but we should never falter in our ongoing effort of increasing officer safety
Significant injuries do not necessarily equate to excessive force, nor do minor injuries necessarily equate to reasonable force
In a YouTube video, a masked man warns that police brutality will be the department’s downfall
Bath salts have hit ‘like a freight train’
1 in 5 pursuits end in a crash in California’s Coachella Valley, and a mix of department policy and personal judgment comes into play when undertaking pursuits
Aaron Bassler, 35, is suspected of killing a city councilman
Sgt. told investigators he was shot by a Hispanic male
The hacker group Anonymous leaked the personal information of a deputy inspector they claim maced a group
Manuel Valle, 61, killed an officer during a traffic stop 33 years ago
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