Officer Safety
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A panel of three experts led the patrol rifle session of the 2016 SHOT Show Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP)
Failing to show respect to people may prevent you from getting information essential to your investigation
Whatever it’s called — guardian, warrior, both, or something different — mindset matters immensely
MAWOL — pronounced May-Wall — stands for “mentally absent without leave”
More than a third of the 163 cops killed on duty since last October died by gunfire
The officer contacted the suspect, and then the suspect produced a weapon
The deputy lit a cigarette in one of the department’s environmentally friendly propane-hybrid cruisers
If you keep guns in your home, make sure you are not the only member of your family who is familiar with them
The police chief said she appeared to be highly disturbed
At IACP 2010 in Orlando, chiefs of police learned how predictive policing can help in the decision-making process for deploying law enforcement resources
Demonstrators in the crisis prevented garbage trucks from unloading at the local dump for days
Sergeant Sean Drenth was a 12-year veteran
There several ways to control a violently resisting suspect on the ground so the polyester pile should be seen as “an option” and not “the option”
Among their many benefits, devices designed to muffle the report of a firearm help preserve hearing, improve operational ability, and simply make the coppers safer
The injured cop was dragged across two lanes of traffic by a driver of a stolen van
For Officer David Blake of the Longmont (Colo.) Police Department, the events of May 8, 2010 were no laughing matter
While our intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies are working overtime to intercept and disrupt various attempts by groups to carry out an attack, we cannot count on this being 100 percent effective
Violent offenders are predators, and predators tend to prey upon the weak
Results of a recent Force Science Institute study conducted in Winnipeg, Candada are expected to have important legal implications regarding the use of force in the United States
Driver of the fleeing car lost control and slid into an oncoming cruiser
Several simple solutions address the problems created by the many clever gizmos we use in our jobs
Constant interruptions are okay if you’re the one causing them — not so much if you’re on the receiving end
The ‘search first’ and the ‘handcuff first’ theories have inherent dangers — the Grip-Protective Sweep (GPS) technique is a good ‘somewhere in between’ strategy
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