Officer Safety

4 reasons every cop should be trained in Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint

I was privileged to have been trained by the great James Lindell of Kansas City Police Department in 1979, and learned his system of Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint (LVNR) as well as his follow-up protocol

January 14, 2015 11:27 AM

Lt. Dan Marcou

Terrorism Prevention and Response

Attack on Paris: How UAVs could have aided police response

Had similar events occurred in the U.S., our law enforcement officers would have exposed themselves to similar dangers

January 13, 2015 06:45 PM

A dispatcher-turned-cop’s plea: Put out your stops

Please put out your stops as often as conceivably possible, prior to contacting the driver/occupants

January 12, 2015 04:08 PM

Jason Hoschouer

Getting the most use out of departmental equipment

April 27, 2007 05:29 AM

How to spot armed suspects

April 26, 2007 10:30 AM

Charles Remsberg

Training for safe, effective lateral movement skills

April 20, 2007 04:24 AM

Getting into a malfunctioning shotgun rack

April 19, 2007 02:59 AM

Safe police driving

April 17, 2007 06:59 AM

The Virtual Blade

April 13, 2007 05:49 AM

Gary T. Klugiewicz

Pistol disguised as hand drill

April 12, 2007 07:03 AM

Suspicious person contacts

April 12, 2007 06:02 AM

Wear an ear mic

April 12, 2007 04:39 AM

Make sure you’ve got a quick exit

April 12, 2007 01:19 AM

More on safe shoulder mic usage

April 11, 2007 02:13 AM

Eyes forward...

April 10, 2007 03:16 PM

Using voice recognition software in your squad

April 10, 2007 10:29 AM

The six stages of effective training

April 06, 2007 07:50 AM

Keep your eyes forward

April 05, 2007 02:00 AM

Familiarize yourself with other local squad cars

April 04, 2007 07:25 PM

Hit the surplus store to prevent gun rust

April 03, 2007 09:48 AM

Emergency First Aid: Stopping extremity bleeding

March 30, 2007 05:57 AM

Preventing cruiser theft

March 29, 2007 06:21 PM

Gang gun-hiding tactic

March 28, 2007 09:42 AM

Off-duty decision-making & strategy

March 23, 2007 08:34 AM

Seating suspects to increase reaction time

March 22, 2007 04:28 AM

Pause, observe and listen at domestic disturbances

March 21, 2007 03:23 AM

Training for different levels of confrontation

March 16, 2007 07:00 AM

Firearm Accessories

A cop’s guide to concealment holsters

There are 3½ objectives of any concealment holster: security, access, concealment and the half-consideration is one-hand re-holstering ability

March 15, 2007 11:57 AM

The Police Officers Safety Association (POSA)

Training for touch during emergency driving

March 11, 2007 01:21 PM

Revisiting the Reactionary Gap

March 09, 2007 05:59 AM

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