Police Columnist Articles

• Why your agency is stronger with reserve officers

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  Volunteer Law Enforcement Officer Alliance President Dr. Ross Wolf discusses the many benefits reserve officers bring to law enforcement

• Extra Carry offers concealed carry magazine pouch

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  It looks like you’re carrying a knife and not a magazine

• Ballistic testing on a BMW R 1200 RT-P

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  Test results can be used to develop motorcycle law enforcement officer tactics for hostile confrontations

• Falsified facts by any other name are still false

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  Police officers can’t risk getting caught up in either politics or misguided social experiments

• Being a real-life hero is the job

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  Respect and admiration for one of us is respect and admiration for all of us

• Removing handcuffs to deliver aid

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  Deciding whether or when to unhandcuff a detained person can be a tricky matter

• Essential safety tactics for the four primary phases of a traffic stop

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  Each stop brings inherent risks and practicing and mentally rehearsing strategies to enhance safety is one of an officer's most essential responsibilities

• Lawful but awful: Bringing new techniques into defensive tactics training

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  A program at the Pasco Police Department aims to explore techniques that may be more effective than what is taught at the academy

• Sexual exploitation, human trafficking and the decriminalization of prostitution

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  Dr. Michael Shively from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation discusses the challenges of addressing human trafficking, sexual violence and other forms of victimization

• A letter to the American public: Thank an officer on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

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  This is a day to show the men and women in blue how much we value them, their service and protection of our communities

• How to shop for your agency like you shop for yourself

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  First responders can save time and money and implement greater departmental purchasing transparency with the Amazon First Responders Storefront

• Generate actionable intelligence in as little as 90 minutes using rapid DNA testing

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  Discover 3 ways your department can get offenders off the street faster, identify perpetrators quickly and solve cross-jurisdictional crimes with this device

• Vehicle frisk suppression reversed, creating new rule for frisks

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  The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals determines the legality of a vehicle frisk done on an objective, and not subjective, basis

• Child-molesting grandpa's phone admissible

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  A recent case offers a look into the Federal Rules of Evidence, including the prior bad acts evidence rule

• Uncovering the truth behind these 4 Bluetooth microphone myths

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  Your department can benefit from the safety and convenience of Bluetooth microphones

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