Calibre Press

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• Foot pursuits: 13 tips to improve your running skills and your safety

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  If you can’t catch the suspect with a quick dash that lasts no more than about 20 seconds, ease off and pace yourself

• 6 officer survival considerations before initiating a foot pursuit

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  Ask yourself these questions to assess the risk level of the pursuit

• Active shooter response considerations: Advice from the front line of the Aurora theatre shooting

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  The incident was not only deadly, it was also tactically eye-opening

• 5 reminders for dealing with wheelchairs

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  Encounters with people in wheelchairs can pose safety risks for officers

• Gun grab from a wheelchair: Life-or-death struggle spotlights crucial survival reminders

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  Never underestimate the risks that can be posed by individuals in wheelchairs

• 'When I think about how close I came to leaving my gun behind, it scares me.'

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  An officer recounts the off-duty, plainclothes survival tips he learned after coming across an armed robbery

• What makes tactical dynamic entries 'dynamic'?

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  The implication of dynamic as a reference to speed is the first flaw in our thinking

• 10 ways patrol officers can help the K-9 unit

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  Your police K-9 unit is rolling to your location to assist in locating a suspect. Follow these steps for mission success

• Analysis: Addressing tactical challenges during jail hostage response

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  A powerful way to increase learning based on real incidents is to not only study what you do see but to envision what you might have seen

• 10 rounds to the chest and still coming!

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  An officer is shooting someone who’s bearing down on them, intent to kill, and their rounds have no effect. Are you ready for that situation?

• Never underestimate the risk of this search warrant

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  We must re-evaluate how law enforcement approaches serving search warrants involving child pornography

• Should you shoot someone breaching the U.S. Capitol?

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  Decisions to use force, especially deadly force, are unquestionably the most critical an officer will ever make

• A letter to the American public: Is 'hero' too strong a word?

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  If you think so, you are out of your mind

• Study: Muzzle position can have major impact on shooting decisions

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  New research finds a significant relationship between muzzle position and the likelihood of making a shooting-decision error

• What cops need to know about autism

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  Typical police procedures combined with characteristics of autism can cause misunderstandings that result in a negative interaction

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