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• Roundtable: What has had the biggest impact on police training over the past 20 years?

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  For two decades, Police1 has delivered training content for LEOs. We asked our long-time columnists to discuss how police training has evolved during that time.

• 10 must-listen-to Policing Matters podcasts of 2020

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  From mixed martial arts to sleep deprivation, here are some of the most popular Policing Matters podcasts of the year

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• Defensive tactics training: The elbow strike is a match for the snatch

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  Any impact used to thwart a suspect from taking your firearm must be done with all the power you can muster

• Defensive tactics training: Escape from a full nelson

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  It is imperative that officers who find themselves the victim of such an assault be able to escape quickly

• Defensive tactics training: Defeating a front kick

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  The defensive move to counter the front kick not only turns the tables on your attacker, but it also upends the table on him

• Defensive tactics training: More options for escape from a headlock

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  Police1 readers share alternative techniques to the 'Big Ben' option

• Defensive tactics trainers, line officers wanted for survey on training, officer safety

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  Polis Solutions has launched two national surveys funded by the U.S. Department of Justice BJA to help improve defensive tactics training

• Defensive tactics training: Using Big Ben to escape from a headlock

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  There is one escape from the headlock that recognizes the danger of the hold

• Defensive tactics training: Preparing for your moment in front of the muzzle

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  You are looking down the muzzle of a semi-automatic pistol held by a man at point-blank range, what will you do next?

• Defensive tactics training: A thoughtful observation of an arrest gone wrong

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  As a police officer, martial artist and defensive tactics instructor, I have never learned, taught, or used what I would call a “chokehold”

• What does George Floyd's death tell law enforcement?

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  There are systemic problems in policing that we fail to address at our peril

• Defensive tactics training: How to get a suspect from his back to his stomach

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  A suspect landing on his back puts most officers in an awkward position for controlling that suspect

• A primer on gun retention

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  Follow these 5 steps to protect against being disarmed by a suspect

• Defensive tactics training: Escape from front strangle

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  The one or two-handed front strangle is a common murderous assault launched by aggressors

• The benefits of the train the trainer approach

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  A one-time expense can enable scores of students to be trained in a technique or philosophy for years to come

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