Patrol Issues
The Patrol Issues topic page offers news, commentary, analysis, and tactical tips that will help prepare police officers for life on the thin blue line.
Don’t let simple mistakes tarnish your credibility
Remember to follow three simple principles: preparation, organization and clarity
A survey of 200 officers reveals critical gaps in interview and interrogation training, exposing struggles with question formulation, rapport-building and overcoming resistance
While no one wants to fault a hero for showing up to help, there are diminishing returns when self-deployed responders arrive immediately after an event
Officer Robert Lagonera delivered the fawn after its mother was struck and killed on a road
FETI training focuses on enhancing the quality and quantity of information obtained from victims who have undergone highly stressful or traumatic experiences
The videos show officers running door-to-door urging people to flee and rescuing elderly residents of a retirement community as flames bear down
The museum will house more than 21,000 artifacts from every era of American law enforcement
California LE agencies are taking a fresh look at various cold cases and tips to determine if there’s some previously unseen link to other unsolved crimes
Officers were trying to talk to a man linked to a family fight at a bar when police say he shot at them
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said more needs to be done to keep shooters away from students
Gary Tuggle takes over a department reeling from a series of scandals, including the federal charges against Darryl De Sousa that led to his resignation
In a tweet, Charlotte councilwoman LaWana Mayfield said: “Being Black in America under #45 (Donald Trump) has created homegrown terrorist wearing blue uniforms”
Authorities said Officer Jill Kidik was in critical, but stable, condition at Hartford Hospital after undergoing hours of surgery
Jim and Doug discuss the impact that private sector “no pursuit” policies have on public sector police
A retired judge tasked with reviewing NYPD policies in the wake of a federal stop-and-frisk lawsuit has laid out a series of police reforms in a sweeping report
Darryl De Sousa was charged last week with failing to file his federal tax returns for three years
Sheriff Margaret Mims told the president the sanctuary laws have put sheriffs like herself in “an untenable position”
In the study, the subjects watched a video of a staged car theft and were later interviewed either face-to-face by a research assistant, or by a humanoid avatar
Axon Accelerate symposium speaker shares the best practices and innovations transforming policing in Ireland, and what agencies back home could learn from those lessons
The agencies pulled out of the training after it was revealed that the officer who fatally shot Philando Castile had attended the training
Darryl De Sousa’s resignation comes after the U.S. Attorney’s office alleged that he “willfully failed to file a federal return for tax years 2013, 2014, and 2015"
The Riverside police and fire departments have been hit by a cyberattack twice in the last few weeks
Sheriff Dallas Baldwin said Deputy Jacob Heaberlin is tired but in good spirits at a hospital after surgery
To simply expect the stress of policing to subside at home on its own is unrealistic
The crash comes as federal safety agencies investigate the performance of Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving system
Dekalb County Police spokeswoman Shiera Campbell says the three hospitalized officers are conscious and alert
The dog, nicknamed Winks, was doused in bleach to possibly cover up any DNA from his owner
Officer James Legg accused his chief of being unable to carry out a fair investigation into his conduct at a traffic stop with a 65-year-old grandmother
The town will purchase six tasers and 40 cameras after accepting $40,000 in state funding for the equipment
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The “remarkable on duty” officer is like a granite rock, able to weather a withering storm of words seemingly unphased and ready to respond in an instant
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