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Police drone use is increasing, making it essential for agencies to adopt a sound law enforcement drone policy governing their use
How is it possible that forty-two officers responding to the same training scenario would show almost no consistent planning or execution?
Agencies must provide training that reflects the realities of the work environment — this includes low light, moving targets and moving officers
Unlike officers who face the volatile realities of life, the ACLU-s safely-ensconced lawyers would rather evaluate TASER use by a less-encumbered and more academic criteria
In anticipation, the department sent officers to Alabama to train at a Department of Homeland Security facility
When trained thoroughly, mentally, physically, and visually in true reactive shooting, there is no difference between ‘offensive’ and ‘defensive’ shooting
Sacrificing your safety for the sake of comfort, cutting corners, saving time, or going fast simply because you can will not assist you in performing you duties
For more than forty years it has been wrongly alleged that Officer James Pence placed spent casings into his jacket pocket during the gunfight
You have to let your mind go into the deepest, darkest hole of pure evil in order to truly imagine those “worst of the worst” plans the opposition might dream up
Storytelling in law enforcement has a rich history of learning through laughter
Police say no evidence exists to substantiate the allegations
As long as war horses live, they prepare themselves for their next challenge
The Occupy movement was relatively dormant though the winter, but now that spring has sprung, we can be assured that these events will be back — and possibly back with a vengeance
Smaller groups of officers will go into crowds to weed out problem protesters
We can deal professionally, ethically, and legally with the criminals’ actions and still respect the intrinsic value of his or her life
The police chief of a North Carolina town was suspended as a law enforcement officer
Although The Calling is a fictional novel, it gives readers a sense they are climbing into the squad or walking the beat with the book’s main character, Officer Dan McCarthy
There are countless individuals and organizations now poised to be ‘the tipping point’ when it comes to reducing line of duty deaths and injuries caused from roadways
Three large stores were evacuated at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach after Marine Corps officials alerted police
In a few, fortunately quite rare cases, a good guy becomes the bad guy and these encounters turn deadly
This month, Police1 examines the sensitive issue of police officers who suddenly become deadly threats to other cops - we begin with the threat posed by impersonators
When one of your ‘band of brothers’ leaves the band
Red Alert and Autism Training was designed to teach LE the physical signs, similarities and differences of children who live with such conditions
Let’s start practicing team gunfighting skills to magnify our effectiveness when deadly force is required
Shooting is not instinctive, but the natural reactions your body has to the stress of a life-or-death encounter are, for the most part, instinctive
“To learn as quickly as possible, we must be more deliberate, more disciplined, and more thorough in our approach in order to squeeze as much as possible from each experience, as with everything else about mental conditioning there is no magic here.” — Gary Klein
“Only those who have challenged themselves with countless tactical situations in peacetime, only those who have refined their ability to make decisions and communicate clearly with subordinates, are prepared to command in war.” — Gen. Paul K. Van Riper
While we need to enhance the realism for our street officers and push that envelope, we need to run a safe range and learning environment
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