SWAT

Drones

How custom payloads aid police drone operations

With higher load capacity drones available, vendors have introduced components that allow a UAV to safely and discreetly deliver needed gear

August 16, 2021 04:39 PM

Ron LaPedis

Gangs

South Carolina’s Midlands Gang and Fugitive Task Forces merge

Multi-agency collaboration aids in thwarting violent criminal activity in central S.C.

August 09, 2021 03:12 PM

W. Thomas Smith Jr.

Drones

Considerations when developing a law enforcement drone policy

Agencies should have solid policies and procedures in place to ensure the proper operation of their UAS program

August 01, 2021 09:01 PM

Kerry Gallegos

Calif. standoff ends with flash grenade, one dead

May 04, 2009 06:05 AM

Semiautomatic rifles ordered for Pa. patrol officers

April 28, 2009 06:38 AM

SWAT

Utah officers train to be part of elite SWAT team

April 28, 2009 05:49 AM

New Dates Announced for the 2009 Original S.W.A.T. Tactical World Cup

April 27, 2009 09:13 AM

School safety triple play

April 27, 2009 06:43 AM

The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

Search & Rescue

Fla. police launch first paragliding search team

April 22, 2009 04:30 AM

Wisc. man who fired on police sentenced to 48 years

April 21, 2009 12:44 PM

Lt. Dan Marcou

Airway and Transit Policing

Jamaican police capture gunman holding Canadian jet hostage

April 20, 2009 04:47 AM

Police News

Shoot first: Columbine transformed police tactics

April 20, 2009 04:08 AM

Officer-Involved Shootings

Wis. officer “could feel the bullets hitting him”

April 17, 2009 10:25 AM

Police News

10 years later, Columbine’s hold remains strong

April 17, 2009 04:07 AM

Police News

A decade later, the real story behind Columbine

April 14, 2009 11:24 AM

Active Shooter

Experts track the patterns of mass killers

April 13, 2009 06:05 AM

SWAT

Va. sheriff’s sniper training raises controversy

April 11, 2009 03:42 PM

SWAT

SWAT teams review tactics in wake of cop killings

April 11, 2009 03:18 PM

Airborne and Maritime

Ark. police get new tiny copter with camera

April 10, 2009 12:41 PM

K-9

P1 Photo of the Week: Brothers in the line of duty

April 09, 2009 10:18 AM

Police Photographers

Communications Interoperability

Pittsburgh dispatchers get guide on weapons in wake of shootings

April 09, 2009 06:31 AM

N.Y. gunman’s 98 rounds spurs ammo debate

April 09, 2009 04:42 AM

N.Y. gunman fired 98 shots during rampage

April 08, 2009 04:12 AM

Gunmen with bulletproof vests a recurring problem

April 07, 2009 04:41 AM

Active Shooter

N.Y. officials defend police response to massacre

April 06, 2009 04:41 AM

Police Heroes

Pittsburgh prepares to remember slain officers

April 06, 2009 04:19 AM

Police News

Three Pa. officers killed, suspect arrested

April 04, 2009 05:21 AM

Active Shooter

Active Shooter Containment Issues

April 03, 2009 09:31 AM

Active Shooter

13 confirmed dead in shooting at N.Y. immigration center

April 03, 2009 05:49 AM

Tactical EMS / TEMS

News from TREXPO: Field trauma care for LEOs

April 01, 2009 08:00 AM

Betsy Brantner Smith

Police Training

News from TREXPO: Day one was BIG!

April 01, 2009 07:29 AM

Betsy Brantner Smith

Police News

It was like a “war zone” in Wisconsin

April 01, 2009 05:33 AM

Lt. Dan Marcou

Police News

Daylong standoff in Fla. ends with 3 dead, cop hurt

March 26, 2009 04:03 AM

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