Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2009 Nov 4, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

In the mid-afternoon hours of Jan. 31, 2007, an intoxicated 40-year-old female motorist crashed her 1999 Chevy Suburban into the rear end of another vehicle, both of which were traveling in the same direction...

Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2009 Sept 23, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

Your authors entered the law enforcement profession in the late 1960s, at a time when police work was frequently considered a contact sport. Recruits were generally large, Caucasian males with prior military...

Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2009 Sept 2, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

There are five recognized and accepted purposes for which a legitimate use of force might be justified. These five well-defined and established purposes are frequently referred to as the “Rules of Engagement”...

Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2009 Jun 17, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

Within the professional law enforcement community, there are five recognized and accepted purposes for which a legitimate use of force might be justified. These five well-defined and established purposes...

Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2009 Mar 30, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

Within the professional law enforcement community, there are five recognized and accepted purposes for which a legitimate use of force might be justified. These five well-defined and established purposes...

Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2009 Jan 29, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

Within the professional law enforcement community, there are five recognized and accepted purposes for which a legitimate use of force might be justified. These five well-defined and established purposes...

Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2009 Jan 2, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

News media reports out of the San Diego (CA) area described a fatal officer involved shooting incident that occurred aboard a 35-foot harbor patrol rescue vessel during the late Saturday nighttime hours...

Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2008 Dec 29, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

It was an unusually busy night shift and the Culver City, California Police Department was doing its best to deliver professional law enforcement services in spite of the heavy workload. In and amongst...

Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2008 Oct 30, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

If you are a police officer in the City of Long Beach (CA), you will get to see it all in a short manner of time. The officers assigned to the first watch maintain a very high level of activity and calls...

Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope, Joe Callanan, 2008 Sept 30, Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope

In the article What is the Standard on Use of Force, the authors pointed out the rather common disconnect between applied police policy and training standards versus actual field performance. This industry-wide...