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July 2008 ISSUE - LAW OFFICER MAGAZINE

Automated Field Training Software

There’s no shortage of training software available. Read on for a review of some of the newest offerings.

Editor’s Note

Keep it Compatible

No matter how fancy the technology, law enforcement must still rely on solid people doing good police work to make the right things happen.

Dale Stockton

Staging Area

Third Degree: Tourniquet Pants

You can use all four tourniquets in training and reset to allow for actual field use.

Eric Dickinson

Staging Area

Drive to Survive: Emergency Code Runs

As speed and traffic noise increase, the effectiveness of the siren decreases.

Travis Yates

Staging Area

News: Stop That Car!

OnStar helps cops stop stolen vehicles.

Teresa McCallion

Staging Area

Texas Officer Killed in Crash

Officer Everett William Dennis was killed June 3 in an automobile accident while attempting to stop a traffic violator.

Law Officer Team

Cruiser Corner

A Line in the Sand

Can you imagine if all drivers had this sort of training prior to traveling our roadways?

JP Molnar

Legal Eagle

License Plate Checks

What do officers need by way of reasonable suspicion or probable cause to run the license plate?

Laura L. Scarry

Tactics

Tactics for Ground Fighting

Ground-fighting is dangerous. There’s always a gun present in every confrontation you’re in—yours.

Dave Grossi

Firearms

Blackwater Midwest

The goal was to hit fast with extreme accuracy, which in my experience is the correct formula for prevailing in a gunfight.

Dave Spaulding

On Point

Motive

Knowing your own motives for seeking and exercising leadership is very important.

Bob Vernon

Train the Trainer

Gordon Graham

Gordon is a great storyteller, and had he been born centuries before, surely he would have been the one chosen to pass on the tales that become legends and the facts that turn into history.

R.K. Miller

Technology

Digital Cameras

Six questions to ask before you buy digital cameras

Tim Dees

Bullethead

Remember Why You're Here

Even seasoned cops in a high-profile unit can turn into complete idiots for very little reason.

Bullethead

Tactical Ops

Response to Officer-Involved Shootings, part 2

Are you training your officers to step up to the responsibility if there is no supervisor or the supervisor is the officer involved?

Jeff Chudwin

Do It Right, or Not At All

Adding another safety rule when existing rules aren't being enforced won't solve the problem any more than adding another gun control law to those not being enforced will reduce violent crimes.

Ken Murray

PHOTO AP/TYLER MORNING TELEGRAPH, AMY PETERSON

Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome

Traumatic events can occur at flashbulb speed and repeat over time, causing wounds to the soul that the psyche has no time or ability to process.

Dr. Larry F. Jetmore

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