Border Wars

To be perfectly candid, I'm not really sure how they do it. One determined female agent said simply, "You do what you've gotta do."

Dale Stockton

Springfield Armory's XD(M)

Selecting a gun that will work well for a select group, such as large men or the best shooters, is never a good idea. What needs to be considered is the weakest link, those who struggle with firearms training for some reason.

Dave Spaulding

The Blade-Tech Training Barrel

It makes the pistol totally inert as a firearm, but otherwise fully functional for training purposes.

Sgt. Charles E. Humes Jr.

Tire Blowout

Tires were sacrificed throughout the day as instructors drove vehicles fitted with explosives attached to the tire sidewalls.

Travis Yates

Line-of-Duty Death Report: Officer Shot & Killed by Escaped Suspect

Deputy Anthony Forgione was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect who had escaped custody while he was undergoing a mental evaluation at a local hospital.

Active Shooter Response Training

The potential for extremely bad things happening in your community's schools, office buildings or even churches puts active shooter response training at or near the top of our training needs.

R.K. Miller

Front-Sight Focus

They're great for target shooting, but what about a pandemonium-filled event?

Dave Spaulding

Patrol Tactics: What Works Best?

Random patrols, community-oriented policing or the CompStat model?

Dave Grossi

Violent Threats

Err on the side of being safe if presented with circumstances regarding a suspect's speech that appear to be a terrorist threat.

Laura L. Scarry

Leading

Leaders need to understand change. Above all, we must realize that most of us have some natural resistance to change. Once we understand the reasons for resistance to change, we’re better equipped to deal with it and help our followers through the transformation.

Bob Vernon

Biometrics

The characteristics by which you recognize people in this way are a form of biometrics--the recognition or identification of someone using persistent information unique to them, and embedded with them. That same system of biometrics allows non-human devices to identify or verify the identity of people, using characteristics that are difficult or impossible to alter.

Tim Dees

Lazy Is Stupid

Remember: Operational security counts.

Bullethead

Factors to Consider When Running Code-3, Part 2

Cruiser colors, should they still be all black and white?

JP Molnar

Reality Based Training: The Will to Live

It's entirely possible someone close to you, with whom you share the most intimate details of your life, might be one desperate decision away from self-termination.

Ken Murray

Investigative Ethics Part 2

That's why protecting a crime scene is secondary to removing an injured victim, even though vital evidence may be destroyed in the process.

Dr. Larry F. Jetmore