In the law enforcement training matrix, EVOC remains perhaps the most difficult curriculum to develop and implement correctly. It isn t because the principles of driver training or the physics of vehicles have changed that much. It isn t because...

A recurring theme of this column has been ways and means for smaller agencies or individual officers to make their training more realistic. I m convinced no one taking the time to read it really believes a static-line qualification course...

Several people have had a very powerful impact on my life. Some have been in formal positions of leadership. Others were peers or colleagues of the same rank. All have had common attributes: They were people of character and goal...

It's the basics that win out. Be it gear or tactics, the simple version usually rules. I've believed that and lived it for many years, so it's not easy for me to embrace new technology on the gear side of...

There are two words I hate, says Stu Segall, owner of the Strategic Operations Training Center in San Diego, and those are paintball and moulage. We don t play paintball here, and our casualty simulation is anything but moulage. Segall...

It goes without saying that to stop a vehicle, police officers must have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. This standard is so low that a traffic stop for a cracked windshield or broken tail light suffices.

In 1998, an eight-hour closure on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Washington, D.C., had a lot of first responders talking. Unfortunately, not to each other. A jumper on the bridge jammed the National Capital Beltway, a thoroughfare for Virginia, Maryland...

Dear Bullethead, I'm a jail deputy. Because I had no law enforcement experience, I was required to start in the jail. My jail commitment is up, but I'm not sure I want to make the sacrifices for patrol. I would...

When Norma Contreras, 18, went to work June 2 at a Phoenix insurance office, she had no idea she had only a few hours to live. Contreras was alone when Stephen Reeves, 53, entered the office and struck her with...

In the early 1990s, portable less-lethal chemical agents became standard issue for patrol operations, and these irritant sprays typically prove helpful when attempting to control resistive or violent subjects without serious injury or an escalation of force. However, with the...