It's simple: Only a fool will knowingly take a handgun to a gunfight. In the event you haven't figured it out, we in law enforcement carry handguns not because they're effective, but because they are portable. While the police handgun...

For the last two decades, much attention has been devoted to visionary leadership, which emphasizes mission and objectives.

Although this column will appear sometime in March, the editorial lead time necessitated its writing on the heels of the Christmas season. As such, I had occasion recently to sit down for my annual viewing of the movie "A Christmas...

During the quest to apprehend criminals, at times innocent people are severely or fatally injured even when police officers act in accordance with departmental policy and training standards. This is no less true when officers pursue a felon, and they...

Here's a riddle for you: What's the difference between Microsoft PowerPoint and a sledgehammer? One is a versatile tool you can use to totally destroy things and smash apart complicated constructs, and also to build bridges and construct complicated structures....

Dear Bullethead: Recently I got assigned to a new shift and my supervisor is driving me nuts over my report writing. I never really had problems before, but to hear this guy, you’d think I didn’t make it past the...

The relationship between police and the members of society is built on a degree of trust, and the authority given cops is an extension of that trust. When abuses of power exist, whether real or perceived, society reacts by restricting...

It’s 0-dark-30 HRS and your team is gearing up to hit the five locations listed on your search warrant. Your search-warrant check list includes computers, CDs, flash-storage media, business documents and, now, mobile phones. Evidence collection has just gotten harder....

Smith & Wesson (S&W)  has decided to try to retake the American law enforcement market it dominated during the revolver days by introducing its new Military & Police (M&P) semi-automatic pistol. The M&P .40 is a polymer-frame, striker-fired pistol that...

Digital cameras might sound like a great idea for law enforcement use for many reasons, including no film to buy, store, process or waste; easy storage of images on a computer; and no need to produce expensive reprinted enlargements. But,...