Germany's GSG-9 special forces unit won the 2006 Original SWAT World Challenge (OSWC) held March 26 27 in Little Rock (Ark.). San Antonio (Texas) ...

ILEETA (the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association) presented the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund with a check for $4,276. ILEETA raised ...

Few spots on earth can rival the Hawaiian island of Kauai for sheer tropical beauty, and at first, the idea of policing this paradise ...

The decision to run after someone involves a risk-benefit analysis. As you reflexively start running, make the analysis by asking yourself these questions during ...

I don't know many cops who are big fans of Fox-TV's "World's Wildest Police Videos." This witless pastiche of police pursuits, car crashes, rampaging ...

My next series of investigative columns focuses on the crime of rape. Due to the unique nature of the crime and the frequency in ...

A little after 1930 hrs on Jan. 12, 2001, as I lay on the laundry room floor of an armed suspect's residence, a burning ...

I took my first firearms instructor course in 1980. I'll never forget what the lead instructor said on the first day: "Never shoot in ...

The quality of a police officer's career is largely determined by the mentoring the officer receives (or fails to receive). Mentoring is now recognized ...

With the multitude of less-lethal or, as I prefer to call them, compliance/incapacitation munitions, available to SWAT teams today, it can prove difficult to ...