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Last issue I discussed the non-negotiable necessity for conducting physical searches prior to any reality based training (RBT) exercise as a means of helping ensure no live weapons or ammunition ...

It's been 17 years since the publication of Contact & Cover: Two-Officer Suspect Control, which I co-authored with now-retired Lieutenant John Morrison of the San Diego Police Department (SDPD). I'm ...

I'm a doo-doo magnet. Ask any officer I work with at my two police jobs, or my fiancee, who happens to be a cop. I'm a doo-doo magnet because I ...

So Chris, how does policing in the United States differ from the United Kingdom? This question was asked of me many times when earlier this year I had the pleasure ...

While most of the recent safety advancements in modern automobiles have successfully filtered into modern patrol vehicles, one item that has caused nearly as many headaches (no pun intended) as ...

Last month's article, the first in a series on basic criminal investigation principles, examined probable cause the essential justification for every police arrest, search and seizure. The article addressed the ...

The first five days of May 2002 could not have gone any better for me. I was a patrol officer for the Brentwood (Tenn.) Police Department with five years of ...

Police suicide is never easy to talk about, but with the two-year anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina-related suicides of New Orleans police Sergeant Paul Accardo and Officer Lawrence Celestine approaching, ...

One of the most dangerous physical encounters police officers face is being knocked to the ground and having to fight for their lives. When we imagine experiencing survival situations such ...

All police officers should expect to interact with the media while handling a wide variety of police incidents. Those persons designated as public information officers (PIOs) have both the opportunity ...