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About a year ago, Chief Mike King of the Prairie du Chien (Wis.) Police Department contacted me regarding the controversy swirling around the use of TASERs by law enforcement. The ...

At the federal level, the incident command system has been adopted as the national incident management system (NIMS), and agencies seeking federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security must ...

Previous articles introduced a case involving the driver of a semi-trailer truck with a route that takes him through five different states. Once or twice a year he picks up ...

This article first appeared in Force Science News When it comes to training scenarios, nothing trumps real-life encounters. Knowing an exercise has actually been a street problem for other officers ...

I recall returning to my office, where an officer awaited to talk to me. He had just killed an assailant. As I opened the door, I saw him wiping tears ...

An officer's life depends on serviceable equipment.

No doubt, canines remain a valuable asset for law enforcement. They sniff out drugs, conduct building searches and capture dangerous suspects. However, their use in the latter category carries some ...

Law enforcement officers spend a significant amount of their time in low-light environments. Whether you work midnights or afternoons (or the dreaded swing shift), at least half your shift is ...

In this article, we'll review 10 key steps for creating safe and realistic, scenario-based, decision-making simulations to help instructors get off on the right foot. We'll talk about developing a ...

On Sept. 2, Illinois law enforcement personnel responded to an Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) request from Louisiana officials for assistance "as soon as possible." One hundred and fifty officers ...