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Editor's Note: This is an expanded version of the article that appeared in the June 2008 issue of Law Officer magazine, adding Brian McKenna's analysis of the incident.

Last month, I mentioned the conversation with Jeff Chudwin wherein he made the statement, Reckless arrival does not equal survival.

In every shooting/tactics class we conduct, I ask each officer a basic question: “What’s your life worth?” I then ask each officer to repeat after me the following statement: “My ...

Sept. 14, 2009, marked the 25-year anniversary of the deaths of two San Diego police officers, Tim Ruopp and Kim Tonahill, who were shot to death at the same incident. ...

The use of simulation has grown immensely in law enforcement training in the past two decades. Although firearms simulators have been a mainstay within training circles for years, emergency vehicle ...

Don Mettinger, the gentle family man now turned beast, was getting to his feet again, still firing the deadly shotgun and seemingly oblivious to the blood flowing freely from a ...

The proper inspection of a police vehicle is the first line of defense in the safety of officers when they're behind the wheel. Just as officers check their uniform and ...

Driving is one of the highest risk activities conducted by law enforcement today. Thus, being aware, managing space and avoiding collisions are three components of safe driving officers must develop. ...

Way back when Andy Sipowitz was just a rookie walking a beat in Times Square, we authored a piece for The Police Marksman magazine titled "Complacency Quiz: Testing Your Survival ...

Officer Peter Soulis was monitoring traffic from a service station parking lot when he spotted a Toyota pull onto the lot with its lights off. The driver drove to a ...