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I recently participated in a full-day training program on high-liability topics sponsored by a mid-size municipal police agency in central Florida. My blocks of instruction focused on patrol rifles, use-of-force ...

Just for fun, do a quick analysis of the basic recruit syllabus from your local or regional academy.

In my experience, I've found that trainers typically fall into one of two categories: tactical or tacti-cool.

None of you need me to tell you that times are tough, and look to get tougher. With the economy in a downward spiral, tax incomes will drop, and government ...

The plague of terrorism is worldwide.

There's a kind of voodoo associated with geographic profiling. An analyst pours all sorts of seemingly random data into their computer and produces a pretty map with color-coded mountains where ...

This month's column was prompted by a recent event reported to me by my wife. On an afternoon outing, she happened upon a traffic jam at the scene of a ...

Two deadly force incidents, two life-saving outcomes: A student at Virginia Tech is severely wounded during the terrible school shooting. As an Eagle Scout, he was trained to respond to ...

Recent events call for a review of the choice of street ammunition for the police patrol rifle. Why concern ourselves with such specialized information?

When used properly by both the training unit and the crime analysis unit, they can paint a pretty good picture about what's working on the street and what isn't