Long Gun Zero
Not long ago, I received a call with a request for information related to the AR-15/M-16 weapon system from good friend Mark Schlegel of FTF Tactics.
Not long ago, I received a call with a request for information related to the AR-15/M-16 weapon system from good friend Mark Schlegel of FTF Tactics.
Two officers from a Midwest agency respond to a call of suspected drug dealing from a vehicle. Upon arrival, they observe a vehicle matching the description they received. An odor ...
A call blasts over the radio or comes across your mobile data terminal: Robbery in progress! And as adrenaline shoots through your veins, tactics fly out the window.
Most officers know the stats: Domestic disputes are the most dangerous calls they respond to.
Few cops like to hear about physical fitness, conditioning or nutrition.
I'd like to deviate from the usual tactical concepts this month and wax philosophical on a concept that has been near and dear to me for many years.
In the early 1970s at my agency, we worked without portable radios but carried .30-caliber M1 carbines. We had a chief who knew weapons and ammunition, and he understood the ...
Two recent events thousands of miles apart prompted this month's column. First, I was asked to review a fatal traffic-stop incident for a large police agency in Australia.
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, ...
Success depends on more than good luck. Officers require a solid set of survival skills to prevail during and after a deadly force incident.