Tag: Field Training Programs

The patrol carbine is becoming a standard piece of equipment for law enforcement. In use with some agencies for decades, many law enforcement administrators have come to recognize the need ...

This month, I want to share with you one of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned both in life and law enforcement. Admittedly, I should have discovered this “secret” long ...

Early in my law-enforcement career I learned an important principle: Meeting danger from a position of power can prevent resistance. One night my partner and I pulled over a traffic ...

In the Southeast three years ago an emergency management director decided to spring a simulated terrorist attack during a county commission meeting. At a predetermined time, four people dressed as ...

This column first appeared on PoliceOne.com. In Part 1 (September, p. 40), New York State Trooper Matt Swartz explained how a car crash cost him a leg and, as far ...

Dear Bullethead: I work for an agency with about 50 cops. Our department is in pretty good shape overall, and, for the most part, the citizens are pretty supportive and ...

A traffic sergeant brought me a completed traffic citation book of one of his squad members. Lieutenant, take a look at this, he said. This guy is cherry picking. Eight ...

Nestled next to Texas' beautiful hill country lies the City of Austin, one of the nation's fastest growing and safest cities. Often, increased crime accompanies rapid growth, but this city ...

Dear Bullethead:

One moment the officer stood in the classic field-interview stance asking for some identification. When the subject reached for his back pocket, the officer didn't think anything was unusual and ...