Tag: Field Training Programs

Photos: Lakewood Police MurdersGENE JOHNSON Associated Press Writer

When the Center for Domestic Preparedness, located in Anniston, Ala., was founded in 1998, it was envisioned as a resident training facility that would train a maximum of 10,000 responders ...

The Welcoming Officer Newbee stood by the patrol car, his hands shaking slightly as he nervously watched the FTO walking toward him. First days on any job are always hard, ...

LawOfficer.com Editor's Note:What level of blame should be assigned to a department when an officer commits suicide? This is exactly the question unfolding in the case of Michael Pigott, a ...

No matter how much I liked carrying and shooting revolvers, I must admit that if anyone had ever disarmed me, the perpetrator could most likely have wounded or killed me ...

In last month's column, I walked you through Part 1 of my list of equipment every firearms instructor should have available on the range. Some of the items are suggestions ...

I just got off the phone with Jeff Chudwin, Law Officer columnist and chief of police for the Village of Olympia Fields, Ill. I was asking the impossible: "Chief, give ...

MANUEL VALDES Associated Press Writer SEATTLE Few clues have emerged from a drive-by shooting that left a nine-year veteran Seattle police officer dead and a trainee injured on Halloween night.Investigators ...

This month we have a special feature on contact and cover (C&C), a concept so basic yet so effective that I want to make a point of emphasizing just how ...

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. ...