Tag: Low Light

For the most part, I enjoy teaching cops. I especially like it when I can get on a live-fire range and help them learn how to use weapons properly and ...

This column was prompted by a recent lawsuit in which inadequate firearms/force training was alleged.

When the budget gets constipated, your goal as a training officer remains the same: conduct at least some form of training. The question :How? One of the best things you ...

It goes without saying that firearms and defensive tactics skills are lifesaving in nature for you. That regardless of assignment or post, bad things can happen to you and your ...

Yup, you read the title right. That’s the focus for this column and next month’s. I’m going to offer you some ideas intended to help you with a very common ...

Over the years, I've spent a lot of time teaching on the range. Working with talented, knowledgeable instructors has allowed me to learn some helpful tricks of the trade. Rather ...

No pistol magically enhances shooter capability. As master shooter and 1911 gun smith Ned Christiansen notes, "The difference between a great gun and a mediocre one is usually not realized ...

Even with today's shrinking law enforcement budgets, agencies and you can still train realistically, regularly and effectively. You just have to innovate.

Over the years, law enforcement officers have been instructed in various flashlight-assisted shooting techniques. This is all well and good when you consider that most shootings occur under less than ...

You could argue that a police officer's most valuable tool is not the sidearm, but the flashlight.