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There’s no telling what cops will encounter in the street these days. Police ammunition must, therefore, be able to work effectively through a wide variety of barrier materials, and it ...

Law Officer is pleased to introduceLaw Officer Connect, a professional and social network for law enforcement and police. You can join interest groups, write a blog, start a discussion topic ...

Few things are more important to improving overall officer safety and capability than training. That’s why so much of this magazine is directed at this critical area, and it’s the ...

Writing a monthly column can be daunting, especially when trying to keep the content fresh and interesting while not covering the same territory as previous articles. But when a particular ...

ILEETA Executive Director Ed Nowicki is working on a new book of police war stories from across the nation, tentatively titled American Blue . You can be a part of ...

In Part 1 of this series (Law Officer , March 2009, www.lawofficer.com/news-and-articles/articles/lom/0503/cruiser_corner.html) , I discussed the basic structure of a training plan.

Back in the late 1980s, I taught classes on workplace diversity and sexual harassment prevention and awareness for law enforcement. I can’t begin to tell you what an interesting experience ...

Since March, human-to-human transmission of a never-before-seen virus has been occurring in Mexico. A combination of human, bird and pig viral factors, this novel virus has moved into the U.S. ...

The two most influential leadership positions in a law enforcement agency are the chief and the field supervisor or sergeant. The chief defines the department’s vision for providing police services ...

In my February 2008 column (“Tactics for Off-Duty Survival,” www.lawofficer. com/news-and-articles/articles/lom/0402/index.html), I addressed the issue of off-