Tag: Magazine Feature

You don’t have to be a public information officer or a sheriff facing reelection to know that headlines like these are not the kind your department wants or needs.

Law Officer congratulates Gordon Graham who received the California POST Lifetime Achievement Award in April. POST, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, was established by the California Legislature ...

On April 4, just two weeks after four police officers were slain in the line of duty in Oakland, Calif., three police officers, Eric Kelly , Stephen Mayhle and Paul ...

You’re the first officer on scene at a multiple vehicle traffic collision. You’ve attended to your first duty—protect the injured from further injury and summon medical assistance—and you’ve begun laying ...

From March 10–14, 2009, I attended the ACJS conference, held this year in Boston. A police officer from San Diego Calif., I attended this conference both as a police officer ...

In case you've been under a rock for the past few years, the faltering U.S. economy has shot a missile across the bow of all public safety agencies, with some ...

For several years, I chased dope dealers in Los Angeles. Virtually living in the world of addicts and the parasites that lived off them changed me: I had become the ...

This month's Tactics column takes a twist from the usual street tactics that trainers should cover with their students and addresses an area that doesn't usually get much attention in ...

Hey Bullethead, I go to great lengths to maintain my health and fitness for performance on the job and my overall well-being. I've tried to make physical fitness a priority ...

On the afternoon of March 21, two veteran Oakland police officers, Officer John Hege (41) and Sergeant Mark Dunakin (40), stopped a vehicle being driven by 26-year-old Lovelle Mixon, a ...