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I recently participated in a full-day training program on high-liability topics sponsored by a mid-size municipal police agency in central Florida. My blocks of instruction focused on patrol rifles, use-of-force ...

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Driving is one of the highest risk activities conducted by law enforcement today. Thus, being aware, managing space and avoiding collisions are three components of safe driving officers must develop. ...

More attention should be given to one of the most fundamental shooting skills trigger control. I've come to realize that trigger control is not well understood. In an article on ...

Researchers have long debated how to best help officers with job stress and the after effects of life and death experiences sometimes encountered on the job. Some claim police work ...

I remember when displaying products intended for law enforcement or military markets was prohibited at the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show. At the 2009 conference, however, at least one-third ...

In the 25-year history of Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), Executive Director Suzie Sawyer says she has never been more worried about the organization's financial well-being.

Sergeant Timothy Simpson of the Philadelphia Police Department was killed when his patrol car was struck by a vehicle being operated by an intoxicated driver, on Nov. 17, 2008. Simpson ...

In police work, the impact of complacency is too readily obvious in training accidents, deaths and operational tragedies(2). Where does complacency in police officers come from? There are at least ...

In the past few issues, I ve profiled some heavy-hitting machines. The tactical vehicles have been big, mean and ready to take the hardest hits. But not all situations call ...