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The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a case involving police officers making an arrest as a result of a traffic stop. The issue was whether the custodial arrest, which was ...

I think it was General Douglas MacArthur who said, If bravery is a quality which knows not fear, then I have never seen a brave man. For the courageous man ...

Renowned defensive tactics trainer Chuck Humes calls them the Flawless Four, but most of us know them as the four basic rules of firearms safety: 1. All guns are always ...

When I learned homeland security was a point of interest for this month s issue, I asked myself: How can a typical law officer contribute to this important mission? Then ...

Last month I focused on preparing officers and agencies to deal with the immediacies of the officer-involved shooting (OIS). This month, I ll expand a bit further on the initial ...

Probably like many of you, my years as a student going through firearms training normally consisted of getting on line facing a target with my handgun at the ready or ...

There s a great scene in the movie Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise and Robert Duval. Cruise, playing the cocky and intuitively talented driver Cole Trickle, has an attitude ...

Editor's Note: This is an expanded version of the article that appeared in the print version of Law Officer magazine.

I've spoken with many officers over the years about use-of-force issues and sat as legal counsel with more than a few after an officer-involved shooting (OIS).

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