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In general, police officers are afforded the same constitutional protections as the public. That is, officers are entitled to be free from unlawful discrimination in their employment and are afforded ...

Broward County, Fla. Broward County Sheriff s Sergeant Chris Reyka, age 51, an 18-year veteran, was shot and killed in August 2007 at approximately 0120 hrs in the parking lot ...

Recently, I was contacted by an officer/instructor in the Midwest. His mid-sized agency purchased a number of AR-15 rifles to place in its marked cruisers. The guns were manufactured by ...

Leaders are profiled by their followers, who then follow with confidence or question and resist directions. Self-control is an attribute that supports a positive leadership profile. It may not guarantee ...

In one form or another, the Universal Gunhandling Safety Rules have been around for some time. These are primarily firearms rules geared toward law enforcement professionals and thoughtful shooters. For ...

First, do no harm. What is implicit in this simple precept of medicine? An awesome power. The power to do harm. Who gives you this power? The patient. The patient ...

From the late 1960s through the early 1970s, the federal government offered a three-month early release from the armed forces to any GI who joined a police department. I was ...

Now that I ve written that title, it occurs to me that there are working cops today who were still in diapers when RoboCop came out in 1987. For those ...

Dear Bullethead: I just got promoted. That s the good news. The bad news? Everyone seems to think they can put one over on me because they know all the ...

All SWAT members should know the birth of SWAT began Aug. 1, 1966, in Austin, Texas, when Charles Whitman climbed the tower at the University of Texas. Whitman then went ...