Tag: Magazine Feature

A few years ago, I was asked to set up some training classes in Brazil. Excited at the opportunity to visit this amazing country, I decided it would be advantageous ...

In my August column, I addressed pretextual traffic stops, using as an example a stop made after officers received an anonymous 911 call of a male driver in a pickup ...

Interoperability is a key word circulating among the law enforcement community these days. Since the Sept. 11 disaster, more and more public safety initiatives have taken shape to reach the ...

Dear Bullethead: I'm on a regional tactical team that handles situations for seven agencies. I'm one of three supervisors assigned to the team. It's a good setup. Everyone has worked ...

Many law enforcement officers respond to burglary calls in unpaved subdivisions that occurred hours, or perhaps even a day before their arrival. And many times they leave the victim s ...

This is our IACP issue, meaning it s the issue we distribute at the 2007 International Association of Chiefs of Police conference this month. And it probably means we should ...

I think most officers would agree that the thought of seeing your own blood rapidly exiting an ugly looking wound is one of the most disturbing images you hope you ...

Statistics have shown for a very long time that the majority of armed confrontations that involve law enforcement officers occur between 1800 hrs and 0600 hrs the hours of darkness. ...

You have only a half-hour left on your shift when you get the call. You hit the lights and siren as you speed to the destination. The dull, chronic pain ...

In August, Charlie Exum and Dale Young, U.S. Border Patrol officers from Alamogordo, N.M., won the 2007 5.11 Challenge on literally the last shot of the event. Over the summer, ...