Tag: Magazine Feature

Most progressive agencies allow the carry of a backup gun, and many encourage it. Why not? If you can be trusted with one gun, you can certainly be trusted with ...

On March 25, Officer Doug Byrne, 37, of the Aurora (Colo.) Police Department, was killed in automobile accident while responding to a medical emergency call. A vehicle stopped directly in ...

With more than 18,000 police agencies nationwide, there’s certainly a need for police-oriented vehicles even though, numerically, the police vehicle marketplace remains minuscule compared to the overall automotive landscape. There’s ...

Two recent events thousands of miles apart prompted this month's column. First, I was asked to review a fatal traffic-stop incident for a large police agency in Australia.

My first duty rig was a one-piece affair in which the swiveling holster was mounted opposite a swiveling portable radio and handcuff pouch. On the back of the belt, a ...

When I first encountered the maxim I lead, therefore I follow, I felt confused. I thought it made more sense to assert something like Lead, follow or get out of ...

Last issue I discussed the non-negotiable necessity for conducting physical searches prior to any reality based training (RBT) exercise as a means of helping ensure no live weapons or ammunition ...

Today's law enforcement officers are informed early on that one day they may face civil litigation as a result of merely doing their jobs. Indeed, arrestees sometimes threaten officers with ...

Dear Bullethead:

In Bullethead's February column ( Slip, Slide & Away: Accept Freebies and Take a Ride Down a Slippery Slope, p. 80), Paycheck to Paycheck asked, How could taking a discounted ...