Tag: Magazine Feature

On Feb. 27, Spartanburg County (S.C.) Sheriff s Deputy Kevin Carper, 39, was shot and killed during a foot pursuit of a suspect who fled during a traffic stop. The ...

So Chris, how does policing in the United States differ from the United Kingdom? This question was asked of me many times when earlier this year I had the pleasure ...

While most of the recent safety advancements in modern automobiles have successfully filtered into modern patrol vehicles, one item that has caused nearly as many headaches (no pun intended) as ...

Last month's article, the first in a series on basic criminal investigation principles, examined probable cause the essential justification for every police arrest, search and seizure. The article addressed the ...

The first five days of May 2002 could not have gone any better for me. I was a patrol officer for the Brentwood (Tenn.) Police Department with five years of ...

Police suicide is never easy to talk about, but with the two-year anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina-related suicides of New Orleans police Sergeant Paul Accardo and Officer Lawrence Celestine approaching, ...

Recently I received an e-mail message that caught my attention: Dave, I agree few officers shoot as well as they need to in order to prevail in a fight. Few ...

As a new lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department, I became watch commander of 60 uniformed traffic-collision investigators. Alcohol-related (DUI) collisions accounted for more than half of our traffic ...

Selecting the appropriate ammunition for the police-patrol carbine is key to obtaining best accuracy and terminal performance. When choosing the bullet weight, much depends on matching it to the barrel ...

Every month or so I sit down at the computer and try and come up with some new stuff to tell you guys. I guess I'm so familiar with the ...