Tag: Magazine Feature

In law enforcement, many of us spend a great deal of time behind the wheel of our patrol vehicle, our office on wheels. Unlike the desk at home, however, we ...

What if I told you I'd located a savings account that will accept credits from various sources, not cost you a red cent, allow instant withdrawal when you need it ...

The first two articles of this series on investigating rape discussed legal definitions, the importance of care in handling the initial contact with a rape victim, identification and collection of ...

On the night of March 7, 2003, I worked an overtime shift as a patrol sergeant for the Ukiah (Calif.) Police Department. Riding-along with me was a 17-year-old high school ...

This column first appeared on PoliceOne.com. In Part 1 (September, p. 40), New York State Trooper Matt Swartz explained how a car crash cost him a leg and, as far ...

We've all shot multiple-target drills. To start, the shooter usually stands seven yards from three evenly spaced targets. A buzzer or whistle signals the beginning of the drill, which requires ...

The emergence of the so-called rock house for distributing rock cocaine in the 1980s illustrates an important challenge facing law enforcement officers. Criminals are not static. They innovate new strategies ...

The patrol rifle has become a standard piece of equipment in many police agencies nationwide, and the AR-15/M-16 type rifle is the dominant weapon system. In use since the 1960s, ...

I'm a gun guy. I've had guns for as long as I can remember. When Canada started getting too goofy with its gun laws, I left the country so that ...

No doubt, the public expects its law enforcement community to expose in-house wrongdoing, whether the bad act involves criminal, immoral, unethical or unprofessional conduct. That said, police officers are also ...