Tag: Magazine Feature

You're a small department with 10 officers that's adding an investigator's position. Problem is, you need a crime scene vehicle, and you have no money. Another scenario: Your sheriff's department ...

Change comes slowly in the speed-measuring business, but enough new products have emerged in recent years to warrant a review. So, I gathered samples of the five significant recent arrivals ...

In the June issue, the first installment of this series on investigating the crime of rape discussed legal definitions, the importance of care in handling the initial contact with a ...

In May 1992, I worked the midnight shift with the West Palm Beach Police Department. In the six short years I'd been a police officer, I was happy with the ...

Some firearms trainers classify shooting while moving as an advanced skill. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's an essential, lifesaving skill we should consider one of the fundamentals ...

Two uniformed officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) helped a plainclothes detective unit stop four dangerous suspects. As the two officers approached the suspects' vehicle, one of the ...

Guest Columnist In our June and July Tactical Ops columns, we tap the expertise of Ed Mohn, a colleague of the regular Tactical Ops columnist, Jeff Chudwin. Chudwin will return ...

In this issue of Law Officer, the editorial focus includes coverage of the National Law Enforcement Memorial. Each year, approximately 150 officers are killed in the line of duty. All ...

This issue, I follow up my last column, which discussed the United States Supreme Court's decision in Georgia v. Randolph. In the Randolph case, the Court addressed whether law enforcement ...

You got a cell phone so you could stay in touch with the department, or maybe they provided it to you due to your on-call status. It also provides a ...