Tag: Magazine Feature

For patrol officers/first responders, patrol cars serve as the base of operations during everyday...

Recently, during one of my 5 Day Reality-Based Training Instructor schools, I completed teaching the classroom portion and directed the students to write some scenarios we would subsequently run during ...

Dear Bullethead:

A friend of mine who is a supervisor at a small police department in California told me his police department was bracing for significant budget cuts in the new fiscal ...

There's no higher-priority call than "officer needs assistance." It may be called something different depending on the region of the country, but we all know what it means: One of ...

I’d like to respond to Young Gun, whose letter to Bullethead appeared in the November/December 2005 issue of Law Officer (p. 80).

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) realized in the early 1990s that its traditional policing was not working as effectively as it should. Increased traffic congestion on the Las ...

As the model 1911 .45 pistol approaches its 100th birthday, it's enjoying the popularity of a firearm newly introduced to the market. The reasons for this are simple: the gun ...

On a dreary autumn morning seven years ago, Sgt. Philip Ross stuffed his fully loaded 9mm SIG into his waistband and headed into the wooded area behind his home. He ...

Every year, 150 police officers are killed in the line of duty in the United States, and every day 150 officers are assaulted. As a result, most officers wish they ...