Tag: Officer Safety

It was the BUI from hell, says Lieutenant George Pottorf of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), recalling an arrest he made for boating under the influence (BUI). ...

It s no surprise criminals are becoming more savvy; when law enforcement develops tools to combat criminal activity, criminals develop new ways to overcome those tools. This is no less ...

Mention foot pursuits to the average street cop, and you ll usually get a smile joined by a widening of the eyes and rise in voice pitch. No doubt foot ...

We've all heard the expression He can't walk and chew gum. Take the uncoordinated kid on the playground who regularly got picked last in PE class. The reason: poor gross-motor ...

The vests we all wear protect us against ballistic penetration. That's a wonderful thing, but upon impact the blunt trauma introduced by the vest s backface deformation can still cause ...

The 2008 Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade show and Conference (SHOT Show), held at the Las Vegas Convention Center last month, generated record attendance nearly 60,000 including thousands of law enforcement ...

The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) conducts its annual Training Conference and Expo April 1 5 at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, Ill.

Dan Martinez, age 33, a five-year veteran of the Fort Smith Police Department was shot in the head and killed by a suspect armed with a 9mm semiautomatic pistol.

Every month we hear of an arrestee or prisoner somewhere who managed to get their cuffed arms to the front and assaulted an officer, sometimes with tragic results. This isn ...

First, do no harm. What is implicit in this simple precept of medicine? An awesome power. The power to do harm. Who gives you this power? The patient. The patient ...