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August 2006 ISSUE - LAW OFFICER MAGAZINE

Agency Profile: The Austin Police Department

To maintain excellence, Austin runs its own 28-week academy and processes every applicant through the academy regimen, even if they have experience and training from another Texas agency.

Dale Stockton

Editor’s Note

Stay After It

Look as if you know there's something to be found and never go at it with the attitude that "nothing ever happens around here."

Dale Stockton


Staging Area

Photo courtesy Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.

Third Degree: The Charge Ti

Leatherman has taken the standard hexagonal screwdriver bit and redesigned it as a flat-formed bit with a double end.

Jeff Chudwin


Staging Area

Photo courtesy Glenn Hillin/Camelbak

The 5.11 Challenge

I saw some really skilled shooters do a double take on the Triple Tap. It makes you think.

Dale Stockton


Staging Area

Photo courtesy Kershaw Knives

Safety Tip: Why You Need a Rescue Knife

Cops do cut people free of seat belts, and your baton will not break most car windows, victims have died as cops tried.

Ralph Mroz


Cruiser Corner

Photo courtesy Chevrolet

New & Improved

When used for patrol work, with its leisurely acceleration I'd recommend using the radio if a suspect vehicle fails to stop.


Firearms

Photos Dave Spaulding

One-Handed Shooting

The likelihood of law enforcement officers needing to shoot with one hand remains quite high.

Dave Spaulding


On Point

Photo Dale Stockton

Leadership & Self-Control

Who'd want to give control of their life to leaders who can't control their own?

Bob Vernon


Tactical Ops

Photo Dale Stockton

Backup Guns: The Last Option

Using a subcompact model of your duty gun as a backup gun requires no alternate training and instruction.

Jeff Chudwin


Legal Eagle

Photo courtesy Midland Reporter Telegram/Tim Fischer

No Get Out Of Jail Free Card

Does a violation of the knock-and-announce rule when police officers possess a search warrant justify the application of the exclusionary rule?

Laura L. Scarry


Technology

Photos courtesy Pentagon Light

Seeing Green

Looking through an NVD is similar to looking down a tunnel. In effect, there is no peripheral vision.

Steve Ashley


Bullethead

Dispatch vs. Cops

First things first. Last time a cop was shot at, did any of the rounds skip past a dispatcher's head?

Bullethead


Photo Dale Stockton

Dogs of War

The K-9 Handler will make or break the team.

Brad Smith


Photos A.J. Heightman

Multiple Injury Response

What EMS wants you to know about mass-casualty incidents.


Photo JP Molnar

Breaking the Sound Barrier

Chances are pretty good that you'll come into contact with a deaf person during the course of your duties.


Photo AP/Amy Sancetta

Investigations: Investigating Rape Crimes, Part 3 of 5

Because he used his radio rather than a cell phone or landline, every news media with a police scanner marshaled its forces to arrive at the parking garage.

Dr. Larry F. Jetmore


Photos courtesy Hock Hochheim

I Learned About Policing From That: Split Seconds & Hair Triggers

If the killing is justified? Fine. Proper action? Zero remorse.


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