The End of the Beginning

After Sept. 11, our country entered a new era of policing.

Dale Stockton

Third Degree: The Glock 21 Slims Down

The gun industry would never be the same after the Austrian company Glock introduced the Glock 17 to the United States in 1986.

Is Your Duty Belt Set Up for Survival or Failure?

Don’t miss trainer Robert Hindi at SHOT Show 2008

Law Officer Team

Third Degree: Ruger's New SR9 Autoloader

After three years of development, Ruger has introduced its new model SR9 high-capacity, striker-fired pistol. The new SR9 is best described as a striker-fired, magazine-fed, recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol.

Dave Spaulding

2008 Trainer of the Year Award

Each year, Law Officer magazine demonstrates its commitment to training through its Trainer of the Year Award, which honors an individual who has demonstrated outstanding skills and made lasting contributions to the law enforcement profession.

Law Officer Team

Safety Tip: Check the Chamber

As George Harris, director of the Sig Sauer Academy, emphasizes, you should already know the state of any weapon in your control. Rob Pincus, training director at the Valhalla Training Center, points out that the middle of a fight is no time for a chamber check. Yet he sees this habit all the time when he runs students through force-on-force training. Remember: Under stress we automatically act as we've trained.

Ralph Mroz

LODD: Veteran Philly Officer Shot During Robbery in Progress

Officer Charles Cassidy

Interesting Items at IACP

From radar information that displays in your review mirror to spotlights with built in infrared cameras- read about the latest products to help tranform your patrol car to a batmobile.

JP Molnar

Tactics for Weapon Retention

In my humble opinion, [security holsters] are the biggest reason for the decline in police murders from disarming.

Dave Grossi

Doing the DTI Dance

Although many range drills are fun, they aren't street-relevant. As instructors, we're in the business of training, not entertaining.

Dave Spaulding

Unruly Crowd or Riot?

Dealing with crowds can be volatile and dangerous. How your approach can escalate or defuse the situation.

Bob Vernon

Evolution Spawns Revolution

Reviews of two of the newest additions to the law enforcement lighting gear.

Jeff Chudwin

Escalating Events May Violate Fourth Amendment

No one argues that the officers acted in self-defense by shooting a subject with a samurai sword. But the court considers if their actions with the suicical subject prior to the shooting were "unreasonably escalated" the situation to force the shooting.

Laura L. Scarry

Busted...At the Speed of Light

While civil libertarians might have some issues with the concept of ALPR, the technology is a tremendous boon to law enforcement and reaps benefits far beyond the arena of vehicle theft and parking citations.

Craig Beery

Beyond the Job Description

Bullethead gives both barrels to an investigator who is frustrated about being hassled by the brass for making traffic stops.

Bullethead

Investigations: Investigating Deadly Force Incidents, Part 2

A man had just used a machete to kill a a woman and was fleeing from the scene carrying the head and machete.

Dr. Larry F. Jetmore

Reality-based Training: The Detailed Debriefing

There s a distinct method to effective debriefing. Much of it revolves around the concept of Ask, don t tell. This means the exercise controller must ask specific questions regarding student actions, and then shut up and listen to their responses.

Ken Murray