Magazine Feature

Street Sources Part 2

More tips for developing gang informants and learning gang secrets.

Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Get a Grip

Like all things related to combative shooting, controversy exists regarding how to grip your "roscoe", this controversy, like all controversies, revolves around personal opinion.

Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Force Options

Taking a human life is a traumatic event. Officers who are forced into this experience will usually have to work through an adjustment period.

Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Gear Check

A few minutes spent on inspection, cleaning and maintenance go far toward reducing the possibility of failure at a critical moment.

Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Reality Based Training: Put a Charge into Training

Simply stated, pain improves the memory of the slow learners.

Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006

This article will discuss whether the use of canines constitutes deadly force under the Fourth Amendment and, in so doing, will address a recent federal case from the Ninth Circuit that dealt with the use of canines.

Posted Monday, January 30, 2006

Modern Flashlights

And let's not forget that no matter how bright and sunny it might be outside, coppers frequently end up in dark places such as basements, attics, lofts and dim, boarded-up buildings.

Posted Monday, January 30, 2006

Labor vs. Chief

There are also lots of cops who will not volunteer their own time to help out their fellow officers as a board member, but will quickly take their union's board to task for the slightest thing.

Posted Monday, January 30, 2006

Training Lessons from Katrina

Unfortunately, some of society's most visible role models, "the cops" lost their moral compass, and in so doing, they contributed to the breakdown. Many abandoned the city they served, and some of them even engaged in criminal activity.

Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Simulation Training

In this article, we'll review 10 key steps for creating safe and realistic, scenario-based, decision-making simulations to help instructors get off on the right foot.

Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005