The May/June 2025 issue is our annual Weaponry edition.

May June Issue

Highlights from this issue include:

  • Emergency Response Reinvented: The Growing Role of Drones as First Responders
  • Springfield Armory® Echelon™ 4.0C
  • Staying Safe and Smart: How Modern Handgun Safeties Help You Avoid Legal Trouble
  • Edged Weapon Defense: Lessons from the Past
  • Beware of More Potential Land Mines: 15 Principles for Reducing the Risk of Restraint-Related Deaths
  • Police Security Expo 2025 – Official Trade Show Guide
  • New Police Vehicle Equipment
  • Law Enforcement Training Resources and Equipment
  • And Much More!

Read the May/June Issue Online

Springfield Armory® Echelon™ 4.0C

Mike Boyle For either uniform or plainclothes carry, the Springfield Armory Echelon 4.0C sits squarelyin the winner’s circle. Much has changed since the 1980s when law enforcement agencies began the mass transition away from traditional revolvers to semiautomatic pistols. At the time, double-action pistols ruled and that trend continued for many years. Double-action pistols had evolved to a point where earlier reliability issues had been resolved and, because of the fact that the US Armed Services had gone down that…

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