May 2017

Weaponry May 18, 2017

Maximizing Performance with Smaller Defensive Handguns

Mike Boyle  Like many things in life, carrying a handgun on your own time is a compromise. When carrying concealed, your goal should be to strike a balance between having the ability to protect yourself and others, while keeping the lowest possible profile. Comfort also weighs into what sort of gun we might carry when dressed in plainclothes. A full-size service pistol supported by a Sam Browne belt isn’t a big deal to carry over a long shift, but most…

Training & Education May 18, 2017

Building Combative Speed and Accuracy

Todd Fletcher Due to the short duration and quick time frames of law enforcement gunfights, officers should train to fight quickly and effectively in condensed time frames. Placing quick, threat stopping hits on target is the core of all gunfighting skills. In order to accomplish this goal, we must train to develop fundamental and practical skills in new officers while continuing to improve the skills of more veteran officers. Once these skills are developed, these officers must be challenged to…

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Technology May 18, 2017

Social Media Tools For Law Enforcement

Dr. StephenieSlahor Smartphones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information easier and faster than ever. –Daniel Goleman Social media dominates the lives of many people, especially school-aged youth. Being glued to those screens seems pandemic. Cynthia Hetherington of the Hetherington Group and Bruce Canal, CPP, Orange County, FL, Public Schools, recently addressed the use of social media in their presentation for ASIS International’s annual meeting. “Anything that you put on the Internet, everybody…

Technology May 18, 2017

Green Is Gone

Bill Siuru  New, lightweight, clip-on technology is allowing viewers to observe full color imagery through their existing PVS-14 night vision scopes.              Night vision devices, like Night Vision Goggles (NVGs), have become an important tool for law enforcement, allowing SWAT teams and other police officers to “see” in the dark of night for such tasks as covert surveillance of illegal activity, apprehension of dangerous suspects, crime response, and search and rescue.  Night vision devices take in small amounts of visible…

Police Vehicles May 18, 2017

Weapon Mounting and Storage Solutions for Vehicles

Sergeant James Post Along with the rise in police assaults and terror threats, the theft of law enforcement weaponry has also risen. This article comes at a unique period in American history. Federal, state and local agencies are seemingly always at varied levels of heightened alert due to terrorist activities at home and abroad, while attacks on American Law Enforcement (LE) are simultaneously at an unprecedented high. Because of worldwide threats and the attacks on officers in our own homeland,…

Police Vehicles May 18, 2017

Turning Blue into Green

Ford® has introduced the industry’s first pursuit-rated hybrid police car. Bill Siuru, Ph.D., PE Ford plans to invest $4.5 billion and put 13 new electrified vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020. These include an F-150 hybrid, a Mustang hybrid, a Transit Custom plug-in hybrid, a self-driving hybrid, and a fully electric small SUV with an estimated 300 mile range.  Also among these new hybrids is the first pursuit-rated hybrid police car, the Ford Police Responder™ Hybrid Sedan. Incidentally, some…

Legal Update

Legal Update May 18, 2017

Legal Update

Larry E. Holtz, Esq. DEADLY FORCE: AN OFFICER’S FAILURE TO SHOUT A WARNING In its first decision of 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court renders a determination regarding qualified immunity in a police shooting case. Recently, in White v. Pauly, 137 S.Ct. 548 (2017), the United States Supreme Court addressed “the situation of an officer who – having arrived late at an ongoing police action and having witnessed shots being fired by one of several individuals in a house surrounded by…

Law Enforcement Leadership May 17, 2017

Law Enforcement Leadership May/June 2017

Michael Carpenter DEPARTMENTAL CULTURE – WHAT’S YOURS LIKE? Rest assured that your officers are being watched and talked about by the public – both positively and negatively. Your police department is unique. It differs in many ways from other departments – whether it’s the municipal agency next to yours or the county sheriff’s department with which you share a common border. Of course, there may be obvious differences in size, budget, structure, etc., but I think, more importantly, what makes…

Squirrel eating a nut

Busted May 17, 2017

Busted! – Real Stories of Genuine Absurdity May/June 2017

James L. McClinton “Ratted out” by a squirrel?… In Meridian, Idaho, a homeowner returned to his residence and noticed evidence of a break-in. He called the police and, when investigating officers arrived, they immediately spotted the homeowner’s pet squirrel (who had the run of the house) and saw that the animal was in an agitated state. Investigators found footprints in the snow outside the house and tracked down the alleged burglar. During questioning, the officer observed numerous scratches on the…

And Nothing But the Truth

....and nothing but the truth May 17, 2017

…AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH May/June 2017

Duty-Bound I’m sure you’ve seen the news stories over the last five to ten years about some soldier or airman who refused to be deployed for combat – this in an all-volunteer military. So, you join the military, train to use weapons, train for combat and, then, when your country tells you to go use your skills, you say you’re morally opposed. I missed Vietnam by a couple of years. I worked with guys who were there. You might be…