2017

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News May 22, 2017

Department of Justice Releases Promising Policing Strategies to Engage Communities of Color

New toolkit presents practical strategies based on feedback from community members and law enforcement practitioners The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) in partnership with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) announced the release of a new toolkit which provides resources to help build relationships of trust between law enforcement agencies and communities of color. Bridging the Trust Gap Between Law Enforcement and Communities of Color Toolkit identifies challenges which often plague law…

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News May 18, 2017

Forensic Video Analysis System Supports Evidence Collection in Charleston, SC

Following the tragic shooting of nine African-American churchgoers attending a Bible study at Mother Emanuel AME Church in June 2015, law enforcement in Charleston, South Carolina, acted quickly to identify Dylann Roof as the suspect. Using surveillance footage from the church, law enforcement pulled photos of Roof and distributed them throughout the media. Less than 16 hours after the attack, police had arrested the suspect nearly four hours away from Charleston. Police were able to quickly identify and apprehend this dangerous felon,…

Weaponry May 18, 2017

Shooting from Retention

Richard Nance The closer you stand to suspects, the closer your gun should be to your body. Pointing your gun from a fully extended arm position at a suspect who is close enough to touch is to risk a disarming. – Steve Albrecht, from the book, Surviving Street Patrol Shooting from the Hip? Hip shooting was used by generations of gunfighters. From Wild West lawmen and outlaws to WWII soldiers, hip shooting provided a faster way to get rounds on target against…

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…