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Vol. 29 No. 8
August 2005
COVER STORY
My northern Jerusalem neighborhood, and the area within a few minutes drive from my home, has been the site of more than 20 terrorist attacks. So I feel like I have earned a Ph.D. in attack tactics and techniques from Terrorist University. What I have learned I now share with you, the American law enforcement officer.
Howard Linett
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Features
For as long as most active SWAT operators have been police officers, there has been one gospel truth about SWAT sniper operations: the 70-Yard Rule. Ask any SWAT sniper what is the average range of a police sniper shooting, and he will answer, “About 70 yards.” Ask him the source of his data, and he will say, “FBI statistics.”
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David Griffith
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Features
In 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer took a .22-caliber rifle, pointed it at children and teachers on the playground of Cleveland Elementary School in San Carlos, Calif., and opened fire. She killed two people and wounded nine, then held off police for more than six hours. During that siege, a reporter conducting a phone interview asked her the motivation for the shooting. She replied, “I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day.”
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Frank Leiter
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Features
Whatever the nature of a tactical callout, one thing is sure—you’ll be on your feet and they need to perform. After all, your feet are as much a “tool” as the rest of your equipment.
If you have taken as much care with the selection of your boots as you have with the rest of your gear, you should be able to get through any callout in good condition.
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Bob Galvin
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Features
When on scene, most tactical teams contain more testosterone than a crowd at a British soccer match. But there is one balancing element that keeps it all in perspective. The crisis negotiation team steps up to play a vital role in this very real life-or-death game of wits.
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David J. Terestre
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Features
It’s a dreary winter night, and you can‘t see your own hand through the fog, let alone the car thief you’ve been tailing for the past two miles. You think you see his taillights move over to the side of the road and you swerve over to the shoulder. You park alongside the car you’ve been chasing, but your perp is nowhere to be seen. He might have run into the thick woods that cover this area. Or he could be hiding in one of the few houses nearby. Backup officers show up and together you contempla
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Melanie Hamilton
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Features
It’s a 20-degree night in a major American city, freezing rain is spitting out of a black sky, and the wind chill factor is well below zero. Local police respond to a call for assistance from the manager of a fast-food restaurant. A young man is running around the restaurant’s parking lot naked, screaming nonsensical gibberish at the top of his lungs, and scaring the customers.
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Jeffrey D. Ho, MD, FACEP
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Columns: Editorial
There have been times in my career as a magazine editor that I wasn’t sure if anyone was reading my work. I felt a little bit like a castaway on a desert island cramming 2,500-word feature stories into bottles and throwing them into the ocean, hoping that someone might read them.
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David Griffith
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Departments: Shots Fired
Ron Redding needed a rest. The duties of a lieutenant and SWAT officer with the Gulfport (Miss.) Police Department had drained him.
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Dean Scoville
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Departments: Officer Survival
Over the years different stances, or shooting platforms, have come and gone with various names attached to them.
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Michael T. Rayburn
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Departments: Blades & Tools
With the intense competition in the tactical/law enforcement industry, it’s rare to see major players collaborate to bring a product to market. But this past year Uncle Mike’s, Blackwater USA, and other major players in the law enforcement industry joined forces to bring Blackwater Gear to the market. One part of this gear line is knives. To help develop this segment of Blackwater Gear, Uncle Mike’s joined forces with Benchmade Knives.
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Scott Smith
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Departments: Computers & Software
Those of you who have done scheduling for a law enforcement agency know it’s a thankless job and one that opens you up to plenty of criticism. Scheduling is a labor-intensive juggling act and the results rarely please few if any employees.
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Bob Davis
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Departments: Point of Law
Most officers are aware of the general rule on entering a suspect’s home to arrest him or to search for evidence. These actions must be supported by either valid consent; an arrest or search warrant; probation or parole regulation; or a recognized exigency, such as immediate threat to person or property, imminent destruction of evidence, fresh pursuit of a dangerous offender, or preventing the escape of a suspect lawfully attempted to be detained or arrested in a public place.
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Devallis Rutledge
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Departments: A Closer Look
Sgt. Robert Allen, weighed down in 50 pounds of tactical ballistic assault gear, has a reporter in his office, a lieutenant standing in the doorway, a ringing cell phone in one hand, and a three-wire mic at his left ear, listening to the Tucson Police Department SWAT team prepare for deployment.
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Bryn Bailer
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Departments: It's a Jungle Out There
A hapless crook sorta brought his own handcuffs—and manacles, ankle-irons, and hood, though he didn’t mean to. Officers responding to a report of a home-invasion robbery in Georgetown, Guyana, arrived looking for two scumbag suspects. But all they saw was a merry mob of neighborhood residents dancing around a utility pole.
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Commander Gilmore
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Web Only: Duty Tips
Like any other common task, accident investigations can become a bit routine for most patrol officers. Important details can be inadvertently missed as we try to finish up to get to the next call.
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Dan Pasquale
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Web Only: Extra
Although they don’t receive nearly as much press as bombings, vehicular ambushes are quite common in Israel.
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David Griffith
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Web Only: Leadership 101
Sgt. Mark Stainbrook was recently interviewed by a fellow officer. Here he shares his answers to questions about leadership.
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Mark G. Stainbrook
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