Articles - Patrol

Not-so-bulletproof potions, illiterate crooks, and family drug squabbles.

As leaders we dread the word. You make a decision, you issue an order, you write a policy, and then someone inevitably approaches you with that one-word question.

While the amount of federal and state grant money available to law enforcement is not as plentiful as it was in the past, funding still exists. It’s a matter of finding the right grants for your agency and being a bit lucky.

Police officers deal with conflicts every day--not just with suspects or the public, but between fellow officers.

There's an old chestnut that says the Chinese word for "crisis" is the same as the Chinese word opportunity.

Most police confrontations do not make for pleasant dinnertime viewing, regardless of what tactics are used and regardless of whether the force is justified.

What if local laws forbid you to carry a concealed weapon?

That's when I showed them one of the jugs. It was labeled in Latin "aqua distillas." That's right: Vernon and James had scored big with several brown glass jugs of distilled water.

Tactical show offers look at new equipment for SWAT and patrol.

Anti-terror seminars spell out brutality of the enemy to conference attendees.