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Careers
Background Investigations Can Break You
I'm always amazed by the number of applicants who get caught by background investigations. If you think the background investigator will wake up stupid that morning and let you slip through, please think again.
March 11, 2012
Patrol
Grenade Left Behind After a Burglary
In every call for service, you should think things through before you begin your response. Each call can be broken down into three phases: pre-response, response, and post-response.
October 28, 2015
Patrol
Handling DUI Stops
There is a tendency to shy away from DUIs unless you are part of a specialty unit that deals with them all the time. But I think we can reverse this trend through understanding and training.
February 16, 2012
Patrol
9/11: Honoring the Responders
The nation will be honoring the 9/11 dead, both civilian and public safety, for the next month or so. That's the way it should be. We should honor the Americans who died that day. I also think it's important to honor the first responders who lived through 9/11, who helped the victims, who combed the rubble, who saved lives and recovered bodies.
August 31, 2011
Patrol
How Can a Veteran Officer Draw a Duty Pistol and Think It's a TASER?
In this first episode of POLICE Coffee Break, POLICE asks that question of internationally recognized law enforcement trainer and POLICE contributor Dave Smith.
April 16, 2021
Patrol
Thinking About Evil
Contemplating the bad things that can happen and visualizing how to overcome them can prepare you to fight and win.
March 12, 2021
Patrol
Ohio Man Steals Front-End Loader, Drives it Through a House
Officers with the Akron (OH) Police Department are searching for a suspect who stole a front-end loader from a construction site and drove it through a nearby house.
July 10, 2019
Patrol
Video: GA Chief was Kidnapped as Child, Says It Shaped Who He is Today
“I honestly didn't think I would survive,” Register said, telling the story of how three men kidnapped him and placed him in a shallow grave.
December 29, 2016
Careers
Thinking Like a Cop
One of the biggest transitions a recruit must make is to start thinking like a cop, rather than Joe Average Guy on the street. I'm not talking about speaking in police tongues such as 10 codes, jargon and criminal codes.
June 19, 2011
Technology
Cutting Through the Noise
I find the world is filled with more and more "noise" that makes it difficult to find the actual "signal" that is the information we truly need.
July 20, 2009
Patrol
Wishful Thinking
Common sense law enforcement. A 14-year old gets arrested and charged for streaking and faced with being expelled, prosecuted, and branded a sex offender he commits suicide.
October 26, 2013
Patrol
MO Officers Will Own New Rifles Through Purchase Plan
“This allows the officers to spruce it up as they'd like and make it their weapon and they'll take good care of it and we expect their range scores to go up and the guns to function properly,” Schmitt explains.
July 28, 2022
Patrol
Think Before You Run
Running after a suspect can place you in a situation where you can be easily attacked, injured by accident, or even have a heart attack.
June 30, 2004
Weapons
Product Test: TatJacket's Sling Band-It
You may know the frustration of having your sling get caught up on something when you need to deploy quickly. I want to gather up the sling and secure it in a nice, neat bundle and deploy it efficiently. TatJacket's Sling Band-It solves this annoyance.
July 31, 2013
Patrol
Make It Stick
"Watch the Hands!" —J.D. "Buck" Savage
January 31, 2008
Patrol
Child Sexual Abuse: More Prevalent Than You Think
Research indicates crimes involving the sexual abuse of minors are greatly underreported, and many organizations that serve youth aren't doing a good job of addressing, let alone preventing, them.
January 30, 2012
Training
Thinking Outside of the Recruiting Box
Agencies are being forced to embrace new ways of reaching potential hires to fill their ranks.
April 3, 2018
SWAT
A Tactical Team Divided from Its Patrol Counterparts Cannot Stand
Hidden within the larger story of the Mogadishu raid, there is a lesson for all tactical officers. “Blackhawk Down” involved Task Force Ranger, which was made of different branches of the U.S. military and every man in that team joined together regardless of unit or service branch to fight in a desperate life and death battle. If they hadn’t, none of them would have survived.
August 28, 2007
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