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Weapons
Beyond the Tueller Drill
What the Tueller Drill
really
teaches is that drawing and shooting alone are not going to save your life in a close-range encounter. In fact, the entire concept of going for your gun as an initial reaction is probably not the best way of ensuring your survival.
October 31, 2008
Training
Don’t Ban the “21-Foot Rule”
The 21-foot rule originated 33 years ago in Salt Lake City as a reaction time experiment by Lt. Dennis Tueller, but it is entirely unjustifiable to dismiss it as an "outdated concept."
May 4, 2016
Patrol
The Carjacking Drill
The carjacking drill is exactly as it sounds. You're sitting in your vehicle when you're forced to defend yourself from an attack. This attack could come from the driver's side or the passenger side, so we'll train for both.
February 28, 2007
Training
Striking Shield Drills
There are more than 100 drills a trainer can use to teach officers how to use striking shields. This article will give you some quick examples. It covers such key topics as developing power, enhancement of movement skills, and target placement for strikes.
May 8, 2007
Patrol
Active Shooter Scare at Walter Reed Sparked by Alarm "Drill"
The Navy said someone at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, in the Maryland suburbs of the capital, was planning a future drill when a tenant command "inadvertently" activated the facility's alert system at about 2 p.m. ET without including the words "exercise" or "drill."
November 28, 2018
Weapons
Pistol Drill: El Presidente
Rob Letham, a competitive shooter sponsored by Springfield, demonstrates "El Presidente," a pistol-range drill. The shooter fires two shots apiece at three targets 10 meters away, then reloads and fires another six shots at the three targets. The drill, which was developed by Jeff Cooper in the 1970s, tests drawing and reloading.
November 22, 2010
Special Units
No-Drill Weapon Mount
August 31, 2001
Patrol
The Push/Pull Drill
You are trying to take a DUI suspect into custody when he turns suddenly and makes a grab for your gun. The fight is now on. Unfortunately for this bad guy, you have practiced your weapon-retention skills and you regain control of your sidearm.
December 31, 2005
Vehicle Ops
Staged Drill Demonstrates Multi-Agency Reaction to Dirty Bomb
Hundreds of law enforcement officials from approximately 30 countries around the globe congregated in Miami where they watched SWAT teams rappel to the ground from a Blackhawk helicopter circling Florida's Orange Bowl. The mock demonstration showcased law enforcement's response to the threat of an impending "dirty bomb" set to explode.
June 13, 2007
Vehicle Ops
Philadelphia Police Motor Drill Team
The Philadelphia Police Department's motorcycle drill teams headed to D.C. for National Police Week to honor the four Philly officers who were killed in the line of duty during 2008. While they were here, the Philadelphia Motorcyle Drill Team put on two demonstrations.
December 13, 2009
Special Units
SWAT Drill Catches Students Off Guard
Last week, more than two dozen SWAT team members descended on Silver Lake Regional middle and high schools in Kingston, Mass. Their weapons were drawn, but not loaded.
January 27, 2013
SWAT
5 Drills To Improve Weapon Handling
These five range drills will improve your shooting, moving, weapon manipulation, reloading, and transitioning from one weapon to another. To up the ante, use a stopwatch to time the drill to improve stress inoculation.
March 7, 2012
Training
Critical Incident Drills: Staging a Dress Rehearsal
Before a sheriff or chief is going to sign off on committing resources to a practical critical incident exercise, you will have to convince him or her of need. And he or she will likely be more receptive to the idea if you have done some work and determined what bugs need to be worked out in your response plan.
June 30, 2015
Training
San Francisco Police Stage Campus Shooting Drill
San Francisco law enforcement and emergency crews have prepared for violent campus outbursts and put their plan into practice for the first time Wednesday in a simulated shooting with dozens of victims at St. Ignatius College Preparatory.
April 30, 2008
Vehicle Ops
RAM Mount Products No-Drill Vehicle Laptop Mounts
RAM Mounting Systems
RAM vehicle mounts are designed for the most popular fleet vehicles on the road. These heavy-duty steel laptop bases are custom formed to fit specific vehicle models. This provides a mounting platform for any RAM Laptop Mounting System. Using the front bench or passenger side seat rail bolts as attachment points, existing hardware in the vehicle is all that is required to secure these bases. If needed, additional hardware is supplied.
January 31, 2007
Weapons
3 Basic Firearm Drills To Improve Your Accuracy
As a retired law enforcement officer, I can vouch for three fundamental training drills that will improve your firearms proficiency—dry firing, the ball-and-dummy technique, and the ready up drill. Let's review these three in more detail.
September 29, 2011
Technology
New York Terror Drill Reveals Problems with EMT Radios in Subways
While city cops and firefighters participated in a much-touted terror drill at a Manhattan subway station Sunday, several EMTs griped that it was a farce as far as their unit is concerned — because it’s still nearly impossible for them to communicate underground.
November 23, 2015
Patrol
Re-thinking how Police Train and Talk about the 21-Foot Rule
A key element to the entire discussion of the so-called 21-Foot Rule is the perceived intent of the subject and threat that the individual potentially poses.
September 26, 2022
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