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Section: Special Units
Patrol
Global Terror, Local Targets
The following is a quick look at where and how some of the leading experts on terrorism believe our enemies may strike. It's in no particular order because each scenario is a nightmare, and how do you rate a nightmare?
September 29, 2010
Special Units
Shots Fired: Scottsdale, Arizona 04/23/2006
This month, you're receiving an enhanced "Shots Fired" from POLICE Magazine. In addition to the usual gripping storytelling, we've also embedded links to the radio dispatch traffic, overhead thermal-image view from the helicopter and photos from the crime scene. Enjoy.
September 26, 2010
Special Units
Identifying and Documenting Gang Members
Patrol officers are an essential source of gang information and usually make up the front line defense against gangs. Through field contacts and observations, they can supply confirmation of an individual's gang membership.
September 22, 2010
Patrol
Active Shooter Response Gear
As patrol responds to more and more calls formerly reserved for SWAT teams, tools that equip these officers to handle violent incidents are increasingly important.
September 22, 2010
Special Units
Risk Management
Things are not technologically stagnant in the SWAT community. New versions of the tried and true, as well as innovative uses of modern mechanisms, simultaneously bring SWAT teams closer to suspects in the safest way possible and bring situations to safer conclusions.
August 19, 2010
Weapons
Searching for an Effective Small Caliber Sniper Round
This is about an alternative to a .308 for those snipers who will likely never even see a 100-yard deployment and do not need the overpenetration or down range effect. I believe the 6.8 SPC is that alternative.
August 11, 2010
Patrol
Field Trauma Care for LEOs
Every officer should have a minimum amount of medical equipment as well as training to use the equipment. As I have stated at
POLICE-TREXPO
in some of my presentations, my dream is for a small kit with the essentials to appear on the belt or in a pocket of every LEO.
August 4, 2010
Patrol
Should You Chase or Contain?
So should you chase or contain? It depends on the situation and what agency you work for. Just as there are a variety of threats to consider about suspects in flight, so too are there differences of opinion as to how to address the problem.
July 30, 2010
Special Units
Protective Eyewear
Today, protective eyewear is a must have for both law enforcement and military personnel, and you have a lot of makes and styles to choose from. Let's take a look at some of the latest duty eyewear.
July 29, 2010
Special Units
Hidden Drugs In Vehicle 'Traps'
These hidden compartments for cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine were discovered during "Project Deliverance," a multi-agency operation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration from its Special Operations Division center near D.C.
July 5, 2010
Technology
Things That Go Boom in the Night
With the exception of far-less-common biological or radiological threats, explosive devices are the nightmare scenario for people charged with protecting people and places. But advanced techniques can help detect these threats.
June 29, 2010
Special Units
Lost Opportunities
There was a time when gang officers were making real progress toward restraining the growth of gangs. Unfortunately, these officers were undercut by budgetary constraints, their own administrators, the whims of politicians, and ironically their own success.
May 27, 2010
Patrol
Shots Fired: Fontana, California 07/04/2005
The cyclist's attire suggested "gang banger" and their spot lamp illumination of him confirmed it. The rider - Camilo Morales - leaned forward and pistoned his legs faster.
May 12, 2010
Patrol
Casual Tactical Wear
Polo shirts and tac pants can take you to the range and beyond in style and comfort.
April 29, 2010
Special Units
Not Going for the Kill
A SWAT team is called out to a barricade situation. A man holed up in his house claims to have a hostage, and negotiators are getting nowhere as the subject refuses to surrender. Now tactical teams can employ multiple less-lethal options to help end such a situation at different points throughout an incident without employing lethal force.
March 30, 2010
Special Units
Breaking and Entering
Wall is the inventor of the WallBanger DoorKey, a device distributed by Safariland that uses the explosive element of a flash-bang grenade to breach even some of the toughest doors.
March 30, 2010
Patrol
Student Bullying
In order to put bullying in a light police are familiar with, you may want to view it through the prism of domestic violence.
March 25, 2010
Patrol
Shots Fired: St. Louis, Missouri 10/01/2007
A 17-year-old member of the 41 Delmar Mob gang stopped, spinning and opening fire on the two officers with his 9mm pistol.
March 25, 2010
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