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Weaponsby A.J. GeorgeDecember 7, 2016

Police Product Test: Ambush 6 Tactical Magnetic Keeper

Sometimes brilliance is best represented by simplicity, and the Tactical Magnetic Keeper, or "TMK," is a great example. So what does it do? Pretty much anything you want it to do.

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Patrolby Jon AdlerDecember 7, 2016

Time to Disarm Police Critics

While trampling on the officer's reputation, the mayor failed to grasp police training and tactics.

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Trainingby Dave SmithDecember 7, 2016

The Basics

When officers do well it's inevitably because they have kept true to the training they were given.

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Patrolby David GriffithDecember 6, 2016

IACP 2016 Best of Show

This year's IACP show held in San Diego from Oct. 16 through Oct. 18 didn't really have a theme. Which in some ways made it more interesting. Here's a look at some products shown at this year's IACP that are available now or will be early next year.

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Trainingby George RyanDecember 5, 2016

Officer Fitness: Just Take a Deep Breath

In time, and with practice, you can apply your breathing practice as a response to stress and to help with emotional regulation even when responding to high-priority radio calls and after critical incidents.

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Trainingby Amaury MurgadoNovember 8, 2016

Maintaining Focus

Focus is all about concentrating on what's important, being in the present, and not letting anything distract you. Of course, that's a lot easier said than done.

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Patrolby Amaury MurgadoNovember 8, 2016

How To…Understand Your Role as an Initial Investigator

Conducting an investigation involves knowing your first responder responsibilities and knowing what the follow-up investigator (detective) will be looking for.

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Technologyby Melanie BasichNovember 8, 2016

Genetic Witness

What if you have unidentified remains and no clue as to who the person is? Or blood from a suspect, but no idea of who to look for? Snapshot DNA Phenotyping can analyze an unidentified person's DNA to create a picture of what he or she looks like.

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Technologyby StaffNovember 7, 2016

Facial Recognition Comes of Age

Applications for facial recognition are still being determined, but some of the most common include criminal investigations, identification of people with false IDs, and access control.

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Technologyby Melanie BasichNovember 7, 2016

Capturing a Moment in Time

Unlike manual techniques, a 3D laser scanner captures millions of data points to create a point cloud map. Multiple 360-degree scans can be combined to create a complete 3D view of a scene that can be revisited later in great detail.

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