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Weaponsby Chuck KleinMarch 31, 2015

Carrying After Retirement

From middle age through our senior years, most of us start to experience some physical problems that can make shooting a handgun accurately much more difficult. Let's look at how you can address each of them.

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Trainingby David GriffithMarch 31, 2015

'Fixing' Police Training

In the wake of last year's anti-police demonstrations, politicians made a lot of promises to "fix" policing and retrain officers to use force more sparingly. Now that some of these programs are being implemented, we are seeing the training may be sacrificing real world common sense about violence in favor of politically correct ideology.

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Technologyby Melanie BasichMarch 31, 2015

E-Citation Solutions

These products help make ticketing simpler and easier.

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Technologyby Jim OkerblomMarch 27, 2015

Computerizing K-9 Search-and-Rescue

Some volunteer K-9 search-and-rescue groups rely on cloud-based Mission Manager Incident Management software to help manage their personnel and equipment, and also enhance situational awareness in the field.

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Trainingby Amaury MurgadoMarch 27, 2015

What a Review Says About You

Many supervisors assume that performance appraisals are only about the subordinate being evaluated, but an evaluation almost always ends up being more about the supervisor. Let me explain why with an example.

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Technologyby Melanie BasichMarch 23, 2015

ALPR: Capturing Crime Leads

Automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology allows law enforcement officers to quickly recognize expired tags and identify and locate stolen vehicles. But it's also often instrumental in finding wanted and missing persons and solving a wide range of crimes, including homicides.

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Patrolby Dave SmithMarch 23, 2015

Thank You for Freedom

People who live in fear are not really free, or cannot stay free long with such anxiety, and you are the ones they call in a crisis.

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Patrolby Amaury MurgadoMarch 13, 2015

Pawn Shop Alarm

A call comes in about an alarm going off at a very popular pawn shop just a little past midnight. You've handled a large number of false alarms at this location, but this time it could be a real burglary.

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Patrolby Jon AdlerMarch 13, 2015

Irrational Fear vs. Officer Safety

First, law enforcement critics such as civil libertarians and liberal journalists claimed that we were over-militarized, and now they're mischaracterizing officer safety equipment as spy tools.

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Patrolby David GriffithMarch 9, 2015

Tuff Products Dual-Purpose Tactical Kit

The T.A.S.K. with P.T.K. is a leg rig that holds four AR-15/M4 magazines, EMT shears, latex gloves, surgical tape, modular bandage, tourniquet, and a chest seal. It's made of rugged 1680-denier black ballistic nylon and double-layered scuba webbing.

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