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Weaponsby Dave BahdeAugust 12, 2010

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.

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Patrolby Devallis RutledgeAugust 10, 2010

Miranda Invocation and Waiver

If a suspect wants to assert either his right to counsel or his right to silence, it is up to him to do so, unequivocally and unambiguously.

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Patrolby Dave SmithAugust 10, 2010

The Bureaucratic Touch

We put high sensation-seeking folks like you in a highly structured bureaucracy and are shocked when it stresses the heck out of you.

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Patrolby David GriffithAugust 9, 2010

Lessons Learned from the Mehserle Trial

The Mehserle story serves as a cautionary tale for all officers and all law enforcement agencies.

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Patrolby Amaury MurgadoAugust 9, 2010

Problem Solving

Though there are many decision-making formats, there is one common component that is more important than any other: defining the problem you are trying to solve. One of the key ways to do so is by framing.

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Patrolby Sydney VailAugust 5, 2010

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.

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Trainingby Mike SiegfriedAugust 5, 2010

Safer Strikes

Trading blood with suspects is not a good idea - even if you do knock them out with your punch. Instead, learn four strikes that can lessen the likelihood of injury and transfer of blood.

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Patrolby POLICE Magazine StaffJuly 31, 2010

National Police Week: Honoring the Sacrifice

For those officers who make the trip, National Police Week in D.C. each May brings home the law enforcement family's shared sacrifice.

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Patrolby David GriffithJuly 31, 2010

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.

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Patrolby David GriffithJuly 30, 2010

Illegal Immigration: America's Broken Window

More serious crime breeds and multiplies something like bacteria in an untreated wound when petty offenses are ignored.

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