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Patrol•by Scott Smith•August 1, 2008

Police Product Test: Streamlight Sidewinder Light

Streamlight's Sidewinder is like the right angle light made famous by the military but with numerous improvements.

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Patrol•by David Griffith•July 1, 2008

A Matter of National Security

We need to find an alternative to oil. But we can’t just wave a magic wand and make it so.

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Patrol•by Joseph Petrocelli•July 1, 2008

Day Laborer Sites

Arresting a day laborer can be frustrating, time-consuming, and fruitless for a patrol officer.

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Patrol•by Melanie Basich•July 1, 2008

Outfitting the Officer

Read on for the newest uniforms, outerwear, and casual wear for law enforcement.

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Patrol•by Melanie Basich•July 1, 2008

Buzz Kill

The ThorShield fabric backing on this Point Blank ballistic vest carrier effectively shorts out electro-conductive devices to prevent a shock.

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Weapons•by Paul Scarlata•July 1, 2008

SIG Sauer P250 Modular Pistol

With its new P250, SIG Sauer has embarked upon a completely novel concept in semi-automatic handguns—the modular pistol. The P250 is based upon a polymer grip module and metal frame/fire control assembly. This assembly is in fact the “pistol,” as it bears the serial number, which can be removed and inserted into another grip module.

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Vehicle Ops•by Mike Scott•July 1, 2008

Gas Pains

When law enforcement agencies were putting together their fiscal year budgets for 2008, few municipal or county administrators could have forecast the impact of skyrocketing gas prices.

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Special Units•by Dean Scoville•July 1, 2008

Shots Fired: Reno, Nevada 07•15•1999

Lessman inched forward. Beyond the refrigerator and deeper into the kitchen was a large table that had been upended on its side. He suspected that the table was shielding someone behind it.

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Patrol•by Ed Santos•July 1, 2008

Gaining the Advantage in Low-Light Environments

Many firearms instructors spend the time allotted to low-light training teaching popular flashlight techniques that have been around for years. That’s OK to a point. However, there is more to operating in the dark than knowing how to hold a flashlight.

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Weapons•by Scott Smith•July 1, 2008

Police Product Test: Trijicon RedDot

The Trijicon RedDot Sight is designed to be mounted on several of the company's ACOGs, but is also designed to be mounted on a handgun. I know there will be numerous guffaws at the idea of a red-dot sight on a duty handgun. But naysayers were also quick to dismiss the use of red-dot sights on duty ARs a decade ago. Now they're not a novelty but the norm.

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