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Vehicle Opsby StaffMarch 17, 2025

Reaching the Call Safely

How can officers stay safer behind the wheel when responding to calls? Driving instructors from the Michigan State Police and the Georgia Public Safety Training Center share their tips.

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Weaponsby StaffMarch 12, 2025

The POLICE Pistol Optics Survey

The survey of working officers shows that police have embraced handgun optics with great enthusiasm. Of the officers who completed our entire survey, 77% said their agencies allow them to use handgun optics on duty.

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Point of Lawby StaffMarch 11, 2025

Dave Smith: Pardon Me

While a pardon restores your rights, it doesn’t erase your conviction, nor does it shield you from civil suits, seizure and forfeitures, or protect you from other prosecutions for crimes other than the ones pardoned.

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Trainingby StaffMarch 11, 2025

Editorial: Preventing Recruit Deaths

Training injuries and even training fatalities are far too common in law enforcement academies, and they need to be addressed.

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Special Unitsby StaffMarch 7, 2025

POLICE Product Test: 5.11 V.XI XTU Pants and V.XI Sigurd Shirt

The V.XI XTU Pants and V.XI Sigurd Shirt achieve a good balance between looking tactical and approachable. You could wear them to a community engagement event or a high-stakes operation without looking out of place in either scenario.

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Special Unitsby Ronnie WendtFebruary 6, 2025

Legal Issues for K-9 Teams

How to navigate the changing legal landscape in 2025.

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Special Unitsby Ronnie WendtFebruary 6, 2025

Innovating School Security

Bullseye K9 is transforming school safety with firearms and drug detection dogs.

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Special Unitsby Ronnie WendtFebruary 6, 2025

Help for Trauma Survivors

Operation Freedom Paws offers a lifeline for veterans, first responders and police officers.

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Patrolby StaffJanuary 15, 2025

POLICE Product Test: 5.11 Founder’s Jacket (Blazer)

5.11's Founder's Jacket is kind of tactical outerwear for a business casual look. One of its most interesting features is elastic MOLLE webbing on the inside for attaching critically important items that won’t fit in its pockets.

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Patrolby David GriffithJanuary 13, 2025

POLICE Product Test: Streamlight’s ProTac HL 6 Flashlight

On high, the ProTac HL 6’s 5,300 lumens turns night into day for hundreds of yards. On low, you can easily search a backyard.

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