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Patrol•by Commander Gilmore•August 1, 2002

Scarce Ammo and Surprising Shots

None of the politicos knew until it was over that many of the officers only had one bullet each, and many of them had no ammunition at all.

Patrol•by Charles J. Mader•August 1, 2002

Don't You Have Better Things to Do?

Police work is not intended to generate revenue. This happens because the command staff allows it to happen and they, in turn, sell out their police officers and the entire law enforcement community.

Weapons•by Steve Collins•August 1, 2002

Hidden Threats

As police officers on the streets of our cities, you face potentially deadly disguised and hidden weapons every single day.

Patrol•by Dave Douglas•August 1, 2002

If you are shot while wearing body armor, you will still feel the energy of the bullet's impact. But if the armor works, the force will be spread out over your entire torso rather than in just a specific area.

Special Units•by Al Valdez•August 1, 2002

Home Invasion Robberies

Indo-Chinese street gangs have made these robberies a popular form of crime for today's gangsters.

Weapons•by Roy Huntington•August 1, 2002

Mossberg: The 'Other' Shotgun

With the advent of today's innovative roundup of specialty munitions, including high-velocity sabot slugs, less-lethal rounds, and the new generations of low-recoiling buckshot, the smoothbore has a new lease on life.

Special Units•by David Griffith•August 1, 2002

Field Dressing

The reality of the contemporary police special ops team is very different than the image of LAPD SWAT that was burned into America's collective consciousness by the hit show.

Technology•by Lois Pilant•August 1, 2002

The Fifth Element

Welcome to the new battleground. Called "fifth-dimensional battlespace," it takes the old three-dimensional battlefield (the spatial dimensions of length, width, height or depth of an area), and the temporal dimension of time, and adds the fifth dimension of cyberspace.

Weapons•by Dave Workman•August 1, 2002

The Scientific Method

Searching for a weapon that would fit the grips of both small-handed officers and big officers with huge meathooks, Jenkins' attention was drawn to the Model 1911 platform, a pistol design that has not been officially adopted by a U.S. metropolitan police department in 50 years.

Special Units•by David Griffith•August 1, 2002

TWO if by Sea: Tactical Waterborne Units

The lesson of the Baltimore exercise is quite clear: police agencies can't just arbitrarily decide that their jurisdictions end at the water's edge and assume that anything on the water will be handled by the Coast Guard, the Navy, or somebody else.

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