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David Griffith

Editor

David Griffith has been editor of POLICE Magazine since December 2001. He brings more than 40 years of experience on magazines and newspapers to POLICE. A Maggie award-winning journalist, his byline has appeared on hundreds of articles in POLICE and other national magazines.

Articlesby David GriffithJune 7, 2010

Kawasaki's Concours 14P: Blue Streak

Today, Kawasaki is once again making police bikes. The company's new Concours 14 represents its attempt at recapturing a share of the law enforcement market.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 20, 2010

Reinventing the Shotgun

People who've witnessed Metal Storm's stacked munitions technology have a tendency to walk away with a look on their faces like they've just seen the future of tactical firearms. The concept is really that innovative and revolutionary.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 7, 2010

Rules of Engagement

They wanted to know why Walters didn't shoot the knife out of Collins' hand? Shoot to maim? Why would Walters be in fear for his life since he was wearing body armor? And they wanted to know, could an X-acto knife really kill you?

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Articlesby David GriffithApril 30, 2010

Suicide by Cop: The Most Selfish Act

People who choose to force cops to shoot them to death often wound and kill bystanders and even cops in the process.

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Inside the Badge by David GriffithApril 27, 2010

ILEETA: Force Panel Debates Point Shooting vs. Aimed Fire

The panel discussed the issue in terms of training and officer-involved shootings. And it concluded that point shooting may be what happens in a gunfight but to point shoot well under stress officers need to aim when they train.

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Inside the Badge by David GriffithApril 22, 2010

ILEETA: Trainers Go Hands On With Simulators

One of the best things about attending the International Law Enforcement Educators and Training Association conference held this week in the Chicago area is that trainers get some serious hands-on experience with some of the latest training tools, including use-of-force simulators.

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Articlesby David GriffithApril 8, 2010

Raging Bull

Can the police version of the Taurus sustain Ford's domination of the patrol car market? What we can say now is that the NGPI is a fine-looking automobile with the sleek lines of a luxury sports sedan; it performs like a muscle car; and it was designed from the ground up for police duty.

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Articlesby David GriffithMarch 31, 2010

Breaking and Entering

Wall is the inventor of the WallBanger DoorKey, a device distributed by Safariland that uses the explosive element of a flash-bang grenade to breach even some of the toughest doors.

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Inside the Badge by David GriffithMarch 30, 2010

Real "Christian" Warriors

Federal indictments detail a plan so heinous it deserves repeating because you need to be on guard for this kind of stuff. They were reportedly going to lure a local cop into an ambush and kill that officer. Then they were going to wait until other officers gathered from miles around for their victim's funeral and set off IEDs to bomb the procession. Their goal was to start a war between themselves and the U.S. government.

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Articlesby David GriffithMarch 23, 2010

The Force Scientist

Since 2004, POLICE-TREXPO keynote speaker Dr. Bill Lewinski and his team have dedicated themselves not only to researching human performance factors under stress and fear but also disseminating the research of other academics to rank-and-file officers.

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