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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 GriffithMay 1, 2003

TREXPO West: Getting Physical

Unlike many police trade shows, the Law Enforcement Tactical Response Show & Conference (TREXPO) gives officers an opportunity to go hands on with weapons at the range event and with defensive tactics in the seminar program.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 1, 2003

Suicide is Not Painless

Killing yourself is an act of emotional violence against your friends and family.

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Articlesby David GriffithApril 1, 2003

SHOT Show 2003: This Year's Models

Each year the National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc. stages one of the nation’s largest exhibits of new products in the firearms and hunting markets, the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoors Trade (SHOT) Show. Here’s our look at some of the more intriguing items that we saw in the aisles.

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Articlesby David GriffithApril 1, 2003

Time for Sacrifice

If you really want a safer, more secure America, then stop the tax cuts.

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Articlesby David GriffithMarch 1, 2003

Outgunned

There is a tendency among all law enforcement to believe that no matter the odds, their bravery and training can save the day. It’s an instinct that a good SWAT officer must overcome. Because believe it or not, there are times when even a SWAT team may be outgunned or otherwise need help.

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Articlesby David GriffithFebruary 1, 2003

The Soft Underbelly

Terrorists seeking access to the "Great Satan" can just walk across the border.

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Articlesby David GriffithJanuary 1, 2003

Preventing Training Tragedies: Friendly Fire

Of all training accidents, police officers shooting each other in simulation drills are the most tragic. They are also the most difficult for some officers and civilians to comprehend.

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Articlesby David GriffithJanuary 1, 2003

Preventing Training Tragedies: Traffic School

Each year more law enforcement officers die in the line of duty from traffic accidents than from any other cause.

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Articlesby David GriffithJanuary 1, 2003

Preventing Training Tragedies: Hard Knocks

Today's DT training is much more gritty, more physical, and closer to an approximation of what officers experience in a real street encounter. Unfortunately, it's also much more dangerous.

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Articlesby David GriffithJanuary 1, 2003

Untapped Resources

It was once believed that the Internet would run every print publication in America out of business some time in the first year of the then expected Gore presidency. But a funny thing happened on the way to print's inevitable extinction. The dinosaurs didn't lay down and decay into crude oil.

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