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Inside the Badge is a collection of blogs offering unique insights and perspectives from the Law Enforcement Community

Inside the Badge by Melanie BasichAugust 31, 2012

Police Links: Paddleboarding Patrol

As we get ready to say goodbye to summer, it will either make you smile or curse your luck to find out that a California police department has started a standup paddleboarding (SUP) patrol.

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Inside the Badge by David GriffithAugust 29, 2012

Using Light To Illuminate Threats

Light can be one of an officer's most valuable allies in close-quarter battle. A tactical light helps you identify and neutralize threats. It also prevents you from dropping the hammer on a fellow officer or a civilian who is not a threat.

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Inside the Badge by Erin SpandorfAugust 28, 2012

Calif. Sheriff Enlists Surveillance Plane

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has begun using a Cessna aircraft outfitted with state-of-the-art surveillance gear that feeds streaming images to deputies on the ground.

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Inside the Badge by Dave YoungAugust 28, 2012

The History of Crowd Management

Riot lines of officers with little protective gear in the 1920s gave way to the use of chemical agents in the 1970s.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleAugust 27, 2012

Video: NYPD's Empire State Building Shooting

It's small wonder that the news media reported the shooting outside the Empire State Building last week as a mass shooting—it certainly appeared to be. Only it wasn't a mass shooting by a suspect, but by cops.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleAugust 24, 2012

Are You Dealing With A Super Genius?

An ABA Journal story recalled the rewards that can come from perusing others' scribblings. About the only thing these mental mavericks lack is a prognostication on how long a sentence they'll get for the sentences they write.

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