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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 Robert O'BrienJuly 21, 2009

Keep Summer SWAT Deployments Balanced

There's a potential danger for full-time teams that become so successful departments start to employ SWAT for everything. When this happens, the troops can easily become fatigued or view missions as "routine."

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJuly 17, 2009

Explosive Situations

At the City of Industry (Calif.) Sheriff’s Station, we had one deputy actually transport a grenade in the trunk of his patrol car before parking in the station parking lot. Once the grenade was discovered, it was left in the trunk of the deputy’s patrol car and the parking area was immediately taped off pending the response of the Arson/Explosives Detail. Our watch commander was livid and for good reason: The deputy had parked right next to her new Corvette.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonJuly 15, 2009

Improve Your Cybercrime Expertise

Learn more about how to stop people who hang out in chat rooms waiting for unsuspecting victims or send fraudulent e-mails about money scams this summer at the National Forensics Training Center.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonJuly 15, 2009

Eye Candy: Patrol Photos

Want a glimpse of the vehicle the officers of the Concord (N.H.) Police Department are using? How about an NYPD supervisor in the Fifth Precinct of Manhattan?

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Inside the Badge by Lori ConnellyJuly 15, 2009

Gift of Gab

When you're a police officer, you don't need to have the best gift of gab. Just avoid making the stupidest comment on the street.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonJuly 15, 2009

Performance Tests: 2009 Police Vehicles

Each year, the Michigan State Police evaluate the crop of new patrol cars, SUVs and motorcycles for law enforcement agencies. If you missed the initial release and are still wondering how the 2009 models performed, read more.

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