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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 Steve AshleyApril 18, 2008

Combined Skills Training

It's difficult to fit in all of the types of mandatory training Why, then, can't we combine different elements of the training that officers receive?

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleApril 18, 2008

Uncomfortable With Your Duty Gun?

I wasn't the only one out there that day faking my way through firearms training.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarApril 18, 2008

Dangerous Defectors and the Pesetas Prison Gang

The prison gang defector, even after cooperating with law enforcement, is still a formidable and dangerous predator. His mental and criminal cunning, his tactical combat experience, and even his drug addiction remain dangerous to you.

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Inside the Badge by Steve AshleyApril 18, 2008

Teach with Less Talk, More Action

Training should be more of an exchange of ideas, and less of a lecture. What officer students really like is more interactive training, and less "talking at them."

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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienApril 16, 2008

Death and Taxes

I checked the Officer Down Memorial Page (odmp.com) to see if there have been any law enforcement fatalities on April 15th. Sure enough, when I clicked on the Website for April 15th, there were 59 law enforcement officer line-of-duty deaths listed from 1857 to 2004—32 from gunfire.

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Inside the Badge by Dan PasqualeApril 11, 2008

Responding to Civil Disputes

Here you are being thrust into the middle of a situation that took years to deteriorate. Now you are expected to solve it in five minutes or less because you are, in fact, the police department, right?

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