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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 David GriffithAugust 22, 2007

TREXPO East 2007—Day One Conference Highlights

Using data that he has gathered from autopsies and from his experience with gunshot patients who survived, Vail revealed the limitations of traditional handgun and rifle ammo.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarAugust 21, 2007

The Vineland Boys Gang

The powerful 18th Street Gang considered the formation of this new gang by its own members to be "set jumping" and have been at war with the Vineland Boys ever since. This betrayal of their 18th Street allegiance would prove fatal to some.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleAugust 20, 2007

Head Hunters are Gunning for You

On July 27, Phoenix police officer George Cortez, Jr. was shot in the eye and killed after being distracted while handcuffing a suspect.

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Inside the Badge by William HarveyAugust 17, 2007

FTO for Life

There is an age old question that surfaces in this column of mine: How long will the FTO be my FTO? The first answer to this is that it depends on which phase of the training process you are in, but that is the incorrect answer. The real answer is, for life.

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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienAugust 15, 2007

The Team is the Thing

Unlike today’s established teams, early SWAT teams had to develop their own basic training camps. I was privileged to help form the current Cleveland Police SWAT Unit—after a decade of struggling through four failed units/concepts that were deleted from the organizational structure. New teams have challenges and growing pains that established teams don’t.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleAugust 14, 2007

Euthanizing Animals (And I Mean the Four-Legged Kind)

Humane issues not withstanding, the situation was a no-brainer: The deer had to be put out of its misery before it caused a traffic accident.

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