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How To Avoid Failing the FTO Program

Passing the FTO program isn't difficult, if you accept that this is another learning station in life. Bring your best and apply all you know, and you'll pass with flying colors.

Do You Speak Swahili?

In prison, forms of black slang and African languages are used to code conversations to prevent non-black inmates and staff from understanding the communication. They also serve as a racial recruiting tool.

Radical African American groups preach the myth that the African race is a super race and new gang recruits can return to their African warrior tribal roots. Photo courtesy of Rich Valdemar.

A Swahili Dictionary

The Black Panther Press' underground "New Afrikan Swahili Dialect Dictionary" is a guide to words and phrases used by black gang members in prison. Break the code by learning these translated terms.

A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words…And Maybe Some Punitive Time Off

Even if one could somehow rationalize his way around such ghoulish behavior, it carries with it too many risks. And one day, regardless of whether or not such pictures fall into the wrong hands or cause yourself any other grief, you may well regret taking them.

What NFL Coach Vince Lombardi Can Teach LE About Searches

What so many deadly confrontations have in common is they all involve suspect searches. All the officers involved in the preceding incidents were experienced, well trained, armed and equipped.

Statue of Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi outside the team's stadium. Photo via Flickr (akahodag).

Caliber Selection for Backup and Off-Duty Guns

My personal basic requirement is that any handgun I select as a backup gun must also be a weapon I would be confident carrying off duty and may be possibly compelled to take enforcement action with.

SHOT Show 2011: Kel-Tec Gives More Details On KSG Shotgun

At the Kel-Tec booth, company engineers acknowledged the weapon's similarity to the NeoStead 2000 (NS2000), a combat shotgun produced by South African firearms maker Truvelo beginning in 2001.

A closer look at the Kel-Tec KSG, courtesy of a company engineer who disassembled it for POLICE Magazine.

Do You Speak Nahuatl?

Mexicans and Mexican Americans who can barely say taco are being taught dialects of the ancient Aztec language Nahuatl. In California prisons both the Mexican Mafia and the rival Nuestra Familia use this Aztec mythology to recruit and train soldiers for their wars.

The tattoo on this man's head is an Aztec shield symbol for eternal war.

A Nahuatl Dictionary

A Nahuatl dictionary was intercepted in a prison in September 2000. It contains the code to the ancient Aztec language now being used by gang members. Break the code by learning these translated terms.

Avoid Fried Chicken on the Steering Wheel

Patrol car fleet survival is simple: Think decontamination at all times. Before you start a shift, clean all contact points on the car with disinfecting wipes.

Photo via Flickr (Elephant Gun Studios).

Think Twice Before You Key That Mic

The mere fact that an officer broadcasts that a person of a particular racial background and gender was involved in a crime simultaneously accomplishes two things: It puts one group of potential suspects on cops' radars while effectively eliminating another.

Photo via Flickr (Rob!).

Final Michigan Vehicle Test Report Arrives

The Precision Driving Unit tested 18 patrol vehicles for acceleration, braking, high-speed handling, and other tests. Four motorcycles were included in the group.

Photo courtesy of Michigan State Police.

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