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Weapons
Will LE Adopt the 'Smart' Rifle?
Tracking Point Innovations hopes to change the way precision shooters calculate their shot by mounting "smart" aiming technology to a custom rifle. SWAT operators told POLICE Magazine they'll wait to see if it will hold up to duty use.
Photo courtesy of Tracking Point.
SWAT
Campus IED Attack: The Answer
With this SWAT blog, we're answering a question proposed in the May 29 blog, "Campus IED Attack: What Would You Do?" You told us how you would handle the scenario of a campus active shooter suspect with IEDs. Here's the answer.
MIT Officer Sean Collier was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing manhunt. Photo courtesy of MIT.
Vehicles
Mich. Sheriff Considering Chevy Volt for Patrol
To help reduce the carbon emissions of county fleet vehicles, the Washtenaw County (Mich.) Sheriff's Office purchased an electric Chevy Volt to convert for patrol duty.
Photo courtesy of WCSO.
Editor's Notes
How to Listen to PoliceMag.com Podcasts
Whether you're stuck in traffic on the way home from a shift or mowing your lawn on a Saturday, POLICE podcasts offer another great way to connect with the community of cops.
Photo by Kelly Bracken.
Women in Law Enforcement
How To Deal With Pregnancy In Law Enforcement
Being a female in law enforcement has its challenges. Being a pregnant female in law enforcement is its own unique animal. I'm here to try and answer a few of your questions or at least give you some advice to make it easier for you.
Photo courtesy of Jenna Underwood-Nunez.
Technology
4 Useful Law Enforcement Apps
As smartphones and other mobile devices become more prevalent in law enforcement, officers search for reference apps that quickly bring actionable information to the field.
Screenshot via Purple Forge.
Vehicles
Calif. Agency's Electric Motorcycle Interdicts Drug Crimes
The Sebastopol (Calif.) Police Department found itself ahead of the curve, when Zero Motorcycles introduced a police version of its electric DS motorcycle. An enterprising sergeant with the agency had already done just that.
Photo by Mike Nielsen.
Gangs
Why We Should Hire Returning Veterans
Like war, police work can be an ugly job. Like military service, it can be dangerous physically and psychologically. But who's better prepared to endure that crucible than our returning combat veterans?
Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), stand in formation. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army/Flickr.
Patrol
The Will To Survive
Of the components of the will to survive, none is more important than mindset. How often have we seen a man of lesser skillsets come out the survivor of some confrontation simply because he refused to go down?
Photo by Kelly Bracken.
Training
Get a Mental Oil Change
In your law enforcement career, there will be times when your stress level causes too much friction or locks up your forward motion. More and more officers are becoming victims of a level of stress that, if not attended to, could turn them into the psychologically walking wounded.
Photo via Stephen Poff/Flickr.
Weapons
U.S. Army Cancels Carbine Replacement Initiative
The M4 has become the U.S. Army's standard-issue combat rifle, and it's also a popular choice for SWAT operators, patrol officers, and federal agents. And it looks like law enforcement will continue to choose it for some time to come.
U.S. Army Rangers train at Fort Benning, Ga. Photo via Edward N. Johnson/Flickr.
Women in Law Enforcement
Tips for Joining the Motor Unit
Do you want to be distinguished as the top 0.2% of law enforcement? If you are a female and make it into your agency's motor unit, you will be.
Sanford (Fla.) PD's Officer Tina Leman weaves through traffic cones on her H-D Electra Glide at a training rodeo. Photo courtesy of Officer Tina Leman.
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