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Careers
LAPD Rampart's Special Problems Unit
The LAPD's Rampart Division may be the agency's smallest geographic area, but its steady flow of house burglaries, auto thefts, and meth-fueled crime offer the Special Problems Unit plenty of opportunity for targeted enforcement.
LAPD Rampart's SPU tests new equipment such as a V-8 Dodge Charger. Photo by Blake Bobit.
Gangs
Gang Task Forces Take Down Mexican Mafia 'Carnals'
Two recent investigations show us the value of gang task forces that combine resources from law enforcement, prosecutors, and corrections to take down Mexican Mafia "carnals" in Southern California.
Mexican Mafia members and brothers Rafael 'Cisco' Munoz-Gonzalez (left) and Caesar 'Blanco' Munoz-Gonzales received life sentences for drug and weapon charges. Photos courtesy of DEA.
Patrol
The Miranda Arrest: 50 Years Later
In March of 1963, Phoenix Police Officer Carroll Cooley arrested Ernesto Miranda. Fifty years later, Miranda warnings are as much a part of policing today as a set of handcuffs.
Retired Capt. Carroll Cooley appears at the Phoenix Police Museum to discuss the Miranda arrest. Photo by Mark W. Clark.
Patrol
If You Don't Learn This, You'll Die!
It's been said that the street cop wears many hats: psychologist, sociologist, counselor, arbitrator; electrician, firefighter, judge, jury, and even executioner. But how much formal training has he or she been exposed to in these various capacities?
Photo by Kelly Bracken.
Careers
Learn Your Weak Skill, Then Fix It
I live by one theory—the thing that you fear the most is always lurking around the corner. Train smart, train hard and turn your weakness to strength.
Photo courtesy of William Harvey.
Vehicles
Wis. Agency Enlists Subaru Rally Car
The Greenfield (Wis.) Police Department's 2012 Subaru WRX STI makes an impression on traffic scofflaws and cruisers who often request a ride in the vehicle after an arrest.
Photo by Jay Baumgardner.
Patrol
Police Union Opposes 'Compassionate' Parole for Calif. Cop Killer
In 1973, Gerald Youngberg took the lives of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Lt. Al Stewart, California Highway Patrol Officer Larry Wetterling, and gas station attendant Robert Jenkins in execution-style murders.
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Lt. Al Stewart (left) and California Highway Patrol Officer Larry Wetterling. Photos via LAPPL.
Training
Cross-Train Less-Lethal Weapons with Mutual-Aid Agencies
Whenever you arrive for mutual aid, you're the visiting team. Everyone has different ground rules. Another department arriving on mutual aid may have a more stringent or lackadaisical policy. Compare their policy for deployment to yours.
Photo: Mark W. Clark
Technology
App Review: First Responder Support Tools
The First Responder Support Tools (FiRST) app for iOS, Android, and Windows can assist you with HazMat spill evacuation and IED standoff distances.
Screenshots via ARA Developer.
Women in Law Enforcement
Pitfalls of Off-Duty Carry for Female Cops
Our clothing is close-fitting, which makes it difficult and occasionally impractical to conceal a handgun underneath it. The bulge makes it much too obvious.
Many women use purses for off-duty concealed carry. Photo courtesy of Patricia Teinert.
Editor's Notes
Police Links: Exploding Oven Bullets
February is a short month, but there was no shortage of offenders and weird happenings during this time. For one, a woman was injured by an exploding bullet caused by a Glock magazine being kept in an oven.
Photo by Kelly Bracken.
SWAT
Lessons Learned from the ATF Waco Raid
A trio of ATF commanders have offered new details about the failed Waco raid and outlined changes within the agency since 1993, as the agency remembers its four fallen agents on the 20th anniversary.
Branch Davidians fired this .50-caliber Barrett rifle at ATF agents during the Waco raid. Photo courtesy of NLEOMF.
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