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SWAT

Profiling an Active Shooter

Just like other criminals, active shooters fit a profile. Read this guide to identify their six common traits.

Vehicles

New Patrol Car Accessories Take Center Stage at Fleet Expo

Two things were clear from a visit to this year’s Police Fleet Expo: Ford’s new police interceptor sedan and police interceptor SUV are starting to make serious impact in the patrol vehicle market and manufacturers are searching for ways to make emergency vehicle operations safer.

Gangs

Two Effective Gang Enforcement Strategies

Long Beach patrol officers can pull up photos of served gang members, maps of safety zones—those parts of the city subject to the gang injunction—a copy of the injunction and a hyperlink to the image of the proof of service form. That certainty has produced very real results.

Vehicles

Kawasaki Shelves Concours 14P Motorcycle

Kawasaki Motors Corp. has suspended its Concours 14P police motorcycle program, after determining that dealer modifications were causing a blown main fuse, increasing the risk of a crash.

Editor's Notes

Cop Slang: Our Favorite Terms From You

Since May, officers have added dozens of great terms to "Cop Slang"—more than 350, in fact. Here are 10 of the very best we've seen added by readers.

Women in Law Enforcement

How to Balance Work, School, and Family

No, I do not hold any super powers giving me the ability to increase the number of hours in a day. My life was chaos until I was able to set up a schedule built on time management and communication.

Patrol

Author Interview: 'If There Were Any Victims'

Author Bill Louis says that based on what those files contained, from 2005–2007 most crimes occurring in the town, including rape, murder, and child molestation, were never investigated.

Careers

Older Recruits

Some view the occupation of a cop as inside work and no heavy lifting. Think again. Fully explore your new employer and understand how the agency can withstand any more shuttering of the economy.

Weapons

Glock's 21SF: The Perfect Duty Weapon

My top criteria for a law enforcement duty gun include reliability, stopping power, ergonomics, and ease of maintenance. Glock has packaged all of these and more into what I consider to be the perfect law enforcement duty weapon, the Glock 21SF (Short Frame).

Patrol

Put Yourself Out There

Of course, guys like me were the dummies in this equation. The truth was that the nail sticking out didn't necessarily get hammered. An incredible amount of the time it got promoted.

Vehicles

Philly P.D. Shifts Away From Front-Wheel-Drive Cruiser

The Chevy Impala has been a "home run" for the Philadelphia Police Department. However, when the department chooses its "next gen" vehicle, it likely won't be a front-wheel-drive vehicle.

Editor's Notes

Police Links: Taking Care of Your Own

After The Fourth of July's combination of overflowing patriotism and excitement from numerous morons setting off illegal fireworks, the rest of the month can be a bit of a let-down, but here are some things you might want to read that appeared online this month.

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