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Patrol work hasn’t changed—but the expectations on officers have. See how one police chief helped officers get the right information at the right time, improve patrol visibility, and strengthen trust without adding complexity or surveillance. This real-world story shows how patrol-driven technology can make the job safer, smarter, and more effective—starting on day one.
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To aid thousands of Gulf Coast evacuees and people eager to help them in different states, the FBI is allowing free background checks using its criminal history database.
Read More →Smith & Wesson has announced a program to help new shooters get the training they need for safe gun ownership and use.
Read More →The newest HitPad target for Impact Training Systems’ HitMaster Personal Trainer product line registers contact from fists or impact weapons in three distinct zones. The human silhouette-style target works with the existing HitMaster Personal Trainer controller to record hits in up to three independent zones: head, midsection, and groin.
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Slicing through the rolling hills and quiet villages of Vermont’s Upper Valley are the dual black-ribbon roadways of interstates 89 and 91. Stretching from the Canadian border into New Hampshire and Connecticut, respectively, the robust thoroughfares form the backbone for travel in western New England.
Read More →Be prepared for things to go south on every contact you make. You never know when you’ll need to take chase or pull your gun at a moment’s notice.
Read More →Building search is one of the most dangerous assignments that you will face in your career as a police officer. Suspects hidden in buildings have some potentially deadly advantages over you: They know where they are, the know their numbers, they know if they are armed, and they can wait for you to come to them or remain concealed until you leave.
Read More →The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) invites first responders to assist in the development of a new voluntary consensus standard for decontamination showers by filling out a brief survey.
Read More →Police have gotten confessions from two people charged with killing a two-year-old boy in Hialeah, Fla., 25 years ago: his mother and stepfather.
Read More →Governors from across the United States recently discussed at an annual meeting what funds and resources will be needed to carry out the mandates included in the Real ID Act, which would require that identification cards be enhanced to become part of a federal data system.
Read More →The new Driving Force training simulator from IES offers integrated driving/use-of-force scenarios, stand-alone use-of-force scenarios, and a driving simulator that can branch into a variety of endings depending on the reactions of the driver. Law enforcement agencies can also film and edit their own scenarios and add text and audio to additional scenarios via built-in editing software.
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