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How Martial Arts Training Benefits Law Enforcement Officers

Included in the benefits to participating in any form of martial art are the increased fitness and flexibility one gains, as well as the psychological effect of enhanced self-awareness and self-assuredness.

Morale, Retention, and Recruitment

At a time of severe stress for law enforcement, it’s critical that police leaders keep the spirits of their officers high.

Transforming Live-Fire Training

InVeris Training Solutions is adding new technology to its range products and services.

The InVeris QuikTurn 360 enables target identification threat/non-threat judgment training. It can be controlled with a tablet.

Point of Law: Recent Rulings on Exigency

A 2021 case involving an Iowa police department reveals how the Supreme Court is refining the exigent circumstances exemption.

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What You Need to Know About Human Trafficking

The exploitation of people for unpaid labor and forced prostitution is a heinous crime that is much more prevalent in modern America than you think.

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Disaster Aid For Disaster Responders

Volunteers from the Fraternal Order of Police deploy to communities recovering from storms, fires, and other destructive events to provide care and comfort for the area’s first responders.

New Training Realities

Virtual reality and augmented reality technology are now being incorporated into simulator training and may one day replace lectures in classrooms, in-service and roll-call reminders, and force-on-force scenarios.

Officer wearing the headset for the InVeris VR-DT training system with example of the kinds of images you can interact with during training.

Taming Range Noise

The Troy Acoustics system can make it safer for officers to practice their firearms skills and reduce citizen complaints about intrusive gunfire sound levels.

Installing the Troy Acoustics system to the walls of a range. The system absorbs noise and reduces the time that the sound of gunfire reflects on the range down to 1.5 seconds.

Point of Law: The Plain View Exception

A recent eighth circuit court of appeals case is very instructive on when you can seize an object without a warrant.

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Understanding Handheld Drug Detection Technologies

Handheld drug detection and identification tools can help officers make presumptive analysis of street drugs, including designer drugs, and alert them to hazardous materials.

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Point of Law: Mentally Ill Suspect Attacking with Vehicle

Louisiana sheriff’s deputies used deadly force when an apparently mentally ill man attacked a lieutenant with his car. The district court ruled for the officers and the plaintiffs appealed.

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Improving Response to Mental Health Incidents

Law enforcement agencies across America are searching for more effective ways to handle calls about individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.

Houston’s Crisis Call Diversion program lets officers call in mental health personnel for appropriate assistance at some calls. If they arrive at a scene and discover that an individual is in mental distress, they can connect the subject with a mental health expert on the phone or have them come to the location.

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