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Police Magazine
June 2002
In This Issue
Patrol
Your Choices
What accounts for the difference between the high producers and the lower ones? Simple. The high producers have made different choices than the others.
June 1, 2002
Weapons
Electrical Storm: Taser
The week before Christmas tragedy befell 27-year-old Marvin Hendrix of Hamilton, Ohio. That morning he was at his girlfriend’s residence when he started vomiting blood. She called 911 and paramedics arrived to find Hendrix combative and violent. They summoned the police.
May 31, 2002
Patrol
Temporary Insanity
Every officer on the New Orleans Police Department knows instinctively when Carnival season begins. No one needs to check the calendar. It's in the air like the smell of alcohol and the laughter of excited crowds gathering on the streets of the Vieux Carre (the French Quarter).
May 31, 2002
Weapons
Glock 21
Since taking the law enforcement community by storm in the early 1980s, Glock has continued to grace the holsters of cops of every rank and service.
May 31, 2002
Special Units
Gangs? Not In My Town
Gangs exist everywhere in this country. Although we might like to think we are immune, no community should give in to this belief.
May 31, 2002
Patrol
Have Gun--Will Travel
Today's law enforcement personnel have many choices beyond leather, and much more to carry than just a pistol.
May 31, 2002
Patrol
Going Tactical
The biggest problem is recognizing true cover and what isn't. There is a distinct difference between cover and concealment.
May 31, 2002
Technology
Special Handling
Those last four words, "evaluate a suspicious package," always make those little cop hairs on the back of your neck stand straight out like the quills on a porcupine being chased by a hungry dog.
May 31, 2002
Patrol
Not Your Average Off-Duty Arrest
Out of the trees came a charging, trumpeting bull elephant, apparently intent on stomping not only the ball, but all the players, too.
May 31, 2002
Technology
Hardened Systems
Mobile computing technology is changing the way law enforcement officers approach their jobs. It has freed them from in-house report writing and the tedious business of conveying messages through a dispatcher. It puts state and national databases at their fingertips, thereby decreasing wait time for critical information from 15 minutes to as little as 10 seconds. And it has increased officer productivity by as much as 50 percent.
May 31, 2002
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