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Police Magazine
September 2002
In This Issue
Training
9/11: Port Authority Police Department
Thirty-seven. That's how many New York/New Jersey Port Authority Police officers came to work on Sept. 11, 2001, and never went home. More than 2 percent of the agency's complement of 1,400 was killed in the attack, and to add insult to extreme injury, its headquarters were on the 67th floor of 1 World Trade Center.
August 31, 2002
Weapons
Improving the Odds
For some reason, most officers have a vision of a gunfight as being one shooter against another. The reality of such incidents is much different and even deadlier. An alarming number of police gunfights involve more than one bad guy against a single cop.
August 31, 2002
Weapons
Precision Instrument
As the sear releases the striker and the primer ignites, it's now the rifle's job to deliver that bullet exactly where it must go.
August 31, 2002
Patrol
Sept. 11, 2001 Memorial
These officers died in the line of duty at the World Trade Center.
August 31, 2002
Weapons
Flying While Armed
As a former Federal Air Marshal, I am often asked, "Should law enforcement officers be allowed to carry their guns when they are passengers on commercial airliners?" My short answer is, "Hell, yes."
August 31, 2002
Weapons
Taurus' PT111 Millennium
At 18.7 ounces, the PT111SS qualifies as a true pocket pistol.
August 31, 2002
Patrol
Emergency Entry Without a Warrant
Restating the obvious, a police officer should obtain a warrant before conducting a search.
August 31, 2002
Patrol
Officer Not All There
"If anything happens tonight and we have to do any shooting, you have to do all of it," Hero said in a most relaxed manner.
August 31, 2002
Patrol
One Man, One Bomb
"The threat of suicide bombers in the U.S. is not an 'if' but a 'when,'" read a recent alert to law enforcement that was sent by the California Department of Justice.
August 31, 2002
Patrol
Fools Rush In
Then you see them, casualties. Many of them, grotesquely motionless, obscured by the low hanging mist.
August 31, 2002
Weapons
Scattergun Goodies
Few items in the police arsenal are asked to wear as many hats as the duty shotgun. This ubiquitous tool is being increasingly relied upon to perform a wide range of roles-many never imagined even 20 years ago.
August 31, 2002
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