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Police Magazine
January 2003
In This Issue
Weapons
Preventing Training Tragedies: Friendly Fire
Of all training accidents, police officers shooting each other in simulation drills are the most tragic. They are also the most difficult for some officers and civilians to comprehend.
December 31, 2002
Patrol
How to...Acquire AEDs
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) now come in portable versions that can be carried in patrol cars and used to shock a person's heart into beating again. Although ambulances are equipped with these devices, you, as a first responder, will probably get to a person suffering from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) before EMTs can respond. And certainly before the patient can get to a hospital with a crash cart.
December 31, 2002
Weapons
The Great Persuader
Recently on the U.S. border with Mexico, a Border Patrol officer was caught with no backup while facing an angry mob of illegal aliens bent on crossing into the United States.
December 31, 2002
Technology
Untapped Resources
It was once believed that the Internet would run every print publication in America out of business some time in the first year of the then expected Gore presidency. But a funny thing happened on the way to print's inevitable extinction. The dinosaurs didn't lay down and decay into crude oil.
December 31, 2002
Weapons
SOG's Flash II Assisted Opening Folding Knife
SOG Knives has built a strong reputation among knife users by manufacturing hard-use affordably priced knives of high quality.
December 31, 2002
Patrol
Squirrels Don't Forget
Once that gray squirrel had settled into his new home, the California State Police officers who patrol the park experienced a dramatic increase in the number of squirrel bite reports. They went from none to 30 per day.
December 31, 2002
Patrol
Special Report: Preventing Training Tragedies
In this issue of
POLICE
magazine, we address one of the greatest pressing concerns of police executives and law enforcement: the growing number of serious accidents and even deaths in police training.
December 31, 2002
Vehicle Ops
Preventing Training Tragedies: Traffic School
Each year more law enforcement officers die in the line of duty from traffic accidents than from any other cause.
December 31, 2002
Patrol
Under Siege
Officers of the Hempstead force say they have learned to accept the glares of hate. What they find more unsettling is that they are being surveiled.
December 31, 2002
Special Units
Preventing Training Tragedies: Living And Dying On The Edge
The danger is, of course, part of the appeal of being a SWAT officer. But it's also why SWAT training must be approached with the greatest level of precision and precaution.
December 31, 2002
Weapons
Les Baer Super-Tac
With the dramatic resurgence in interest in the 1911 platform, it's comforting to note the old war-horse is still a viable alternative to the black-plastic gun trend.
December 31, 2002
Patrol
Preventing Training Tragedies: Hard Knocks
Today's DT training is much more gritty, more physical, and closer to an approximation of what officers experience in a real street encounter. Unfortunately, it's also much more dangerous.
December 31, 2002
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