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Police Magazine
July 2008
In This Issue
Patrol
Playing the Odds
Sometimes it takes a smack in the face or some other bad event to remind us of the great risks we take and make us appreciate surviving.
June 30, 2008
Patrol
Civil Liability and Protected Speech
You must act with considerable discipline and restraint when loudmouths try to demean and upset you with offensive language and gestures.
June 30, 2008
Weapons
Police Product Test: Trijicon RedDot
The Trijicon RedDot Sight is designed to be mounted on several of the company's ACOGs, but is also designed to be mounted on a handgun. I know there will be numerous guffaws at the idea of a red-dot sight on a duty handgun. But naysayers were also quick to dismiss the use of red-dot sights on duty ARs a decade ago. Now they're not a novelty but the norm.
June 30, 2008
Patrol
Gaining the Advantage in Low-Light Environments
Many firearms instructors spend the time allotted to low-light training teaching popular flashlight techniques that have been around for years. That’s OK to a point. However, there is more to operating in the dark than knowing how to hold a flashlight.
June 30, 2008
Special Units
Shots Fired: Reno, Nevada 07•15•1999
Lessman inched forward. Beyond the refrigerator and deeper into the kitchen was a large table that had been upended on its side. He suspected that the table was shielding someone behind it.
June 30, 2008
Vehicle Ops
Gas Pains
When law enforcement agencies were putting together their fiscal year budgets for 2008, few municipal or county administrators could have forecast the impact of skyrocketing gas prices.
June 30, 2008
Patrol
The State of American Law Enforcement - Working on the Front Lines
At some point in his or her various travels, the patrol officer will ask a question that pertains equally well to the task at hand and his or her career in law enforcement: Just how the hell did I get here, and where am I going?
June 30, 2008
Technology
Crime Reporter
TASER International wants to give you the ability to show a jury or board of inquiry exactly what you saw on the street. That's the idea behind the company's TASERCAM and its soon to be launched Autonomous eXtended on-Officer Network (AXON).
June 30, 2008
Weapons
Significant Impact
Read on for a sampling of impact projectiles available for law enforcement.
June 30, 2008
Weapons
SIG Sauer P250 Modular Pistol
With its new P250, SIG Sauer has embarked upon a completely novel concept in semi-automatic handguns—the modular pistol. The P250 is based upon a polymer grip module and metal frame/fire control assembly. This assembly is in fact the “pistol,” as it bears the serial number, which can be removed and inserted into another grip module.
June 30, 2008
Patrol
Day Laborer Sites
Arresting a day laborer can be frustrating, time-consuming, and fruitless for a patrol officer.
June 30, 2008
Patrol
Buzz Kill
The ThorShield fabric backing on this Point Blank ballistic vest carrier effectively shorts out electro-conductive devices to prevent a shock.
June 30, 2008
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