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Police Magazine
January 2011
In This Issue
Patrol
Police Product Test: Brite-Strike Traffic LED Gloves
POLICE Magazine reviews the Smith Optics Aegis Eye Shields, Brite-Strike Traffic and Cycle LED Gloves, Magnum Spider Urban Boots, and 5.11 Tactical's Tac Dry Rain Shell.
January 27, 2011
Weapons
Prepare Yourself for Off-Duty Incidents
Trouble finding an officer is typical of off-duty incidents. That's the first thing we must understand in order to prepare ourselves for the unexpected off-duty encounter: They can happen at any time anywhere.
January 27, 2011
Patrol
Training Terminology
To promote the right mindset, we should use words like pre-attack indicators, offensive strategies, and response to aggressive and violent resistance. That's closer to what we really do.
January 26, 2011
Patrol
The Hazards of Patrolling In Snow
Winter poses unique dangers for the patrol officer. Dealing with these threats is a matter of weather-proofing yourself both mentally and physically.
January 26, 2011
Weapons
FNH USA SCAR 17S Patrol Rifle
Which brings me back to the caliber debate and leads us into this discussion of the FNH USA SCAR 17S, a .308 caliber patrol rifle. There are agencies and jurisdictions where the extra range and penetration of the .308 rifle is a necessity.
January 24, 2011
Patrol
Emotional Survival for Retirement
One of the great challenges of turning civilians into crime fighters is developing their sense of being initiated into a unique group of people who will share high-risk adventures and protect not only each other physically, but morally as well, preserving that collective honor we each hold so dear.
January 23, 2011
Patrol
Officer Ends Confrontation With Knife-Wielding EDP Teen Peacefully
After responding to an EDP call, Scranton (Pa.) PD's Officer Rocco Cipriano parked and began walking toward the residence. A neighbor stopped him and said the girl had been outside of the house carrying a butcher knife and told the neighbor she would kill the cops if they came.
January 20, 2011
Patrol
WikiLeaks: Guard Your Secrets
Julian Assange and his fellow weasels are not communists or al-Qaida sympathizers, they are anarchists. They believe in tearing down the Western World's institutions.
January 20, 2011
Patrol
Shots Fired: Norfolk, Virginia 04/15/2007
Non-cops might generously color such cognitive powers as acts of "intuition;" others less taken with the idea of extra sensory perception are more apt to dismiss them as some form of "profiling." By any name, Investigator Christopher Scallon had it working for him the night of April 15, 2007.
January 20, 2011
Technology
Wireless 'Body Wire' Technology
The Phantom from Tag 5 Industries allows undercover officers to covertly record and broadcast conversations using a smartphone app and remote hardware instead of a physical wire on the body.
January 20, 2011
Weapons
Handguns: 2011
All sworn law enforcement officers carry at least one handgun. Smart ones carry more than one, if they're allowed to. That's why so much of the handgun market is focused on providing cops with handguns.
January 12, 2011
Weapons
Long Guns: 2011
Just 10 years ago when law enforcement agencies went out to purchase long guns, they rarely looked at anything other than shotguns. Today, the AR and other military-style rifles dominate the market.
January 12, 2011
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