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Police Magazine
March 2011
In This Issue
Special Units
Tactical Headsets and Mics: 2011
Advanced communications systems for tac teams now include throat mics, nearly invisible wireless earpieces, and everything in between.
March 27, 2011
Patrol
Lone-Officer Patrols: Going Solo
Caught between diminishing tax revenues and citizen demand for greater police protection, law enforcement leveraged the challenge onto the backs of its patrol personnel. By splitting two-officer units into separate cars, police agencies were able to effectively double the area of patrol coverage.
March 27, 2011
Training
Safe Searching: The Standing Basic Search
We search people in a variety of field situations and legal circumstances. As far as officer safety skills are concerned, I believe pat search techniques to be one of the most critical skills given too little emphasis in training, and therefore worthy of analysis.
March 27, 2011
Patrol
Shots Fired: Pinellas County, Florida 10/28/2009
Kentin Dion Brooks' life had spun out of control long before his car did. Pinellas County Sheriff's Sgt. Raymond Fleming's only misgiving about the tactics of the incident was the relative proximity of Brooks' vehicle to the deputies' cars at the terminus of the pursuit. But even this is understandable given the speeds and the officers' needs to react to its sudden conclusion.
March 22, 2011
Weapons
Police Product Test: SureFire Muzzle Brake
POLICE Magazine reviews the SureFire Muzzle Brake, Uncle Mike's Active Shooter Response Bag, and the Insight Technology M3X LED Weapon-Mounted Light.
March 22, 2011
Patrol
Mastering Stress Management
As officers we ignore stress and drive on as if it were part of a crusade. Whether we choose to accept it or not, it's our responsibility as individuals to handle it. Most of us sleep very little, eat like crap, and continuously ride an emotionally and adrenaline-filled roller coaster.
March 21, 2011
Weapons
Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR40 Duty Pistol
The SR40's slide is machined from solid stainless steel, and it is the narrowest of any of its contemporaries. The slide also features very aggressive grasping grooves, making it easy to retract even with wet hands or when wearing gloves.
March 20, 2011
Technology
Seeing in the Dark: Night Vision
Night vision gear is still a lot more expensive than a flashlight, even though prices are falling and the gear is more portable and better-performing than ever before.
March 14, 2011
Weapons
Less-Lethal Launchers: Reaching Out and Punching Someone
Today, police have a wide variety of tools and munitions for exerting less-lethal force on individuals at greater and greater distances. Extended range less-lethal impact weapons have been refined to the point that they are both accurate and extremely effective when deployed correctly.
March 14, 2011
Patrol
My Inner Cro-Magnon
What the heck happened to us? Cro-Magnons were big, athletic, and healthy until they died (mostly young), and had bigger brains than we do.
March 13, 2011
Patrol
Mi Casa Es Su Casa
When you take down a drug house, or enter a home to investigate domestic violence, or serve a search warrant at a residence, which of the multiple people that you sometimes encounter would have the legal standing to challenge the lawfulness of your entry and search?
March 9, 2011
Patrol
Jeffrey Stenroos: Crying Wolf
The Jeffrey Stenroos case is the law enforcement version of the "Boy Who Cried Wolf." And as every schoolchild knows, crying wolf when there isn't one is a good way to get eaten.
March 7, 2011
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