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October 2013
In This Issue
Technology
You Have the Right to Record
The Citizens Empowerment Act is an attempt to thwart criminal investigations by launching them into the court of YouTube. It would require federal officers to serve written notice to people under investigation that they are entitled to record interviews with the officers.
October 24, 2013
Patrol
Police Product Test: Fechheimer-Vertx ColdBlack Polo and Phantom LT Pants
Vertx's mission is to produce "functionally advanced clothing for the operational athlete." For this review Vertx sent me a few pairs of Phantom LT pants and one ColdBlack polo shirt.
October 23, 2013
Weapons
Police Product Test: TruGlo Tru-See Targets
I like these new TruGlo Tru-See targets. They take some of the guesswork and haphazard engineering out of the precision shooting process.
October 23, 2013
Training
Guide to Online Criminal Justice Programs
View our comprehensive guide to 24 educational providers in the law enforcement realm.
October 22, 2013
Training
Shots Fired: Burton, Michigan 07/01/2009
At the sound of Barksdale's commands, Kalahar spun the shotgun toward him and leveled it. As the man flinched, Barksdale's finger squeezed the trigger of his gun—repeatedly.
October 17, 2013
Patrol
Beware the Lone Wolf
Lone wolves operate on the fringes of extremist movements, with such loose associations being encouraged by terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, and that makes them harder to detect.
October 16, 2013
Technology
Will On-Body Kill In-Car Video?
Law enforcement agencies have been using in-car video cameras for a little more than two decades. The devices have defended officers against nuisance claims of abusive or even brutal behavior. But now some agencies are beginning to ask if in-car video systems have been made obsolete by officer-worn systems.
October 15, 2013
Patrol
Quicker Response to Active Shooters
Despite its traditional mission, I always thought our motor unit could assume a more tactical posture and play less of a support role, especially when responding to school shootings. Since motors are such a specialized unit, it is easier to pull them off of their primary missions and redirect them whenever necessary.
October 15, 2013
Training
Make Your Own Luck
I know a lot of crime fighters who begin to wax philosophical after their fifth beer and one of the common axioms I hear is: "I would rather be lucky than good."
October 10, 2013
Patrol
The Detroit Blues
A force of 2,419 Detroit Police officers now provides law enforcement services to the shrinking city of just over 706,000 residents. Between 1990 and 2011, the city lost a third of its residents. Since 2003, the agency has lost a third of its officers.
October 9, 2013
Weapons
Heckler & Koch HK45 Compact Tactical
You can tell very quickly when you open the box that the HK45CT is more than just an update of the combat proven HK USP Compact. Ergonomically, this is a 21st-century pistol all the way, but it offers the reliability and toughness of a classic HK.
October 9, 2013
Patrol
What's Really Going On With Crime Rates
For all its censuring of personnel for on-duty trysts and off-duty DUIs, the profession pays curiously little attention to an ongoing transgression perpetrated within it: stat fudging. Misreporting statistics about crime is not a new phenomenon.
October 8, 2013
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