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February 2015
In This Issue
Weapons
SHOT Show 2015: Report from the Aisles
This year at the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas, law enforcement, military, and tactical products again permeated the aisles, spilling well beyond the area designated for law enforcement booths. Which means there's that much more for law enforcement officers to get excited about.
February 28, 2015
Patrol
Cultivating a Relationship with Campus Police
If you're an officer working in a college town, you need to understand the operational differences and similarities between your agency and that of the local campus police or security force so you can all work together effectively.
February 28, 2015
Technology
Mobile Forensics in Transition
One reason why there is so much demand to move the preliminary forensic analysis of mobile devices out of the lab is that agencies are realizing the value of knowing what is on a suspect's or even a victim's smartphone during an investigation.
February 28, 2015
Technology
Portable Crime Scene Management
CrimePad takes full advantage of the iPad's capabilities. The app can be used to record voice, capture video, and take non-evidentiary photos.
February 28, 2015
Patrol
Caring and Camaraderie
How can it be that when one of our brotherhood is suffering they don't get the emotional support so desperately needed, or worse get criticism for failing to do this or do that which "surely would have changed the outcome?"
February 27, 2015
Patrol
Mistake of Law: To Err Is Human
In a series of cases, the court has upheld searches and seizures made by officers who were mistaken in their understanding of the facts they confronted, or as to the law to be applied.
February 27, 2015
Technology
Analyzing DNA Blueprints
Parabon NanoLabs' Snapshot does much more than reveal an unknown subject's hair color and eye color. It can also be used to determine a subject's ancestry in detail.
February 27, 2015
Patrol
Police Product Test: Oakley Det Cord and Tombstone Eyewear
Oakley recently took a giant leap into the future with the debut of its Prizm lens technology. These lenses, made from a patented formula of lens tints, are designed from the ground up to make the absolute best shooting and tactical glasses to date.
February 26, 2015
Patrol
Police Product Test: 221B Tactical Maxx-Dri Vest
221B Tactical was founded by a cop and everything they make is designed to make cops more functional and comfortable on duty. The company's flagship product, the Maxx-Dri vest, addresses many of the problems common with body armor.
February 26, 2015
Patrol
Robbery in Progress
As you approach the store's entrance, you realize the clerk is being robbed at gunpoint. As far as you can tell, no one else is in the store. You also note that there are two people getting gas at the pumps and there are no other people around.
February 25, 2015
Patrol
We Need the Blue Alert
Now that we have buried NYPD heroes Det. Wenjian Liu and Det. Rafael Ramos what is being done to augment protections for all of our nation's other blue warriors? Now is the time to institute the National Blue Alert.
February 25, 2015
Patrol
There's a Person Behind the Badge
The court has established that law enforcement officers are human and make mistakes and cannot be convicted of a crime for making an objectively reasonable mistake.
February 25, 2015
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