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Police Magazine
March 2009
In This Issue
Patrol
Shots Fired: West St. Paul, Minnesota 05•10•2007
An "ambush" alarm brought West St. Paul officers to a credit union where they discovered a robbery in progress.
March 10, 2009
Training
You Bet Your Badge
One of the strangest things we do in our crime fighting career is play a strange game I like to call, "You Bet Your Badge." Having the thrill of that badge being pinned to your chest instantly enters you in the game where things you do and say can cause that wonderfully important piece of metal to be removed.
February 28, 2009
Patrol
Official Misinformation
What the exclusionary rule has actually meant in practice is that thousands (maybe millions) of criminals have been able to stop the prosecution from using critical evidence of their guilt to hold them accountable for their crimes.
February 28, 2009
Weapons
Police Product Test: Streamlight TLR-1
I have found the lights from Streamlight to be easy to operate, durable, and innovative, as well as affordably priced. The company's TLR-1 is no exception.
February 28, 2009
Patrol
Sightless Training
I suspect a lot of agencies are probably not doing enough "no sight" or limited vision training and should consider its application in the training of defensive tactics, electronic control devices, OC spray, and addressing simple job specific tasks such as handling the equipment on our duty belts.
February 28, 2009
Special Units
Tactical Uniforms
Read about the newest BDUs, tacpants, and jumpsuits for law enforcement.
February 28, 2009
Special Units
Standardizing SWAT
Last year—40 years after the creation of SWAT teams—the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) established the first-ever national SWAT standards. That's something that many SWAT practitioners and observers consider long overdue.
February 28, 2009
Patrol
Do We Still Need Batons?
The Rodney King incident still colors how the public views the use of batons. For that reason and others, some officers are reluctant to use the tool.
February 28, 2009
Technology
Extra Sensory Perception
Advances in thermal imaging and night vision equipment are making these great law enforcement tools less expensive and easier to use.
February 28, 2009
Weapons
Springfield Armory XD(M) Duty Pistol
The question that I want to answer with this article is: What makes the Springfield Armory XD(M) a more suitable pistol for law enforcement work than the standard Springfield XD?
February 28, 2009
Patrol
Runaways
Runaways were once categorized as either adventurous juveniles or rebellious teens. Today's more evolved view holds that runaways are victims of dysfunctional family situations. This change in beliefs has forced a change in the police response to runaways.
February 28, 2009
Patrol
Ballistic Transformer
Imagine one item that can be deployed as a bomb blanket, a ballistic shield, and a litter for moving the wounded, just for starters. Protective Products International's Multi-Functional Armor Blanket (MFAB) does all this and more.
February 28, 2009
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