Bob Parker

IACP 2015: Report from the Aisles

The show floor of this year's International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference held in Chicago, Oct. 25-27, again was dominated by body-worn cameras and related software and hardware.

IRIS Body Camera

The IRIS Cam from Point Blank Enterprises offers 1296p video recording even closer to the action with a 140-degree field of vision.

Picking Our Targets

The sooner that cops embrace the notion that the person they may find themselves in a firefight in may look more like a grandfather than a gangster, the better able they will be to not only respond to the threat at the time, but deal with its aftermath.

Suspect Killed by Police at TN Gas Station Shot at Officer from Point Blank Range

DA Coty Wamp’s statement that accompanied the video said Heard fired “multiple shots at point blank range” at an officers before police fired on him.

D.P. Van Blaricam, Police Consultant

Point of Law: Fleeing Drivers and Use of Force

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled on whether officers can use deadly force to stop a suspect from driving away in some circumstances.

Buffalo Commissioner “Amazed” Officers Weren’t Killed by Parolee’s Point Blank Gunfire

"I have a real issue with the fact that convicted felons on probation or parole are confident enough to pick up a handgun and walk around," Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said.

Mark McClure