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Newsby Staff WriterApril 6, 2015

Philadelphia Police Department Begins New Training Program

Amid mounting pressure to institute reform in the Philadelphia Police Department, specifically regarding its policies for the use of force, a workshop for 80 new recruits will be held on Monday as part of a brand new training program.

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Articlesby David GriffithMarch 31, 2015

'Fixing' Police Training

In the wake of last year's anti-police demonstrations, politicians made a lot of promises to "fix" policing and retrain officers to use force more sparingly. Now that some of these programs are being implemented, we are seeing the training may be sacrificing real world common sense about violence in favor of politically correct ideology.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2015

LEOs Need to Improve New Technology Knowledge, Practices

To assist in crime prevention and public safety efforts, a new report revealed a need to improve the law enforcement community's knowledge of new technologies and practices for leveraging those technologies.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2015

Funding for Police Training in Jeopardy in Michigan

The number of police officers on the beat across Michigan has taken a hit and so has funding for continued training after they graduate from the academy.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 10, 2015

Lenco Industries Offers Overseas Training on Tactical Armored Vehicles

Lenco Industries Inc., offers expert training courses on the use of its BearCat tactical armored vehicles (TAVs), which are widely used to protect law enforcement and civilian populations in the face of riots, insurrections, and civic disturbances. The 3-day course for tacticians has been delivered around the world.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2015

Gainesville PD Receives Safety Grant from the Spirit of Blue Foundation and Dunkin' Donuts

The Spirit of Blue Foundation announced today that it has awarded a Safety Training Grant to the Gainesville (Fla.) Police Department to obtain valuable police/youth dialogue training. The focus of this training is building understanding and cooperation between the city's minority youth and the 302 police officers who serve the Gainesville community.

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NewsFebruary 12, 2015

Learn how your department can save lives with AEDs

Thursday, March 26, 2015 | 1:00 p.m. Central/2:00 p.m. Eastern Protect the Community, Protect Your Own: Learn how your department can save lives with AEDs

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 9, 2015

IACP's National Law Enforcement Challenge Hosts Webinar to Help Save Lives

Laser Technology, Inc., (LTI) is partnering with the International Association of Chiefs of Police's (IACP) National Law Enforcement Challenge (NLEC) traffic safety recognition program to broadcast a live webinar on January 20, 2015, at 9:30 AM (MST).

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Articlesby Bryn BailerOctober 24, 2014

Beyond CIT

When it comes to the mentally ill, many police departments are finding themselves reluctantly cast as community "caregivers of last resort." Two agencies in Southern Arizona have developed a better way to respond.

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Articlesby Dave SmithOctober 16, 2014

Learn or Die

It seems continuing to learn stops the forgetting process, which is important because in our profession forgetting can have dire consequences. How many times have you watched a video of an officer getting hurt and thought, How did he forget to keep proper positioning? or Why did she stop watching the hands?

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