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Recruit Officer Jon-Marques Psalms, 30, reportedly suffered a medical emergency after completing a training exercise on Wednesday August 20, 2025, at the Academy.
Read More →Conference attendance was up significantly at this year’s TREXPO East, held Aug. 29 through Aug. 31 in Chantilly, Va. And with good reason. The conference program offered an excellent balance of hands-on defensive tactics training, anti-terrorism classes, and patrol and SWAT tactics courses.
Read More →Bobby Cummings, managing principal at engineering and design firm Clark Nexsen talk to POLICE contributing editor Doug Wyllie about building police training facilities.
Read More →Don't tell me, "If you want me on the clock, you'll pay me for it." I know many officers who have to pay out of their own pockets and take time off to attend top-notch training. Take control of your destiny. Planning to excel on the streets takes investment from you.
Read More →To promote the right mindset, we should use words like pre-attack indicators, offensive strategies, and response to aggressive and violent resistance. That's closer to what we really do.
Read More →Sydney Vail, M.D., explains what officers should carry in their IFAKs, the importance of carrying two tourniquets, and the necessity of locating medical gear in a location that can be easily accessed with either hand.
Read More →Ring's Manufacturing now offers more than 25 different configurations of the standard M4 rifle in its line of simulated firearms called Blueguns. With the variety of multiple barrel lengths, rear stock settings, and rail system configurations, you are able to train with the exact model carried on duty.
Read More →Law enforcement budgets nationwide have been hit hard by the economic downturn. Agencies have cut back on officer hours, turned more jobs over to non-sworn personnel, and some have even laid off badged personnel. But the first thing that almost every cash-strapped agency does to balance its books is cut back on training.
Read More →Zarc International's Cap Stun pepper spray training kit includes one holster, three inert training sprays, a video, an audio CD, a training manual, paper targets, and an examination sheet. Follow the simple video, audio, and print instructions, practice the training drills, and send your completed exam back to the company for your certification. You must score 100 percent on the test to become certified.
Read More →In this video, Mike Willis, of the United States Deputy Sheriff’s Association, discusses how officers should communicate while searching for a suspect, whether inside, outside, or in a rural area.
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