Tag: Officer Safety: Page 18

Training

Achieving Training Goals without Injury

Let's take a look at some overlooked and undervalued areas of training and program development that departments and agencies can start to implement immediately to reduce training injuries.

November 4, 2016

Patrol

Police are Less Safe Under Obama

As an increasing number of officers are assassinated for the law and order symbolism of their uniforms, the White House contemplates the need for officer implicit bias training.

September 1, 2016

Patrol

New NLEOMF Report Details Dangers for LEOs Responding to Calls for Service

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has issued a new research report entitled Deadly Calls and Fatal Encounters, a five-year study (2010-2014) analyzing 684 line-of-duty deaths to identify key indicators and early trends that can impact law enforcement officer safety.

August 8, 2016

Patrol

DEA Says Officers Can Die from Handling Powerful Narcotic

The DEA warns officers to take extra precautions if they come in contact with the drug, which is said to be 50 times more powerful than heroin.

June 13, 2016

Patrol

Two-Officer Cars: The Buddy System

Two-officer units may cost a city more, but they provide many benefits that can save the lives of officers.

October 16, 2015

Patrol

Video: Dallas Officers' Families Call on City Leaders to Give Officers More Security

Families of some Dallas police officers called on city leaders Thursday afternoon to pony up more money to keep officers safe.

September 11, 2015

Patrol

Dallas Officers' Families Call on City Leaders to Give Officers More Security

Families of some Dallas police officers called on city leaders Thursday afternoon to pony up more money to keep officers safe. More Here.

September 11, 2015

Patrol

Because of Attacks on Police, Texas Agency Implements Two Officers Per Car Policy

Roman Forest (Texas) Police Chief Stephen Carlisle has implemented a plan, effective immediately, to have two police officers per patrol unit. This is following an executive order from Mayor Chris Parr to have two man units on patrol.

September 3, 2015

Patrol

Law Enforcement Officers More Wary After Texas Deputy's Ambush

Curry is now thinking twice. He spoke as he watched over a crowd of about 1,500 people gathered at an impromptu memorial at a gas station in a Houston suburb, where an on-duty officer from a neighboring department in Harris County near Houston was gunned down Friday in an apparently unprovoked attack while fueling his car.

August 31, 2015

Patrol

Waze'd and Confused

Why are companies like Google offering the Waze app through their online app stores, without any regard for officer safety? It's hard to get a straight answer.

July 16, 2015

Patrol

Bratton: NYPD Training That Tells Officers to Close Eyes in Tense Situations "Work in Progress"

A defensive NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday admitted that the department’s much-mocked retraining program for 22,000 officers is “a work in progress” and said he will make changes “as are appropriate.”

February 24, 2015

Patrol

Sabre Eye Cleanse Product Turns Water Bottles into Eye Wash Devices

New from Sabre is a device capable of turning any water bottle into an eye wash device. The company, known for its pepper spray brand used by law enforcement worldwide, developed the Eye Wash Adapter to help officers flush contaminants from their eyes.

February 18, 2015