Tag: Firearms Training: Page 24

Patrol

Weapon Retention on the Ground

If you unexpectedly end up on the ground, you will be forced to make aggressive efforts to retain your firearm. Unfortunately, many law enforcement trainers focus on standing weapon retention techniques, which creates a training gap that leaves officers vulnerable when they find themselves in a ground fight.

May 31, 2009

Weapons

Shooting from a Boat

Unless you're able to have access to the open waters of the ocean, shooting from a boat is virtually impossible. So we have to do the next best thing. We need to duplicate the movement of a boat on a dry land-based range.

April 30, 2009

Weapons

The Rimfire Alternative

What can we do to save money on training ammo? I believe you can conduct a portion of your firearms training with pistols chambered for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge.

April 30, 2009

Weapons

Target Systems

Expand your shooting range's capabilities with target systems that simulate human movements and improve training.

April 30, 2009

Weapons

Endangered Species

What are you going to do when they come and close down your range? That's a question many firearms trainers are asking themselves all across this country.

April 30, 2009

Technology

Virtual Reality Training

Today's simulators are high-tech computer systems with digital projectors that play complex interactive scenarios. They are designed not only to teach officers when and how to shoot guns and less-lethal weapons but also how to talk to suspects to avoid escalation and confrontation.

March 31, 2009

Weapons

Survival is Your Responsibility

Recent "scientific" studies have shown that officer-involved shootings happen very quickly…DUH! One only needs to talk to any officer who has ever been involved in a shooting to figure that out.

December 31, 2008

Training

Missing the Mark

If you are always on a range with yardage marked and you're standing in a perfect stance out in the open, stop it!

October 31, 2008

Weapons

Frangible Training Cartridges

Simunition

Greenshield are truly frangible, lead-free, full-energy training ammunition, designed to reduce health and safety hazards by eliminating exposure to lead and other heavy metals. The bullets are composed of a patented, copper-tin-polymer compound and do not require a jacket, so splash back and ricochet dangers are virtually eliminated – the projectiles disintegrate into powder upon impact with a hard surface.

October 31, 2008

Weapons

Ranger Series Ammunition

Winchester

Winchester’s Ranger series of high-accuracy, low-recoil buckshot and rifled slugs meets law enforcement agencies’ demands of intensive shotgun weapons familiarization, instruction, and training. Each load is tailored to meet a specific need.

October 31, 2008

Patrol

S.F. Chief Admits that She Has Not Qualified with Duty Weapon in Years

San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong has acknowledged that she has gone years without qualifying with her service pistol.

June 4, 2008

Patrol

Uncomfortable With Your Duty Gun?

I wasn't the only one out there that day faking my way through firearms training.

April 17, 2008