Tag: gun grabs: Page 14

Patrol

Up Close, Personal, and Violent

Most attacks on law enforcement officers occur at a range of 10 feet. Are you training for them?

August 31, 2006

Patrol

The Push/Pull Drill

You are trying to take a DUI suspect into custody when he turns suddenly and makes a grab for your gun. The fight is now on. Unfortunately for this bad guy, you have practiced your weapon-retention skills and you regain control of your sidearm.

December 31, 2005

Special Units

TREXPO East 2005: A Training Buffet

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.

September 30, 2005

Patrol

Disarming

Most police departments nationwide didn't start training their recruits and sworn officers how to protect their guns until the early '80s when law enforcement became widely aware of the staggering statistics regarding officer shootings.

July 31, 2003

Patrol

Remember the Basics

If officer safety education is so prevalent and well-accepted today, how does one explain the bloody fact that between 50 and 75 officers still perish at the hands of criminals in any given year?

February 29, 2000