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Tag: Tips for Success: Page 4
Patrol
Exercising Emotional Control
As an American law enforcement professional, you are a special individual who has followed a higher calling, voluntarily defending the lives and property of others. You have set yourselves apart as the true warriors of our modern society.
February 28, 2006
Patrol
Crime Scene Response for the Patrol Officer
The actions you take as a first responder can determine the value of crime scene evidence for investigators and prosecutors.
December 31, 2005
Patrol
Do You Swear?
Brushing up on courtroom testimony.
December 31, 2005
Training
Maintaining Success
Police officers are tasked with being true “jacks of all trades.” One of the biggest drawbacks to this designation is the amount of gear and paperwork officers are required to carry out into the field with them. It’s like having your entire office in your car and on your belt! Maintaining these items is one of the most commonly overlooked, but most important, aspects of our job.
October 31, 2005
Patrol
Fatal Errors: Surviving Traffic Duty
It is easy to get careless while engaged in something you do a great deal. If you are a uniformed police officer and don’t work in a jail, chances are that traffic and vehicles are the bread and butter of your existence.
December 31, 2004
Patrol
Fatal Errors: Car Stop Safety Tips
Car stops are a daily occurrence for most patrol officers. Whether in a big city or out in the country, a traffic stop is at the very root of what we do. And like most activities that we consider “routine,” we can get a little complacent on traffic stops and put ourselves on “auto pilot” without even realizing it. That’s a bad move on our part.
December 31, 2004
Patrol
Fatal Errors: Surviving Arrest and Control
In the Southwestern U.S., a patrolman with about a year on the job was shot twice in the back of the head while transporting two robbery suspects in the back seat of his patrol car. The officer had failed to find a .380 caliber handgun concealed on one of the robbers. The officer died of the wounds he received in the 3:30 a.m. incident.
December 31, 2004
Patrol
Fatal Errors: Surviving Domestic Violence Calls
Veteran cops have always known that responding to a domestic altercation or assault is a high-risk assignment. The reasons for the danger are plentiful.
December 31, 2004
Patrol
Make Yourself a Leader
No asset is more valuable in contemporary American policing than the ability to take charge and get others to follow.
February 29, 2004
Patrol
Bullet Proof
Good guys are not the only ones wearing armor these days.
May 31, 2003
Patrol
Reaction Time
Things are getting more dangerous out there. Whether you are functioning as a member of a SWAT Team or conducting routine patrol duties, you are responding to more and more calls with firearms drawn.
February 28, 2002
Vehicle Ops
Cops on Bikes
It might look easy, but you better be ready for training and lots of exercise before you trade in your cruiser for two wheels.
November 30, 2001
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