Tag: Defensive Tactics: Page 14

M-Pro Strap Cuffs

Strap Cuffs, a new alternative handcuffing product from M-Pro, features a polypropylene strap with a patent-pending locking mechanism, which can withstand 500 pounds of tension. The width and softness of the webbing makes the product safer than conventional products, while the compact size and shape allow for easy carrying and concealing. In addition, a safe cutting tool is included with each 10-pack to ensure easy removal.

November 30, 2005

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

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

Old Cops Know "Stuff"

The big secret is to listen to these veteran cops, believe most of it, and put it into action in your own life. What I learned from older cops saved my life on several occasions.

September 30, 2004

Take It Away

Disarming a suspect carrying a gun who has the drop on you is a subject that is rarely addressed in academy or in-service DT programs. And that’s unacceptable. Every officer should be trained in a fundamental disarming skill set.

July 31, 2004

Take It Away: Illustrated Disarming Techniques

Step-by-step instructions and photos show you how to disarm a suspect carrying a gun or a knife.

July 31, 2004

Surviving Knife Attacks

As a police officer you often find yourself in a position where knife attacks are most likely to occur: within arm’s reach of an unknown individual with unknown intent. It’s a worst-case scenario, but it can happen at any time. Click here to view these knife techniques in streaming video.

May 31, 2004

Present the least vulnerable target. If you are under fire, you find cover. The same principle applies here. If you are physically attacked, you move, you angle, you put something between you and the attack (in this case, most likely your arms).

Sign Language

In my years instructing law enforcement officers in defensive tactics I've observed that cops tend to overlook the importance of total communication with the suspect.

March 31, 2004

A “calming” hand signal communicates to a subject that you want him to calm down even if you don’t ask him verbally to do so.

The School of Hard Knocks

The introduction comes in the form of a three-minute round of body sparring in a 6X6-foot ring against the trainers, all noted martial artists and police DT instructors in their own right. Both the students and the instructors wear 16-ounce boxing gloves and headgear, but they still get hit and it still hurts.

January 31, 2004

Police Combative Academy principles Louis Marquez, left, and Hans Marrero, right, demonstrate an open-hand technique designed to knock a knife out of a suspect’s hand.

Personal Threat Levels

If you're in condition green, go about your life just as you would proceed through an intersection. If you're in condition yellow, use caution and be prepared because condition red may be just around the corner. If condition red does present itself, stop and be prepared to deal with the threat.

January 31, 2004

Draw The Line

The art of establishing perimeters can mean the difference between success and failure.

December 31, 2003

Mental Illness Can Kill...You

Confrontations with emotionally disturbed subjects put officers’ lives at risk.

December 31, 2003

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