Tag: Gaining Compliance: Page 5

SWAT

The Danger of the Surrendering Suspect

When we're apprehending a suspect who is surrendering, we're at our most vulnerable. This is precisely what suspects are counting on, and they'll look for an advantage to escape. It's known as fight or flight, and can often be fight and flight.

February 17, 2011

Patrol

Officer Ends Confrontation With Knife-Wielding EDP Teen Peacefully

After responding to an EDP call, Scranton (Pa.) PD's Officer Rocco Cipriano parked and began walking toward the residence. A neighbor stopped him and said the girl had been outside of the house carrying a butcher knife and told the neighbor she would kill the cops if they came.

January 20, 2011

Patrol

Kansas City Officer Goes Hands-On at Vehicle Stop

A Kansas City Police officer arrests a man who later claimed he was a victim of excessive force. Kansas City PD's Capt. Steve Young sat down with NBC Action News to analyzing the dash-cam video and explain that the officer's use of force was justified.

December 26, 2010

Patrol

Ohio Officer Thwarts Second Walgreens Robbery

The first robbery occurred at earlier in the morning, at 2:15 a.m., at the Salem Avenue pharmacy. Campbell entered the store at 5:45 a.m.

December 16, 2010

Patrol

Shot Brooklyn Cop Fell Down Stairs Into Arms of Officer

After allegedly being shot in the leg by suspect Elijah Foster-Bey, 17, Officer Richard Ramirez, 29, stumbled down the stairs and into the arms of a fellow officer who dragged him to cover.

October 18, 2010

Patrol

Beware the Restrained Subject

Over the years, I've heard multiple accounts of handcuffed subjects who later escaped or attempted to escape. One particular incident involved a young kid who fled on foot. His ability to outrun two officers with his hands behind his back demonstrated just how focused a person can be if he wants to escape.

September 29, 2010

Training

Eliminate These 'D' Words From Your Vocabulary

The first step to positively communicate is to delete the word "don't" from your vocabulary. The rationale behind this is simple. When you use the word "don't" as part of your feedback or direction, your mind must first figure out what it is not supposed to do.

September 28, 2010

Patrol

Safariland Announces 2010 National Training Conference

Safariland Training Group's 2010 National Conference will be held Nov. 1-4 near New Orleans and will feature a new line of lecture-based law enforcement classes as well as more specialized courses that will expand on traditional training.

September 23, 2010

Weapons

Officer Tasers Drunk Driver Resisting Arrest

This somewhat blurry clip with excellent audio shows a textbook case of the effective use of a stun gun on a suspect who repeatedly refuses to comply with an officer's lawful commands.

July 6, 2010

Patrol

Home Is Where the Fight Is

Admittedly, use-of-force situations are extremely fluid; an officer may not have the opportunity to say so much as "Hi," before it's off to the races and an eventual altercation ends up in some distant backyard.

June 16, 2010

Patrol

How to Handle Hecklers

There's something about asshole opportunists successfully baiting cops and getting paid off for it that just rubs me the wrong way.

May 27, 2010

Patrol

Wisconsin Woman Stripped and Spit At Female Officer During Arrest

A Sheboygan, Wisc., woman will serve six months for a bizarre day that began with a beef-jerky theft and ended with an arrest that involved her stripping in front of her children, kicking one officer in the groin and spitting into the mouth of another officer.

January 16, 2010