Tag: Crime Victims: Page 2

Training

Cooling Your Marks

Most academies and departments embrace a form of "tactical talking" such as verbal judo, MOAB, or some other fashion of police/citizen verbal intercourse. It doesn't matter which system you use; they all give you years of experience in a compressed amount of time.

November 4, 2012

Patrol

Feds: Violent Crime Rises 18%, FBI Data Questioned

Violent crime rates across the U.S. jumped by about 18%, and property crimes rose by 11% between 2010 and 2011, according to a report released Wednesday by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics.

October 16, 2012

Patrol

Drew Peterson Conviction Hinged On New Hearsay Law

Drew Peterson—the crass former Illinois police officer who gained notoriety after his much-younger wife vanished in 2007—was convicted Thursday of murdering a previous wife in a potentially precedent-setting case centered on secondhand hearsay statements.

September 6, 2012

Patrol

Face-Chewing Victim: Attacker 'Ripped Me To Ribbons'

The victim of the Miami face-chewing attack told police his attacker "went berserk" and "ripped me to ribbons" during an interview with investigators.

August 8, 2012

Patrol

Sailor, Air Force Reservist Among Colo. Shooting Victims

A Navy sailor and active-duty Air Force reservist were among the 12 people killed in the Aurora, Colo., mass shooting early Friday.

July 22, 2012

Patrol

Calif. Teen Victim Detained In Rape Case

Sacramento County, Calif., prosecutors have taken the unusual step of detaining the teenage victim of a serial rapist. The victim has been a no-show at two prior court hearings.

April 15, 2012

Patrol

Stop Making Victims

Not resisting is fine when all Joe Thug wants is a wallet or purse. But if he wants to kill, it's time to resist. Hopefully the would-be victim has a gun or a knife but if not there's bricks, rocks, car keys, elbows, knees, feet, fists...

January 2, 2012

Patrol

Robbery Victim Shot By Charlotte Cop

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer shot a robbery victim early Sunday during a scuffle involving an officer and suspect at a strip mall.

September 11, 2011

Patrol

Pursuit Safety Group Lends Support To Missouri Family

A national pursuit-safety group showed its support for the mother of a 17-year-old boy who was killed by a man attempting to flee from police, by appearing at the felon's sentencing hearing to urge no reduction in sentence.

August 2, 2011

Technology

Five Minutes to Live

Educating cops how to save themselves and others in dire medical emergencies when seconds count is the goal of a new interactive training program from the The Backup Training Corp.

October 31, 2004

Patrol

Sometimes it’s hard to tell who the bad guys are

Just Give Me A Hundred Good Cops, And a ton of ammunition... That's what I was thinkin' when I reviewed the situation in Lagos, Nigeria.

February 1, 2002

Patrol

On Accountability

More astounding is the fact those same people seem perfectly content to put their lives into your hands.

November 30, 2001