Tag: Standard Operating Procedures

Patrol

How To Develop a Policy

Do your research and follow an outline to create a fleshed out protocol that benefits your agency and officers.

May 2, 2018

Training

The Last Time

To ensure the next time doesn't turn into your last time, you need to reflect and learn from the other last time.

October 22, 2015

Weapons

Nashville Police Allowed To Carry AR-15s

In response to the recent mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., and others, the Metro Nashville Police Department will allow trained officers to carry their personal AR-15 rifles inside their vehicles while on duty.

January 19, 2013

Training

'Tacticool' Gear Won't Make You a Better Cop

Just because you got it out of the childproof packaging doesn't mean you know how to properly use it. If it's a police item you would describe as "tactical cool," please read your departmental policy and procedures to see if it is allowed.

July 4, 2012

Vehicle Ops

Cruise Control

Not long ago, U.S. Bor­der Patrol agents initi­ated a pursuit of a vehicle operated by su­spected illegal aliens through a subur­ban Southern California community. The vehicle failed to yield, continued at a high rate of speed, and exited the freeway with complete disregard for public safety. At the height of the high-speed chase, the vehicle drove through a crowded school zone, injuring several children and killing four people.

December 31, 1995