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What do the various levels of body armor protection mean? How do you choose which one is best for you?
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Don Alwes emphasizes the critical life-saving nature of first-aid equipment and training so wounded LEOs can treat themselves and fellow officers.
Officers with the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol will soon have a new training facility to work on firearms and defensive tactics skills.
“Some of the guys did not have tactical experience to be, you know, on the situation. You know, as high stress as something like that is,” Morales told investigators.
According to Military Times, North Dakota National Guard struck a deal recently with the North Dakota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to offer certain military police officers a partial training waiver as they attempt to join law enforcement.
The time has come to talk about not just where we've been and where we are with tactics and training, but where we're going and how to get there.
Don Alwes discusses some of the pre-attack behaviors that might indicate an imminent attack, as well as ways in which law enforcement can improve its response when an active shooter event does occur.
ThinBlueOnLine.com provides practice-based training to build de-escalation and other verbal communication skills in law enforcement officers.
Axon's VR training is offered through Axon Academy, a network of online and in-person training for law enforcement. The VR training program is designed to better equip officers with the tools to de-escalate situations involving people suffering from mental health issues, crises, or psychotic episodes.
Renowned police trainer Brian Willis discusses how the question, "What's Important Now?" can help officers be safer and more successful both on and off duty.
Clayton Whatley, 21, claimed his gun went off accidentally while he was reaching for a pencil out of his book bag during a class. The bullet fragments hit three of his fellow cadets, wounding two of them in their legs.
Now, if an applicant already has their OPOTA certification, they will go through an abbreviated academy with Cleveland PD. This abbreviated academy will only be about 12 to 14 weeks, as opposed to 7 months.
Trainer Brian Willis discusses how membership in the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) and attendance at its annual conference can benefit all police trainers and, by extension, the officers they train.
K2 Solutions' new Canine Scent Kit helps handlers and agencies maintain the capabilities of their bomb dogs.
FirstForward is a free online training network for first responders with access to more than 650 courses, including hundreds of free courses.
North Carolina-based company K2 Solutions has trademarked its Person-Borne Explosives Detection Dogs. The term means the dog can detect explosives being carried on the body of a moving person. Click through to see these K-9s at work. To find out more about K2 Solutions' Person-Borne Explosive Detection Dogs, read "Training the BombHunters."
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