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Choke Escapes
MMA practitioners commonly use choking techniques to defeat their opponents. The consequences of your being "choked out" or rendered unconscious are severe for officers. Learn how to defeat the rear naked choke and guillotine choke.
Photo: Jimmy Lee
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Choke Escapes: 2 Techniques
If you find yourself against an MMA aficionado, you'll want to know how to get out of a choke hold. View detailed photos showing escape techniques to defend against the rear naked choke and the guillotine choke. Read our full article, "Choke Escapes." Photos by Jimmy Lee.
Photos 1-5 show an escape from the rear naked choke. Use both of your hands to pull downward on his wrist and/or forearm. At the same time, tuck your chin to your chest. Pull hard to relieve as much pressure as you can.
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Smith Optics' Elite Eyewear
Chad Belding of The Fowl Life television series explains why he uses Smith Optics' Elite line of eyewear for duck hunting.
Video Smith Optics
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The Checklist
I was recently reading how more and more professions are turning to checklists to improve safety. I have been advocating just this kind of practice for law enforcement for decades.
Illustration: Sequoia Blankenship.
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Michigan State Police To Hire 20% More Troopers
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's public safety plan unveiled Tuesday would add 180 state troopers and 20 forensic scientists beginning in June. Funding would enable the Michigan State Police to grow their road-patrol ranks by 19%.
Photo: POLICE file
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Black Officers Claim Hiring Discrimination In Syracuse
In a federal lawsuit, three black Syracuse police officers claim racial discrimination in promotion and hiring practices by the department.
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Dayton Police Choose Recruits Amid Diversity Campaign
Nearly four years after the U.S. Department of Justice accused Dayton of systematically discriminating against blacks in the hiring of police officers, 24 police recruits entered the city's Police Academy.
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Handling DUI Stops
There is a tendency to shy away from DUIs unless you are part of a specialty unit that deals with them all the time. But I think we can reverse this trend through understanding and training.
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SHOT Show: Point Blank Enterprises, Inc.
Body armor suppliers Point Blank, Protective Products, PACA, and Paraclete merged in late 2011. POLICE Magazine spoke with executives from the company at SHOT Show 2012 in Las Vegas about what the merger means for law enforcement officers who use their products.
Video Us Armor Shot Show
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Small Edged Weapons
Many of the criminals now being released have learned to use small edged weapons in prison. Some of these inmates are very skilled at using these blades to slice and kill. Job one for a police officer is to not get cut and to stop the attack. After viewing these photos, read our full article, "Defending Against Small Edged Weapons."
With small blades without a handle, the suspect will usually hold the blade between the thumb and index finger using a standard grip.
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Defending Against Small Edged Weapons
In many cases, the victims of stabbings never knew the knives were in play. Their first indication that something was wrong was when they saw blood. And that's often too late.
Photo: Mike Siegfried
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Recruits Face Long Road In Michigan
About one half of the more than 400 recruits who graduate from Michigan's 19 police academies each year find placement with agencies. The state has lost more than 3,000 police jobs since 2001.
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