(Video) How to Outfit a Police Department with Patrol Rifles

Don Alwes discusses how a department should approach implementing a patrol rifle program. Alwes shares the questions that need to be answered before such a program is begun, and some best practices for getting it up and running.

June 7, 2019

Don Alwes—an adjunct instructor for Kentucky's Department of Criminal Justice Training and lead instructor for NTOA's Police Response to Active Shooter and School and Workplace Violence courses—discusses with POLICE Contributing Web Editor Doug Wyllie how a department should approach implementing a patrol rifle program. Alwes shares the questions that need to be answered before such a program is begun, and some best practices for getting it up and running.

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