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Strangulation cases are most frequently seen in cases of domestic violence. In the majority of domestic violence cases, there are few, if any, independent witnesses, and often the victim will recant her story. So, right off the bat, a police officer has the deck stacked against him in a successful prosecution of this high lethality […]

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The Pelican 7060 LED tactical flashlight is now on the market and it is attempting to make inroads into the highly competitive field of flashlights. Pelican worked with the Los Angeles Police Department to develop this light. While I have been told that the LAPD specs may have been politically motivated, the fact […]

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One of the best things a person can do to improve their ability to shoot a handgun is to dry fire.
Dry fire practice allows you to concentrate on sight alignment and your trigger control without having to be at the range or spending money on ammunition. As they say, perfect practice makes perfect, and […]

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An interesting thing happened the other day. I was acting as cover officer on a call regarding a drunk vagrant. In addition to the me and the other officer, two firefighter-EMTs and two paramedics were on scene. The paramedics had already made the decision to involuntarily transport the vagrant to a nearby […]

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One of the books I got for Christmas this year was Armed Response: A Comprehensive Guide to Using Firearms for Self-Defense. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. I found the writing style kept my interest and the content was well researched.
Armed Response is an excellent book that introduces the reader to the use […]

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Officers Ricky Bryant Jr. and Eric Barker of the DeKalb County (GA) Police Department were shot and killed while working an off-duty job as police officers. Many of the details have not yet been released, and it may be some time before all of the details are released.
While we don’t know why Officers Bryant […]

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Chasing Speed is a great four part series of articles written by Greg Ferency about methamphetamine and those that abuse it. Ferency is an experienced Terre Haute (IN) cop who has been assigned to the county-wide drug task force. In these articles, he talks about how meth affects a person and what warning signs […]

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I’ve added more 2008 training classes to the calendar in the past several days, including a number of SWAT and sniper schools.  Visit the training page for more information.
If your agency is hosting a class, feel free to send me an e-mail, and I will be glad to post it.
Stay safe!

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The H&K MP-5 sub-machinegun is a staple of many SWAT teams around the world. It offers an easy shooting platform with solid reliability. However, many teams have felt the MP-5, using a 9mm handgun cartridge, lacks sufficient stopping power. H&K and other companies have introduced a variety of different platforms shooting .40 […]

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The 2008 Wisconsin Association of SWAT Personnel (ASP) Conference is being held February 4 – 6, 2008. The speakers include:

Dr. Alexis Artwohl author of Deadly Force Encounters
Commander Charles “Sid” Heal, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office
Officer Ken Hammond, Ogden (Utah) Police Department
Chief Dan Martin and Officer William Callo, New Lennox (Illinois) Police
Derrick Bartlett, author […]

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The following course is coming up for new SWAT officers. If your team has some new officers that need a good tactical school, consider the training offered by the Hoover PD SWAT Team. The details are as follows:
Hoover PD SWAT Unit - Basic Tactical Skills Course (BTAC 08-01)
March 16-21, 2008, cost: $150.00/officer
Florence, […]

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Methamphetamine is one of the more dangerous drugs on the street. The manufacture of meth in clandestine labs uses acids, ammonias, and a host of other dangerous chemicals. During the process, things like phosphene gas and yellow phosphorus can be produced with deadly results. It is a nasty process.
As dangerous as the […]

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Making a good arrest is only the initial step in getting a criminal off the street. To keep a criminal off the street, a police officer must testify in court. An officer’s performance in the courtroom can largely determine what a judge or jury may decide. Courtroom testimony is one of the […]

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Police officers engaged in drug interdiction and criminal interdiction are constantly finding new hiding places that criminals use to hide their drugs, weapons, and other contraband.
Here are a few locations that I.C.E. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has found in recent years:

Contraband hidden in a womans wig.
Bags of heroin hidden in teddy bears.
Marijuana concealed in the […]

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Vehicle Stop Interdictions: Drug Interdiction for Patrol is one of more than 40 police training courses offered to law enforcement officers by The Backup Training Corporation. Focusing on highway drug interdiction, the CD-based course covers all of the bases for an officer who is serious about stopping the flow of drugs on the […]

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