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Police officers have enjoyed the use of the Taser X26 (and the effective M26 before that) as an excellent intermediate force option that allows the quick incapacitation of an offender while minimize the chance of harm to the suspect and officers involved. Tasers tend to be effective where pain compliance techniques are not.
However, Tasers […]

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County officials along the U.S./Mexico border say the cost of apprehending, arresting and convicting undocumented immigrants is crippling their courts and the region’s entire criminal justice system. In a report released by the U.S. / Mexico Border Counties Coalition (USMBCC), elected county leaders argue they are well past the national debate on immigration reform, and […]

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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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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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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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Undercover drug investigators often find themselves dealing with the most violent segments of our society with very little to defend themselves. Often the officer has only a single firearm if things go bad.
Greg Ferency is a police officer with extensive training and experience as a undercover and tactical officer dealing with drug enforcement. […]

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Dopers hide their stash in all sorts of silly places. As a police officer engaged in criminal interdiction, you have to look beyond the obvious locations if you plan on making a real impact.
Called a PC Micro Grow Center, this commercially available product disguises a small grow operation inside of a home computer […]

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Police officers engaged in drug interdiction quickly learn that experienced dealers and traffickers never drive a car they own when moving their product. Criminals have learned to bypass the asset forfeiture laws by renting a car, and moving the drugs with the leased vehicle. If stopped, the dealer may lose the product, but […]

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Ask any martial artist and they will tell you: for every move, there is a counter-move.
In this case, the counter-move is a small device that jams GPS signals, preventing you from using them to track your suspect. It plugs into a cigarette lighter and emits a low power (200mW) jamming signal that claims to […]

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ArchPort™ is a shoe company that is selling a line of shoes that features a concealment compartment.
ArchPort™ offers a variety of sandals and athletic shoes that have a thicker sole, with small compartments that are accessible from the side of the shoe. Marketed as a way to carry or hide things like money or […]

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Fortunately, I’ve not had a lot of exposure to meth labs. They are a nasty business. There are many dangerous and toxic chemicals associated with the production of methamphetamine. Take a look in the archives here to see what one match can do to an entire house that was the site of […]

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Emotionally Disturbed Persons, or EDPs, are common encounters for the street level police officer.
EDPs fall into three general categories: chemical abusers, short term, and long term. Recognizing what category the EDP falls into may help you in how you deal with the subject.
The first category is the chemical abuser. The folks in this […]

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In the excellent book, Tactics for Criminal Patrol : Vehicle Stops, Drug Discovery and Officer Survival, Charles Remsburg attempts to impress on police officers the idea that each and every traffic stop may lead to interdicting a larger crime if you look for it. The concept is simple: most criminals use cars to move […]

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We’ve all dealt with them: EDPs. EDPs, or emotionally disturbed persons, come in all shapes and sizes, and they all have the potential for violence.
Through the years, I have had a variety of police training classes, and a bunch of first hand experience. Probably the best set of tips I’ve gotten came from […]

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