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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'SWAT'
KRISS Super V Vector SMG in .45 ACP: New Improvements To Be Unveiled At The 2008 SHOT Show
January 16th, 2008 · No Comments
SWAT Officer Training Conference Information
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: SWAT · General · Training
Basic Tactical Skills Course: SWAT Training For Newly Appointed Tactical Officers
January 14th, 2008 · No Comments
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, […]
Off-Duty Officer Survival: Carry Your Gun (Yep, this topic again!)
December 10th, 2007 · No Comments
Some of you may be sick of hearing this, but I don’t know if I can stress this enough: carry your gun off-duty. Heck, carry two or three.
Saturday, an off-duty SWAT member with the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida, shot an armed robber, ending a robbery attempt at a Winn Dixie supermarket. […]
Tags: Off Duty Concerns · SWAT · Officer Safety
Police Training and Real Life Shootings: Move!
December 4th, 2007 · No Comments
One of the things that really gets me upset about a lot of the firearms training given to police officers, is the concept of a static officer vs. a static target. You know the training I mean: the officer stands on the line, waits for the command, draws his firearm, and shoots a […]
Tags: Hostage Situations · SWAT · Traffic Stops · Officer Safety · Firearms Training · Training
Locked Doors and Lockdowns: Police Officer’s Response to Active Shooters
November 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Active shooters are a real threat that police officers train to confront. Active shooter incidents have gone down at shopping malls, office buildings, and other locations, but one of the more frequent locations is at a school.
Many police departments have trained in, or at least familiarized their officers with, the schools in their jurisdictions. […]
Tags: SWAT · Active Shooters · Training
Terrorists Next Plan: Killing Our Children at School
September 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I don’t care what your stance on the President, Iraq, or the Middle East is. The fact of the matter is, there are trained terrorists who are intent on killing as many of our children as they can to further their “holy war.”
Don’t believe me? Read Terror at Beslan: A Russian Tragedy with […]
Tags: Hostage Situations · SWAT · Active Shooters · Terrorism · Firearms Training · Training
