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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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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. […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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