The Florida Highway Patrol is purchasing unique Glock pistols that are unavailable, for now, to anyone else, according to Randy Pitts, a Glock sales representative at the 2010 SHOT Show. These new pistols will replace the aging Beretta 96 handguns currently carried by FHP. Recently the Florida Highway Patrol conducted testing for a new duty pistol in Tallahassee, … [Read more...]
Medical Training and Trauma Kits
Ever thought about what you would do if you are shot? Stabbed? Ever considered what you would do if help was a long way off? If you work in a rural area, you may have considered that EMS may take 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or even longer to get to you. If you work in an urban area, those time delays may not seem possible, but they are. Consider the … [Read more...]
Fake ID Fail
Seriously, this has to be the worst fake ID I have ever seen. I don't know who found it, and under what circumstances, but I'm guessing there is a funny story to be told over a cup of coffee. NOTE: When making a fake ID, leave your girl out of the photo. Curiously, this fake ID (FAIL) is actually pretty good if you leave out the photo of the cute couple. … [Read more...]
Basic Shooting Skills
Basics. They can be boring to teach and tedious to practice. But, the basics have to be mastered and practiced to enhance your odds in a tough situation. If you think of your training as a pyramid, the basics are the foundation for the skill set. Without strong basics, the structure will collapse under pressure. Take handgun skills. The basics include … [Read more...]
Christmas Gift Ideas for the Cop in Your Life
Every year, my wife asks me the one question I try my best to avoid: "What do you want for Christmas?" I guess I am like most cops. I like toys, and cop toys are especially fun. It is hard for most of us to justify our spouses spending the money on gifts for us, so we tend to minimize the whole thing and we wind up with a sweater instead of the latest tacti-cool … [Read more...]
Advanced Vehicle Stop Tactics Book Review
I recently purchased and read Advanced Vehicle Stop Tactics by Michael T. Rayburn. I had previously read Advanced Patrol Tactics by Rayburn and thought it was a good book, so I figured I would give his traffic stop book a read also. Let me start by saying that Rayburn covers nearly any type of traffic stop you can imagine. This book of course covers low or unknown risk … [Read more...]