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In Car Police Cameras

By Richard Johnson

In Car Police Cameras

In car police cameras have radically altered our understanding of officer safety.  In the past two decades, the videos coming from squad cars have made a huge impact on how instructors present training in the academy and have made lasting impressions on the psyche of many a rookie and seasoned cop. Before the widespread use of video cameras in police cars, trainers … [Read more...]

Position Sul Training Video

By Aaron

[Ed. note:  This training article and video are on the firearm handling technique known as Position Sul.  Position Sul is not a replacement for the low ready, rather it is an alternative that officers can use depending on the circumstances, training and department policies.  Your thoughts and feedback are welcome in the comments at the end of the article.] During the last 25 … [Read more...]

Newhall Shooting

By Richard Johnson

Newhall Shooting - police training

The Newhall shooting on April 6, 1970 resulted in the death of four officers with the California Highway Patrol and helped usher in a new era of officer safety training.  The shooting, also called the Newhall Incident and the Newhall Massacre, pitted two hardened criminals against two pairs of relatively young officers.  Sadly, poor training and planning cost those officers … [Read more...]

Brite-Strike Flashlight Camera

By Richard Johnson

Brite-Strike Flashlight

Brite-Strike is now making a flashlight camera for duty use.  The "Duty Light Camera" (aka DLC-200-4-MIL-RC) is a handheld LED flashlight that can record standard definition video in addition to throwing up to 200 lumens of light. The flashlight is relatively small at 7.5" long.  This puts it into the same general size category as the Streamlight Stinger flashlight … [Read more...]

ITW MagBoot Review

By Aaron

MagBoot

Aaron reviews the ITW MagBoot, which is a rubber sleeve that covers the lower portion of your AR15/M4 magazines. This gives you better grip purchase on metal mags, and some of the MagBoots have built-in Ghillie Tex IR signature reduction. … [Read more...]

Pedestrian Stop Shooting Video

By Richard Johnson

Pedestrian Stop Shooting

Walking backwards almost got a North Carolina deputy killed. At about 4:15 am on August 29, 2009, Guilford County (NC) Sheriff's Corporal J. Mecham made a pedestrian stop on a suspicious person later identified as Daniel Roy Smith.  Unknown to Corporal Mecham, Smith was an escapee from a halfway house where he was serving time for a federal bank robbery conviction. … [Read more...]

Traffic Stop Shooting

By Richard Johnson

Seeing his partner dragged under a car on a traffic stop gone bad, an Albany, NY police officer was forced to shoot and kill the car's driver to save the first officer's life. This is the video that was presented to the Grand Jury, which found the officers' actions reasonable.  It is a combination of video from the patrol car and from a … [Read more...]

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