Articles - Calibre Press

Kudos to California!

By Nick Selby | February 19, 2016

On Feb. 18 at noon Pacific Time, the California Department of Justice (CADOJ) relaunched OpenJustice, its incredible open site dedicated to bringing to citizens open, clear and accessible data about how they are policed.* The site has had arrest and use-of-force data for some time. ...

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PERF’s Principles: An Insider’s Objections

By Crawford Coates | February 16, 2016

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a Washington, D.C., think tank, recently made the news for promoting its creation of “30 Guiding Principles” for police use of force policy and training. As an attendee at the PERF "Re-Engineering Police Use of Force" conference in ...

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DASHCAM: Fatal OIS, Captioned by Calibre Press

By Calibre Press | February 16, 2016

The Cayce Department of Public Safety released the dash cam video of a gunfight between two officers and a suspect who was intoxicated and in possession of drugs. The incident happened on Nov. 17, 2015, when police say they were trying to place 21-year-old Demetrius Shelley Bryant ...

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The 21-Foot “Rule” Doesn’t Exist

By Jim Glennon | February 16, 2016

The word “rule” has been bandied about will-nilly by some in law enforcement over the last 30 years when referring to what should be known as the “Tueller Drill.” And that's led to some dangerous confusion, especially among the civilian population. It's a confusion that's being ...

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Retirement for Cops, Part 1: The Challenges

By Jeff Shannon | February 11, 2016

[Author's Note: This is the first of a two part series. The second part will explore the joys of retirement.] Usually at the 12- or 13-year mark of an officer's 20-year career the countdown begins. The thrill of the job has faded. The officer has been burned on more than one ...

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