How Many Flat Tires Are Worth an Officer’s Life?

How Many Flat Tires Are Worth an Officer’s Life?

By Chief Scott Hughes Since the development of the tire deployment device (TDD), not a year has passed without the loss or serious injury of officers involved with their use—be it preparing for deployment, executing deployment, or post-deployment retrieval. Already, after just four ...
“Top Secret” Blood Lessons

“Top Secret” Blood Lessons

By Ken Crane In 2008, Calibre Press co-founder Charles Remsberg wrote a book called Blood Lessons in which he compiled 24 true-life accounts of police officers who were involved in harrowing life-and-death encounters. These accounts, told in the words of the involved officers are ...
Trust Us…Or We’ll Send the Police?

Trust Us…Or We’ll Send the Police?

Ultimately, in the end, enforcing social distancing rules, falls to the cops. Governors in 42 states have declared edicts restricting constitutionally protected and inalienable rights; an edict that two months ago would have been unimaginable and unquestionably illegal.  Even ...
Autism & Wandering: What Cops Need to Know

Autism & Wandering: What Cops Need to Know

By Sgt. Stefan Bjes Recent stats from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) show that autism rates in children grew 10% from 2016 to 2018, currently standing at 1/54 children. A unique and challenging characteristic of autism is wandering, commonly known as “fleeing,” “bolting” or ...

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