By Robin Kipling
Intuition and instinct are two different things. As a cop, it’s important to understand the distinction between the two. Throughout my career I’ve heard officers use one or the other in the wrong context which can result in investigatory and legal problems, among ...
This is the last installment of a three-part series on foot pursuits taken from Calibre Press’s bestselling textbook, Tactics for Criminal Patrol.
Continuing…
Don’t hypnotically follow the suspect’s exact path of flight. This behavioral form of tunnel vision makes you ...
In the first installment of a special three-part series on foot pursuits, we shared six officer survival considerations to take into account before chasing a fleeing suspect. In this second installement, we’re sharing tips for improving your running technique so you increase your ...
After we ran our recent article, Is a TASER a Deadly Force Weapon When Utilized by a Resistive Subject, and asked readers to share their responses to that question in the context of an officer-involved shooting in Grand Rapids, MI, e-mails from across the country flooded in. In this ...
Competing Narratives: April 4, 2002
1. A Grand Rapids, MI police officer, mercilessly and unjustifiably shot a confused and terrified black man in the back of the head while laying on top of him and pushing the defenseless man’s face into the ground. A motivating factor in the ...
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