Officers from around the country responded heavily to Chief Scott Hughes’ article, Cops Don’t Shoot Imminent Threat. Sign of the Times? that discussed a recent incident where two probationary officers chose not to fire on a homicide suspect brandishing a gun. The officers’ Chief ...
By Chief Scott Hughes
Last week, two police officers ‘resigned’ after failing to use deadly force against an armed homicide suspect. According to media reports, the chief of police told reporters that the two probationary officers’ failure to use force was, “Just inappropriate on ...
Editor's note: Before we go to our next article, we wanted to share some helpful feedback we received from readers following our recent post-shooting survival series:
A west coast officer wrote:
I am writing in regard to your post shooting survival shooting series. I was ...
Before we continue our special Street Survival II series on post-shooting survival, we want to share a few reader responses we received after sending Part 1 last week:
Lt. Glen Marin (ret.) from Los Angeles Co. Sheriff’s Department commented:
I do not normally respond to your ...
By Jim Glennon
This month’s trial of three former Minneapolis police officers involved in the murder of George Floyd brings to the fore a question that has only recently been addressed by our courts: What obligations does an officer have to intervene when faced with another ...
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