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• Four Dead, Still No Suspect Arrested

  Local News Maurice Clemmons, man wanted for questioning, has troubling criminal history Seattle Times Newspaper
  
  
  
  The police arrest a man, he is convicted of terrible crimes and then a politician releases him. Now four police officers are dead. My condolences to the friends and family of [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:28pm EST
  

• Four At Once

  Four police officers were murdered in California today. They were sitting in a shop writing reports and doing routine matters at the beginning of their shift. Anything you do can get you shot, even doing nothing.
  
  All the time when on duty you need to be aware of your [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 12:46am EST
  

• Station Bombing

  With the recent attack on Fort Hood, Texas an interesting question has come up. How safe is your police station? In decades ago, attacks on police departments were not that uncommon and they happen all around the world, even now. Not so much here in the USA.
  
  With [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 11:13pm EST
  

• Red Gun

  www.wreg.com
  
  A police recruit was involved in a training incident where another officer was shot. The only time live ammunition should be used in training is on the range where the goal is to shoot targets. Real weapons should only be used in training when absolutely necessary. [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:30pm EST
  

• 11 Bodies

  Cleveland Police Find 4 More Bodies at Suspect's Home -- Sphere News, Opinion and Analysis
  
  Police have found the bodies of at least eleven people at this mans home in Cleveland, Illinois. They went there to arrest him on assault and rape charges. This tells us several [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:13pm EST
  

• Security Guards

  Private security, properly trained, screened, hired and supervised are nomore dangerous than police and should carry no more liability. Policeacademies are very long, but most of it is not applicable for security work.Vehicle code? Child and sex crimes? Driving? An armed security guard standing a post does not need all [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:48pm EST
  

• Turkey Fights

  Sometimes holidays bring families together. Sometimes families don't get along. Sometimes things go very bad and the police get called by the family or the neighbors.
  
  Family disputes are very dangerous. When people get emotional, when they have been drinking, when they have been arguing, even fighting, they' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:42am EST
  

• DUI Turkey Day

  Many people get depressed around the holidays and with Thanksgiving coming up it might be a good time for police to think about drunk drivers! Depressed people sometimes turn to alcohol to make themselves feel better.
  
  On a day like Thanksgiving when families often gather, some people who [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:27pm EST
  

• Tunnel Vision

  In a high stress incident, your perception may be altered during and soon after the event. One of these is tunnel vision. You focus on one object or one person and everything else seems to go away. We often do this when we watch television or read a book. Everything [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:46pm EST
  

• Dog Mouths

  [www.commercialappeal.com]
  
  A couple days ago, one of the guys I work with was bitten in the hand by a dog. He said he was walking his dog and it was attacked by another dog. He put his hand in the mouth of the attacker and pried it's mouth [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:26pm EST
  

• Google It

  [earth.google.com]
  
  Have you ever used Google Earth? It lets you see nearly anyplace in the United States from above. It is a great tool. If you are serving a search warrant or arrest warrant, run a search for the property. It will get you a very good view [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:38pm EST
  

• Ft. Hood

  [news.yahoo.com]
  
  At Fort Hood, international Radical Islam moves in and kills and wounds a large number of Americans. Radical Islam does not have a hierarchical structure. There is no complex table of organization that has a pigeon hole for every member. It is millions of people with only [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:49pm EST
  

• Suicide by Cop

  PoliceOne report
  
  A recent report says that perhaps as many as four out of ten officer involved shootings were a result of an attempt of suicide by cop. The very bad news for police is that people who try suicide for cop will do those things we most [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:25pm EST
  

• 4 2 1

  Officers Hurt in NJ Shootout
  
  Police in New Jersey were working a stake out on two armed robbery suspects. One of the suspects came out with a shotgun and started shooting at the parked car with the two cops in it. Only two cops watching two potentially armed [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:28am EST
  

• Range Rules

  There are a few rules of range safety that always should be followed in range training.
  
  Treat all guns as if they are loaded all the time. 
  
  I run a hot range and so I expect all guns to be loaded once we start shooting.
  
  Keep [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:13pm EST
  

• Keep Out of Trouble

  Document, document, document. One of the best things you can do to stay out of trouble is to document everything that happens at an incident. More detail is usually better than less detail. Explain why you did what you did. The suspect generally initiates any violent action. Document what the [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:33pm EST
  

• Do Your Job Right

  The Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
  
  Sgt. Chris Edmondson, Officer Dominguez, and Officer Baca have all been indicted for the involuntary manslaughter of Jesse Saenz. They responded to a domestic dispute, during which the suspect was violent and had to be Tased. The suspect was arrested and [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:01pm EST
  

• Gear

  My friend Terry sent the following email to the folks at LAPoliceGear.com
  
  "Dear Mr. Frank,
  
  I hope this find you well.
  
  I am writing concerning an order I placed online in 2006. (details follow below)
  
  To sum things up, I placed an order online for 3" [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:57pm EST
  

• Wounded

  Once three or four first responder police are on site, they should form a team and move to the sound of gunfire, immediately. They need to communicate to their dispatch the nature of the even and their response. They need to coordinate follow on units, but the next unit to [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:06pm EST
  

• Leave the Wounded

  As the initial responders to an active shooter the primary duty is the stop the active shooter. That may be by shooting them, taking them into custody, or even driving them to ground so that the incident becomes a barricaded suspect. Stopping the shooter means that the initial responders must [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:09am EST
  

• Active Shooter Response

  The first officers to arrive at an active shooter scene must determine the nature of what is happening and coordinate the responding units. Try and find out how many suspects there are, the nature of their weapons, their descriptions, and where they are located.
  
  Time is essential and [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:02am EST
  

• Formations

  A team of four officers in a diamond formation, one officer on point, one just to the rear and right and left of the point and a rear officer. The officer to the right rear is the unit commander. The point officer watches to the front, the two side officers [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:05pm EST
  

• Active Shooter

  Saturday I went to the range with my agency and I conducted pistol, patrol rifle, patrol shotgun, and active shooter training. It was a long day, but a good day, at a local outdoor range. We started with the basics of a quick review of each weapon, and then shot [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:37pm EST
  

• Bomb Response

  Response to a bomb threat can be a maddening type of call. One of the biggest problems is you can't generally be sure about if there is really a bomb or not. That means that you have to find someone who can make the decision to evacuate or not. Once' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:25am EST
  

• Police Dispatchers

  Some of the best dispatchers I ever worked with were either former police officers who were medically retired as officers or who were reserve police officers. Due to their having worked in the field, they have better insights into what the police officers need in the field.
  
  Not every [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:25am EST
  

• Officer Mr. Ed

  Horse police are a very helpful tool. I have always wanted to work as a horse police officer, even though I know nothing about horses and could not possibly afford one, I think it is a great concept. Several times over the years I have worked with horse police officers.
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:57am EST
  

• Seattle Attack

  [seattletimes.nwsource.com]--
  
  Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton was murdered in a drive by shooting this week. The officer and his trainee were sitting in their patrol car and the suspect vehicle drove up and shot both officers for no apparent reason. Trainee Officer Britt Sweeney called for help and [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:25am EST
  

• Terror Attacks

  In a recent raid on suspect Islamic terrorists, the FBI had to kill one suspect and an FBI canine was killed in the line of duty. Islamic groups have moved in all over the United States and recently Al Queda published a bulletin to encourage people to use home made [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:13am EST
  

• Just Before Patrol

  Just as I am getting ready to go to roll call and start working in the field, I use the restroom, wash my hands and check my uniform in a mirror. Law enforcement can be very unpredictable and there have been many times when I have found myself either running [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:03am EST
  

• Shoot Fast and Accurate

  When a suspect points a firearm at you, your response should be to aim your weapon at them and shoot them until they are no longer a threat to you or any other innocent person. You need to move to cover, if possible and give verbal commands if you can. [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:25am EST