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Spyderco Tactical Blades

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Spyderco is the original police knife. The company started the whole pocket clip-carry, tactical folder thing in the mid-1980s with its C07 Police Model. This same knife with a stainless handle is still available today. The blade alloy has been upgraded from 440 stainless to VG-10. But the blade ...

The Ram Master

May 01, 2008; Milone, Paul ... The need for forced entry is obvious to anyone with any patrol experience at all. Although explosive breaching and shotgun breaching are both viable options, the reality is that most municipalities are very slow to accept these options. As such, the vast majority of forced entry scenarios are ...

Performance Training

May 01, 2008; O'Connor, John ... Performance training is training resulting in an increase in ability or capacity. Ability is usually related to mentally driven capabilities such as skills or talent and subjectively measured. Capacity refers more to the physical capacity, ' which is measured objectively. An increase in ...

FN 303 Less Lethal Launcher

May 01, 2008; Munson, Don ... One of the dilemmas with less-lethal alternatives has been range and accuracy. Of the suspects engaged by officers using less-lethal munitions, 19% were between 21 and 42 feet away, while 20% were beyond 42 feet. A less-lethal launcher that is both accurate and effective at longer ranges is ...

TASER TACTICAL CONFERENCE

May 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The TASER® annual conference is the premier less-lethal, nonlethal event in the nation. This year, the "Who's Who" of use-of-force met in Chicago for a two-day tactical conference followed by a three-day master instructor school. Each year about 100 master. instructors are recertified and 100 ...

Less-Lethal Technologies, Part 4

May 01, 2008; Ijames, Steve ... Contemporary agencies using impact rounds today generally deploy them in cases where officers are justified in using impact energy, but for obvious safety reason are unable to walk up to the suspect and do so. Common operational scenarios involve armed and/or violent people affected by mental ...

Super Talon Net Gun

May 01, 2008; Munson, Don ... Many of today's better less-lethal options are actually decades old. Beanbags date back to the 1960s. The TASER® has its origin in the 1970s. OC spray dates back to the 1980s. So it is with the net gun. It was popularized in the 1987 Arnold Schwarznegger film, "The Running Man," just like the ...

Active Listening vs. Effective Listening

May 01, 2008; Christol, Tim ... Making changes through effective listening requires crisis negotiators to consider a new approach from what we have tried in the past when communicating with those people in crisis. Effective listening requires us to combine three primary components of negotiation to identify the true motives of ...

NEGOTIATIONS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

May 01, 2008; Massock, Bill ... Crisis negotiation is a complex discipline. Negotiating with an armed barricaded person holding hostages can be a prolonged and stressful event. When a uniformed officer responds to an event that becomes a barricade incident, he may not have the luxury of patiently waiting the 45 to 60 minutes ...

Listen and Survive

May 01, 2008; Carlton, Jerry ... Listening is the most neglected form of communication. For the patrol officer, SWAT negotiator or investigator, listening skills may be a critical survival skill. Hearing words is not enough. Understanding the message is. Proper listening techniques are not taught in school. We are ...

NEW at the 2008 SHOT SHOW

May 01, 2008; Oldham, Scott ... The Sporting Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show is where most firearms and outdoor manufacturing companies introduce their newest products and technology. While the SHOT Show had an original focus on hunting and other outdoor sports, in the past several years, there is an ever-increasing law ...

Tru-Spec TRU Tactical Response Uniform

May 01, 2008; Nielsen, Eugene ... The new TRU Tactical Response Uniform from Tru-Spec® by Atlanco is designed to take tactical uniforms into the next generation. Based on the Army Combat Uniform (ACU), the TRU provides operators with enhanced functionality, durability and comfort. Because the TRU is essentially an ...

SureFire's AR-15 Light System

May 01, 2008; Munson, Don ... The patrol rifle is becoming commonplace in police vehicles. The advantages over the shotgun include better accuracy, a longer range, less recoil, rapid reloading, more ammo capacity, more controlled penetration than a slug, and fewer projectiles to account for than buckshot. The list goes on, ...

NEW BODY ARMOR STANDARDS

May 01, 2008; Sanow, Ed ... New body armor standards are on their way! Five years ago, a 40 S&W bullet penetrated the soft body armor of a Forest Hills, PA police officer. This was the first confirmed time a ballistic vest failed to stop a bullet that it was rated to stop. This event set in motion a massive ...