Content Contest: Anatomy of a SWATting
By Tile Floor
I'll never forget the night my SWATting cherry was popped. I was sitting in my Dodge Charger police car, lamenting the circumstances in my life that culminated in me being a police officer...
Force Science Institute: Memory of Shooting Inherently Unreliable
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According to a Force Science Institute study , a police officer's memory after a shooting is highly unreliable. Same goes for you. That's why you should never agree to a post-defensive gun use police interview without a lawyer present...
Question of the Day: Does Social Media Increase the Likelihood of Shootings? [VIDEO]
"Police in Sacramento are calling a video that depicts a man firing a gun from a moving car disturbing," sfgate.com reports. I'd say "helpful." To wit: "Those in the video were ultimately identified by police...
James Yeager to Cops: Stay Home on September 11 [VIDEO]
https://youtu.be/gOSdOhJdPsY
James Yeager is at it again. The controversial gun guru is making waves with a new video. This time he's responding to the so-called "war on the police" by urging "his brothers in blue"...
German Cop’s “Stray Bullet” Strikes Fellow Officer in the Kidney
I suppose the scandal here is that Germany let Rafik Mohamad Yousef, a "convicted terrorist and an asylum seeker," roam the streets of Berlin. The fact that said terrorist stabbed a German cop in the neck...
CA Police Helicopter Sniper Shoots and Kills Robbery Suspect
"A man wanted in a home invasion robbery near Los Angeles was shot to death Friday by a sharpshooter hovering above in a police helicopter," upi.com reports. The robbery suspect had led police on...
MBTA Officer Draws Gun on MA Bus
https://youtu.be/oXJavfJKXH8
"The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police Department in Boston is currently under fire, after video of an officer hitting an unarmed black woman with a baton on a bus went viral Friday," thinkprogress.com reports....
NY Cops Bust “Ghost Gun” Sellers. Entrapment?
"Two New York men are accused of selling untraceable firearms known as 'ghost guns' to undercover investigators," ny.cbslocal.com reports. NY AG Eric Schneiderman is pleased. "Ghost guns represent a new, dangerous frontier of illegal firearm...
“At least the Delaware PD will help finish you off if you have a...
https://youtu.be/TJBtMrCbPho
Note: that headline is not my opinion of this piece; it was sent with the link Mother calls police shooting of son in wheelchair 'unjust' . Did the cops know the wheelchair-bound guy was suicidal? Did they know...
Gun Heroes of the Day: Pro-2A Police
As a policeone.com survey revealed, the majority of U.S. police officers support an armed citizenry. Why wouldn't they? With their hands-on experience dealing with criminals, they know how effective personal arms can be. They don't live in protected, "green...
Funny Or Die: Cell Phone for Filming Police Brutality [VIDEO]
Funny or Die never seemed a more appropriate name for this comedy sketch. Of course, they're not the only ones™ making light of the fact that the rise of cell phone cameras has created...
Question of the Day: You OK With “Wildlife Checkpoints”?
Last Sunday, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, Tourism (KDWPT) game wardens and Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) troopers conducted joint "wildlife checkpoints" (a.k.a., police roadblocks) in central Kansas. The vehicular "stop and interrogate" effort coincided with...