Police Procedure

You hear it so often it must be printed in police department handbooks. "Just give the robber what he wants. It's not worth getting hurt over a few dollars." Would the same cops who...

What are the odds that someone could walk into a Chicago police station holding a loaded AR, declare martial law and not be either repeatedly ventilated, billy-clubbed to a bloody pulp or even charged...

I heart the Smith & Wesson M&P .45. That said, if you buy the handgun in the Bay State it's hamstrung by the dreaded Massachusetts trigger---an action so heavy the Granby Charter Days Tractor...

Dane Reister, the Portland cop who accidentally shot a fleeing suspect with live ammo instead of beanbags last June, has been indicted by a grand jury. It's the first time a Portland police officer's...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj1DOzy9ILs "Tammy Robinette made several huge errors in judgment while driving in Greene County on the night of October 4," riverfronttimes.com reports. "Drinking and driving was a big one. That caused a sheriff's deputy to pull her over. But...

Before I became a law enforcement officer I had a concealed carry permit. During the mandatory safety course, the instructor encouraged us to disclose the fact that we had a firearm in the car...

A near pants-soiling situation for local law enforcement took place on the highways of Southern California earlier this week when a motorist spied what turned out to be a toy M16 in a passing...

Hypothetically speaking, what would you do if you left your gun safe open for three days, your three-year-old son gained access to a loaded gun and shot himself in the head? How would you...

We like cops here at TTAG. Honest we do. But when so many of them provide such a target rich environment - so to speak - you just gotta take note. Are your state's...

"The $18,000 price tag for the shotguns was paid for with a Recovery Justice Assistance Grant, federal money designed to help equip law enforcement while stimulating the economy." - pressherald.com on the funding for Portland...

KTLA.com reports that West Covina CA City Councilman Mike Touhey and Councilwoman Shelley Sanderson are none too happy about a video satirizing police harassment that clearly shows their town's cops and cars. Touehy and Sanderson...

First, a story worthy of Caddyshack from the latimes.com: "A San Diego County sheriff's deputy, responding to an emergency call Thursday from San Marcos residents about an 'armed suspicious person' in their neighborhood, shot at...