Las Vegas Shooting Police Report: Second Suspect, Motive, New Timeline, Firearms Inventory, SWAT ND...
The Clark County Sheriff's Office have released an 81-page report on the mass shooting on October 1, 2017. Click here to read. As The New York Times reveals, the document contains several surprising details,...
Question of the Day: Should Cops SWAT Prohibited Persons?
"A surge in gun sales and a reduction in funding for the program has stymied efforts by the state Department of Justice to eliminate a backlog of people in California who have firearms...
Use of Force Court Decision Offers Police Officers “Valuable Learning Points”
Two recent federal appellate decisions are good reminders of how US judges may assess claims of excessive force where unarmed suspects are involved. Atty. Michael Brave, always a popular legal updater at ILEETA conferences...
Crestview, Florida Police Department: Give Us Your Guns!
"A recent Facebook post on the agency website called on residents who 'find themselves in the awkward situation of getting rid of handguns, rifles and other firearms' to drop them off at the Crestview...
Question of the Day: Do You Trust the Police?
"The leader of the Baltimore Police Department’s corrupt Gun Trace Task Force pleaded guilty to racketeering and other charges Friday morning, admitting to a wide range of new crimes, including dirt bike thefts and re-selling stolen prescription...
There’s No Need for College Campus Police to be Armed: IMI Systems Quote of...
"Officers who patrol dangerous neighborhoods, where people carry guns and use them in crimes, need to be armed themselves. But officers who patrol bucolic campuses where very little crime and even less violence occurs...
Call of Duty Gamer Dispute Allegedly Results in Innocent Man’s Death by Swatting
Gee, we thought gaming was supposed to be, you know, fun . . . Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in deadly Wichita police shooting
Online gamers have said in multiple Twitter posts that...
In Praise of the Service Revolver
Recently, the NYPD announced that it would finally be phasing out the last of their remaining .38 Special revolvers, with a sunset date of August 31, 2018. At that point, wheel guns will be...
Flying with Firearms: A Few New Lessons Learned
"I can't tell you what's going to happen next, but I will explain it once it's over," the TSA supervisor said to me after the explosives detector alarmed on my shotgun case. Again.
Last week...
Department of Justice Report Whitewashes Pulse Nightclub Police Response
"The Orlando Police Department and other agencies performed strongly during the Pulse nightclub massacre, but additional training is needed to improve communication and prepare for future terror attacks, officials wrote in a report commissioned by the U.S. Department...
Sandy Hook Slaughter: Could the Police Have Prevented The Spree Killing?
"In the five years since 20 students and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Connecticut State Police have been unable to complete a report that law enforcement across the country look for...
Cops Are Shooting Unarmed Black Suspects. And?
"An exclusive analysis of data from the 50 largest local police departments in the United States shows that police shoot Americans more than twice as often as previously known," news.vice.com reports . . .Vice...