Trying to Shoot Pitbull, LA Cops Hit and Kill Teen
"While trying to shoot a dog that had attacked an officer, deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office instead struck Garcia-Muro." washintonpost.com reports. "Their bullets ricocheted off the driveway, authorities said, and...
RETRACTION: Sheriff Howard Sills Did Not Renege on Reward
Yesterday, on June 17, we posted an article that claimed that Sheriff Howard Sills reneged on the reward for the capture of escaped convicts. We relied on a video from wsmv.com. The news reader, Chris...
Baltimore Police Commissioner Blames Revolving Door Justice for Surging ‘Gun Violence’
Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Davis is mad as hell -- at the city's revolving door justice system. (Video after the jump) After monitoring the judicial results of arrests for firearms-related crime, the BPD jefe...
Court: Deputy OK to Shoot Driver Even Though He Put Himself In Front of...
The Force Science Institute writes:
A federal appellate court has ruled that a sheriff’s deputy was justified in shooting dead the driver of a car heading toward him as a weapon, even though the deputy...
U.S. Monitors Solvent Trap Purchases, Shares the Data with Australia, Leads to Arrests
Australia has no Second Amendment, no Fourth Amendment, no Fifth Amendment, no First Amendment. There are only a few rights actually protected by the Australian constitution, and they are weakly protected. But what about ours?...
Why Most Cops Are Lousy Shots
"On Tuesday evening, the Salinas City Council voted to give the police department the go ahead to buy 70 new shotguns for $47,905, specifically Remington 870s with a price tag of approximately $627 each,"...
Quote of the Day: The Ferguson Effect Hits UK Police, Too
"Officers have seen what happens to their colleagues who have had to use lethal force to protect the public. Increasingly, they seem to be portrayed as suspects, based, I can only assume, on an...
Force Science Institute: Cops Debate Warning Shots
The Force Science Institute asked their law enforcement audience for their opinion on warning shots. This, after the International Association of Chiefs of Police Chiefs recommended that police agencies OK warning shots under certain guidelines.
According the FSI, 90 percent of...
SIG SAUER to NJ State Police: Blame Your Cheap Ammo, Not Us
Last week we reported that the NJ State Police are suing SIG SAUER because, according to the NJSP, the P229 handguns that SIG SAUER sold them were jam-o-matics. SIG SAUER has since responded and, according to their diagnosis,...
San Bernardino Terrorist Attack: Cops Had 10 Percent Hit Rate
"The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s 55-page interoffice memo . . . lays out exactly how law enforcement officers from multiple agencies responded to the Inland Regional Center within minutes of the attack and killed...
Fort Worth Police Officer on Shotgun ND: I Wasn’t Trained Properly
The family of Craigory Adams wants to know if Fort Worth police officer Courtney Johnson shot their relative by accident. That depends on what you call an accident. From star-telegram.com:
A police officer on trial...
Columbia, SC Police Chief Holbrook: Open Carry Puts Officers in Danger
William H. “Skip” Holbrook (above) is the Chief of the Columbia Police. Writing for thestate.com, Chief Holbrook wants the citizens under his protection to know that "the right to bear arms is fundamental to our...