Police Procedure

I loved Dragnet, Adam-12, Hill Street Blues, Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, CSI and a lot of other cop shows. I haven't caught The Wire yet, but the DVD set is on...

or at least warm. As per the Globe's Metro Desk, Boston police have a new gizmo to link perps with pieces: When the Bullard TI Commander camera is pointed at a recently discarded handgun, the...

Gun amnesties are, of course, a farce. No criminal is his right mind---and what gun-wielding criminal is?---would walk up to a cop and turn in a perfectly good gun. Unless, of course, there was...

I got myself a DVD set of The Wire for my birthday. The show was renowned for its gritty realism, and despite the violence, even my wife is transfixed by the stories and characters,...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHz9ILcIPTo At some unspecified expense to the country's beleaguered taxpayers, the South Yorkshire police (UK) run a program called "Guns and Knives Take Lives." (Yes, people wielding weapons take lives, not the weapons themselves. Can we...

I used to watch Max Headroom, starring Matt Frewer and Matt Frewer's voice, which depicted a not-too-distant future UK in which the police only restrained themselves from beating on reporters while the cameras were...

Austin Texas' SWAT team is feeling the heat, after swooping down on a suspected koi rustler. "Eric Philippus, 43, said 10 to 12 police officers came to search his house about 10 a.m. yesterday,...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ13CZ4Hekg Ever since the massacre at Columbine, U.S. law enforcement officials have gradually realized that a responding officer facing what's called an "active shooter" (a.k.a. spree killer) can't wait for the SWAT team to arrive. The...

Earlier today, I posted the following statement: "In battle, you do what you gotta do, live, call 911 and deal." The 911 part of the formula is no small point. All your go-to gun...

On July 10, 2010, Erik Scott died tragically at the Costco Wholesale warehouse in Summerlin, Nevada, as a result of shots fired by Metro Police. Costco has consistently refrained from any public comment in connection...

What's the trick to training a dog? Buy the right dog. What's the trick to choosing men and women capable of handling lethal force on society's behalf? Hire the right people. Obviously, that's easier...

"Phillip Ransom thought he had trouble Thursday night when his old van broke down on the side of the road, booming out backfires," kansascity.com reports. "Two Kansas City police officers, mistaking the van’s backfires...