Hartford Police Caught Stealing Ammo
I want to make something clear right out front: although Hartford Police Range Administrator Officer Louis Crabtree is innocent until proven guilty, the evidence presented by courant.com is overwhelming. I reckon Officer Crabtree stole...
Boston Cop Lasers Videographer
https://youtu.be/FpD7_JjtInU
Context. copblock.org doesn't have any. (They say they're reaching out to the person who emailed the video.) But it looks like the police officer brandishing the GLOCK - albeit with the kind of grip my...
Study: Why Police Firearms Training Sucks
Force Science Institute:
By the time an average police recruit completes typical academy firearms training, how much more skilled in shooting is he than a person who has never shot or even held a handgun...
Violent Video Games Leading to Criminal Headshots? [Video NSFW]
https://youtu.be/BG-qsBC60Pg
Force Science News:
Playing video games that involve violent shooting can heighten firing accuracy and influence players to aim for the head, researchers have confirmed in a unique new study. On the positive side, this might...
Austin PD Chief Acevedo: Open Carry = “Open Season For Armed Criminals and Extremists”
SO CLOSE! If only Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo had Tweeted that Texas' impending permitted open carry law presaged "Open Season ON Armed Criminals and Extremists." Then again, who gets to decide who's a...
Tulsa Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy Mistakes Gun for TASER. Could It Happen to Anyone?
As has been widely reported, septuagenarian Tulsa reserve sheriff’s deputy Robert Charles Bates shot and killed gun trafficking suspect Eric Courtney Harris with a .357 Magnum revolver instead of a TASER, killing Harris. The part-time law enforcement officer appeared on the Today Show...
OMG! A Cop With a Gun! In Scotland! OMG!
"A police officer in Inverness has been photographed carrying a firearm despite assurances that sidearms would only be deployed under special circumstances." Ewww! We were told we wouldn't have to see guns unless it...
Hey Moms! This Is Where “Children” Get Their “Crime Guns” in Flint, MI
Where'd they get the gun? That's what gun control advocates demand each and every time there's a crime or negligent discharge involving a "child" (a slippery category that usually includes teenage gang bangers). The clear implication: if the...
Incendiary Image of the Day: The History of the American Policeman Edition
TTAG reader Chip in South Florida writes:
I just had a job cross my desk that I found interesting and thought you, too, would get a kick out of it. The Chief of Police of my...
Anti-SWATting NJ Legislator SWATted
"Swatting" means calling in to 911 to report a dangerous situation that requires a SWAT team to deal with it. A situation that doesn't exist. (That probably doesn't require a SWAT team but that's another...
AZ Cop Mows Down Rogue Rifleman
https://youtu.be/ZAQhBUH0SZ8
When local station ABC7 posted this video on their Facebook page, they "forgot" to mention that the man hit by the cop car stole the rifle from Walmart, pointed it at his own head several...
What Part of “Shall Not Be Infringed” Does the MD State Police Not Understand?
"A trooper stopped a new Toyota Tundra on Saturday because the driver was using a cellphone while driving," delmarvanow.com reports. "What Cpl. T. Bean found was a vehicle loaded with more than a dozen...