Police Procedure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGwbH738s2o You know that idea that Britain is so peaceful that the average "Bobby" on the street doesn't carry a gun? Forget that for a laff, mate. Even as the country's pols tighten already asphyxiatory restrictions...

When I lived in England, I would rail against the government's intrusion into its citizens' private lives. During my time on the island, the U.K. became the most surveilled country on planet Earth. The...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwxc_zLH560 Click here to download the new study "Emotion Guided Threat Detection: Expecting Guns Where There Are None." Bottom line: angry cops are more likely to be trigger happy than happy cops. Who knew? Time...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ple6TRAOBYo So wait. No officer challenged the subject to drop the weapon while they called in a K9 unit, a mental health evaluation team and a helicopter? And how does a water nozzle make noises...

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"The Orlando Police Department's year-end review of success and challenges came with a warning from Chief Val Demings for potential cop-killers," orlandosentinel.com reports. "If you pull a gun, or point a gun, at an Orlando police...

Whoa! A criminal with an authority problem? Whatever happened to those cheeky lads who used to say "Oh dear! Looks like I've been nicked! Oh well, it's a fair cop." msnbc.com is, once again,...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqGtbPzayzs The Ozzies are not big fans of guns. Not for their largely disarmed populace and now, not for the police either. While I'm not shocked by the numbers of Taser deployments, I wonder if...

This morning, I read Paul Markel's column for officer.com: Firearms Training Sanity Check; Why do we train the way we do? The answer: "Rather than examine or address any deficiencies in the curriculum or...

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