Police Procedure

http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf The common criteria for a legal defensive gun use: the shooter is facing an imminent, credible threat of death or grievous bodily harm and imminence is imminent. That last bit is often ignored but...

  Regular readers know I adopt a guilty until proven innocent approach to police misconduct. In case you didn't catch it, I am deeply suspicious of the boys in blue. But when the TTAG telegraph...

Maryland State Police announced additional deer hunting training for SWAT teams. JK. But not by much. "Frederick County's farmers have embraced a suggestion from state troopers that helps them reduce their deer population, but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKjYlpex4OM In the grand tradition of DEA agent Lee Paige (above), a Chino, California police officer injured three students when he negligently discharged his firearm during a, um, safety demonstration at Newman Elementary School this...

Just before the head of Interpol told the world that arming citizens is the best way to protect against terrorist attacks on "soft targets" U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder assured cops attending the International Association...

Keene, New Hampshire is small New England town nestled in the southwestern part of the state near to the Vermont border.  There is no interstate highway access and the population is only about 23,000...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6bqECQZoMM So much for "put your hands up" or "secure the perimeter." Fair enough?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIzZMrfGeEE "The nighttime chase began last November when an officer thought he heard a gunshot from a car speeding by the police station in downtown Cleveland. A parking lot attendant thought it might have been...

"Stutsman County was created by the 1872-73 territorial legislature and named for Enos Stutsman, who was born with Phocomelia (lacking arms or legs), but who nonetheless not only homesteaded, but became a powerful politician in the...

You may recall that we reported on an Arizona cop who was asked to wear civvies when dropping off his daughter at school. Like other gun rights friendly media, TTAG chided the Mesa School...

"Police are investigating what they believe to be an accidental shooting Friday evening when a man in the Cove shot his right hand while dismantling a semiautomatic hand gun," stamfordadvocate,com reports. " Hohn said the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RArAbMLwNqs Coming soon to a democracy near you! Oh wait . . .