Police Procedure

http://youtu.be/id_MNTcc2v0 One of the most persistent shibboleths in the gun world: racking a pump-action shotgun will scare away a burglar. While it can be true, it's not the best way to play You Bet Your Life....

"In a country where we're talking about arming teachers, Baltimore has decided to disarm the police. It's crazy." That's the reaction of Sgt. Clyde Boatwright, president of Baltimore's school police union, after the Maryland house of...

Dustin Theoharis was napping at an apartment he was renting in his friend Cole Harrison’s home in Washington," blacklistednews.com reports. "Police weren’t looking for Theoharis or even his friend Harrison, but instead for Harrison’s son. Harrison’s...

"Overall, the response to the Boston Marathon bombings must be considered a great success," the official after-action report opines. Yes, well, as we reported back in the day, no. The decision to put the whole...

https://youtu.be/QKcar_zV8zk You may recall that BART policeman Johannes Mehserle shot Oscar Grant III to death when he mistook his gun for a TASER. Mehserle went down for that one, a killing caught on tape by multiple witnesses. The...

"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...

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...

  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...

  As we noted with our recent Quote of the Day, firearms prohibition can result in perverse economic incentives. Which is apparently what kept a 500-pound Bronx gang-banger named Wobbles in bidness. "Ten gang members...

"As the number of shootings and homicides has surged in Baltimore, some police officers say they feel hesitant on the job under intense public scrutiny and in the wake of criminal charges against six...

By Brandon via concealednation.org An off-duty Webb City, Missouri police officer was at a playground with his family when his child had become distressed while on top of the slide. The officer climbed the slide...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hZ0_saYDm8 Lt. Clay Higgins of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana doesn't mess around. The no-nonsense persona he exhibits in his PSAs -- a blend of Chuck Norris and R. Lee Ermey -- has earned him celebrity status...