Law & Order

Don't Forget the Streetfit Challenge!

[...] an emphasis on fitness for the desk-bound officer may be just as important for the quality of life as fitness for the patrol officer. [...] for a wide-open, no holds barred contest, nothing is as easy to administer, simple t understand and easy to verify as weight loss, eating better and working out more, you los weight and are arguably more physically fit. you lose 25 or 50 pounds, your aerobic ani anaerobic fitness will almost certainly impro1 along the way.

Laptops and Handheld Computers

According to Sheriff Adam Christiansen, in the nine years since purchasing the laptops, only two have not functioned after a vehicle accident, mainly due to being submerged for a long period of time. To date, the company has exceeded the department's expectations in resource and time management. Since its officers have a large area to cover, much time was wasted driving back and forth to the station.\n www.tdsway.com Xplore Technologies Since its inception, Xplore Technologies has consisten...

Control Consoles

According to Luke Carruthers, marketing manager for Evans Consoles, the company has lived through several changes in the industry since its inception 28 years ago.\n It provides personal fit and comfort for dispatchers and conforms to radio and telephone technologies and mapping applications. According to Director of Public Safety Jonathan Owen, the desks were arranged side by side, and everyone had to yell across each other.

Interoperability... Or Not

[...] multi-jurisdictional interoperability deals with wireless communications involving agencies with different geographical areas of responsibility. [...] multi-disciplinary interoperability deals with wireless communications involving two or more different agencies. Subsequently, it was decided that police services in British Columbia would become interoperable within themselves, given that there are 11 municipal police forces and the federal RCMP all performing front-line policing. [.....

In Defense of the Police Manager

In law enforcement, we are inundated with articles, books, training courses, advice, and a diverse cadre of talented speakers all touting the need for and benefits derived from leadership. A Manager's Value In police work, a lieutenant with solid management skills and few leadership skills can still be successful; however, a lieutenant with solid leadership skills and few management skills will surely fail.

The Importance of Training New Sergeants

Training in basic management, supervisory and evaluation skills, how to communicate feedback effectively and how to plan his own advancement goals can ease this transition period and quickly bring Sergeant Just Promoted's management skills up to an acceptable level. Providing a solid training program for all officers allows a foundation to be built that will assist each worker with individual career goals and shows the officers that management has an interest in their overall professional an...

Total Policing Is Coming

Using police officers to ensure municipal code compliance or to write ordinances, and enacting new police authority to exercise input on things like special events or construction of high-density residential dwellings are all parts of the total policing effort. Total Policing Gains Momentum Due to these early successes, we expanded our total policing efforts to a larger target area to a 16-block radius in our downtown area, which was plagued for at least two decades with drugs, gangs, prosti...

Calendar of Events

Police Equipment News

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On The Job

Traffic Enforcement Equals Crime Reduction

Yet, the rate of crime also drops, not just the change in location. Since those statements are either not obvious to, or challenged by, some police managers, the NHTSA and the BJA have teamed up to prove it.

News

Alliance Formed to Manufacture Advanced Automobile Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries are anticipated to replace gasoline as the principal source of energy in future cars and military vehicles.Today, United States automobile manufacturers and defense contractors depend upon foreign suppliers for lithium-ion battery cells.

Pelican Products Acquires Hardigg Industries

"Despite the current economic downturn, Pelican Products has continued to grow its position as a global leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced lighting systems and virtually indestructible injection molded cases," said Lyndon Faulkner, president and CEO of Pelican Products.

Study: Le Injuries Not Tracked Well

Non-fatal injuries to police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and other public safety workers are common, but little is done to track these incidents in order to improve prevention efforts, according to a study issued by the RAND Corp. "We have pretty good information about the causes of fatalities that strike public safety employees, but we do not do enough to track the less-severe injuries that routinely strike this group of workers," said Tom LaTourrette, lead author o...

Fleet Management

Ford Edge...Are Crossovers the Future of Police Vehicles?

Yet the future of retail cars at that time, and actually the reality of retail cars at the time, was V-6 powered, front-wheel drive, midsize cars. [...] here is what an Edge is not. [...] it allows extremely easy entrance exit from the vehicle. Gas Mileage The EPA estimates, using its revised testing procedure, are 16 City / 24 Hwy for the FWD version with a combined mileage of 19.

Training

Trade Shows for Trainers

[...] trade shows allow the trainer to see first hand where the equipment market is going and compare a wide range of products at the same time. [...] trade shows are vastly entertaining and great 'mental health' days.

Captain

Leadership Styles

Other captains may also insist on directing personnel with detailed guidelines but are not averse to maintaining a friendly rapport with the rank and file. [...] their activity declined substantially.

Investigations

Filling in the Blanks

An officer aware of the suspect's normal flow will notice these fillers by abnormal pauses or added words. The suspect may offset this stress by performing a common lying gesture such as covering his mouth, touching his nose, rubbing a facial feature, or anything else outside his baseline behavior.

Special Report

A Leader's Greatest Challenge

Pride will cause leaders to pledge allegiance to the status quo rather than opening themselves to change, especially if the change alters a system they built around themselves. Since leaders have sweat labor and emotional equity in their own work, they will justify living with broken systems rather than changing them.

Just Handed Down

Keys to Winning with the Use of Force: Avoiding Peripheral Poisonings

[...] a well-written, detailed useof-force report is the department and officer's best friend in post-incident reviews, whether in court or in internal administrative matters. Intentional deception in reports, internal investigative statements and in court are all termination offenses in virtually every law enforcement agency in America. The two authors of this series have nearly 60 years of combined experience in the personal use of lethal and nonlethal force, the investigation of force in...

Media

Planning for the Media in Swat Mission Plans

Much like sharks attracted to blood in the water, the media will sense a SWAT callout a mile away. [...] you should plan for them. [...] one of two things happens: the neighbors call the TV news station to report "a big raid" or the high-risk warrant results in an exchange of gunfire and a dead suspect.

Streetfit

Functional Fitness, Part 1

Absent trunk rotation, punching someone straight out in front of you would be an example of linear velocity. Since our limbs are fixed to our bodies at specific points of origin, most of our strikes are done with rotation about those fixed points or axes, i.e., the point at which the arm attaches to the torso at the shoulder, or where the thigh attaches to the pelvis at the hip.