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It’s not a printing error. It’s so you can read this in your hemisphere. Greg, You have no idea how amused I am at the idea of
LEAA JAMES J. FOTIS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ALLIANCE OF AMERICA. National Concealed Carry For Cops — The Fight’s Not Over Yet littl
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CARRY OPTIONS FROM HOLSTERS TO HAVERSACKS. MARK HANTEN BENEFIT OF THE JOB great thing about being a cop is you get to carry a g
HIGH TECH BOB DAVIS CUTTING EDGE WIDGETS — AND OTHER NEW STUFF. here’s no doubt using video surveillance enhances law enforceme
Firefights in close quarter environments are won by fast accurate target acquisition. Locking onto the target fast means you wi
OFFICERSURVIVAL GEORGE ELISEO GETTING HOME IN THE SAME CONDITION YOU WENT TO WORK IN. VIDEO GAMES COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE M y part
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ON THEJOB COMMANDER GILMORE A CAREFULLY-SELECTED COLLECTION OF SLAPSHOTS AND SNOT-FLINGIN’ FUNNYSTUFF FROM FELLOW COPS. YEAH IT
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You have the right to antilock brakes. You have the right to heated g rips. You have the right to an electrically adjustable wi
STREET LEVEL JOHN MORRISON STRAIGHT TALK ON SUPERVISION & LEADERSHIP ON THE FRONT LINES — THE STREETS. Agony, Mystery, Shock &
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Hot Monikers, Tactical Jargon, Spec Operators And Instant Sales Rich Grassi T he police training and equipment world are filled
For Real — or for the coolness quotient? C.D.I. troops to buy into it. Shooting a big target at close range has the practical e
ADVANCED NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS KEY FEATURES: N-Vision Optics, LLC, introduces the ultra compact tactical multi-purpose night vis
Para Ordnance Dave Douglas Photos: Ichiro Nagata IT'S ALL ABOUT CHOICES Colonel hroughout the US departments are beginning to r
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T he Springfield Armory XD series pistols took the law enforcement duty gun world by storm a few years back. Now the off duty c
Rich DeParis spent 25 years in state and municipal policing. But I left early, taking a deferred pension, simply because of mis
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5.11 Challenge Doing Their Part. T OWN WORST ENEMIES Continued from page 70 creativity — but release it. And that means opening
DR. JOLEE J. BRUNTON CE SUICID E POLICE SU ICIDE “Good Afternoon MA’AM!” t’s day two of the police academy. I’m the shrink lect
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