Lightweight, breathable clothing is critical when temperatures start to rise. Some officers in beach communities and more arid regions may even wear summer uniforms year-round. For public safety professionals and police officers, summer wear should keep you cool but maintain the professional look of the traditional uniform. If your department allows seasonal uniform change or you wear a modified summer…
Why You Should Wear a Vest It is not possible to predict if or when any law enforcement officer will face a deadly encounter while protecting the community. The survival of the more than 3,180 members of the IACP DuPont Kevlar Survivors’ Club, all of whom survived deadly situations, is directly attributable to the protective vest they were wearing. Although…
Other force options have become much more popular over the years, but OC still has a place in police operations. Today, many officers have become more comfortable using TASERs than they are using pepper spray, but OC spray remains a viable use-of-force option. While a TASER may be a better option at times, pepper spray can be a practical choice.…
For decades, the humble sedan dominated the world of law enforcement. When someone said, “police car,” odds are you pictured a full-size black-and-white sedan. Turns out that law-enforcement fleet buyers are a conservative bunch, and as a group were in no hurry to turn their collective back on a tried-and-true performer like the trusty large, body-on-frame sedan. Times do change,…
Movie Camera in Police Car Puts Evidence on Film (Sep, 1939) Mounted on the dashboard of his patrol car, with its lens pointing forward through the windshield, a motion-picture camera belonging to Officer R. H. Galbraith of the California Highway Patrol takes photographs of the automobiles he trails along the highways, making a permanent film record of any traffic violations…
“Today, tomorrow, next week, the week after, privileged Wall Street insiders who are considering breaking the law will have to ask themselves one important question: Is law enforcement listening?” – Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York When the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (the “Act”) was passed in 1968, proponents lauded the Act as a new…
This is our latest Monitoring Room install in San Diego, California. It includes 6 interview rooms with a state of the art connected monitoring room with headphones.
The Blue Mass began in 1934, when L.E. officers gathered to pray for their fallen comrades and seek God’s blessing for their own safety. The tradition — borrowing its name from the color of many officers’ uniforms — stopped in the mid-1970’s but has since resumed and the popularity has grown. Before Mass, hundreds of law enforcement officers and public…
