Some trainers believe that if you’re not exposed to oleoresin capsicum during training, you’re being cheated out of a very valuable training experience.
But some officers fight taking an OC hit as was the case with one southern officer who refused to be sprayed after claiming he ...
By Major Donna Kinsey (ret.)
Every honorable law enforcement officer in the country who witnessed the beating of Tyre Nichols captured on video recognizes that the actions of the five officers charged with murder was not about race. What we witnessed was not policing, because good ...
By Dr. Joel F. Shults
As an academy and in-service instructor, I have noticed how often cadets and seasoned officers can divorce themselves from the reality of the experience of others. I remember specifically a colleague who was a firearms instructor conducting a range day that ...
Quotes about police work have historically been very popular with Calibre Press newsletter readers. Two compilations from several years ago drew particular attention so we thought we would revisit them.
If you have additional quotes to share, please send them on! You can e-mail us ...
Competing Narratives: April 4, 2002
1. A Grand Rapids, MI police officer, mercilessly and unjustifiably shot a confused and terrified black man in the back of the head while laying on top of him and pushing the defenseless man’s face into the ground. A motivating factor in the ...
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