Officers from around the country responded heavily to Chief Scott Hughes’ article, Cops Don’t Shoot Imminent Threat. Sign of the Times? that discussed a recent incident where two probationary officers chose not to fire on a homicide suspect brandishing a gun. The officers’ Chief ...
By Chief Scott Hughes
Last week, two police officers ‘resigned’ after failing to use deadly force against an armed homicide suspect. According to media reports, the chief of police told reporters that the two probationary officers’ failure to use force was, “Just inappropriate on ...
Editor's note: Before we go to our next article, we wanted to share some helpful feedback we received from readers following our recent post-shooting survival series:
A west coast officer wrote:
I am writing in regard to your post shooting survival shooting series. I was ...
Editor’s note: In an effort to analyze the risks associated with tire deflation devices, PoliceOne has pulled together a group of experts to look at this issue. They are conducting a poll to help the group with this project.
From their site: “Tire deflation devices (TDD) have been ...
Continuing with our special series from a chapter in Calibre Press’s bestselling book Street Survival II: Tactics for Deadly Force Encounters titled, “Post Shooting Survival”
The comments and opinions of others after a shooting can have an impact on the involved officer/s. One ...