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why not the US Marshall whoserved the warrant and made thearrest? Why not leave all the blameon the man at the top, he wanted theprosecution, the conviction and he willnot pardon them. How about a tiradeabout the boss?

As for Deputy Hernandez, I wastaught it wasn’t a good idea to shoot at aeeing individual, unless that individual

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Dave, give me a break. After readingyour tirade, I had two thoughts —either you’re an idiot or you never worea badge in your life. Do I have your

attention yet? You’re mad at a USAttorney for doing his job — the job hewas assigned to do by a superior; albeita distasteful job. Gee wiz, I bet younever heard of an officer of the lawwho had to serve a warrant or make anarrest he found distasteful or funda-mentally wrong. If you haven’t you arewriting for the wrong magazine.

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Just for the record, I have heard of ofcers who’ve had to serve a warrant or make an arrest they found distastefulor fundamentally wrong. Fortunately forme, I was never put in that position. So it may be easy for me to assert I wouldn’t

do it. I’d like to think I wouldn’t sell out my integrity to go along with a less thanethical order — even if it means I’d be

fired and have to sell insurance, used cars, flip burgers or something evenworse like be a magazine editor (pleasedon’t tell my mother).

As for a tir ade about Jo hnny

have to face our day in court.Oh, yeah I really like the magazine

keep up the good work.Joseph C. Denslow

Texas

Joseph, thanks for the kind wordsabout the magazine. We try to bringgood information, opinions and thought

provokin g subjects to our readers. I especially enjoy the times whensomeone writes to take on one of my

pos itions . I wil l almost always print them, as I want our readers to get dif-

ferent takes on a given subject . That way they can make up their own mindson an issue. So let me tell you where I stand on the issues in your email.

If I have to wear an idiot tag on thisone, then I wear it proudly. I was a cop

for 30 years, so from your hypothesis,the only thing left for me is that I’m anidiot. Okay, I’ve been called a lot worse.

You are absolutely correct about the fact I’m mad at the US Atto rney —specically, Johnny Sutton. Let’s makesure everyone knows that name sowhen he runs for ofce down the road,his name will be associated with thespineless act he’s so damn proud of.

If that means refusing or disregarding an illegal or unethical

order from a superior , then we need to be able

to ride the heat that action brings upon us.

Sutton’s boss, I’m working on it. But I’ll just have to let it fester and build alittle more before it pops. I voted for theguy and still support some of his poli-cies but I find his handling of theborder issues despicable. I’ll leave it at that for now and I’ll clear everythingelse with the Secret Service rst.

My training regarding shooting at a fleeing vehicle was similar to yours. Deputy Hernandez may have or not may have been exposed to training inthat area. I don’t know. But we don’t know what really happened there. I seriously doubt the jury knows either.One thing I do know is your “JudiciousUse of Force” should be predicated onthe ofcer’s perceived threat. Even if hewas found to be wrong in using anunnecessary level of force, he should

never have been prosecuted — disci- plined, maybe — big difference. As cops, we owe it to the people we

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mirror and see someone my kids can be proud of even though I’m a magazineeditor than an unethical political sellout masquerading as an officer of thecourt. Dave or Idiot if you prefer.

Dave, Thank you for bringing this tomore people’s attention. My hope isthose eas from a thousand camels allbring their relatives. I worked on thesouthern border for over 30 years andcan tell you Sutton’s actions send thewrong message. We’re at war, both inIraq and on the Mexican border —something idiots like Sutton fail tounderstand. Again thanks from an oldretired Border Patrol, Customs andDeputy Sheriff.

Donnie Daniels,Lovell, Wyo.

Daily Constitutional? I’m about to send off my subscrip-tion renewal and even though I know

you hear it a lot, I wanted to say thanksfor a great magazine. Every afternoon Iread one or two articles during my“daily constitutional” as I get ready forwork. Whether it’s refreshing some-thing I need to remember, teaching mesomething new, making me laugh ormaking me angry, I know it’ll helpmotivate me as I suit up and jump inthe car. Keep it up.

Zac Frommer,Roswell, Ga.

Zac, thanks very much, you made myday. This is exactly why we come towork everyday to put this magazinetogether. Thanks for subscribing but I will now have to go gouge out mymind’s eye when it comes to that “dailyconstitutional” comment. Dave

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I knew Giles later when I wasassigned to the Concealed WeaponsUnit. The unit trained & oversaw CCWinstructors around the state. Bothbrothers were involved in that.

I can believe you had quite an inter-esting experience at Gunsite. AlthoughI’ve never seen Ed and Giles in action atthe same time, I can imagine how thegroup reacted to the two.

Robert O. (“Bobby Mac”) McCarthyPhoenix, Ariz.

Bobby Mac, Delbert eh, I don’t think I’d try that on him either — at least if I were in the same grid square. As amatter of fact, if I were you, I’d belooking over my shoulder right about now. Bomb Techs have a very highlyrened and unusual sense of humor. It’s

just not too many understand it whenthey’re ying through the air. Dave

Can You Rumble I just read the article Can You Rumble

by Mr. Sammy Reese. I must say he hitthe nail right on the head. I don’t nor-mally write to magazines but afterreading that article I had to respond. I’vebeen training in the martial arts for 23years — long before I became a cop.Once I did get on the job I realized theimportance of continuing my training.

I also agree with the popularity of Mixed Martial Arts and UltimateFighting Challenge. You can bet yourass there’re many training hard to takeon a cop.

I’ve had many coworkers approachand say they want to do what I do butdon’t want to join a dojo/club. They

just want that four to eight hour sessionand call it a day.

It helps that MA training for me isalso a passion outside the job. I alwaysliked your magazine, but this hascemented my continuing subscription.

Name withheld by request

Last Time Dave, I’m a former reserve officer

for the City of Minneapolis. AlthoughI’m not involved with law enforce-ment at the present, I love your maga-zine and enjoy the articles. I was justreading the letters on Return Fire andone in particular caught my attentionbecause of its basic ignorance andanti-cop bias. Michael Ruppert asks,how the Duke University athletes feelabout being falsely charged with rape.Am I missing something here? Therape case was brought by a districtattorney so hell-bent on getting re-elected he ignored exculpatory evi-

dence. The function of the police is togather information and evidence andforward it to the DA. It’s the DA whomakes the decision to prosecute or not.

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RETURN FIREMike, every profession makes mis-

takes and cops are no exception. Forsome reason, everybody seems to jumpon their backs when a mistake is made.Did you know about 98,000 people dieevery year as a result of medicalerrors? Nobody seems to jump on hos-pitals or doctors backs’ over this fact.Why is that?

As for me, I don’t approve of police misconduct but I want to knowall the facts and circumstances sur-rounding an event, not the 30-secondvideo that leaves out what happenedbefore the alleged misconduct tookplace, before I pass judgment on acop. That’s my two cents. Keep up thegood work.

Alfredo D. Castro

Alfredo, thanks for the note. Mikeyhas demonstrated his ignorance to all

the readers. Fortunately, there aren’t too many of his ilk. This is however thelast of Mikey’s venom or readerrebuttal comments I’m going to put inhere. Unless, of course, he has a signif-icant life event and apologizes for histransgressions. Chances of that hap-

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elk hunt with Ted Nugent and JohnnySutton spontaneously growing a heart and developing ethics — all at thesame time. He’s a waste of air and I

just can’t justify his presence in mymagazine anymore. Dave

I t Wears On You

As a retired veteran of 34-years of professional service (Probation & ParoleAgent, Social Worker, etc.) I can assureMr. Brian Dawe and all your readers theunfortunate attitudes and behaviorswhich correctional officers pick up“Behind The Fence” and carry over tofamily, friends and others also applies tomany prison and P&P workers as wellas COs. This is most often in reaction tothe criminals we deal with and some-times to the occasionally evil sub-groupof administrators.

By the way, I just renewed my sub-

scription to your excellent journal.James Pawlak

Parochial pa·ro·chi·al adj 1. concerned only with narrow local

concerns without any regard for moregeneral or wider issues: provincial;parochial views; a parochial mentality.

2. relating to or belonging to aparish, or to parishes

A Recent E-mail Thread Hi - I was curious to know if you

publish Book Reviews on criminal jus-tice texts. I would be interested indoing this from time to time and youmight even be able to pick up anotherad. Many thanks.

John J. Vollmann, Jr., Ph.D.,Chair, School of Criminal Justice,

ITT-Technical Institute,7955 NW 12th Street,Miami, Florida 33126

John, thanks for the offer howeverit’s not something we’re inclined to do.

Dave DouglasEditor

American COP Magazine

Dave - Seeing you want the publica-tion to remain very parochial, then I willnot be renewing. The ITT TechnicalInstitute criminal justice chairs will alsobe apprized of this. Many thanks.

John J. Vollmann, Jr., Ph.D.,Chair, School of Criminal Justice,

ITT-Technical Institute,7955 NW 12th Street,Miami, Florida 33126

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written correspondence or e-mail. Send your letters to RFire, American COP, 12345 World Trade Drive, San D92128; internet: www.americancopmagazine.com

(artists should be suffering anyway) but what really grinds me will be the loss of the American COP Magazine private

jet and limos.Please understand American COP

Magazine wishes in no way to have reallife experiences from actual cops and lessons learned on the streets in anyway taint theoretical academia’s viewof the world.

I apologize for my return e-mail to you being a bit brief. I didn’t have much

time when I received it. I was alsoattempting to be courteous by omittingthe fact your proposal would bore myreaders into a comatose state perhaps

causing them to drool, short out theirhandy talkie microphones and drive off the road into a tree. I just can’t afford that liability and I’ll just have to keepCOP parochial in it ’sapproach. Dave *


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James J. Fotis is a retired officer f rom New York and the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA). LEAA works to promote officer sa fety issues, dthe belief that gun control is not crime control. You can find out more or become a member of the hard-hitting, conservative, unabashedly pro-cop, pro-gun, pro-self defense LEAA

LEAAdrafted theoriginal legis-lation to let

off-duty and retired cops carry gunsfor self-defense. Shockingly, year inand year out, the International Asso-ciation of Chiefs of Police (IACP)opposed allowing cops to have thechoice to carry a gun to protect them-selves and their families from harm.So much for putting ofcer safetyrst — they instead chose to do thepandering of the Brady Bunch.

Recently, a ve-year federal studywas concluded; it had compelling andpossibly life-saving ofcer safetyinformation. It was presented to theInternational Association of Chiefs of Police. But there was a problem andthe information wasn’t publicized.The 180-page, FBI-led study exam-ined 800 incidents of attacks on of-cers (entitled, Violent Encounters: AStudy of Felonious Assaults on Our

Nation’s Law Enforcement Ofcers ).After dissecting more than 40 cases ingreat detail, the feds were ready toreport, among other things, that:

• Handguns were the preferred gun

of choice used by those who attackedofcers, and that in contrast to the

media myth, not one of the guns in thestudy was obtained at a “gun show.”

• None of the attackers interviewedwas hindered by any gun control law —neither federal nor state. The FBI inves-tigator is quoted as saying, “They justlaughed at gun laws.”

•Nearly 40 percent of offenders had“formal” rearms training and morethan 80 percent regularly practice withhandguns (averaging 23 practice ses-sions a year).

• None regularly used a holster and,not surprisingly, can be detected byofcers looking for the “tell” of touching their hidden guns.• Ofcers seem reluctant to usedeadly force whereas, in stark contrast,the bad guys did not hesitate to shootanybody — including ofcers.

• Ofcers don’t realize how coldblooded the younger generation offenderis and that “street veteran” bad guys sur-vive by developing a shoot-rst mentality.

Now, here is the rub: this vital lifesaving information was delivered on asilver platter to the chiefs of IACP butwe only heard about it and can share itwith you because of the outstanding,

honest work being done by the ForceScience Institute. It seems despite the

CASE IN POINT

P erhaps one of the most frustrating things for cops whowork the street is to watch the evening news when some“talking head” tells the American public how “policefeel” about some issue. The frustration greatly increases

when the street cop hears a sound bite from some chief of policeand thinks, “What planet is this clown from? He’s completelyout of touch!”

Obviously, not all chiefs are liberal political hacks who caremore about pleasing the politician who appointed them than theydo about the ofcers under their command. But, all too often, itseems the ones featured in the “mainstream media” don’t seeissues the same way the cop on the beat does. Sadly, many of themost prominent chiefs — and the groups associated with them —support legislation and politicians that put ofcers at great risk of harm. Even worse, they sometimes are so caught up in “theiragenda” they put ofcer safety behind political correctness.

taxpayer moneyIACPreceives —or the frequencychiefs nd themselves in frontof a microphone — they chose not topublicize these ndings. I can’t help butwonder if the reason for this is becausethe ndings shatter the anti-gun lies theyhave long been publicly supporting.

By contrast, Dr. Bill Lewinski andthose working with him at FSI are to becommended for helping to make thisdata available.We can only speculate as to whatmotivates individual chiefs who hateguns and the Second Amendment somuch they would rather see ofcers putin jeopardy rather than tell the truth.Thankfully there are still those in lawenforcement leadership positions who arewilling to take a stand against anti-gunpoliticians and radical left-leaning guncontrol groups like the Brady Campaign,et. al. and support theUS Constitution.

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CARRY OPTIONSFROM HOLSTERS TO HAVERSACKS.

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T he heart of the ALS mechanismis its lock system in yourhandgun’s ejection port when itis holstered. The release is acti-

vated simply and intuitively pressing of the thumb catch during a natural drawingmotion. Many of the ALS models alsoincorporate Safariland’s SLS rotatinghood retention system and their HoodGuard preventing unwanted release, inthe event of an attempted takeaway. It’s asimple matter of pressing the thumbcatch on the hood down and forward,then initiating the ALS thumb catchwhile drawing the gun. That may soundlike a lot to do, but after a few practicedraws it becomes smooth and uid.

Like all retention holsters, you haveto draw your gun hundreds of times toget the muscle memory needed to wearit in the eld. I haven’t seen a retentionholster yet that wouldn’t bind up onceyou start pulling your gun out beforeactivating the release, whether it locksto the triggerguard, the ejection port orthe frame. Putting pressure against thelocking mechanism before trying to

activate the release will bind the lock —every time — until pressure is released.This holster is no exception from othershere — so practice.

The ALS holster line includes tactical, concealment and patrol models.Each is offered in several different nishes and the tactical models are avail-able in black, foliage green and brown at dark earth. Most of the ALS modelsare available for light-mounted guns too. For only one model of gun you haveabout 60 different iterations to choose from. Imagine covering 20 or more dif-ferent models of handguns and you start to see the enormity of Safariland. Ihave a certain fondness for smaller companies, but I must admit when it comesto serving the needs of our profession, sometimes it’s the big guys who offerthe options we need. Currently, Safariland offers ALS holsters for numerous

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BRIA N DAWECORRECTIONSBEHINDTHE FENCE.


I n the same article, South Car-olina Agency Chief of Staff,Richard Stroker, refuted yetanother claim that being

accredited reduces a states’ lia-bility. He said, “South Carolinaprisons are insured through the

state.” Stroker, who doubles asthe corrections department’schief lawyer, said accreditation

LIABILITY

Accreditation — Minimal Standards — Are Would YOU Fly In An AIRPLANE That

ONLY Meets MINIMAL Standards?

$$ $ $COST FACTORS

I n 2003, the state of South Carolinacancelled ACA accreditation of fourprisons in a budget tightening deci-sion. According to Director of Cor-

rections, Jon Ozmint, the ACA accredita-tion process cost South Carolina over$250,000 per year, he added, “Do youpay someone to tell you you’re meeting

standards you already exceed? Internalinspectors can match or improve onACA standards,” adding unannounced

inspections by in-house evaluators willmaintain standards better than ACA’sscheduled prison inspections.

ACA refutes cost assessments madeby Director Ozmint citing their fees atbetween $8,000 and $12,000 perfacility. However Mr. Ozmint’s guresinclude the actual cost of the hundreds

of man-hours necessary for accredita-tion, a fact ACA omits in their calcula-tions and marketing releases.

private prison industry.ACA receives extensive funding from those who prot

from incarceration. Private prison administrators and propo-nents serve on many of their committees. Professionals in mybusiness are painfully aware the private prison industry is

about prot — notsafety. Achieving

“minimal stan-dards” serves theprivateers well.However,achieving minimalstandards isn’twhat correctionsshould be about.

“Two more pri-vate correctionsfacilities, rife withtrouble since theday they opened,were accredited bythe American Cor-rectional Associa-tion in lateAugust. Theaction pushes tosix the number of problematic facili-ties recentlyaccredited fuelingthe debate aboutwhether they’researching forexcellence — or

pandering. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the twoprisons “have had almost continuous problems with the stateDOC since they began housing medium-security inmatesalmost two years ago.”

For years as an ofcer, union ofcial and now as the exec-utive director for the American Correctional OfcerIntelligence Network (ACOIN) I’ve watched the Amer-ican Correctional Association (ACA) closely. The ACA’s

mission to accredit correctional facilities and to strive forexcellence in cor-rections is honor-

able. Although I’ma strong proponentof oversight when itcomes to our cor-rectional facilitiesI’m not a supporterof ACA’s accredita-tion process.

In November2005, I was askedto participate in apanel on the ACAaccreditationprocess conductedby the Commissionon Safety andAbuse in America’sPrisons. During thepanel discussionACA Deputy Exec-utive Director, Jef-frey Washington,told the Commis-sion, “This wholeprocess, one for-gets, is [about]minimal stan-dards.” Therein lies the crux of today’s problem with theway ACA is constituted. It’s not about excellence in correc-tions — it’s about minimal standards. Unfortunately, thedirection ACA has taken can be linked to their support of the

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standards don’t provide protec-tion in court. “I don’t know of acase that a judge said becauseyou meet ACA standards, I’mdismissing the case.”

Policy And Practice The ACA accreditation process

is steeped in policy but light onpracticality. One of the recommen-dations of the Commission onAbuse with regards to ACAaccreditation was to monitor prac-tice not just policy. We can all draft

policy, but are those policies fol-lowed and do they have practicalapplication? Those questions ACAfails to ask let alone answer.

Accountability Where is the accountability?

I’ve asked ACA administrators onnumerous occasions to name justone facility they’ve failed.Although claiming to have failedmany, they won’t name even one.If we’re truly about excellence incorrections what good is an accred-itation process you can’t fail?

We must be fearless in ourevaluations of our correctionalfacilities. Although I strongly sup-port the idea behind accreditation,ACA’s current system falls farshort of promoting excellence. Inan environment where over30,000 correctional staff areassaulted every year, where everyfive weeks another officer dies in

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T hat’s where Incident Commander , a new computer“game” created by software developer BreakAway,LTD can be used to hone your NIMS and ICS skills.This so-called “serious game” was funded by DOJ’s

National Institute of Justice and BreakAway who has years of experience developing strategy and battleeld games for mili-tary simulations. Scheduled for release in April 2007, this

free — yes that’s right free — software is available to all rstresponders. DOJ acknowledges while the focus of milliondollar grants has been on larger cities, the vast majority of

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Single Or Multi-Player

Once installed, you can decide to play in single ormulti-player mode. As a single player you caninteract at your leisure. Scenarios compressdays and weeks into games lasting only hours.

You can play from start to finish or pause and com-plete the simulation during multiple sessions. You canassume any of the ICS roles to learn the ins and outs of the Unified Command.

In the multi-player mode, as many as 16 players can beinvolved at once preparing agencies to work together. Up

to nine players can take ICS roles while seven participateas observers — simultaneously all can offer informationto the incident commander. And just like the real world,

A cronyms — love ’em or hate’em they’re a part of lawenforcement’s culture. Learningtwo of the systems associated

with the more valuable acronyms,NIMS and ICS, may not only saveyour life and the lives of others, it canalso help recover costs from the Fedsfor managing emergencies — if youuse them properly.

NIMS, the National Incident Man-agement System, enables responders at

all levels to work together more effec-tively managing domestic incidents nomatter the size or complexity.

The Incident Command System(ICS) is a management system used inthe US, parts of Canada, the UK andother countries to organize emergencyresponse. It was designed to offer scal-

GOA, MDT, DOJ, MCT, IMHO, NIMS, ICS, HSPD

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Both systems growand shrink with the inci-dent, allowing moreresources to be smoothlyadded into the systemwhen required, and facil-itate the release of resources when nolonger needed. The trickis becoming procient

with ICS and main-taining those skills overtime. Unfortunately, likeany technical skill if youdon’t use it — you lose it. Real worldevents are fortunately few and farbetween and live multi-agency trainingexercises are expensive. Tabletop exer-

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handle the device properly. Somewould say it’s a waste of time to evacuate the area, set aperimeter and wait for the bomb guys. After all it’s only abrown bag by the front door with a note on it saying it’s a bomband if it’s moved, it will go off.

“It’s probably just a bag of dog crap.” Why wasteeveryone’s time, I’ll just go take a look inside. I asked therookie if she’d ever seen a device go high order. “High order —what’s that?” When I said, “Been around when a bomb goesoff,” her reply was “I saw it on television” — my point exactly.

It probably is dog crap 99 percent of the time. It’s the onepercent I’m concerned with. We’ll all have a good laughwhen the bomb guy in the big green suit walks up and says,“The news crews are going to be pissed off, it’s only a bag of crap.” The ip side is someone gets injured or dead becausethey didn’t take proper precautions.

I’m not a bomb tech, but I had some training in theMarines. It taught me many things, but the most importantwas I never wanted to be inside the safe distance area whena device went off.

Would you rush a barricaded suspect known to be armed?“Hell no.” So why would you walk up to potential explosivedevice and put you hands on it?

The hard-charging troops that serve our country with honorin faraway places know rst hand what it’s like being in anenvironment where everything and everyone is a possible IED.

Don’t make molehills into mountains and be the ofcer

who cried IED every time something doesn’t look right. Useyour brain-housing group for something besides growing hairon. Think, stay safe and make sure you and yourpartners make it home in one piece.

I t was a dark and stormy night —well not really. Actually it wasday watch and it was really a nicesunny Southern California day.

The call on the computer screen readsomething like “suspicious objectmaybe a missile or bomb.” It wasn’tmy beat and I was really grateful.

So much for “not my beat,” thewatch commander got me on the

radio and asked if I would go checkit out. I politely explained I wasn’t abomb tech. He said, “You were aMarine, and that’s the closest thingwe have to a bomb tech.”

The object in question was abouttwo feet long light blue with sta-belizer ns on the tail. Looks like abomb to me was my rst thought.Light blue was the color of “training rounds.” Since this wasn’tmy rst rodeo, I was a little suspi-cious. The device could have been areal one someone painted over or atraining device modied to go high order.

I advised the boss to callout the county bomb guys andlet them make the final call. The officer responsible forthe beat came up on the air and said to standby; he’d beover to check it out. He was a 20-year Marine and wouldknow what to do.

Long story short — he wanted to impound it. He knew fora fact it was only a training bomb and posed no danger. I toldthe boss we were better off being safe than sorry. I’d be thegoat if it was nothing.

The bomb guy got to the scene and came out in about 10minutes with the device in his hand. My partner said, “See, Itold you it wasn’t real.” The bomb tech said, “No, it’s notreal, but I did remove the supplemental bursting charge. I leftit in place and will retrieve it with the proper container.”

The tech went on to explain the device was an air-droppedtraining bomb that would emit an orange puff of smoke onimpact. The impact would cause the busting charge similar toan M100 recracker to detonate and disperse the orange dust.

When I dropped a huge manhole cover-size dime onOfcer Know-It-All about him just wanting to impound it, thetech jumped his you know what. He told him if the device,which was very unstable due to its age, had gone high order inhis trunk, the whole vehicle would go up with it.

Looking back on this incident, and many other similarcalls of suspicious packages, I keep asking myself the samething. Does anyone not want to go home safe at the end of shift? Everyone would stand-up and shout “Yes I do.” Sowhy do some cops do stupid stuff when it comes to things

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P urchase the most appropriate safety gear with bothsafety and environmental factors in mind. Enforce thesafety gear is used. Provide mandatory, realistic and

ongoing training.If your department lacks the budget to train officers to

a higher level here are four essential skill sets that mustbe practiced.

ANTHONY RICCIEVOC


Anthony Ricci is the owner and president of Advanced Driving and Security (ADSI). He’s been teaching cops to drive for over 10 years. www.1adsi.com

W e can all recall a time when drove a vehicleclose to its limits. Sometimes it was plannedand others it was a holy shit, save the world,heart-pounding and eyes bulging way past the

pucker factor near miss. After the almost crash our heartsrace and we start to shake from a sudden adrenaline dump.Even tough guys can relate to a situation like this and stillremember the humbling lessons a near miss can teach. Takethat adrenaline rush feeling and multiply buy a factor of ten— that’s close to what it feels like when the near miss hap-pens to the Motor Unit. I can tell you from experience a near

SURVIVING IN YOUR MOBILE OFFICE.

RISK REDUCTION ESSENTIALS

Clutch Control Operators must be able to make tight U-turns and navigate

around vehicles and obstacles in tight spaces. The clutch canbe used as a balance tool, while pulling it in just past the fric-tion area the bike losses stability allowing the operator to turnthe wheel tighter. This should be done after the rider sets hisbody position on the seat for better balance.

To straighten the bike back up, the rider should smoothlyease the clutch out, putting power to the rear wheel helping toupright the bike. Visual control, balance and smooth clutchcontrol are essential.

Turns

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation claims one leadingcause of motorcycle crashes is where the operator travels too

miss on a bike can produce some heavy skid marks — notthe kind left on the street and you denitely stay away frommeasuring them.

Sometimes you’ll see a motor cop wearing just a patroluniform and vest. A 20 mph slide will be enough to causesevere road rash, broken bones and a signicant amount of off-work recovery time. And, the chance of being tossed off the bike in the wrong direction and run over by anothervehicle can produce worse results. Motorcycles are a veryuseful policing tool, a lot of fun, a lot of freedom, but a hellof a lot more risk for the operator.

BAS IC TRAINI NGFor Motorcycle Units

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fast in a turn and collides with a sta-tionary object. Riders must have a nat-ural feel for the correct speed whenentering a curve.

Never suddenly squeeze the brakesat the last minute. This action puts tomuch weight on the front end andtakes away the bike’s suspensiontravel in a turn. If there’s a hole orbump halfway through the turn thebike will bottom out since the suspen-sion is collapsed.

Concentrate on visual control,looking where you want the bike toeventually be. When you’re ready tobegin your turn press in a downwardand outward direction on the handle barcausing the bike to lean in the directionof the turn. Continue pressing in this

direction until you’re ready tostraighten the bike. During the turngentle acceleration really helps main-tain stability. The throttle lifts the bikeup giving more ground clearance aswell as setting the suspension to a moremid-range position.

Emergency Braking Brakes should be squeezed and

pressed with progressive pressure,riders need to develop a sense and feelfor this pressure. When brakes areapplied weight shifts forward over thefront tire. When more weight isapplied to the front tire it sticks to theground better increasing availabletraction. However, exceeding theweight limits on the front tire willcause it to lock and skid. In a frontwheel skid the rider should release thefront brake and re-apply after the tirere-establishes traction.

Sudden panic squeezes of the frontbrakes have been the reason for many acrash even with experienced riders —it’s a natural reaction. In a rear wheelslide the rear brake should be helddown until the operator can eitherstraighten the bike totally upright orsuccessfully stop the bike.

Counter Steering When you unexpectedly don’t have

time for the brakes, a press down andout on the handle bar will start the bikeleaning in that specic direction. Afterpassing around the hazard the rider willhave to press in the opposite directionto get the bike to swerve back to thedesired path. Never brake or accelerateduring swerving because it offsets thebike’s natural balance and changes

forces acting onthe bike.

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T he Elite kit has numerous adapters and tips. There are three slotted-tippatch holders, obstruction removers in .22 and .30 caliber and a T-handle toremove tight patches. There’s also a brass scraper set with a brush andpicks to remove stubborn carbon built up from hard-to-reach places and

even a NATO adapter so you can use some of your existing military cleaning gear.For your optics they’ve included lens cleaner, a soft lens brush and tissue.

An included bright orange, opaque bore reector helps you check out yourbarrel-cleaning job and acts as a ag safety/empty chamber indicator. Inside thelarge nylon case you will nd a smaller soft pack case. This zippered case holdsbasic components you can take to the range or to the eld. They even throw in abrass padlock to secure your case and possibly dissuade squad members from “bor-rowing” your cleaning patches and gear.

Finally, as important as the brushes and lubricants, the Otis Elite Kit comes withtwo instructional DVDs. One is a mini-DVD and the other is a full instruction pro-gram. The folks who put together the Otis kit gave the gear some serious thought.This is denitely not a generic hardware store kit. Do yourself a favor; take thetime to watch the instructional DVDs. They cover all manner of handguns, riesand shotguns and how the Otis components are properly used.

Otis cleaning gear is currently in use by our Marines and Special Forces. Bar-rett, Sabre Defense and others include Otis kits with their guns. My Elite kit came

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I t never ceases to amaze me howcops pay so little attention tomaintain their duty weapon — themost important life-saving tool

they carry. When some crack-head popsout on a trafc stop and decides he’sgoing to send you home in a body bag,what tool are you going to use to stophim? When was the last time youstripped it down, cleaned out the fuss,blew out the cobwebs and lubed it up?Can’t remember — shame on you.Machines operate efciently when

cleaned and properly lubricated. Andno, it’s not a good idea to strip downyour Glock and put it the dishwasher.

I understand I may be preaching tothe choir but sometimes the choir needsencouragement too. You have this maga-zine in your hands, so I’m convinced youactually do care about keeping your dutygun well maintained. Chances are alsogood you also own a shotgun and pos-sibly a rie too.

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Tasked with attacking the drug-smuggling, organized crimeand gang violence problemsin Tijuana, Mexico, 3,300 sol-

diers and federal and state policeknew right where to strike at theheart of the problem. They immedi-ately raided the headquarters of theTijuana Police Department. There,the rst crime-ghting measuretaken was to disarm the notoriousborder city’s 2,000 ofcers, manyof whom are suspected of being theorganized drug-smuggling andracketeering gangs they were sup-posed to be arresting. Theimpounded guns will be checkedfor ballistic evidence that they havebeen used in drug wars and turf-battle killings. Meantime, criminalviolence is expected to plummet.

Now, here’s the best part. Of-cers patrolling the tourist areas of Tijuana have been issued “alterna-tive weaponry” — slingshots , plusbags of ball bearings to re at “reg-ular criminals.” Other unarmed TPDofcers are patrolling accompaniedby armed state police. We’re waiting

to see who will be the rst TPDofcer to put mother-of-pearl grips on his slingshot. *

THIS WASN’T COVERED IN TASER TRAININ“They thought they were going tohave to kill it out of compassion,” said

Sheriff’s Lieutenant Jim Strovink. “It wasgoing to die a slow, agonizing death.”Then a little light bulb popped on overDeputy Jeff Miller’s head: “Hey,” hethought, “How ’bout trying my Taser?”

One ZAP and the buck slumped in theropes like a sack of oats. The ofcersquickly freed the deer and laid himgently on the ground. A couple of min-utes later, Deputy Miller reported, thebuck woke up, looked around, and thentook off “happy as a clam.” There are no

plans to try the Taser on cougar, skunksor wolverines yet — can’t nd volun-teers for those projects.

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his clothing, body shape and movement, but they couldn’tmake a denite ID until he bent over. Then, just as good as angerprint, bingo — they knew it was him!

Choosing their words carefully, investigators reportedMoore was identied by “the distinctive top portion of his but-tocks.” The employees said they had seen that particularbuttcrack many times, and would know it anywhere. This raisesan interesting question about the future use of “bend-overlineups,” doesn’t it? Or, showing photos to a witness: “See any

butts that look familiar there, ma’am?”The manager stated that he had even

counseled Moore repeatedly about

“exposure of his buttcrack.” Mooredrew a 10-year prison sentence in afacility where we can only hope he’llbe known as “Buttcrack Bobby.”

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CLINT SMITHREALITYCHECKI ICOUNSEL, WISDOM, GUIDANCE AND TEACHING.

A StrongStatement

C ops shouldn’t learn and apply tac-tics because they want to or enjoyit. You should learn, practice and

be aware of tactical techniques in caseyou might have to use them.

Street Cop TacticsW hat if the situation required one ofcer to respond, or maybe even

forced them to apply tactics because the problem allowed no othereasy or worse yet survivable course of action?

This second in a series of columns and those to follow are designed tomake regular street cops aware of how they can use tactics. If your individualtactics are already rock solid then they might serve as a review or refresher.

There’s very little difference between basic and advanced tactical tech-niques. Usually basic tactics are advanced, and advanced techniques wind upbeing basics applied — especially in a ght.

TACTICs:Over the years, I’ve watchedwhat’s been written abouttactics and their application by cops. I noticed much of the material isgeared toward SWAT and specialized units. Perhaps this is because the per-

ception is SWAT needs these tactics more than patrol cops? But by the time SWATgets there, patrol has already been handling the scene. While SWAT is generallyused for situations like barricaded suspects — don’t forget, it was patrol that foundthe suspect barricaded in the rst place.

The application of tactics by a team of ofcers is often promoted as being dif-

ferent than a single ofcer clearing a building. Having a cover ofcer while openingdoors or being able to look in two directions is an advantage. There’s no questionfour eyes, four ears and two muzzles are better clearing an area than just two of each.

Logic and in some cases departmental policy dictates single ofcers do not clearbuildings or make felony vehicle stops — these are probably good doctrinal concepts.

Waiting for a backup is almost alwaysbetter than charging ahead — it all

counts for your 20 folks.To err on the side of caution is probably

best, or if not, wear good armor.The adage “don’t let your battleship atti-tude overload your rowboat ass” applies

to tactics — regardless of seniority or

years on the job.Old cops can die just as quick asrookies. The reverse is also true.

It will be very hard to acquire newcombat skills in the middle of a ght.

The BasicsT actics, at minimum, consist of

four points. You can add or sub-tract whatever you like. As for

me, being a novice tactician, thesefour points have worked pretty wellfor me over 39 years of use.

Yet, I always remain rigidly ex-ible when learning or applying tac-tics in training operationally. Pleasenote I never said “real world.” If youdon’t treat your training like you’re

always in the “real world,” or if it’snot taken seriously to start with thenwhat was the point?

Architecture — Read The GrounArchitecture in this application is the ability or awareness to read the ground you

may be or are about to ght on. This can be anything from how did you park

your car to take advantage of it’s strong points on the felony vehicle stop, todoor hinge placement which shows which way the door you’re about to go throughopens. Everyone reading this has pushed on a door that had pull to open painted onthe door — haven’t you?

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I t’s something you can gain on thestreet or by talking to those whohave walked the walk. You canlearn a lot from talking to older

experienced ofcers in an informal set-ting. I’ll never forget the “meeting afterthe meeting” conversations with ourformer commander, my mentor, abouthis experiences. He was a wealth of information and through interesting warstories; he would share his knowledgewith new guys like me. We’re allhuman and we’re going to make mis-takes. I’ve certainly made my shareduring my career as an auxiliary ofcerand have been very lucky I haven’tbeen seriously hurt or gotten someoneelse hurt in the line of duty. If you’rewise enough to learn from these mis-

takes and don’t repeat them— that’s experience.

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PERRY W. HORNBARGERRESERVES

TRAINING

DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT GOES BEYOND PAY.

T raining is another important component of this triad. One of my petpeeves is the lack training afforded cops today. It’s no secret this job ishighly dynamic. Things you learned in the Academy just ve years agomust be constantly updated due to new case law, new technology,

equipment, or whatever. Like it or not, things change. When I started in theFire Service thirty-four years ago (Yep, I am a retired re captain as well as anauxiliary cop), we used a manual typewriter and carbon paper to do reports.We went through a technological boom around 1975 when we were issued anelectric typewriter. Who in their wildest dreams would have thought one daywe’d be using mobile data computers in our vehicles? Our job evolves con-stantly with or without your knowledge and it’s up to you to keep up or get leftbehind. It’s a chore sometimes, but if we want to be progressive and keepahead of the bad guys, we must keep up. In today’s techno-wizard and ever-changing world, if you’re not moving forward — you’re going backwards.

Training for the auxiliary or reserve cop should be at the same level andsame quality as for regular ofcers. At my department, our monthly in-servicetraining mirrors that of our regular ofcers. You’re expected to do the same jobon the streets, why should the training be any different? Those you’re doingbattle with don’t care if you’re a volunteer ofcer. You wear a uniform, carry a

badge and a gun; to them you’re a threat (real or perceived) that could sendthem back to “that house with no girlfriends” — guratively speaking. *Perry W. Hornbarger is the Unit Commander of the Chesterfield, Va. Auxiliary Police Unit. He can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].

I ’m not necessarily talking about theeducation you get in Beer-drinking101 at one of the four-year universi-ties. There’re many good schools

offering Criminal Justice degrees and Iapplaud those who can attend. But, I’malso talking about schools for the geri-atric crowd (including me) who, formany reasons, can’t go back and get afour-year degree. Community collegesare a great place to start or continueyour education. We have to work for aliving, be there for the kids and tend toother family commitments, but by

I f you’re going to get into a battleof wits, make sure you arearmed. How do you accomplishthis? Three ways: education,

experience and training. No matter

your profession, these three elementsare paramount.

Experience

ARE YOUARMED?

own people can be quite entertaining— sad, but entertaining. Spelling and areasonable grasp of the English lan-guage should be in order here. I’m surethe editor is getting a big kick out of me making this statement. I’ll admit, inschool, English was like a foreign lan-guage to me, but I am working it.

taking even one or two classes eachsemester we’ll be doing our careersand ourselves a great service.

Even if you’re not seeking a degree,education is something that can neverbe taken away from you. There arethose who argue you don’t need a col-lege degree to wrestle someone intohandcuffs — agreed. But, there areaspects of police work where havingyour gray matter ne-tuned helps.

Reading reports from some of our

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Ge n e r a l l ys p e a k i n gI’m not a1911 guy. Thismay be blasphe-mous to some, but

there’re a few things in adefensive handgun I justdon’t feel I get out of most1911s. At the top of thelist is reliability. Colorme picky, but I wantthe damn thing to gooff every time I pullthe trigger. And Imean every time.I’m pretty good atthe tap-rack-assess-bang thingwhen I have to be,but I’d rather justplan on a loudbang each time Isqueeze the trigger.

Now don’t getme wrong, I’ve shotsome fine 1911s, andI do love the way theyfeel and shoot . Thealmost magical feel and

pointability are the reasonsthe 1911 hasn’t only lasted100 years , but thr ived and

undergone countless rebirths and still reigns supremein the competitive practical pistol world. It’s clear

they can be made to run smoothly and reli-ably or so many of the world’s best

shooters wouldn’t be using them towin major competitions.

1911s that really workhave one thing in common,

the good fortune to havebeen built by a real

craftsman. And, as1911 craftsman go,few, if any, have abetter reputationthan Les Baer, Sr.One of the reasonsfor this is Les hasbeen doing it for along time and hasa huge amount of experience withthe 1911. Lastyear he cele-brated 25

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ARs are phenomenal too, but that’s awhole other story.

The Baer 1911 Custom Carry Les Baer Custom, Inc. will buildyou a truly custom 1911 exactly toyour specifications completely fromscratch if that’s what you want. How-ever, they’ve designed numerous 1911models to meet the wide range of dif-ferent applications and individualpreferences. Models range from theCompensated Ult imate MasterCombat Pistol for competi t iveshooting, to the compact Baer 1911Stinger for concealed carry. There areabout a dozen different models

offered with different options such ascaliber, finish, barrel length, and soon. All together about 65 different

configurations are on the price list andit’s still possible to order your gunwith additional modification beyond“standard” for that particular model.One of my favorite models is theCustom Carry. The Custom Carry isessentially the quintessential 1911 GIModel, enhanced in every aspect. It hasthe look and feel of my dad’s oldclassic GI Model, but unlike my dad’sold gun, the Les Baer Custom Carry isa precision rearm — both reliable andaccurate. It has subtle practicalimprovements across the board, but theoverall look and feel remains classic1911. This gun is well suited for homedefense, recreational shooting, and

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seen in recent years— obscured by theterms profession-alism, responsive-ness, or communitybut which in realitykiss the asses of self-proclaimed activistsso as to cover theasses of those doing the kissing —suggest the abandonment of the execu-tive responsibility to protect the com-munity and demonstrate allegiance tothe men and women in the field.

Mission Crawl Fully 80 percent of what police

agencies do today is what law enforce-ment agencies 30 years ago wouldn’tdo because it was social work. I know:“times have changed, we have to formpartnerships, and la de da de da.” Bull-shit. A concern expressed about themilitary by those outside is missioncrawl — mission expansion beyond

what’s intended or prudent. Do you seea similarity? Diluting the mission onlyresults in mediocrity.

Dick London

I’ve been around police busi-ness a long t ime. I onceenjoyed this job — but notanymore. In fact , I cannotunderstand why someonewould go into this business

today. Sure, it can be a fun. At times— far too infrequent — a cop canreally make a difference. Largelythough, this has become a job whereno matter what you do, you’re wrong.You’re administratively persecuted.You’re sued. You’re questioned.You’re limited. Great if you desirefrustration, abandonment, and poverty.Just ask those Border Patrol agentsserving a federal sentence for shootinga drug smuggler — one who wasn’tprosecuted so he could testify againstthe agents. God help us.

Today’s reality is, public mistakes— or even the negative perceptions of

justifiable actions — aren’t permitted.The clear implication is cops areexpendable, perhaps not in a physical

sense, but certainly in a legal, polit-ical, and career sense. The politicallycorrect administrative decisions I have

But are we reaching the line of of-cers being expendable in a physicalsense? Certainly, it’s not intentionally,but what about unintentionally? I’veworried about these issues for awhile,but this is what got me thinking today:

The Associated Press LA Police to Get New Flashlights.

Police will soon be outtted with a cut-ting-edge flashlight that is not onlybrighter than others, but too small tobe used as a weapon. The idea wasconceived just days after news camerasbroadcast images of LAPD officersbeating a car-theft suspect with a two-

pound, two-foot long standard issue police flashlight. Police Chief William Bratton banned the large flashlights

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and called for manufac-turers to create a smaller,brighter ashlight.

I don’t know if theofficers were acting rea-sonably. The wordbeating certainly suggestsnot, but today flickingsomeone’s ear is called abeat ing. However, thefacts of the case aresimply not relevant to theapplicat ion of theresponse to the entire

police department.It may be desirable not to

use a ashlight as a weapon— unless the ofcer needs itto prevent having the ever-living crap kicked out of him. In those instances,using a ashlight as a defen-sive weapon is damn welldesirable. Other alternatives

aren’t always readily avail-able when wrestling somedrugged-up nightmare at 0-dark-thirty. Can’t swing abaton very well from aseated position. Could spraythe guy but you’re likely toblind yourself as well.Could use the sleeper hold— oops, that’s deadly forcenow. Could punch him —no, we discourage that too.

What’s left? Either ahotfoot — or if available —hitting him with the ash-light in your hand. Is thatrocket science? No, butinstead we will try to blindthe guy. I’m not sure aboutthat approach, big guys onPCP seem pretty uncontrol-lable whether they can seeor not. And mark mywords; within one year law-suits will be led claimingretinal damage. Just watch.

Then we’re on to light sabers.Here’s what makes me certain I’m

right. From the same article: Ramona Ripston, executive director of the Amer-ican Civil Liberties Union of SouthernCalifornia, praised the LAPD for theequipment change. Newsflash: if theACLU thinks a police managementdecision is right, it’s most certainly abad decision for the cops.

A ser ious s t ree t f igh t i sn’t anorderly event to which a tidy “use of force continuum” applies. It’s notchess. It’s a free for all in which sus-pects fairly routinely try to disarmofficers. Cops survive by ending itquickly with justifiable and effective

force — and striking in the sameplace with a flashlight as with a batonis just that — even if it doesn’t look

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good on TV. Looking good to thepart of the public about whichmanagement is concerned,which isn’t the majority of law-abiding people, canvery well endanger copsby limiting their tacticaloptions or havingtheir concernabout administra-tive scrutiny causethem to hesi tatewhen they need toact — that’s dangerous.

Good Idea — Not Here’s another part of the

problem. Decisions like thesedon’t include those they most affect.Rather, they’re made be people farremoved from the field — or who’venever spent any real time in the field— or by defensive tactics and SWATtypes. People skilled far beyond the

typical field officer. If you knowkarate, you probably don’tneed to hi t a suspectwith a flashlight. Theproblem is most copsdon’t have that ski l land they do need thatf lashl ight — and sowould those mart ialartists if they are losing.

I can’t help wonderwhen common sense willresurface and the notion thatgoing home safely at nightcomes first, doing the jobcomes second, and none of these convenient, politically cor-rect decisions have a place:

Don’t Pursue — Let ‘Em Go.Perfect. That won’t encourage

unlawful behavior. The problem withpursuits isn’t the pursuit per se but of-cers are prohibited from taking actionto end a pursuit. A lot of people runbecause they’ve done somethingvery bad we don’t yet knowabout. Always, no. Often, yes.Are there times not topursue? Of course: schoolzones, densely populatedareas and truly high-riskscenarios. But when it’spretty much just the ofcerand the suspect, teachingthe ofcer how to end thepursuit, not just how topursue, seems good — as iscatching a crook.

Illegal Immigrants USA Today More than 60 law

enforcement agencies across the

country are teaming up with the fed-eral government to have the power toContinued on page 64

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the US. Obtaining them legally or oth-erwise is simply a matter of financesand the coffers of terrorist groups basedin America are overowing. Donationsto all manner of terrorist fronts groupscontinue unabated. The crackdown onoverseas transfer of funds means thosemillions in contributions now get dis-tributed domestically.

There’s no lack of venues whereterrorists can train with firearms, per-

fect their marksmanship, practice tac-tics and convert semi-auto rifles tofull-auto. Terrorists won’t be con-


At 2300 he leisurely crossed100 yards of open field sep-arating his village from myneighborhood. He lingered,as if waiting for the bus, by

our bus stop. After a half-dozen of myneighbors gathered waiting for thatbus, he produced an M16 from underhis coat and shot them all in a singleburst of full-auto fire. Changing anempty 30-round magazine for a full

one, he started walking down thestreet shooting folks sitting on benchesand looking out their apartment win-

dows. Suddenly he sat down on thecurb and waited for the police van heknew would be racing up from the sta-tion 500 yards further down the street.When the van was 20 yards away hestood and fired 17 more rounds intothe three cops in the front seat. We lostofficer Galit Arviv that night fiveyears ago. The other two officers havenever fully recover from their wounds.

Terrorists who eventually confront

you will be well armed. Small arms andammunition are plentiful and relativelyinexpensive just about everywhere in

H i l l s i d e f r o m w h i c h t e r r o r i s t s r e d o n c a r s c r o s s i n g b r i d g e 15 0 y a r d s a w a y .( X s m a r k s o m e o f t h e s p o t s .)

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strained by BATF regulations.

Expect Ambushes Confrontations will take place at the

least likely times in the least likelyplaces. Terrorists will attack in pairs andtrios and employ camouage and deceit.

In the simplest form of attack, froma “safe” location, the terrorist res off a30 round burst at a distant target. Bul-lets rain down on everyone and every-

thing in range.Terrorists don’t need a great deal of concealment. A shallow ditch along a

major highway provided one terrorist ahiding place from which he was able tosimply stand and strafe passing vehi-cles with full-auto re. He did it twice,from the same place, once duringmorning rush hour and a week laterduring the afternoon rush home.

At major traffic intersections a ter-rorist hid in the decorative bushes.When vehicles and pedestrians cloggedthe intersection he rose to one knee and

sprayed them with bullets. After darkterrorists took-up positions out in theopen, concealed in the shadows on hill-

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sides, anywhere between 15 and 30yards removed from roads and high-ways. They strafed passing vehicles.

Using selective fire, usually from7.62x51 ries, terrorists re from hill-side positions at moving vehicles 150or more yards away. It’s on-the-jobpractice at leading and hitting movingtargets. Fortunately their marksmanshipgenerally sucks.

Terrorists also employ roadblocks to

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P o s i t io n a t F r e n c h H i l l b u s s t o p f r o m w h i c h t e r r o r is t r e d o n p e d e s t r i a n s a n d v e h i c le s ( t o d a y d e c o r a t i v e g r e e n e r y - f r e e ) .

With FirearmsWith Firearms

The Gunre. Terrorists Target And Ambush Police Ofcers!

St re e t w he r e O f c e r Ar v i v w a s m u r d er e d . X sh o w s: W h e re t er r o r is t s a t an d w a i t e d f o r p o li c e v a n. Arr o w s sh o w : Lo c at io n o f p o l ice s t at io n (u p p er a r ro w ) a n d p o si ti on

of o f p o li ce v a n w h en r ed u p o n (l o w e r a rr o w ).

O u r n e i g h b o r h o o d b u s s t o p .

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$on the officer or hisfamily. Now, as aplanner, I look backand hope. I hope hehad supplementalterm life insurancebecause most publicemployee policiesdon’t even begin tocover the loss orneeds of the family.My county, inNorthern Arizona,pays a paltry $40,000in benefits. That’sridiculous; it doesn’teven begin to providewhat’s needed. I hopehe had a will so therewas no dispute overhis estate and he couldspare his family thecost and pain of goingthru probate court.

What if he wasdivorced and had kidsfrom multiple marriages?Who divides the property?Spending 30 minutes tocreate a simple will wouldavoid all of these problems.

Power Of Attorney A few years later, a motorcycle

deputy on my department lost con-

It was time for the handholding.After a four day shootinginstructor course, the remainingstudents gathered ’round to dis-cuss their shortcomings with theinstructor. When the dialogueturned to one of our cop students,

a Southern California SWAT supervisor,he showed his discomfort by lookingdown at the dirt he was kicking onto hisboots. Finally, he looked up and blurted,“Look, I just hate training when there arecivilians in the class — you’re just notmy people.”

“Not my people,” I remember thissense of necessary paranoia well frommy military days as a small armsinstructor and short career as a cop.There was my team and to hell witheveryone else. As one of my instructorpartners once commented, “It’s thelittle old lady who complains when youthought the traffic stop was nice andeasy.” As a rookie State Trooper, Blairwas hurt by the accusations andquickly developed a sense of detach-ment from “civilians” for his own pro-tection. Unfortunately, it’s not what weknow that can hurt us; it is theunknown we must defend against.

I am now a cake-eating civilian witha bad limp and I have a message for my

former colleagues in the law enforce-ment world. Police work brings morerisks than you think. Body armor,

rearms and radios are only the begin-ning tools you need to protect not onlyyourself, but also your loved ones. My

job as a nancial planner is to show youthose gaps in your protection.

Visualization is a great technique forprotection against the surprise encounter.What if the guy coming out of the conve-nience store raises a gun? What if theguy approaching your cruiser has ashotgun and a grudge? Good visualiza-tion exercises can help you respondquickly rather than being surprised. Butnow take the exercise a bit farther.

What your encounter results in seriousbodily injury? Are you prepared for thateventuality? My guess is you’re not.

Have A Will As a Search and Rescue volunteer, Iresponded to an early morning page. Thereadout had a terse message about anofcer down. When I arrived, it was likethe whole world converged on a singlespot. A university cop, a Sergeant, hadbeen sitting in his patrol car when aderanged man walk up and put an axeinto the side of his head. SAR had beenbrought in to search the immediate areafor evidence while SWAT teams clearedan entire University in their quest tocatch the killer.

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Attorney would have given her controlof his nances to provide for his familywhile he was incapacitated.

Supplemental Life A SWAT officer from a nearby

agency was killed during a parachutetraining exercise. The City’s attorneys

refused to pay benefits because whilefun, parachuting with Navy SEALs isn’ta required training event for the SWATteam. I never heard how the dispute wasrevolved but I’m pretty sure the attor-neys were technically correct. SWATteams don’t parachute in on objectives.If he didn’t have supplemental life insur-ance covering high-risk activities likeskydiving and the department didn’t paydeath benefits. What happens to hisfamily? I never met this good and braveman but I’ll bet supplemental life insur-ance was not a subject covered duringhis academy — it wasn’t in mine either.

Today’s The Day Everyday I put on a gun, I always

thought to myself, today is the day.Today I will be a gunfight survivorbecause I pay attention and refuse todie. Today I’ll finish my shift and gohome. But, when the day came I wascrippled for life on active duty withthe military — I wasn’t prepared. Iwasn’t ready for the months of bedrest and endless pain. I wasn’t readyfor the emotional and physical hell of trying recover from injuries neverfully healling. I wasn’t ready for thefact years later, a fair amount of mytime is still spent dealing with doctorsand researching new treatments.

But don’t l is ten to me whine;instead take the lesson I’m offering.Being a cop and having a family careabout you means you have a duty toprotect yourself in every possible way.Stay physically strong, mentally alertand do whatever it takes to ensure youhave the right insurances, good estateplanning documents and everythingelse you need to take care of your

family. Serve and protect them first —they’re the ones whoreally count.

trol of his bike while responding to apursuit. Critically injured but stilla l ive, he fought for several daysbefore succumbing to his injuries.What if he’d lingered for years? AnAdvanced Medical Directive wouldhave made his wishes clear. Keepusing a ventilator and a feeding tubeor let go?

A Healthcare Power of Attorneywould give his wife the right to makemedical decisions for him. Rememberthe Terri Schiavo case where the familyfought for years and spent untold thou-sands of dollars? A Springing Power of

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MORALE-BUILPROGRAMS,PART I

It was a running joke in combat; a worn-out line every-body knew. Me and my buddies would be squattin’ onsome patch of fried dirt when a re-supply chopper camehammering in to drop off a load of rations, water andammo, but none of those precious little bundles of envelopes we needed more than food and drink: letters

from home . Invariably, someone would say, “Haven’t youheard? Mail call is suspended until morale improves.”Yeah, it was a joke, and a stupid one, but it was wrapped

around a dynamic I’ve dealt with too many times in the worldof modern “enlightened” law enforcement: morale-buildingprograms that do everything but build morale.

Here are two prime examples from my personal collec-tion: In one hastily cooked up morale-building programsupposed to reward safe driving , the principal criterion was

“accident-free quarters.” The chief presented framed cer-tificates and pins to the first three recipients at a bigsmiley-face photo-op. Oh, the chiefs were all grins an’ gig-

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gles. None of the three officers weretold in advance they were being rec-ognized. You know, in order to buildexcitement and anticipation. Yeah,right; it got everybody all moist an’tingly. One of those honored was aguy who had been on desk duty forover a decade. Not surprisingly, hisdesk had never been involved in a col-lision. I checked, and it was actuallybolted to the floor. He was befuddled,and the other two cops tossed theirawards in the nearest trashcan — endof program.

Another program recognizedofficers who had receivedthe lowest numbersof ci t izen com-plaints. The firstbig winner was awidely despisedand distrustedoff icer with areputation for

having per-fected the artof avoidingc o n f r o n t a -tions, cover-cal ls andarrests . Of course herarely gotcomplaints,because herarely didanything evenrelated topolice work.

I’ve been pre-sent at command-level meetings where“morale-building programs”were born, and they were kind of like witnessing the “Big Bang” birthof the universe: Out of a pinhead-sizedconglomeration of the densest materialin existence, so dark and dense light –much less a single cogent thoughtcannot escape. A massive explosionviolently propels mindless matter inrandom directions with wholly unantic-ipated consequences.

You may have observed the samephysics at work if you’ve everdropped a pile of fresh fecal matterinto an oscillating fan. That word-pic-ture pretty accurately describes theMBP-origin process as I’ve seen it,and yes, I intended those “dense” and“mindless” allusions.

The “Big Bang” Here’s how it often happens: The

Anointed Ones gather in a conferenceroom and ceremonially display theirugly neckties in the same manner

macaques display their multi-coloredbutts. Then they commence bitchingabout the obvious symptoms of low

morale among the rank and le. Thesemay include waves of resignations,tsunamis of grievances, plummetingself-initiated contacts, artistic butunflattering graffiti aimed at the BigBrass, and a funereal atmosphere atsquad conferences.

Deftly avoiding the causes of lowmorale, because those issues are com-plex and difcult to deal with, eventu-ally some greater or lesser luminaryamong them will suggest “trying amorale-building program.”

The Anointed will immediatelyreject any program which recognizescops for kicking asses that neededkicking, shooting people who neededshooting or any other act ivi ty inwhich someone’s — anyone’s —body, budget or tender feelings gotbruised. They don’t want any cere-monies on TV or in the print media toremind citizens of certain harsh reali-ties of police work. And, they figure,what’s the use of any program if itdoesn’t include prime-time photo-opsand political patty-cake press expo-sure for The Anointed? You have tounderstand how their minds work. Isuggest studies in entomology —specifically, scarabaeinae .

Since firefighters already have that

whole “rescuing kittens” angle lockedup the new program can only “recog-nize” activities for which Boy Scouts

might earn colorful cloth patches, withthe possible exceptions of marksman-ship and roasting wieners over a camp-re. One involves guns, and the othermight offend vegetarians, PETA or thehot dogs themselves.

Typically, budget constraints arediscussed by the dumbest fencepostpresent, as well as “controls andquantification reporting protocols,”the sheer pain-in-the-ass factor of doing anything , and then, a programis generally selected based on whichone can be wrapped up and assigned

before they break for lunch. Suchprograms depend largely

upon faded commenda-t ion forms, cheap

document framesalready in stock inthe supply roomand inexpensivetrinkets availablefrom industr ial

t r o p h y - a n d -award compa-nies — and thetroops know it.

Some of thebrass present willgrufy commentthat when theywere patrol of-cers, they “didn’tneed no steen-keeng morale-building pro-grams,” because,they allege, theyderived theirmorale from doing

good work —simple job satisfac-

tion. There’s an arro-gant unconscious

assumption this formula doesn’twork with “these kids we have today.”That’s a crock of crap, but, refer back toThe Big Bang and its dense origin —there’s your explanation.

Then it gets worse. Some risingstar — usual ly a penci l-neckedpompous putz — is assigned toadminister the MBP. It’s now doomedto be a real-world fai lure, but astellar success on paper. No matterhow flat it flops, do you think Lieu-tenant Putz is going to report that hisbaby shat the sheets? Or how eagerhis pa tro n — the Anointed Onewhose shoes Lt. Putz polishes — willbe to admit, “my boy Putz screwedthe pooch on this one.” Oh, it will bea big success officially. It will diequietly in a corner with a plastic dry-cleaning bag over its head, but it willgo down in the archives as the equiv-

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I stood looking at thetracks in the dust underthe highway bridge. The RioGrande River was only a mile or

so away and this bridge was on the highwayparalleling the River.

This was the third time I’d seen these same tracks.They always came from the river to this spot, milledaround for a while in a hidden area just off the highway,

smoked Delicados cigarettes, and returned to the river.Where they rested something in bundles on the ground wefound the imprint of burlap. It was obvious these men,

usually either 4 or 5 of them, were bringing some-

thing up from the river to thisbridge over Pinto Creek and meeting

a vehicle. What they were bringing wasopen to conjecture, but it was an absolute certainty it

was contraband, and about a 95 percent probability it wasdrugs. An interesting item was it always seemed to happenThursday night.

My partner and I followed the tracks back to the riverto confirm which crossing they were using. Then, afterreturning to the Border Patrol office, I wrote an intelli-

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gence report describing our findings,including the number of men, adescription of the tracks, the esti-mated time of night it took place, andthe Thursday night routine. Severalweeks later, thanks to our informa-t ion, a different crew caught thesmugglers and a vehicle with a largeload of Marijuana.

Necessity This was one of many times I was

able to use my ability to track (calledsigncutting in the Border Patrol) togather intelligence and information

about illegal operations. I used thisskill to make cases on drug smug-glers , a l ien smugglers , burglars ,

poachers and peeping toms. Everycop, whether state, local, or federal,should be taught the art of signcutting,and for a Border Patrol agent it’s anabsolute necessity.

The reason it’s called signcuttingand not tracking is you may follow atrail quite a distance without seeing adistinct track. Instead, you’re fol-

lowing signs of the person passingthrough the area. This can be almostanything from dew knocked off the

RIGHT: Rocks will usually have a light side and a dark side. This rock was recently

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ABOVE: If you look closely you will see that the grass is presseddown in the foreground, indi- cating the direction the person who made this trail was traveling.

ABOVE: This is a trail. There are no tracks but there is sufcient sign to follow. With the scuff marks and the turned over rock we can determine that this trail was made by a

human and not an animal.LEFT: While you can follow this

trail the side lighting makes it more of a challenge.

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grass, to mashed ant mounds or scuff marks on rocks.

Believe it or not, you can eventrack men across a paved road. They’dbeen walking in a well-worn cattletrail and their shoes were covered withcaliche dust. When they walked acrossthe black asphalt, they left vaguewhite marks on the oily surface. It waseasy to see if you knew what you werelooking for.

The truth is, the best signcuttersdon’t see anything anyone else doesn’t

see. The difference is in being able torecognize it as sign. An observantperson will pick up the skill rather

quickly, but it takes a long time to getreally adept at it.

What’s Going On? Many years ago I was working with

a new man when we got a call a groupof illegal aliens had been seen at a cer-tain spot. When we got to the locationI stuck my head out the window of theRam Charger and drove slowly downthe dirt road, It was a misty, rainy dayin January. Finally, I found where thegroup crossed the fence. There was

mud all over the fence and a muddytrail heading east a child could havefol lowed. I got out , grabbed my

walking st ick, told the t rainee to“come on” and took off on the trail ata dogtrot.

For a mile or so the trail was easy,with dirt and mud rubbed off on thewet dead grass and an occasional gobof mud where it had fallen off of someone’s shoe. Then we hit a hardspot with no vegetation and solidgravel; the aliens’ shoes had cakedwith mud and were leaving almost nosign on the hard surface. I’d slowed toa slow walk trying to work out the trailwhen the trainee came up behind me,cleared his throat and said, “Just whatare we doing, anyway?” I t neverdawned on me he wouldn’t see thesign or realize we were following thetrail of a group of men.

Age The f irs t thing in t racking is

learning to determine how old sign is.I’ve seen the movies where the herolooks at the tracks and says, “Um,

fresh tracks. Not more than an hourold.” I guess, maybe, there are a fewmen out there who are that good, butI’ve never met one. The best most of us can tell you is the tracks are old,fresh, very fresh, or smokin’. In mostsituations we can determine if thetracks were made last night; weremade after dew fell or are too old tomess with. If anyone ever tells you thetracks are exactly 3 hours old, he’seither the best there is or he’s full of beans and I’ll bet on the latter.

Color We use the term “color” to

describe the look of a fresh track. Afresh track has a sheen to it that’s lostrather quickly. How quickly dependsof the type of soil and the weather. If it’s windy, the tracks will blur outquickly. If it’s sunny the sun will dryout the tracks and they’ll rapidly losetheir sheen. If it’s damp and foggybut not raining, the tracks will holdtheir color and shape much longer.Sandy soil holds tracks well whendamp, but not when i t ’s dry andloose. Tracks in grainy dirt alwayslook older. Practice teaches you thesethings and many more, but you haveto pay attention.

Grass Trails A “grass t rail” is a t rai l going

through grass — obviously. When aperson walks through grass he bends itin the direction he’s walking, changingthe color of the grass and revealing itslighter underside. The grass will holdthis bend for a long time, especially if it’s green — making the trail obvious.Grass trails are easy to follow, espe-

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Some 20-plus years ago, Iwrote my first article enti-tled, Showdown With TheGood Guys . The articlecovered guidelines for off-duty cops involved in anarmed confrontation. Therst consideration I listed

was the decision to become involvedor be a good witness. The second wasthe ability to be clearly identified as“good guy” when the troops showed up.Very little had been written about off-duty encoun-ters and nothing was being taught in most of theacademies. The thought of our families becomingtargets because of our career was far from ourminds unless you worked gangs in LA or Miami.

On January 30, 2007, in Jackson County Florida,the wife of Sheriff John McDaniel was stalked and murdered.The two suspects, one a convicted felon and the othera murder suspect followed MillieMcDaniel home. News reportsstated the suspectsentered the McDanielhome but not before Mrs.McDaniel called her hus-band for help. Ashort timelater both Mrs. McDanieland the first respondingdeputy were shot to death.The Sheriff and other deputieskilled both suspects in the ensuinggunfight. An e-mail I receivedfrom a fellow officer reportedammunition; latex gloves, bleach,vinegar, handcuffs, duct tape andtrash bags were found in the sus-pect’s vehicle.

A Somber Discussion Our innocence was also lost

in April of 1999, when DylanKlebold and Eric Harris mas-sacred 12 students and one

teacher at ColumbineHigh School. At the timeof Columbine my chil-dren were 11 and 15. Pre-viously, my instructionsto them had been to neverget in a stranger’s car orunlock the door foranyone other than family.The night after theColumbine murders, I sat

down with the kids and had avery somber discussion. I told

them if the situation looked bad —like Columbine — I would rather

they try something, anything, as longas they went down fighting. In other

words never give up . That conversa-tion had a very sobering effect on my wife and me.

Loose Lips Off-duty safety is now taught in most acade-

mies. However, we now have an obliga-tion to include our families in ourpreparation. Our schools, churches and

communities have effective child safetyprograms. But “Don’t talk to strangers”

is only a beginning. Our families shouldbe very careful about what they tell othersabout where we work. There are predators

looking to settle a score with law enforcement anda family is an easy target. “My husband/wifeworks for the city, county, or state government” isa safe answer. Don’t advertise a law enforcementconnection. In the past, FOP and PBS tagemblems were a source of pride. Initially the“Thin Blue Line” decals were for us to recognizeeach other. Now, they may serve to bringunwanted attention to our families. Loose thebumper stickers, emblems and decals.

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Noun Or Verb? The Internet is a huge source of

information. Google yourself and youmay nd your name listed in the min-utes of the last PTA meeting or whereyou placed in the local IDPA match.Some of this we can’t help. However,we can be careful about what we placethere. Caution your children not to putpersonal information on My Space,Facebook or any Web sites. Theyshouldn’t list names of brothers and sis-ters, the type car they drive and otherinformation to make it easy forsomeone to track them down.

Pract ice Makes Perfect

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Codes Have an emergency code with you

family alerting them to danger. An easyone to remember is to use their middlename. If you call them by their middlename, they’re to do exactly what yousay — no questions — just do it .Whatever the code, it shouldn’t alertthe bad guy.

Make sure family members have anemergency notication number listed intheir cell phone. For children, “Mom”

and “Dad” work well. For adults, itshould be labeled “emergencies.”

Always Fight Always Win One hard and fast rule, never allow

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Trust Your Instincts Tell your loved ones to trust their

instincts about people and events. If they think they’re being followed,don’t go home — go to a safe publiclocation or keep driving while calling911. If they meet someone who “givesthem the creeps,” don’t second-guessyourself into making a bad decision —act accordingly

If you do need to become involvedin an incident have a plan for familymembers. They should go to a safeplace, and not be a spectator. Cellphones will make linking back upwith them relatively easy. Tell themnot to make statements like, “Are yougoing do something” or “Do you haveyour gun.”

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see the tracks if the light is from ahead.If the sun is low on the horizon and thetrail is headed toward it, you can some-times see tracks shining like neon for along distance ahead. The worst lightcondition is when the sun is directlyoverhead. This causes the tracks to fadeout. If the sun is high, kneel down closeto the ground and shade the tracks withyour hat — it makes them clearer. Thesame goes for using a ashlight. Holdthe light close to the ground and parallelso the light shines across the tracksrather than down onto them. Shine itstraight down and the tracks disappear.

Rocks Almost all rocks have two differentsides. The up side is one color; the sideagainst the ground is another. When a

person walks across gravel or rockyground he’s going to kick over rocks,revealing the underside. This can help infollowing the trail. However, it’s very dif-cult to follow a trail relying strictly onoverturned rocks. In areas where there’s alot of livestock, it’s almost impossible aslivestock will also turn over stones.

Horses in particular can fool even agood tracker. They have a one-piecehoof. A small horse leaves a tracklooking exactly like the print of a bootheel. This can confuse anyone when thetracking is difcult.

The best thing to do is find a goodtracker and get him to teach you. It willshorten your learning curve by years.

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The chief will sign an order toC.O.’s requiring monthly reports on thestatus of the MBP and improvements inmorale, or , why morale isn’t improving. In that case, the C.O. isdirected to identify the guilty partiesresponsible and list actions taken topunish them. I kid you not, kids. If heor she doesn’t report positively on themiraculous upswing in morale, the nextvisitors in their office will be the castand crew of The Spanish Inquisition.

That lonely C.O., faced with theugly inevitability of a fait accompl ifake-MBP, will pass out the “CleanedYour Plate” pins, and shufe and dealthe framed “Stayed Awake in Training”certicates with about the same enthu-siasm as a man passing a kidney stone.And the troops will feel like that kidneystone being passed.

When agencies set out to enact MBP’s, they wind up enforcing them.

Elephant-Sex & Cuff-Keys You can’t bui ld morale with

morale-building programs. Moralecan’t be manufactured, but it can benourished — even nursed back tohealth from a near-death state. It can’tbe made, but it sure as hell can bedestroyed. You’ve got to have people,programs, and policies that raisemorale by supporting, defending, andhonoring those who go out on thestreet and do the job . Then, if yougive cops the right guidance, clearmissions and honest feedback, they’llraise their own morale. That’s allmost cops want and need. That’s whythey became cops.

Hey, you do what you can. If morale is suffering due to low pay,low manpower, a lack of politicalbacking from the brass, equipmentissues or other “elephant-sex” factors(describes things occurring at veryhigh levels, involving massive, pon-derous movement, loud trumpeting,and trampling of small critters under-foot) then there may not be a greatdeal you can immediately do aboutrectifying them. But you can pokesome fun at ’em, get your troopssmiling, and remind them good cops— real cops — do good work despitethe conditions, not because of them.

Can you afford a couple of shinynew handcuff keys and a toy policecar? Got a digital camera? A solderingiron? Some black plastic trash bags anda sack of suckers? In a future issuewe’re going to go where only thebrave, the bold, and the slightly crazy

dare to tread. Yeah, this is a “two-parter.” Fearless Editor Dave won’tgive me more space untilmy morale goes up.

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arrest illegal immigrants. Hallelujah. Butfrom the same article: ’Morristown isvery diverse.” “We have forged relation-ships, and I am concerned that this willhave an impact on our relationships.”Here’s another relationship for you.You’re a cop. They’re in the country ille-gally. They commit crimes. Arrest them.Simple concept.

I know: “That’s not our job.” Yes, it isand your community will benet if youhave the courage to act — pretty simplereally — broken windows theory. Per-mitting an environment of illegality willonly produce illegality. Are you sayingyou think the legal immigrant commu-nity doesn’t have the intellect or emo-tional stability to understand?

Racial Proling Officers stopping people solely

because of race is egregious, intolerablebehavior. But now, ofcers are trackedon the demographics of their stops.Insane. The measure is probable cause— not color. If the cop has legitimateprobable cause, then worrying about thesuspect’s race is simply administrativecowardice. A crook is a crook. I just loveTSA and the airports nowadays, don’tyou? The same applies to the eld.

For those administrators who worryabout everything and are on the road toulcers, high blood pressure and heartproblems, I’m not suggesting cops bepermitted to do whatever they want —far from it. When a cop does some-thing outrageous, fire him. That’s theanswer — not rules limiting andendangering everyone.

Do Nothing Police Culture Police administrators need to look in

the mirror and ask why some of theseunprofessional incidents occur. Much hasto do with the department itself. Hiringthe wrong people. Hiring for the wrongreason. Retaining people that shouldn’tbe retained. Ignoring problem people.Transferring problems around. Ninetypercent of the people about whom weshould be concerned are in these cate-gories. If we dealt with them, many of these incidents wouldn’t occur in the rstplace. Instead, we bemoan what happensand then take actions potentially under-mining our officers’ safety and permitcriminality in the name of “relation-ships.” No wonder we’ve seen the rise of “de-policing.” Doing nothing is so muchsmarter than doing something in agen-cies with this culture.

For those working the field, Iimplore you: Don’t hit anyone with the

butt of your gun no matter the situation.They’ll talk about taking away ourhandguns because they couldbe used as a weapon.


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In another incident the terrorist wasdropped-off by his handlers and as hehad repeatedly practiced on the verysame streets, he leisurely strolled downthe two blocks to Jerusalem’s MainStreet in the heart of downtown. He

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The Custom Covert II™ .45 ACP has both night sights

and Crimson Trace Lasergrips for fast targeting.

New from the Kimber ® Custom Shop ™, the Covert series of .45 ACP carrypistols are all business. Each features a lightweight frame machined from asolid brick of 7075-T7 aluminum with carry melt treatment for roundededges that will not snag, Tactical Wedge night sights and 30 lines-per-inchfrontstrap checkering with a new bordered base pattern.

Covert frames wear Desert Tan KimPro II ™ th at is self-lubricating and exceptionally durable. Slide and small parts

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Kimber Covert.

Out of Sight, Peace of Mind.

With a 3-inch barrel and carry bevel treatment,the Ultra Covert II™ .45 ACP is an ideal carry piWeight is just 25 ounces.

The Pro Covert II™ .45 ACP features a 4-inchbushingless bull barrel, carry bevel treatment,30 LPI frontstrap checkering and night sights.






























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