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  • January 2009

    • January 2009

    Technology

    Top 10 tips for 2009

    Carole Moore
    Jan. 1, 2009
    Every year about this time I write about the things you can do to make your department better. Because law enforcement agencies are finding it harder and harder to stay afloat...
    Traffic Officer Mitch Lee of the Grand Prairie (Texas) PD demonstrates the DBC-equipped Laser Tech Ultra Lyte Lidar device, which can calculate accurate measurements between vehicles, both in distance and time.
    Traffic

    Laser device takes on tailgating

    Robert Galvin
    Jan. 1, 2009
    A growing number of law enforcement agencies are discovering the benefits of a new tool for an old traffic enforcement problem: following too closely. For years, traffic officers...
    Body Armor Protection

    Going home at night

    Rebecca Kanable
    Jan. 1, 2009
    More needs to be done to keep officers safe, especially when it comes to preventing vehicle-related deaths
    Investigations

    Let it be...

    Ronnie Wendt
    Jan. 1, 2009
    If someone asked me whom I'd most like to meet, among my answer would be John Walsh of America's Most Wanted, who lost a child to violence and completely changed the course of...
    Photo courtesy of Roselle Police Department
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    Traffic

    Citizens on radar patrol

    Rebecca Kanable
    Jan. 1, 2009
    Agencies involve volunteers to address a common complaint

    More content from January 2009

    Left: Det. Mark Weaver is outfitted in a 5.11 Tactical Vest with a 5.11 Small Drop Pouch and a Tru-Spec Medic Pocket and a 5.11 Large Drop Pouch. Above right: Maxpedition's Jumbo Type-S Versipak has a Three by Five, H-3 Waistpack Pouch and Barnacle Pouch attached by belt tunnels and Malice clips.
    Apparel

    Vogue vests

    Paul Laska
    Jan. 1, 2009
    Adapting tactical wear for CSI needs
    Command/HQ

    User fees

    Jim Donahue
    Jan. 1, 2009
    A shot in the arm for ailing budgets
    The first skill to learn in close quarters shooting is target focus. Officers must see the threat and concentrate on the area most likely to stop it. Training for close quarters should include friendly competition amongst police officers. From three yards, empty the magazine using a Pact Timer.
    Firearms

    See target, engage

    Officer Lindsey Bertomen (ret.), Contributing Editor
    Jan. 1, 2009
    When it comes to launching bullets under extreme stress, there are two major schools that debate the qualities of their platform. One advocates point shooting, the other advocates...
    Photos courtesy of SureFire
    The Surefire X400 WeaponLight is mounted on a GLOCK 37. The X400 fits both Universal and Picatinny rails. The SureFire X400 WeaponLight combines a 110-lumen output LED for white light illumination with a 5-mW, 635-nm laser aimer in an ultra-compact unit.
    Firearm Accessories

    The SureFire X400 WeaponLight

    Jan. 1, 2009
    Since introducing its first laser sight and weapon light in the 1980s, SureFire has set the standard by which weapon lights are judged. Now, the Fountain Valley, California, ...