Foot Pursuits And Haystack Needles

Foot Pursuits And Haystack Needles

The frequency of convenience store robberies heated up every December, almost like clockwork. There’s probably empirical data or some fancy research-based reason for it all, but I just figured it was because bad guys needed to afford Christmas presents and drugs. ‘Tis...
Bring Out Your Dead And Check Your Assumptions

Bring Out Your Dead And Check Your Assumptions

On a warm summer night we were dispatched to a third floor apartment for a report of a shooting, with little to no information. (This is known as par for the course). But it wasn’t the first body that startled us, it was the second.  Ah, midnight shift. So much...
The Verification Imperative: Why Instinct And Tactics Must Coexist

The Verification Imperative: Why Instinct And Tactics Must Coexist

Nothing good happens after 11:00 p.m. — at least that’s what I tell my kids. If you’re not going to or from work, there’s no need to be out that late at night. The motto on the midnight shift is that everyone is up to something, we just have to figure out what...
Secondary Weapons: How To Carry Them And Why

Secondary Weapons: How To Carry Them And Why

An attempt by someone to get your gun is a fight for you life and all bets are off — it is now a deadly force situation. But what if I carry a sweet auto-opening folding knife? Does it matter where and how I carry it? And do I need to practice retaining it? What...