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Are you a true professional? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take a moment to do an honest gut check evaluation of yourself. Look hard and critically inside yourself and answer to yourself truthfully. Do you practice perishable skills such as firearms and tactics that you may use or be called to use every shift on patrol? Can you safely handcuff a combative suspect? Can you retain your firearm? Can you engage and neutralize a threat in close proximity, initially using striking/blocking techniques until you can acquire a higher level of force if required? Do you request training or do you make excuses, require overtime pay, etc. to better your skills? More importantly, do you practice and pass on training that you have received? Do you go to a class to "get the hours"...hoping an instructor will sign off on you just because you attended? Here is an analogy I use when I conduct firearms qualifications. Understand that "quali...

News Winnipeg Crime spree leaves one dead By SUN MEDIA Last Updated: 12th July 2009, 11:36am Four males are charged in a violent Friday night crime spree in the North End in which two men were stabbed, one fatally. The homicide victim has been identified as 24-year-old Joseph Hall. Winnipeg police said the mayhem began about 6:30 p.m. when a 60-year-old man was threatened and robbed of personal property by a number of males behind a business in the 800-block of Main Street. The victim was not injured. At 8:30 p.m., a 17-year-old male and a 14-year-old girl were assaulted and robbed in the area of the 300-block of Selkirk Avenue. Police said the male victim was stabbed a number of times in the lower body and was treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries. A short time later a 54-year-old man was assaulted and robbed in the area of the 300-block of Burrows Avenue. The victim did not require medical attention, police said. Moments after that incident, Hall was confronted by a ...

Well I suppose it had to happen sooner or later! I've lost a follower from my readers list. I guess I'm just getting old and boring , may have to take up writing hot sex stories to keep the reader's happy. I know somebody in TX that may like that idea!! ;-) Maybe I'll have to put in more jokes....who knows?? It's really hard sometimes when you get writer's block. Or it could be that I've just become a " block head".. LOL!! The bitch about it is that I can't remember who dropped off the list, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, as it musn't have been one of my friends. I have a feeling it may have been the "badge bunny" that wanted my buddies e mail addresses, and all that will get you is your balls cut off, and usually by the wife/girlfriend.!! OUCH!!! Hmmmm......who was it??? I have a feeling it may have been the person who e mailed me complaining about content of one of the posts who I just politely sent back this...

Writing A Good Police Report As a sergeant, I now go through and read officer's police reports on a regular basis. In doing this, I've realized that there a lot of officers that are either making their police report writing more difficult then they need to be, forgetting important elements, adding more then needed, or just not making the police report flow. I've learned and understand now that every officer's police report will always be different in the way they are presented, and that's fine; however, I'm going to try to explain and illustrate how my first training officer taught me, and how I personally think its one of the better ways to write reports. And its quite simply making it simple for the reader to follow along. The reason is, you never want your reader to get lost, or wonder what's going on while they're reading. You want to make it as simple as possible for them by painting the picture.So the first rule of thumb in police report writin...

These are pics from one of the rescue classes I have taught, notice the "VICTIM" laughing near the end of the drill!! Here is a basic first aid guide I have put together for police officers who happen to be the first responders to a SCUBA emergency, especially for my friends in the Southern States where diving is possible ALL YEAR ROUND, this may prove to be invaluable if you happen to respond to a call and are first on scene, with EMT's on the way. SCUBA is an extremely safe sport, and true that diving emergencies are rare, they can and do occur. Even if you don't have advanced medical training as first responder to a call like this your efforts can be the chance for a successful recovery or " a bad situation". Here are some steps that may be able to ensure a most successful scenario: 1) Secure the ABC's: Just as we are taught in our basic first aid courses the ABC's are the same here, AIRWAY,BREATHING, and CIRCULATION. Most dive accidents you may...

Decision To Initiate A Vehicle Pursuit The officer intending to stop a vehicle will make every effort to avoid a vehicle pursuit. Activation of lights and siren are delayed whenever possible, until the officer is close enough that the opportunity to flee appears to be unavailable to the operator of the suspect vehicle.If the operator of the suspect vehicle chooses to avoid being stopped and attempts to flee, the decision to initiate a vehicle pursuit lies with the individual officer.Certain actions taken by the operator of the fleeing vehicle may escalate the danger to the public, the suspect operator, and the pursuing officer(s). In these cases, jurisdictional policy will prevail in determining whether a pursuit is continued or called off. Any officer involved in a vehicle pursuit must drive with due regard for the safety of all persons concerned and any exemptions granted the officer, as an authorized operator of an emergency vehicle, do not include protection fr...

The "links" will work as I left my " PIN" in the auto fill mode. Operational Manual - Conducted Energy Weapon see also: Chapter 17.7.1 - Approved Holsters Chapter 17.7.2 -- Taser Model M26 Battery Charging Metho Amended: 2009-02-03 1. General 1. 1. Only the Advanced Taser M26 (model 44000) and Taser X26E (Law Enforcement) (model 26012) conducted energy weapons (CEW) are approved for RCMP operational use as an intervention option to control individuals and avert injury to members and the public. NOTE: As any Taser M26 reaches its life expectancy, it will be replaced by a Taser X26E. No new Taser M26 will be purchased. 1. 2. The fluorescent yellow stickers on the CEW are intended to differentiate it from the pistol and must not be removed or altered under any circumstance. 1. 3. Only trained members and certified instructors who have successfully completed the CEW User Course (HRMIS Code 000028) or the CEW Instructor Course (HRMIS Code 000029) are permitted to use (se...