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NIGHT VISION
New See-In-The-Dark Technology.

THE TWAIN SHALL MEET BOB PILGRIM
ArmaLite And Sarsilmaz’s First Offspring.

UNDERCOVER AMONG DUI WEASELS
Making A Better DUI Case.

PATTING HER DOWN
You’re Not Feeling Her Up.

DEATH DANCING
Move Or Die.

STUPID CHIEF TRICKS
Executive Decisions — Stranger Than Fiction.

DOWN AND DIRTY
Grounded Officer Tactics.

NIGHT VISION
Bob Davis

Today's Law Enforcement Environment Makes NV A Mission-Critical Tool That Should Be Available To Every Street Cop Working After The Sun Goes Down.

As a kid I was “told” you can see better and further in the dark then any other time. During the day you can see as far as the sun, but at night countless stars and galaxies millions of miles further away are visible to the naked eye. As a young cop working graveyard shifts I “learned” seeing in the dark has nothing to do with our neighboring stars and everything to do with my safety.

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Undisclosed Piss-Offs & Supervisory Poison

If you’re like most of us, you made your bones in this business by catching people doing something wrong. You developed a “fault-finding mindset,” and it served you well — as an officer. Then you made sergeant, and you learned viewing your troops through those fault-finding criminal-catching eyes isn’t a very effective supervisory technique. In fact, you had to re orient yourself to catching your people doing something right — and then making sure they got recognized for it. And, you learned to defend them from undue and unjustified criticism.

You need to tell your troops what pisses you off and give them a chance to correct the condition. Here’s a typical Top Ten:

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John Morrison served in combat as a Marine sergeant, and retired as a senior lieutenant from the San Diego Police Department, having served there as Director of Training, Commanding Officer of SWAT and division executive officer. He has taught, written and lectured widely on training, tactics and leadership. Contact him at StreetLevelOne@yahoo.com.

This Explains A Lot About Lawyers

In England’s Wimbledon Magistrate’s Court, Andrew Curzon was charged with trying to fraudulently cash a neighbor’s check in the amount of about $220,000 USD. Faced with a ton of hard evidence against him and a solid prosecution, he resorted to a “dyspraxia defense.” Dyspraxia is a mental condition that renders the victim unable to engage in or understand logical thought; you know, like “actions and consequences.” Therefore, he argued, he did not possess the rational judgment necessary to knowingly commit the crime.

Curzon is a law student. Apparently, an inability to engage in logical thought is not a bar to bein’ a barrister in England. Knowing a little about their legal system, we believe it — but we’re not smug. If he was in the U.S. he could get a seat on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals — but that might actually improve their decisions.

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You’re Patting Her Down —
NOT Feeling Her Up!
Kimberlee Versiga and Tamara Mims

The Delicate Problem Of Frisking The Opposite Sex

Snap out of it fellas. You’ve got to work past your feelings of imminent danger when it comes to conducting a frisk of someone of the opposite sex. I can’t single out the men though, since lady cops are violators too. To help things along, I’m going to tell you about a couple of incidents I was involved in. Since I work in the deep South, the names and situations might be colorful, but change those names and the places and I’m sure you could tell the same stories.

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TARGET INDICATORS

From the beginning, there have always been target indicators during conflict. These indicators are a part every cop’s daily routines, whether they realize it or not. Officer’s can’t be in a confrontation without these indicators being present. Think of them as projections of yourself, your location or the actions of suspects that may endanger an officer’s life.

Failure to recognize target indicators — and eliminate them — can provide our opponents target opportunities that will get you killed. On the flip side, if officers are smart enough to realize these indicators exist, they can reduce the negative effect they might have. If you know what target indicators look like, they can be used effectively against the very threat the officer is facing. They can be made to work for us if we know what they are. And indeed, will work against if we don’t.

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WIN THIS ArmaLite AR-24
And Wilson Tactical’s COP Tool

Mark Westrom, president of ArmaLite, served as an ordnance officer in Germany and really liked the CZ-75 he brought home from his tour. With the dissolution of the Iron Curtain, availability here began to open up but they were still expensive. A version known as the Kilinc (Turkish for “sword”) is the issue sidearm of the Turkish military. It’s made in Turkey by giant armsmaker Sarsilmaz whose name may not be well-known here but some guns they make carry very familiar names. Their headquarters is in Istanbul and the plant in Duzce.

ArmaLite wanted to update the gun a little cosmetically and bring it back to the US market, so they worked with Sarsilmaz to develop the pistol you see here. The slide might be familiar to fans of the SIG P210. One feature lots of people loved was the fact it could be carried “cocked and locked” like the 1911.

All in all it’s a substantial and well-made firearm that will serve admirably even with years of hard use.

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Wilson Tactical’s COP Tool

Designed in collaboration with American Handgunner editor Roy Huntington, his 20+ years as a street cop and Wilson Tactical’s manufacturing experience have resulted in an important new design. Made of 3⁄16" D2, the COP Tool can be used as a pry bar — something any cop understands — without worrying about breakage.

The seatbelt cutter makes it a must for LE and EMT personnel, and does double duty for cutting lightweight line. The cord wrap handle gives a positive grip and the exposed steel butt acts as a glass-breaker or pounding tool.