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1 month ago | 
americancop.com | Glenn Norling |Erick Gelhaus |Kevin McPherson |John Hearne
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... To the ‘non-tactically minded,’ the concept of situational awareness can actually be intimidating, misunderstood, and even interpreted as a type of justified paranoia. To those of us in law enforcement, that may seem downright silly. After years of teaching the concepts of mindset, preparedness, and situational awareness to people in just about every single profession, I have found this fundamental misunderstanding to be relatively commonplace.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |John Hearne |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... Several subject matter-specific events are held across the defensive-minded training sphere: the Polite Society Conference, Rangemaster’s Tactical Conference (TacCon), the Combatives Summit, the Revolver Round-Up, and more. One is specifically for those interested in the practical application and art of the defensive shotgun.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
americancop.com | John Hearne |Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... For most users, the AR-15 pattern rifle in 5.56mm is the “go-to” answer for those needing a patrol rifle. However, there are times, particularly for training, when AR pattern rifles in alternate calibers warrant consideration.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Matt Eagleston |Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... Over the past decade or so, shotguns have taken a back seat to patrol rifles. While patrol rifles undoubtedly have their place, the shotgun, when properly configured, is still a viable and effective tool. Does it replace a patrol rifle? Not necessarily. Does having a patrol rifle mean you shouldn’t also carry a shotgun? We will dig into that. What are the pros and cons of a shotgun versus a patrol rifle? Shotguns can be more difficult to keep fed.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling |Clint Smith
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... When Trijicon released the RCR—Ruggedized Close Reflex—in ’23, there was much discussion of the optic’s form, especially of the mounting system. The RCR is an enclosed emitter optic, like the Aimpoint Acro, Steiner MPS, and others. Most of the optics on long guns – carbines, shotguns, and sub-guns – are tubular, like a traditional scope. That has not been the case with the miniature backup optics that developed into the common pistol-mounted optics of today.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling |Clint Smith
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... Two recent articles on improving and increasing the standards for law enforcement firearms training generated feedback based on readers’ experiences. They asked for articles discussing close-range and point shooting. This led to a discussion of retention position shooting after a recent class. During this same time frame, I taught at the Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Round-Up, a three-day revolver-centric event held at Gunsite. One of the other instructors was Cecil Burch.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling |Clint Smith
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... This article is an un-planned follow-up to last week’s piece on [a way] to increase accuracy standards in training – by shrinking the available scoring area. Regardless of what I might think about social media in its current state, some beneficial discussions are occurring in that space. Several of them can address concerns about law enforcement training. Some are humorous, while others can get nasty in terms of targeting.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Dave Bahde |Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... In my four decades of teaching firearms to law enforcement, a disturbing trend became evident. Square range training is already limiting, but agencies limited it further by only moving in one general direction, backward. When confronted with deadly force, the prevailing mindset was to “move to cover” or “run to cover.” In most cases, that movement was to the rear. The problem is, without regard to how “safe” and or easy it can be to facilitate, it’s just not real.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling |Clint Smith
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... An accuracy standard is paramount during firearms training and qualification. However, we must ask if these standards adequately prepare officers to succeed in deadly force encounters. A qualification course is scripted with many knowns, while a deadly force encounter is an unscripted affair with many unknowns. Passing a qualification course does not ensure success in a gunfight. Qualifications have a set number of rounds with known time standards.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling |Clint Smith
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... Some commonly used technology has limitations. Despite the best efforts, existing tools may not “hear” or “see” gunshots. The hostage negotiator community has documented instances of their equipment not “hearing” a gunshot. Body-worn Cameras may not be physically oriented to catch the shot’s firing. What if the “witness” to an officer-involved shooting gave an intentionally false statement?
