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Oct 15, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Mike Wood |Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... American Cop Magazine sponsored the Law Enforcement Education Program at the 2024 SHOT Show, which gave Editor Erick Gelhaus the opportunity to present an informative program entitled “Ready Positions and Better Outcomes ” to officers from a wide variety of domestic and international agencies. Gelhaus’ presentation explored the root causes of “mistake of fact” shootings by analyzing related research conducted by the military, law enforcement, and academic communities.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Glenn Norling |Mike Wood
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... For many law enforcement officers, the career path starts on the front lines — patrolling streets, conducting investigations, and ensuring public safety. It’s a job that requires grit, determination, and a deep sense of duty. But as the field of criminal justice continues to evolve, so do the opportunities available to officers who want to take the next step in their careers.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Glenn Norling |Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Mike Wood
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... My wife is a schoolteacher and is just starting her 23rd year in the classroom. As one of my primary responsibilities, I have been training people in active shooter preparedness for over a decade. I spent the majority of my last six years as an FBI agent traveling across the state, speaking to law enforcement agencies, schools, churches, and businesses about active shooter awareness.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Mike Wood |Clint Smith
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... We are far more likely to use and need a hand-held flashlight than we are a pistol-mounted light. Never mind lights mounted on shotguns and carbines. Those are for another discussion. Before we get into the meat of the discussion, there are two things to address. First, none of these techniques should be locked in one specific spot, aka – Set In Stone.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
ledburyreporter.co.uk | Mike Wood
Grass track action with Ledbury MCC There's some very exciting motorcycle grasstrack racing coming your way on Sunday, September 22 as the Ledbury MCC stage their Herefordshire Grand Prix event. Once again the venue will be Sparrington Farm, Pencombe, Herefordshire, HR7 4SL. This second event of 2024 hosted by the Ledbury MCC will feature plenty of great action in a 48 race programme which caters for both solo and sidecar machines.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Mike Wood |Clint Smith
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... It was eight or nine nights after an event I was involved in. The community activists, the media (local and national), and several politicians had gone absolutely sideways and turned into a mob. The only thing close I had seen in my career was an unintentional fatal shooting several years before. I had been doxed, a whole bunch of my information had gotten out on the net, and we had fled our home, going into hiding.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Eugene Nielsen |Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Mike Wood
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... Vertx®, a subsidiary of the Fechheimer Brothers Company, was founded over a decade ago in response to a federal agency’s need for low-profile, functional tactical pants. Leveraging their long history of crafting military uniforms, Vertx developed highly discreet tactical pants and later expanded to low-profile clothing, bags, and packs.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Eve Kulcsar |Eugene Nielsen |Mike Wood
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... Springfield Armory – the name invokes images of a few historic firearms. Two are their M1A rifles and 1911s. However, we’ll be discussing the new thumb safety version of the Echelon. The Echelon is a polymer-frame, striker-fired, high-capacity 9mm pistol from HS Produkt in Croatia. It is built around a serial numbered Central Operating Group – chassis and fire control assembly.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Mike Wood |Kevin McPherson |Eve Kulcsar |Eugene Nielsen
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... As a trainer, I work with cops from a wide variety of agencies, and it’s always interesting to me when students from diverse backgrounds make the same mistakes in training. One example that I see a lot these days is failures to use non-passive, manually operated safeties (“manual safeties,” hereafter). I frequently see cops struggle to fire weapons in training that have not been “Off-Safed,” just as I see them fail to place their weapons “On Safe” when they should.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus |Misc Gear |Mike Wood |Clint Smith
If you shoot long enough, and that doesn’t need to be very long, there is a likelihood of you being exposed to enough noise that you begin to suffer from hearing loss. What types of hearing loss are there? Damage to the outer and middle ear, known as Conductive;Inner ear damage or Sensorineural;If it is both, it’s known as Mixed. 85 dB is the recognized level at which hearing loss can begin to occur. Noise over 140dB can cause pain. And it is not just gunfire.
