American COP Magazine

2 weeks ago | americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... As mentioned in our Police Memorial Week article, ambushes are a common way of attacking officers. A number of these occur when officers have just arrived on the scene. These scenes involve calls for service that may not trigger a sense of heightened alert or the need for additional resources. The dispatch information might even lull officers into canceling their cover (or second) units.

3 weeks ago | americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... The subject of testing handguns for adoption by agencies came up recently. Testing. The vast majority of the 18,000 agencies in this country lack both the capability and the resources to conduct actual testing. Are we testing? Identifying our preferences? Or validating the testing of others? This also applies to all other firearms and accessories – armorer support, holsters, optics, lights, slings – as well as patrol vehicles, records-keeping software, and dispatch systems.

1 month ago | americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... performance /pər-fôr′məns/nounThe act of performing or the state of being performed. The way in which someone or something functions. “The pilot rated the airplane’s performance in high winds.”That’s the first word, and shooting, defined as the act of one who shoots, is the second. “Performance shooting” is a phrase frequently repeated in firearms training. It generally tilts towards the competition side with a bias towards USPSA-style shooting.

1 month ago | americancop.com | Kevin McPherson

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... Spotting a revolver in a law enforcement duty holster these days is extremely unlikely. You might find one being used by the “shield bearer” on a SWAT entry team if you look hard enough. Uncommon as they may be in overt uniform roles, revolvers still serve in important capacities for cops. Small, lightweight revolvers excel as backup guns due to their real-world reliability, ammunition insensitivity, and resistance to neglect.

1 month ago | americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... May is National Stop the Bleed Month. The goal of that program is to get as many people as possible, regardless of where their paycheck comes from, trained to stop death from hemorrhaging (bleeding) caused by traumatic injuries. Stopping the bleed regardless of what caused it. I’m fortunate that, as a writer and trainer, I have a few Go-To people for pre-hospital trauma concerns. One of them is Caleb Causey of Lone Star Medics. He talked with me a couple of years ago.