Corrections Batons News & Articles

• How to buy less lethal products (eBook)

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  Download this Corrections1 less lethal product buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• 12 gifts for your favorite corrections officer

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  The holidays are right around the corner; let us help you with your gift shopping list!

• Easy-open, easy-close baton helps protect COs

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  Can be opened right in front of an officer's body, which offers unprecedented convenience for correction officers

• 2010 training highlight: Baton power development

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  As we near the end of 2010, Corrections1 editors have looked back at the most popular training videos from 2010. This week and the next, we'll post our two favorites. In this week's video, Gary Klu...

• Controlling a subject in the prone position

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  Here is an effective method for controlling a potentially combative subject who is lying face down on the ground.

• Mock Prison Riot product round-up

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  By Luke Whyte, C1 editor The number of exhibitors at the 2009 Mock Prison Riot was double that of the year before. One of the principal reasons for this growth is MPR’s unique ability to give vendo...

• Baton skills, control tactics put to the test at this year's Monadnock training seminar

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  By Dave StandenPatrolman, Springfield Police Department, MAVisit Strike Tactical SolutionsThis past May, the City of Lowell, Massachusetts opened its arms to trainers from around the world for the ...

• Enhancing grip strength

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  Video: Broadband Download Windows Media Player In this week's Police1 Video Tip, provided by the Police Officers Safety Association (POSA), Jeff Brooks, a police officer and martial arts expert, ex...

• Improving your roadside visibility

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  Driver inattention is one of the leading causes of vehicular accidents in the U.S. As officers we are more at risk than most due to the "routine traffic stop." Traffic stops are one of the most bas...

• Checklist: Waterproofing your gear

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  Waterproofing is designed to ensure that the officers assigned to water conditioned areas can survive and work safely in waterborne environments. Here is a list of optimal duty gear to be worn in w...

• Getting the most use out of departmental equipment

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  Video:Broadband Dialup Download Windows Media PlayerIn this week’s Police1 Video Tip, Training Officer Gary Monreal from New Berlin (WI) PD shares a way for agencies to ensure that protective equip...

• Simulated weapons safety

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  Video: Broadband Dialup Download Windows Media Player In this sample out-take from the Police Officers Safety Association (POSA) video Force-on-Force Simulation Instructor for Law Enforcement, a cr...

• Expandable Batons: What's out there & how to choose

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  By Bob Willis Click here to subscribe to Law Officer Magazine At a recent national conference of law enforcement instructors, the topic of baton use surfaced at one of the presentations. The instru...

• Where have all the batons gone?

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  Introducing the Rapid Rotation Baton (RRB) The 21st century has ushered in a new phase of non-lethal technology. As the law enforcement industry responds to public sentiment, there is renewed inter...