Tactical Products News & Articles

• COVID-19: How public safety companies are assisting the frontline pandemic response

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  The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations

• Responding to an inmate escape

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  There are some key steps correctional officers can take to prepare for a safe and effective response to a prison escape

• Opinion: How PPE reduces the risks faced by correctional officers

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  It is time for correctional leaders to prioritize personnel safety

• Product Review Video: Galls Elite S.W.A.T. Gloves

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  If you serve on a correctional emergency response team, these gloves offer the comfort, dexterity and protection you need to stay safe

• Calif. prison sent back $3M while union raised equipment concerns

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  Despite repeated appeals to executives, union officials say they've been consistently told the cash isn't there

• What correctional officers need to know about stab-resistant body armor

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  Understanding the various performance standards for slash- and stab-resistant body armor is of vital importance for correctional officer safety

• DOJ rules intensify crackdown on sanctuary cities and grants

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  DOJ won't award grants to cities unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and provide notice when illegal immigrants are about to be released

• 'DroneShield' helps prisons know what's coming

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  DroneShield sends alerts via email or SMS to a 24/7 monitoring service that works with police and legal response teams

• 5 drone technologies for COs

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  The commercialization of unmanned aerial aircrafts is leading to innovative, off-the-shelf tools for corrections uses

• Winning without fighting with the Pointman tactical robot

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  Weighing in at just under 18 pounds, the little four-by-four can boogie downrange to target at about five miles per hour

• Robot guards to patrol South Korean prisons

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  The three 5ft-high robots have been developed by the Asian Forum for Corrections

• Inside the riot at Chino: What really happened?

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  By Luke WhyteCHINO, Calif. — Even before the violent riot involving more than 1,000 inmates broke out on the night of August 8th, tensions were high at the California Institute for Men in Chino (CI...

• Video: Surviving a Jail Stabbing Assault

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  BLUtube is powered by Police1.com

• Tactical empathy: Safety is all in the approach

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  The greatest human act, I think, is to change someone’s mind so that you change their behavior for the better. Peace officers do that routinely and never think much about it! In 1983 I wrote my fir...

• K9 for use in CERT and SORT

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  If the will of the mind is not in the fight, then the fight will not last long. Co-Authored by Derek Applegate, Canine Supervisor, Lexington, South Carolina County Sheriff's Office No matter how to...

• Tips for transporting combative/non-compliant suspects

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  Q: What is the best way to extract an uncooperative/assaultive suspect from the backseat of a squad car? A: There is no easy answer for how to get a non-compliant/resisting/assaultive prisoner out ...

• 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...

• Gearing up: BlackHawk expands into new headquarters

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  Much of Blackhawk's growth has been fueled by homeland security demands since Sept. 11, 2001 By JON W. GLASS The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK, Va. — The four-story office building rises from the ground ...

• Second life for expired vest

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  Rather than throw away my recently expired ballastic vest, I had "POLICE" patches sewn on the front & back. The vest is kept in the trunk of my personal car. When off-duty, I now have a ballastic v...

• Protecting your audio transmitter cord

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  For those who carry audio transmitters on their duty belts: do you have the problem of external mic cords breaking without warning and causing you to have an evidence tape with no audio? To prevent...

• What would you do?

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  Download the video Download Windows Media Player This week’s video training tip, provided by the Law Enforcement Training Network, explores three response options to a “man with a gun” call involvi...

• Consider where you carry your duty bag

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  I know that we all like to have our duty bags with all of our forms and goodies in them. Many officers, myself included, carry this bag on the front passenger seat of our patrol cars, but from a ta...

• Wear an ear mic

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  Wearing an ear mic not only ensures you get your radio traffic, it also eliminates the need to "secure your mic" while standing with a potential suspect. Criminals are just as knowledgeable -- some...

• Q&A: Patrol Immediate Action Rapid Deployment (IARD)Title

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  Contributed by Baker Batshield PATROL IARD – QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Question – What is IARD? Answer – IARD is an acronym for "Immediate Action Rapid Deployment", a police tactic that provides swift de...

• Basics of blocking

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  Video: Broadband Dialup Download Windows Media PlayerBecause police officers usually respond to threats rather than initiate them, good blocking skills are a must. In this week's tip from the Polic...

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