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Biases In Training

Every so often, the above image is posted on social media. The diagram of a two-engine military aircraft purportedly shows the areas damaged by air-to-air gunfire or fragmentation from air-bursting anti-aircraft projectiles. There is a write-up with the image discussing how – initially – the belief was that the damaged parts of the aircraft needed more and better armor. Then, someone noticed that if – even with the documented damage, regardless of how significant – [...]

By |August 13th, 2024|
EDITORIAL

You Are Standing Where?

Author's note: This is not specific to any one event. It does, however, address some concerns in the contemporary law enforcement environment.    Having come into police work in an era when assertive, proactive police [...]

Developing Training Plans

If I were left on my own, own of two things would happen when I hit the gym. A) I would go in and do those exercises that I can do without a lot of [...]

OpEd – Wellness, Resilience, and PTS

Greetings! Thank you all for taking your time to visit AmericanCop, to read the work of our writers, and to support us. Time is the one thing you can’t get back. So, again, thank you [...]

FUN STUFF

August is Shooting Sports Month

Do you know what month it is? If you answered August, you are correct. However, you are not completely right. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), has designated August as National Shooting Sports Month.   [...]

THE LIGHT BULB

Cops have them. Old time retired cops have more and better ones. Not guns, but something almost as good — stories. War stories to be exact. All cops have them some but some just need [...]

One-Shot Stopping

Boxcar Boosters During the summer of 1944, the Southern Pacific Railroad in the City of Richmond, Calif. were experiencing a rash of boxcar burglaries. After repeated incidents the Richmond Police Department assigned their veteran night [...]

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