The success or failure of community-oriented policing (COP) depends to a significant degree upon the knowledge, skills and ability of individual community-policing officers. The officer’s...

Community-oriented policing is based on a philosophy that is somewhat different from traditional policing strategies. It emphasizes, among other things, the importance of establishing collaborative...

Restraint of subjects during stop and frisk situations is often deemed necessary for officer protection. However, there are limitations upon the legal use of restraints...

Crime guns come into the possession of law enforcement officers on a routine basis in the course of conducting searches, making arrests, collecting evidence, and...

Chemical agents are useful tools within the arsenal available for law enforcement officers. When deployed properly, they can aid officers in bringing volatile incidents under...

This Training Key® is the third of three to examine the threat of emergencies involving the use of weapons of mass destruction. Part I discussed...

This Training Key® is the second of three to examine the threat of emergencies involving the threat or use of weapons of mass destruction. Part...

This Training Key® is the first of three to examine the threat of emergencies involving the use of weapons of mass destruction. Part I discusses...

Law enforcement agencies are employing new approaches to dealing with crime that augment and supplement traditional means of arrest and criminal prosecution. Using civil remedies...

Problem-oriented policing involves a systematic process of identifying, analyzing, and responding to crime and disorder that breed serious crime. The prior Training Key® examined the...

Traditionally, law enforcement agencies have attempted to control crime largely by dealing with individual acts of crime. Advocates of problem-oriented policing urge a broader view...

While roadblocks are necessary at certain times to apprehend persons fleeing from the scene of a crime or attempting to evade arrest, departments utilizing roadblocks...

This is Part Two of a two-part Training Key®. In Part One, we examined the nature and importance of police ethics and discussed some of...

This is Part One of a two-part Training Key®. In this first part, we examine the nature and importance of police ethics and discuss some...

This is the second of a two-part Training Key® on this subject. Part I addressed the issue of carnival operations and gaming fraud as exemplified...

This is the first of a two-part Training Key® designed to provide officers with a basic understanding of carnival fraud games and how they work...

Learning how to manage anger effectively will help police officers control their responses to it. Several approaches can be taken to develop a personal anger...

Anger is a natural human emotion. But when a police officer expresses anger inappropriately, there can be devastating consequences. Learning to recognize the various types...

The manner in which the police manage and respond to court protection orders largely determines the degree to which they serve to protect victims from...

Police officers conducting investigations, enforcement of quasi-enforcement actions or prevention programs in public schools walk a fine line and often ill-defined legal path. An understanding...