PoliceOne Member News: Week 383

PoliceOne Member News: Week 383 - May 2, 2008

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Week 383
May 2, 2008

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Career Survival
Lessons from the street: "I thought I was dead"

	By Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith PoliceOne columnist
	I recently received an e-mail from a former Calibre Press Street Survival Seminar student of mine. Among other things, he said he was held at gunpoint by a suspect and utilized some of the techniques from the seminar to get through it. I was gratified, and I was intrigued. So I called Corporal Shipman, and this is his story ... Full Story
Related Stories: Miss. officer held at gunpoint Why training matters Read more columns from Sgt. Smith

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Featured News

N.H. officer's gun discharges, hits other officer

The Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. — A Concord police officer was shot in the chest by another officer yesterday morning while on duty but suffered only minor injuries because he was wearing a bulletproof vest.

Four Concord police officers were inside a bank when one officer's handgun discharged and hit another officer in the chest ... Full Story

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PoliceOne Video Training Tip

Choosing your off-duty gear

In an off-duty encounter, carrying the right gear – or carrying any gear at all, for that matter – can make a life-or-death difference. That fact has been illustrated in numerous off-duty incidents

In today’s PoliceOne Video Tip, Dr. Leonard Breure shares suggestions for what you should carry off-duty to be better prepared to face a threat should one surface.... Full Tip

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News and Announcements

Press Release:
Presynct Technologies Exhibits at 32nd Annual IACP LEIM Conference and Exhibition
[Presynct Technologies]

Ga. sheriff deputy dies in crash
[Decatur, GA]

Trooper's suspected killer found dead
[Lockport, IL]

LAPD's planning pays off; peaceful May Day
[Los Angeles, CA]

Man attacks N.Y. officer with knife
[Rochester, NY]

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News and Announcements

Press Release:
County Sheriff's Office in Washington Chooses ICOP for Digital In Car Video
[ICOP Digital]

Commissioner shakes up Philadelphia PD
[Philadelphia, PA]

Undercover Fla. detective shot during robbery
[Seminole County, FL]

N.C.'s K9 program stopped over roughness
[Raleigh, NC]

Escapee nabbed after 32 years
[Santee, CA]

PoliceOne Member
Comment of the Week

"When do they have time to actually work? Training for a cop is enough and I know training for fire stuff is a lot ... try combining both."

Member comment to an article about a
Minn. city that's cross-training officers as firefighters.

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