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March 15, 2013

P1 Weekly Update for 03/15/13

In this week's update, Betsy Brantner Smith reviews the incident in which a suspect escaped Miami-Dade police and took their cruiser, officers from New Jersey facing criticism for their off-duty rap videos, and this week's 'not today' moment.
August 30, 2011

Policestore - Brownells LE QD-360-ID Identification Banner

This video demonstrates how to use the Brownells LE QD-360-ID Identification Banner.
April 18, 2011

Jeanne Assam: On security at New Life Church

After leaving the Minneapolis PD and a string of personal tragedies, Jeanne Assam moved to Colorado Springs and got involved at New Life Church.
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March 10, 2011

Church shooting: The heroism of Jeanne Assam

On December 9, 2007 a 24-year-old gunman named Matthew Murray launched a brutal assault on the parishioners of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs (Colo.) that left two innocent victims dead. Because of the quick actions of a former police officer from Minnesota named Jeanne Assam, that number could easily have been much, much higher. Assam explains in a new video segment produced by the PoliceOne Video Team for the PoliceOne Academy that she very nearly decided to not go to church that day. However, on the morning of the shooting, she saw a headline on her computer indicating that two young people were murdered at a training center for Christian missionaries some 70 miles away in the Denver suburb of Arvada. The headline shook her.
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March 08, 2011

How to raise courageous children

Debbie Gardner, co-author of the book “Raising Kids who can Protect Themselves,” says that eye contact is critical for their safety. Force your kids to order their own food at restaurants and make them stand in line with the biggest and meanest looking clerk on staff. People behind you won’t be happy, but you shouldn’t care about them. It’s a great idea; try it out with your little ones.
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February 15, 2010

Will to Win: Off-duty cop protects family in robbery

In 1997, off-duty officer Chris Carter and his family went to have lunch at a local McDonalds when an armed robbery occurred. Carter sits down with Dave Smith to share the story of the day that changed his life forever.

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Off Duty Columnists

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with Charles Remsberg