Police Shotguns News & Articles

By PoliceOne Staff "If you were your police department's armorer and money was not an object, what would you choose for duty weapons?" We recently posed this question to our Facebook fans, ...

With just a little attention to the details, officers of all sizes and aptitudes can become proficient with ultimate police power tool. ...

Were there any surprises at Media Day at the Range at SHOT? I saw one product that falls into the game-changer category: The Remington Autoloading Versa Max. The tactical version that I played with had ...

For more than 50 years, the shotgun was the predominant shoulder weapon for the American law enforcement officer. ...

The Nanovault is more secure, more compact and even less expensive than many travel gun cases ...

PoliceOne is focusing on news and information about Firearms throughout the month of June 2010. Check out some of these great new products available today: Beretta USA Corp. Introduces the Beretta Px4 ...

The development of Internet email has been a huge boon to the passing of endless reams of jokes. Some of the jokes are pretty funny and the funniest ones of all are those that come dangerously close to the truth. One funny email about shooting makes the circuit every few months, and is worth an examination for its basis in truth. ...

Gun carriers, whether armed professionals or competitors, all argue about what is best. Which stance, which caliber, physical fitness, 1911 or Glock, carbine or shotgun...we can argue for years and never agree. Some opinions are so strongly held that, especially after the amber-colored liquid flows, there have been fistfights over what is “best.” All of this is irrelevant if we are not physically and mentally prepared. ...

From Force Science News Click here for a free subscription Ohio Trainer Ron Borsch’s advocacy of single-officer entries into active shooter sites touched off an unprecedented volume of responses ...

by Dick Fairburn With the M16/AR15 family of rifles becoming the long gun of choice for US police agencies, it is surprising to find a lot of mis-information still floating around. Since its inception, ...

Related: The Police Shotgun: Versatile, Powerful & Still “The Great Intimidator”Submitted by:Al Arsenault Vancouver PD Vancouver, British Columbia Submit a photo to PoliceOne, it could be selected as ...

Many deaths or serious injuries to average citizens would be prevented if armed and hostile individuals were killed when the first legal opportunity for a clean shot was presented.

Yet the public at large seldom benefits from the same level of personal protection afforded to VIPs and law enforcement personnel. Instead they're often left to fend for themselves until the potential killer goes "active" and becomes fair game for aggressive law enforcement action. ...

By Ralph Mroz Training Director of POSA Unlike our handguns, the shotguns we use for police work will often benefit greatly from prudent accessorizing. Manufacturers of law enforcement-appropriate handguns ...

By Dick Fairburn, Illinois State Police Several years ago a comprehensive study of active shooter incidents found that most were over too quickly for a Rapid Deployment Contact team to assemble and make ...