Police Training News & Articles

Although there are 53 HYDRA training centers in the world, this is the first one operating in the U.S. ...

By Kisty Fairchild, PoliceOne ContributorOn the night of Feb. 7, Officer Sean Shelton with the Crenshaw (MS) Police Department received a call that would forever change the way he does his job. It would ...

I don't want to paint a bleak picture, but agencies from coast to coast do not have their emphasis on training. Their emphasis is trying to maintain staffing levels in a shaky economy. The good news is ...

PoliceOne is focusing on news and information about Police Training Products throughout the month of April 2010. Check out some of the latest products available today. IES Interactive ...

The Los Angeles Police Department has announced a new training system that will guide commanding officers during national disasters and emergencies. According to the LAPD press release, the state-of-the art training suite is “designed to test and hone decision-making skills in realistic critical-incident scenarios ranging from a terrorist attack to an earthquake.” ...

A new look at why officers often fire controversial “extra” shots after a threat has ended has been published by an independent shooting reconstructionist and certified Force Science analyst.Researcher ...

Theories abound about how best to tell if a suspect is lying to you, short of hooking him up to a polygraph. But based on recently reported experiments, a Force Science advisor thinks one of the best ways ...

Training conducted only in the gym under controlled, non-stressful situations causes the officer to be trained to think (and make decisions) only in these controlled and safe environments. When I conduct training, I want to be able to do dynamic and stressful exercises that place the officers into the actual environments they’re likely to experience on the street. This includes escalating the intensity without compromising students’ safety. ...

Back in the 1980s, officers were introduced to the S.P.E.A.R. system, a combative innovation by Tony Blauer that capitalizes on what a person does when reacting to a threat. As the combative system evolved, Blauer Tactical Systems developed the High Gear suit. The design goal was to produce an effective training suit which allows natural movement and does not impede the peripheral senses. ...

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne.com Product EditorWhile many products in the police training market can simulate many situations an officer may face on the streets, it's difficult to find a product that can ...

One of our most commented on points early in each Street Survival Seminar is the importance of trusting your instincts. When it doesn’t feel right, when things feel “hinky,” when it doesn’t ...

By Dave Smith Street Survival Instructor PoliceOne ColumnistOne of our most commented on points early in each Street Survival Seminar is the importance of trusting your instincts. When it doesn’t ...

Two young officers trained under the same state curriculum and worked the street in cities with similar demographics. Both were tested early in their careers by life-threatening conflicts. Tragically for one, that’s where the similarities end. ...

Collaborative Approaches to Threats Old & New In an age of international and domestic terror, fire service and law enforcement representatives along with elected officials and technology researchers ...

By Jim Bergamo KVUE News AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department hopes a virtual training facility inside a tractor-trailer can help its officers learn how to survive and save lives in a constitutionally ...