Police Training Products News & Articles

Fosters.com ROCHESTER, N.H. — It may look like a video game, but the state-of-the-art simulator being used by local law enforcement helps keep officers safe and improves decision making, said Police ...

With a sub-caliber trainer, an officer can shoot a whole day for the price of a box of bullets, with trigger time concentrating on skills drills. ...

By PoliceOne Staff WALNUT, Calif. — A pioneer of scenario-based police training products died before the holidays, PoliceOne learned Monday.The long life of Trenton, N.J., native Guido J. Tanzini ...

By Erin HicksIf you still use rubber or plastic shanks in your training classes, you are missing a very important element that's never absent in a real-life tactical situation: stress.When you're being ...

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of testing some new products from a couple of different Airsoft equipment companies and seeing just how useful they might be for serious training and development of ...

Police officers in Aurora are using a new training simulator ...

Most of our budgetary problems occur with scheduling time and finding funds for quarterly in-service. As a lead-in or prelude to draw-and-challenge drills, the Holster Resource Kit will fit in perfectly. ...

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

"If you can flip a light switch or put on a band aid, you can work this thing." – Chief Stephen Johnson, Rochester (Minn.) Police DepartmentI tested the Philips HeartStart FRX, an advanced ...

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.” ...

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 Tim DeesThere are thousands of books, DVDs, posters and every other kind of instructional aid produced for the law enforcement market. Most of them aren’t very good. How do you cull out the losers ...

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 ...

Mid-way through my attendance at the IACP session on domestic and international terrorism on Sunday morning, I received a text message from my friend and colleague Hannah Simon: “TASER has an AXON ...

Each year, training gear becomes more and more of a liability to departments, trainers, and the officers in training. There are an assortment of training suits and duty gear from many different companies ...