This book offers practical information that officers, supervisors, trainers, and leaders can use to help prevent law enforcement officers from being killed or maimed. Its purpose is simple: to help keep cops alive. This book is divided into two parts. Part One details who the victim officers are and the circumstances under which they died violently. It provides a quick, statistical look at who murders law enforcement officers. The reader will find an accounting of the well-known fatal errors that have led to many of these officer deaths and injuries. Even more importantly, the book then details what a survival-conscious officer must do to stay safe. Accidental deaths of police officers are also covered, as well as the preventative measures required to help keep police professionals alive. The keys to mental and emotional survival on the job are also explored, as are leadership's responsibilities for officer safety. Part Two identifies the kinds of calls, contacts, and assignments that lead to law enforcement casualties and how an alert officer can mitigate the dangers of each. Covered are vehicle contacts, crime-in-progress calls, vehicle pursuits, active shooter incidents, and suspicious persons and situations. The officer-reader is also provided with tactics and techniques for safely defusing disturbances, ambush attacks, barricades, hostage takers, terroristic events, under-the-influence persons, and more. The tactics, techniques, and guidelines offered here are experience-tested and have proven effective in preventing officer casualties. Applying the contents of these pages will make you a better, safer law enforcement officer.
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- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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