Solo Officer Entry For Active Shooters: Ron Borsch Q&A Part 1 by Scott on June 30, 2009 Ron Borsch (bio at end of article) is the leading advocate of solo officer entry for active shooters. I spoke about him in my article, Effective Active Shooter Strategy, and Force Science wrote about his strategy in newsletter #97, Ohio Trainer Makes the Case for Single-Officer Entry Against Active Killers. Ron’s strategy was affirmed this March by Officer Justin Garner when Garner made a solo entry...

Managing a Multi-jurisdictional Serial Homicide Task Force The challenges in establishing and managing a multi-jurisdictional serial homicide task force go beyond anything found elsewhere in law enforcement. A complex serial homicide case can stretch the resources of even a large department, try the skill and experience of even the best detective and erode public confidence in the most stalwart agency. Recent history contains many examples of successful serial investigations where the suspect...

One of OfficerResource.com’s police officers shares this story from work recently. -Xiphos I had to go to downtown Los Angeles last night to drop off a commendation I wrote for a dispatcher (he helped us take an armed robbery suspect into custody without incident). After I drop it off, I drive toward the freeway. As I get to Temple and Spring St, I get about five people yelling and darned near jumping on my hood trying to flag me down. “Crap, another fender-bender,” I think. But...

Hand Gun Mounted Lights for Canine Handlers By Terry Fleck As a nationally recognized police canine trainer, both in canine training and canine officer tactics, I wish to address the need for hand gun mounted lights for canine handlers. In addition to my opinion, there has been at least one other police industry article addressing the “essential need” for hand gun mounted lights for canine handlers. The United States canine industry standard is to have hand gun mounted...

When Officers Liu and Villanueva got to their call of a male with mental illness, they were confronted by a naked lunatic. The crazy fucker looked just like the Incredible Hulk minus green skin. He rhino charged the cops head down, fists clenched. Liu put out a help call before they went hands on. Every cop in the area dropped what they were doing to respond. The unit closest–Smith and Fonteneaux–announced they were responding with lights and sirens. Seven blocks from their destination, a soccer...