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The "21-foot rule" has been implemented in some police department policies, and was the focus of a dissent in the excessive force case Buchanan v. City of San Jose where police officers shot a knife wielding person at a distance of 55 feet. [3] MythBusters covered the drill in the 2012 episode "Duel Dilemmas". At 20 ft (6.1 m), the gun-wielder ...
Massad F. Ayoob (born July 20, 1948) is an American firearms, self-defense instructor and security advisor. He has taught police techniques and civilian self-defense to both law enforcement officers and private citizens since 1974.
The Shocknife is a composite training knife for law enforcement, corrections and military personnel equipped with a battery pack to generate an electric shock. It was invented by Canadian Police Officer Jeff Quail. [1] The Shocknife is notable for the electrical shock it delivers when used in a knife strike.
In the United States, police tactical units are known by the generic term Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team (other countries have adopted this term). [2] In Australia, the term police tactical group is used for police tactical units. [3] The European Union uses the term special intervention unit for national counter terrorist police ...
The Weaver stance was developed in 1959 by pistol shooter and deputy sheriff Jack Weaver, a range officer at the L.A. County Sheriff's Mira Loma pistol range.At the time, Weaver was competing in Jeff Cooper's "Leatherslap" matches: quick draw, man-on-man competition in which two shooters vied to pop twelve 18" wide balloons set up 21 feet away, whichever shooter burst all the balloons first ...
Osaka Prefectural Police Riot Police Unit officers arresting a suspect during training. A police tactical unit (PTU) [a] is a specialized police unit trained and equipped to handle situations that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement units because of the level of violence (or risk of violence) involved.
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) (Portuguese: [bataˈʎɐ̃w dʒi opeɾaˈsõjs poliˈsjajz ispeˈsjajs]; literally "Battalion of Special Police Operations") is the tactical police unit and gendarmerie of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (PMERJ) in Brazil.
GSG 9 der Bundespolizei, formerly Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (German for 'Border Protection Group 9'), is the police tactical unit of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei). The unit is responsible for combatting terrorism and violent crime, including organized crime. [1]