Police In-Service Training
This podcast is dedicated to providing research evidence to street-level police officers and command staff alike. The program is intended to provide research in a jargon-free manner that cuts through the noise, misinformation, and misperceptions about the police. The discussions with policing experts will help the law enforcement community create better programs, understand challenging policies, and dispel myths of police officer behavior.
Police In-Service Training
Episode 1: Origin Story - Police Firearms
Why am I spending time on a podcast for the police? I want to get officers and command staff information that can help them in their jobs. This first episode explains the goals of this podcast, and since I'm discussing the origins of this idea, I decided to start with a conversation about police firearms. We think the police have been carrying sidearms forever, but that's not true. The police have been responding to their work environment with increased firepower simply because that's what they've been up against. Cops are not "boys with toys." It has been inevitable that police would carry increased firepower because things have simply evolved that way.
If you're interested in the article on the history of police firearms, here's the title (send me an email and I'll send you the PDF version):
Phillips, S. W. (2021). A historical examination of police firearms. The Police Journal, 94(2), 122-137.
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