Patrol Response to Contemporary Problems : Enhancing Performance of First Responders Through Knowledge and Experience

by Kolman, John A.; Carmona, Richard H., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780398076566
• ISBN10: 0398076561
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
PART 1 PREPARATION AND CONDITIONING
The Indomitable Mindset: Winning is Everything in a Lethal Encounter	5	(22)
George W. Ryan
A Fight for Your Life	27	(8)
John McCarthy
Kill or Be Killed: A Story of Survival	35	(4)
Stacy Lim
Fitness for the Modern-Day Law Enforcement Officer	39	(12)
Duke Speed
PART 2 TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT
Principles of Combat Shooting	51	(20)
Steve Rodriguez
The Intermediate Rifle and Patrol	71	(20)
Robert W. Parker
Less-Lethal Force Options: Specialty Impact Systems	91	(18)
Donald Whitson
Explosives Recognition for First Responders	109	(12)
Tom Lynch
PART 3 PATROL PROCEDURES
Canines and Patrol Operations	121	(20)
Brad Smith
Vehicle Stops	141	(12)
Robert D. Magnuson
Building Searches	153	(12)
Ronald M. McCarthy
PART 4 PATROL RESPONSE TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS
First Response to a Hostage/Barricade/Suicide Incident	165	(8)
Michael G. Wargo
Immediate Action/Rapid Deployment	173	(26)
Mike Odle
Unified Command: From Planning to Response	199	(10)
Michael DeCapua
First Responder to Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents	209	(8)
Richard Carmona
PART 5 LEGAL ASPECTS
Litigation and Surviving Lawsuits and Prosecution	217	(12)
Ronald M. McCarthy
They Arrested Me for First-Degree Murder: A Street Cop's Story	229	(18)
Jeff Gabor
Understanding the Legal Process	247	(8)
Eugene P. Ramirez
About the Editor	255