A "BearCat" truck is a heavily
armored tactical vehicle used primarily by law enforcement SWAT teams and
military forces. Manufactured by Lenco
Armored Vehicles,
the name is a clever acronym that stands for Ballistic
Engineered
Armored
Response
Counter
Attack
Truck.
[Wikipedia]
Core
Purpose and Features
·Primary
Role:
It functions as an Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV) to protect officers and
civilians under fire. [Lenko]
·Ballistic
Protection:
Built with military-spec steel armor plate, it can withstand multi-hit attacks
and high-powered rifle rounds, including up to .50 caliber gunfire. [Lenko]
·The
Chassis:
The truck is typically built on a heavily modified commercial truck platform,
most commonly the Ford F-550 chassis, utilizing a 6.7-liter turbo diesel V-8
engine.
[Lenko]
·Capacity:
The internal cabin is designed to hold 8 to 12 fully equipped tactical officers
depending on the exact model configuration. [Lenko]
Common
Deployment Scenarios
Police departments deploy the BearCat in
high-risk, volatile situations to safely approach dangerous areas, negotiate,
or extract people. Common uses include: [Facebook]
·Active
shooter
incidents
·Barricaded
suspects
and hostage rescues
·High-risk
warrant
executions
·Officer
and civilian rescues from direct gunfire zones [Facebook]
Specialty
Variants
Lenco builds several different versions
tailored to specific emergency response teams: [Lenko]
·MedCat:
Equipped as an armored tactical ambulance for field trauma care.
·BombCat:
Designed for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squads to carry and deploy
bomb-disposal robots.
·FireCat:
Outfitted with water cannons and foam gear for hazardous fire response. [Lenko]
If you are researching
a specific incident or looking into a local police department's fleet, let me
know! I can provide more details on how much they cost,
their controversy in civilian policing,
or specific technical specifications.
Prosecutors have released dashcam
footage of a traffic stop that abruptly turned violent.
Plainfield, PA – Dashcam footage
that showed the near-fatal roadside shootout between Pennsylvania State police
and an armed assailant was released by prosecutors on Thursday (video below).
The video’s release came six
weeks after Daniel Clary, 22, was convicted of attempting to murder
Pennsylvania State Trooper Ryan Seiple and Corporal Seth Kelly, The Morning
Call reported.
The incident occurred on Nov. 7,
2017, after Trooper Seiple pulled Clary over for speeding.
The seemingly unremarkable stop
initially concluded after the trooper handed Clary a citation for the traffic
violation and began to drive away.
Suddenly, Clary motioned for
trooper to come back over to speak with him. During the conversation that
ensued, Trooper Seiple began to suspect that Clary was under the influence of
marijuana, and radioed for assistance, The Morning Call reported.
Cpl. Kelly arrived at the scene,
and the troopers began running Clary through field sobriety testing.
Dashcam footage showed the
troopers as they led Clary to the rear of his vehicle and instructed him to
place his hands behind his back.
But instead of complying with
their commands, Clary spun around and began scuffling with the officers, and
attempted to gain control of Cpl. Kelly’s firearm.
At one point, he managed to
dislodge Trooper Seiple’s ammunition magazine, The Morning Call reported.
When Cpl. Kelly’s backup weapon
fell to the ground during the roadside brawl, Trooper Seiple recovered and
cleared the handgun before tossing it to the side.
According to court testimony,
Trooper Seiple tased Clary twice, while Cpl. Kelly tased him a total of five
times, The Morning Call reported.
As the trio wrestled on the
ground and in the traffic lane, Trooper Seiple delivered five body strikes,
while Cpl. Kelly struck Clary nine times and delivered a knee strike.
With Clary’s attempts to gain the
officer’s weapons thwarted, he retreated back to his vehicle and recovered his
own weapon, the video showed.
According to court testimony by
an expert witness who examined the footage frame-by-frame, Trooper Seiple and
Clary shot each other simultaneously, The Morning Call reported.
“I didn’t want to die in the
highway, in the gravel I was crawling in,” Trooper Seiple testified. He said he
pictured his newborn daughter in his mind as he scrambled to find cover.
In the shootout that ensued,
Clary fired a total of six rounds, severing Cpl. Kelly’s femoral artery. The
troopers fired a combined total of 41 rounds at their attacker, who ultimately
fled the scene in his vehicle.
In the aftermath, Trooper Seiple
frantically cinched a tourniquet around the corporal’s thigh, but the situation
looked bleak. He had also been shot in the neck and shoulder, The Morning Call
reported.
“We were losing Cpl. Kelly,”
Trooper Seiple explained during his court testimony. “He was fading from us.”
By the time Cpl. Kelly arrived at
St. Luke’s University Hospital by air ambulance, he was in full cardiac arrest,
trauma surgeon Dr. James Cipolla testified.
“That means his heart had stopped
and he was dead,” Cipolla explained. He estimated that the corporal had been in
cardiac arrest for between five and 10 minutes, The Morning Call reported.
The trauma surgeon cut open Cpl.
Kelly’s chest, spread his ribs, and manually massaged his heart to stimulate it
to beat.
Although most “massive” blood
transfusions require between six and 10 units of blood, Cpl. Kelly required 60
units, Cipolla testified.
After he was apprehended, Clary
insisted that the troopers had acted aggressively during the stop, and that
they shot at him first, causing him to fear for his life – claims that were
clearly contradicted by the dashcam footage.
During his trial, Clary’s
attorney, Janet Jackson, argued that her client was scared to be receiving his
first speeding ticket, and that he was surprised when the troopers began to
handcuff him.
Clary acted in self-defense,
Jackson claimed.
Within days of the incident,
Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli determined that Trooper
Seiple and Cpl. Kelly were justified in using deadly force against Clary.
“These cops used extreme
restraint in these circumstances,” Morganelli said, according to The MorningCall. “This gentleman acted so quickly and so fast that I’m amazed both these
troopers survived this incident.”
Clary’s sentencing is scheduled
for Aug. 31.
You can watch dashcam footage of
the harrowing shootout in the video below:
In 1915, the life of a
policeman was bleak. In many communities they were forced to work 12 hour days,
365 days a year. Police officers didn't like it, but there was little they
could do to change their working conditions. There were no organizations to
make their voices heard; no other means to make their grievances known.
Brazilian police officer Israel Pereira Coutinho visits the LOP 5# in Philadelphia - Pa
- Personal
photo library
This soon changed, thanks to
the courage and wisdom of two Pittsburgh patrol officers. Martin Toole and
Delbert Nagle knew they must first organize police officers, like other labor
interests, if they were to be successful in making life better for themselves
and their fellow police officers. They and 21 others "who were willing to
take a chance" met on May 14, 1915, and held the first meeting of the
Fraternal Order of Police. They formed Fort Pitt Lodge #1. They decided on this
name due to the anti-union sentiment of the time. However, there was no
mistaking their intentions. As they told their city mayor, Joe Armstrong, the
FOP would be the means "to bring our aggrievances before the Mayor or
Council and have many things adjusted that we are unable to present in any
other way...we could get many things through our legislature that our Council
will not, or cannot give us."
Image source:Israel Coutinho personal photo library
And so it began, a tradition
of police officers representing police officers. The Fraternal Order of Police
was given life by two dedicated police officers determined to better their
profession and those who choose to protect and serve our communities, our
states, and our country. It was not long afterward that Mayor Armstrong was congratulating
the Fraternal Order of Police for their "strong influence in the
legislatures in various states,...their considerate and charitable
efforts" on behalf of the officers in need and for the FOP's "efforts
at increasing the public confidence toward the police to the benefit of the
peace, as well as the public."
From that small beginning
the Fraternal Order of Police began growing steadily. In 1917, the idea of a
National Organization of Police Officers came about. Today, the tradition that
was first envisioned over 90 years ago lives on with more than 2,100 local
lodges and more than 325,000 members in the United States. The Fraternal Order
of Police has become the largest professional police organization in the
country. The FOP continues to grow because we have been true to the tradition
and continued to build on it. The Fraternal Order of Police are proud
professionals working on behalf of law enforcement officers from all ranks and
levels of government.
Video from a deadly officer-involved
shooting in northwest Oklahoma City was released Monday. Police say the events
started June 24th. Miguel Angel Chavez-Angles first encountered police around
12:33 p.m. at the St. James Catholic Church in the 1100 block of S.W. 45th.
Church staff told police that Chavez was praying at the church and was very
upset about his potential divorce. He was reportedly banging his head on the
floor.
Officials say an officer spoke with
Chavez and he agreed to go to St. Anthony's Hospital for an evaluation. He was
transported to St. Anthony's around 1:35 p.m. and discharged from the hospital
about two hours later. At 4:30 p.m., police say Chavez called his wife and told
her he was walking the streets, trying to find a ride. About fives minutes
later, police received reports about a kidnapping near 11th and Walker.
Chavez allegedly got into a vehicle
with two women and told them to drive. Witnesses followed the vehicle Chavez
was driving all the way to N.W. 22nd and Western, where he allegedly got out of
the car and ran into O'Reilly Auto Parts and locked the door. Police say the
store manager asked Chavez to leave. That is when he allegedly ran to a nearby
city bus. An officer followed behind him.
Police say the surveillance video
from the bus shows Chavez was acting aggressively towards the officers. On the
security video, Chavez is heard urging to bus driver to drive. "I will
give you whatever you want," Chavez said. He asks the driver not to open
the door, and tells him to keep driving. In the video, Chavez is seen grabbing
one of the fire extinguishers on the bus and taking the pin out.
That is when the bus driver, John
Mobley Jr., asks Chavez to get off the bus. When Chavez refuses to get off the
bus, Mobley then stops the bus and asks everyone on the bus to get off. Police
officers quickly arrive on scene. When Chavez sees Officer Heather Lane, he
attempts to throw the fire extinguisher at her. However, when the fire
extinguisher slips out of his hand, he reaches for Officer Lane's gun.
The two struggle for the weapon and
then one shot goes off. Police say that is when Officer Daniel Carli gets on
the bus to assist Officer Lane. Officer Carli then fires several shots,
striking Chavez. Police say Chavez died on the bus. The two officers
involved remain on restricted duty.
An alleged drug dealer filmed
himself showing off wads of cash during a live online video stream when his
house was raided by police.
Breon Hollings was arrested after
officers found a handgun, ammunition, crack cocaine, oxycodone pills and drug
paraphernalia in his trailer, according to an arrest report obtained by Action
News Jax.
The online video on Facebook Live
appears to show the 22-year-old money around while speaking incoherently at the
camera.
Breon Hollings waving money at the camera
moments before SWAT team descends on his trailer (Facebook/ Breon Hollings)
He said: “This s*** don’t stop, man.
We got [sic] on this s*** man. This [sic] don’t stop man.”
Approximately one minute into the
recording, he appears to pause after hearing the officers before looking
outside.
One of them can be heard announcing
their presence and their search warrant, before neighbours say they hurled
smoke grenades into the home before moving in.
Breon Hollings (Jacksonville Police)
Mr Hollings quickly left the room,
but was arrested moments later.
The police said the search warrant
had been planned for that day and that the video had nothing to do with it.
He has been charged with possession
of a weapon or ammunition as a convicted Florida felon, possession of
paraphernalia for the manufacture or delivery of drugs, possession of a
controlled substance and possession of cocaine.
Members of Rio de Janeiro's civil police display some seized rifled in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1, 2017. EFE/Marcelo Sayao
Rio
de Janeiro, Jun 1 (EFE).- Police
seized 60 assault rifles hidden in a cargo container at the Rio de Janeiro
international airport, authorities said Thursday.
The shipment of swimming pool
heaters dispatched from Miami also contained 45 AK47 rifles, 14 AR15's and one
G3 rifle, all heavy caliber military weapons.
In Brazil, the weapons hidden in the
shipment are considered war materiel and their use is exclusively reserved for
the armed forces.
This is the largest seizure of this
kind of weapons in a single operation in the last 10 years in Rio, where there
are ongoing armed clashes among bands of gunmen vying for control over illegal
drug sales points.
Participating in the operation
conducted at the airport's cargo terminal, which resulted in the arrests of
four people, were agents from the Rio de Janeiro state police's special unit
dealing with munitions and explosives.
The seizure was made possible thanks
to a year-long investigation and information obtained from court-ordered
wiretaps of telephone calls.
The investigation began with the
confiscation of a weapon used in the murder of a police officer in Sao Gonzalo,
a municipality in greater Rio. Police were able to trace the serial number of
the weapon to determine its origin.
With Thursday's seizure, police have
confiscated 250 assault rifles within the past 5 months in Rio de Janeiro.
Assault rifles are the weapons
preferred by drug trafficking gangs that control several of Rio's main
shantytowns, or "favelas," since they enable them to attack the
police from the positions they occupy on the crests of hills within the slums.
Murders in Rio totaled 7,699 in
2007, but - with the government's aggressive plan to "pacify" the
favelas and drive out the drug gangs - the number of killings fell to 4,666 in
2012, although they resurged to 6,248 last year. EFE
At least 22 people have been killed
and around 59 injured after a suicide bomb attack at Monday night's Ariana
Grande concert at the Manchester Arena, a 21,000 capacity concert venue in the
U.K.'s third most populous city.
Greater Manchester Police chief constable
Ian Hopkins said police believe the attacker was a lone wolf who died at the
scene, although they are trying to establish if the attacker was part of a
network. No organization has yet claimed responsibility or involvement in the
atrocity, but there are good reasons to fear the operations of terror groups,
and self-radicalized, religiously inspired lone wolves in the U.K.
1. Approximately 850 Britons have
joined jihadist organizations in Syria and Iraq
In August 2014 British Prime
Minister Theresa May, who was at the time Home Secretary, raised the U.K's
terror threat level to 'severe' meaning that an attack was highly likely. The
severe threat level—one below 'critical', which signifies an imminent
attack—was raised in response to warnings of threats posed by British jihadists
returning from fighting in Syria and Iraq.
British intelligence agencies
estimate that approximately 850 people from the U.K. travelled to Syria and
Iraq to fight for or support jihadist organizations there. As of February this
year about half had returned, the BBC reports. By March, security officials
said they were preparing for the return of hundreds more fighters as ISIS loses
territory. The group's stronghold cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Northern
Syria are both expected to fall this summer.
“It is possible they are going to
return indoctrinated, deeply dangerous and damaged," one government source
told The Guardian.
2. Terrorists have attempted to
attack Manchester before
In November 2015, a New York City
judge jailed Pakistan national Abid Naseer for 40 years after he was convicted
of plotting mass suicide bomb attacks in Manchester in 2009.
Naseer, 29—who was extradited to the
U.S. for trial—was arrested after intelligence services intercepted
communications that suggested he was two days away from carrying out an attack
at Manchester’s Arndale shopping center on a busy Easter weekend, the
Manchester Evening News reports.
The plot involved a car bomb attack
next to the shopping center, with subsequent suicide bombings at separate
locations targeting those fleeing the initial blast. Nine other Pakistani
nationals in the U.K. cities of Liverpool and Manchester were arrested along
with Naseer.
3. British police are constantly
anticipating an terrorist attack
Britain's most senior counter
terrorism officer Mark Rowley said in March this year that the U.K. had
thwarted 13 terror attacks since the murder of Lee Rigby, a solider hacked to
death on the streets of southeast London in 2013. Some of those attacks, Rowley
said, would have been on the scale of those carried out in Paris in 2015 and
Brussels in 2016.
While U.K. intelligence services
have a strong record of anticipating terrorist attacks—garnered in part through
experience dealing with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the 1970s to
1990s—some are always expected to slip the net. Former Metropolitan Police
Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe wrote in August last year that it was a
question "of when not if" an attack in Britain would occur.
This March, Britain Khalid Masood
drove a car into pedestrians near the U.K. Parliament before stabbing a police
officer in an attack that left five people dead, including himself. Last month,
another attack near Parliament was thwarted after armed police swooped on a man
carrying knives.If confirmed as a terrorist attack, Monday night's bombing
would be the deadliest in Britain since four suicide bombers killed 52 people
in coordinated attacks on London's transport system in July 2005.
GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS, Colo. — We’ve heard a lot the
past few months about police leaders in major cities stepping down, but one
Colorado town took things a step further — the entire department resigned.
The police department in Green Mountain Falls,
Colorado, only had four employees, according to CNN affiliates: a marshal and
three deputies. They haven’t spoken out publicly about what made them leave
their positions in the small city of about 700 full-time residents.
“The town’s talking,” CNN affiliate KOAA reported,
“but the few who know why the marshal suddenly left, so far, are not speaking
up.”
The lights were out in the police station, CNN
affiliate KXRM reported. Patrol cars remained empty and parked, covered with
snow from a recent storm, according to KOAA. No one answered when CNN called
several phone numbers tied to the department on Sunday. And the former marshal
did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Mayor Jane Newberry, who just took office last week in
the town that’s about 15 miles northwest of Colorado Springs, told CNN she’s
not sure what made the police marshal step down. The three deputies had to
follow suit, she said, because they’re volunteers and can only work when there’s
someone at the helm.
“In an election year, there’s always some people who
choose to stay and some people who choose to go, and I think that happens at
every level of government,” Newberry told KOAA .
Just because there aren’t currently police working for
the city doesn’t mean there aren’t law enforcement officers protecting the
town, or others who residents can call for help in Green Mountain Falls, she
said.
“I’ve stressed many times that the town is perfectly
safe,” she said. “One of the advantages of a small town — we have less than 700
full-time residents — is neighbors look out for each other.”
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office already handled
dispatch and provided backup for the town, spokeswoman Jacqueline Kirby told
CNN. Now, they’ll play a greater role.
“Patrols will be stepped up based on need,” she said.
“If they need extra patrol, we would be glad to help out.”
The Teller County Sheriff’s Office will also provide
assistance, Newberry said, in addition to the Colorado State Patrol.
This isn’t the first time the town has been left
without police. The marshal also stepped down in 2013 during a restructuring,
Newberry said, and wasn’t rehired until four months later.
And this time around, she said, it shouldn’t be hard
to fill the marshal’s shoes.
“We have already received applications for the job of
marshal even though the position has not been posted,” she said. “There are
people who want to do it.”
The history of the Office of Sheriff is really
a history of self-government. While some historians maintain that the Office of
Sheriff derives from either the Roman proconsul, or the Arab Sharif (nobleman),
it is generally accepted that the Office goes back historically to Anglo-Saxon
England, (A.D. 500-1066).
According to Anglo-Saxon custom, if someone
broke the law it was not just a crime against the victim, but a crime against
the whole community. The Anglo-Saxon kings expected their subjects to keep good
order, which they called "keeping the peace." A crime was an act
against the peace and some of the more serious crimes were said to be
"against the King's Peace." Eventually, the idea grew that all crimes
were against the King's Peace. Under Anglo-Saxon rule it was the duty of the
citizens themselves to see that the law was not broken, and if it was, to catch
the offenders. All the males in the community between the ages of 12 and 60
were responsible for this duty. They were organized in groups of about ten
families, and each group was called a "tything": At their head was a
"tythingman." Each member of the tything was held responsible for the
good behavior of the others. Ten tythings were led by a "reeve." If
one member committed a crime, the others had to catch him and bring him before
the court, or the "moot" as the Saxons called it. If they failed to
do so they were all punished, usually by paying a fine. If anyone saw a crime
he raised a "hue and cry" and all men had to join in the chase to
catch the criminal and bring him before the court. Under Alfred the Great,
(A.D. 871-901), reeves began to be combined, forming "shires" or
counties. Each shire was led by a reeve. For minor offenses, people accused of
crimes were brought before the local "folk moot." More serious cases
went to the "Shire Court," which came under the "shire
reeve" (meaning "keeper and chief of his county"), who came to
be known as the Sheriff. After the Normans conquered England in A.D. 1066, they
adopted many Anglo-Saxon law keeping methods, including the system of tythings,
the use of the hue and cry, and the Sheriff's courts. In A.D. 1085, King
William ordered a compilation of all taxable property in a census, and decreed
that the Sheriff was to be the official tax collector of the king. In A.D.
1116, King Henry I established a new penal code. While the Crown reserved to
itself the power to punish for violations of the penal code, it delegated to
the sheriff the power to investigate and arrest. Through the next century, as
the power of the King increased, so did the power of the Sheriff. During the
Westminster Period, (1275-1500), the offices of "bailiff" and
"sergeant" were created to supplement the Sheriff. However, county
government remained in the hands of the Sheriff. By the year 1300, the Sheriff
was the executive and administrative leader of the county. In addition to being
the tax collector for the King, the Sheriff was head of the local military and
was charged with assuring that the peace was maintained. The Sheriff presided
over the prisoners and the court, and his authority was unparalleled by any
other county official. When settlers left England to colonize the New World,
they took with them many of their governmental forms.
When the first counties were established in Virginia
in 1634, the Office of Sheriff in America began. Maryland soon followed this
pattern, and in both states the Sheriff was delegated the same powers as the
Sheriff held in England. As in England, respect for the Sheriff was strictly
enforced by the law. A special seat was often reserved for the Sheriff in
churches. Contempt against the Sheriff was an offense punishable by whipping.
At this time, Sheriffs were responsible for both enforcing and punishing
offenders. By the time of the American Revolution, all of the colonies had
Sheriffs. When the American frontier began to move westward, so did the
Sheriff. The 19th Century was the golden age of the American Sheriff, with
characters like Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, and Texas John Slaughter becoming
a colorful part of American history. Today, the Office of Sheriff is found in
almost every state in the Union. The Office of Sheriff was brought to the
colony, which would become the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Dutch and
English colonists before the time of William Penn. The Office was
constitutionally mandated by all five of Pennsylvania's Constitutions, in 1776,
1790, 1838, 1873, and 1967. Throughout the years, the Sheriff in Pennsylvania
has acquired many and varied responsibilities and obligations. The Sheriff acts
in the capacity of peace officer, where his duty is to keep the peace and quell
riots and disorders. He has jurisdiction to make arrests anywhere in the
county, to make searches of premises, and to seize items or property owned or
used in violation of the law. He is called upon to remove certain nuisances,
and he issues licenses to sell or to carry firearms.
The Sheriff is empowered to appoint deputies,
and the deputies have the same powers as the Sheriff when performing their
duties. the Sheriff is also invested with the power of the "posse
comitatus" (the power or force of the county), which is the power to call
upon "the entire population of the county above the age of fifteen, which
the Sheriff may summon to his assistance in certain cases, to aid him in
keeping the peace, and in pursuing and arresting felons." Today, the
Sheriff, like all law enforcement officers, is faced with unprecedented
challenges. However, if history is a guide, there is little question that the
Office of Sheriff will adapt, grow, and change to meet the needs of modern law
enforcement. The Office of Sheriff is an integral part of the American law
enforcement system; a descendant of an ancient and honorable tradition.
Office of Sheriff in Pennsylvania
The office of the sheriff was recognized in the
earliest reports of English law. Throughout history, the sheriff was recognized
as the chief law enforcement officer in his shire or county. This status
remains today, unless it has been changed by statutory law. The sheriff is also
given authority to appoint deputies which are necessary in order to properly
transact the business of his office. The requirement for training of deputy
sheriffs is specifically provided by stature, i.e., the Deputy Sheriffs'
Education and Training Act (1984 P.L. 3 No.2). A review of statutory law
provides little guidance in addressing the issue of the duties, power, and
authority of a sheriff. Case law provides that, although a sheriff's primary
responsibilities are to the courts, the sheriff retains all arrest powers
he/she had at common investigation of crime. More importantly, since the
sheriff retains all arrest powers he/she had at common law, he/she has the
authority to enforce the criminal laws as well as the vehicle laws of
Pennsylvania.
Training Requirements
The requirement for training of deputy sheriffs
is specifically provided by statute. The Deputy Sheriffs' Education and
Training Act was established in 1984. (1984 P.L.3, No. 2.) The Act established
what is known as the Deputy Sheriffs' Education and Training Board as an
advisory board to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. The
board's function is to establish, implement, and administer a minimum course of
study, as well as in-service training requirements for deputy sheriffs. The
training is to consist of a minimum of 760 hours, the content of which is to be
determined by regulation. The Act also provides that it is the duty of all
sheriffs to insure that each deputy employed, who does not meet and exception,
receives the training as required by the Act within one year of being hired as
a deputy sheriff. Basic training shall consist of instruction in the topics of
Introduction to Criminal Justice, Unified Court System of Pennsylvania, Civil
Law and Procedure, Crimes Code and Criminal Procedure, Other Legal Issues,
Court Security, Prisoner Transport, First Aid/CPR, Crisis Intervention,
Families in Crisis, Firearms, Defensive Tactics, Less than Lethal Weapons,
Emergency Vehicle Operations, Communications, Ethics and Professional
Development, Technology and Law Enforcement, Physical Conditioning, Cultural
Diversity, State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training, Special Needs Groups, PA
Motor Vehicle Code, Motor Vehicle Collision Investigation/Hazardous Material,
Patrol Procedures and Operations and Principles of Criminal Investigations.
A deputy sheriff shall attain at least the
minimum score established by the Board on written tests designed for each topic
area and shall demonstrate proficiency in all practical skills in order to
successfully complete training and be certified by the Board.
Source: Deputy Sheriff Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.dsap.org/)
Israel Pereira Coutinho, policial civil há 37 anos, pesquisador sobre a temática Armas de Fogo e Munições, Professor da Academia de Polícia do Estado de São Paulo, Instrutor de Armamento e Tiro, Instrutor de Defesa Pessoal, membro da Florida SWAT Association, membro da Florida Sheriffs Association, membro da Pennsylvania Sheriffs' Association, membro International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, membro da National Rifle Association, filiado à Associação Zanon de Karatê, filiado à International Shotokan Organization, filiado à Confederação Brasileira de Krav Maga Security.Principais cursos:Estágio de Operações Especiais – DOPE, Special Weapon And Tactics – SWAT, Bioterrorism Incident Pre-Planning and Response - Interpol, Organized Crimes Investigations – FBI, Firearms Examiner Training –NIJ , Active Shooter Incident - Planning and Response – Afimac, Ocorrência Envolvendo Bombas e Explosivos – Senasp, Instrutor de Armamento e Tiro – Acadepol, Hunter Education – NRA, Identificação de Armas de Fogo – Senasp, Balística Forense Aplicada – SENASP, Operações de Manutenção de Paz e Policiamento Internacional – Senasp.
