American Police Beat Magazine

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  • Dot or not?
    by Dr. Matthew Loeslie on January 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    In the ever-evolving world of law enforcement, miniaturized red dot sights (MRDS) on duty handguns are gaining traction. Many departments report enhanced target acquisition and accuracy with these optics. However,

  • Prozac saved my career, and possibly my life
    by Keith Bushey on January 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    This article is not something that I enjoyed writing, and it’s something that I certainly would not have even considered when I was still in the professional arena, as it

  • Retirement … Now what?
    by Dr. Cherylynn Lee on January 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    As the critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) ended, the officers got up from their seats, said their thank-yous and meandered over to the spread of cold cut meats, cheese, coffee

  • Finding peace through nature
    by Dan Willis on January 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    As John Muir, the renowned “father of the National Parks,” poetically expressed, “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal

  • Jive Clock empathy
    by Bobby Egbert on January 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    Can cops show empathy? “It’s there but it needs to be cultivated,” says Dr. Peter Killeen, a police psychotherapist. He explains, “Every individual has the capacity to exhibit empathy. However,

  • Misconceptions about police violence
    by Dr. Gene Ira Katz, DMCJ on January 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    In recent years, the use of force by police officers is arguably getting more attention than any other issue in policing. Claims by civil rights leaders, politicians and media figures

  • Mistakes were made
    by Casey L. Seaton on January 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    Field training. First DOA run. House full of meth addicts losing their minds. I get there followed shortly by medics who begin working the very dead-looking subject, trying to pump

  • “Can we still be friends?”
    by Dave Goitia on January 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    Dave, when you become president of the FOP can we still be friends?” This question, from an assistant chief in October 2021, stopped me dead in my tracks. I was

  • What will they think of next?
    by APB Team on January 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    Fraud is an incredibly tragic ordeal. There’s obviously the cost to the victim, but there’s also a layer of irony to the craft. While many of the schemes concocted by

  • North Dakota cop stops active shooter
    by APB Team on January 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM

    Let’s take this outside.” It’s an age-old trope: A fight (or the potential thereof) starts inside a bar. The bouncers (whose concern for law and order stops at the doorway)