Training Center
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DEPUTY'S OBSERVATIONS: The Code of the Pards
One of the first deputies that I met when I was a young rookie deputy marshal was a gentleman named H. Philip Ford. “Phil” Ford was a senior deputy at our ...
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DEPUTY’S OBSERVATIONS: Why Do We Carry Handguns?
Why do we carry handguns? It was a question asked of me many years ago while I had the honor to serve as the bailiff to a judge of the Superior ...
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Deputy's Observations: Spreading Xmas Hijinks
From the first moment that you can smell the turkey roasting on Thanksgiving Day until the last of the leftovers are gone after New Years is my favorite time of the ...
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Deputy's Observations: Selecting the Right Weapon
A few years ago I stayed up late one night to watch a bad Arnold movie on TV. It didn’t finish until midnight. I closed up the house and put the ...
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Deputy's Observations: Size Does Matter
I know that size does matter because an attractive waitress once told me so. At the time I think that we were talking about the size of the dinner plate that ...
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Deputy's Observations: Defining "Tactical" and Other Terms
About 20 years ago everyone who marketed items for sale to law enforcement officers began calling their items "tactical." Everything from boots and key chains to holsters and uniforms became known ...
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Deputy's Observations: How to Carry your Concealed Weapon
In my last article we discussed choosing the right weapon for concealed carry, and that we should make that decision based on a worst-case scenario: If you are alone and confronted ...
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Deputy's Observations: The First Rule of Gunfighting
The first rule of surviving a gunfight is to have a gun to fight with. As we discussed in the previous article that means not only having a weapon, but also ...
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Deputy's Observations: Concealed Carry
There is much discussion in law enforcement circles and among civilians with concealed carry permits about the best way to carry their weapons and which weapons to carry. This is a ...