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America’s Police Have An Escalation Of Force Problem

Let's set aside the race debate and talk about tactics.

Brian Adam Jones

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Ferguson: Where Little Boys Get Big Guns

The militant police actions in this Missouri suburb are dangerous and out of hand.

Brian Adam Jones

A SWAT robot, a remote-controlled small tank-like vehicle with a shield for officers, is demonstrated for the media in Sanford, Maine on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Howe & Howe Technologies, a Waterboro, Maine company, says their device keeps SWAT teams and other first responders safe in standoffs and while confronting armed suspects. Police now typically use hand-held shields when storming a building.

What The Military Got Right, America’s Police Are Still Getting Wrong

Brad Hardy