First Female SWAT Cop In Salt Lake City Area Story by Troy Taysom • Photographs by Nisha Henderson A mariner sailing in uncharted waters runs the risk of hitting a reef, running aground, or becoming lost and suffering an immense hardship. The...
[su_heading size=”30″ margin=”0″]AWARD: School Resource Officer Dan Smith[/su_heading] Story by Troy Taysom [su_dropcap style=”light”]O[/su_dropcap]fficer Dan Smith of the Provo Police Department was recently awarded the 2015 National School Safety Award in Las Vegas, Nev. The award recognizes those organizations and...
[su_heading size=”27″ margin=”0″]Bronze Medal Deputy – Nick Worthy[/su_heading] Interview by Troy Taysom • Photographs provided by Nick Worthy Meet Nick Worthy, currently a road patrol deputy for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Department in Florida and also an Army Ranger. Worthy is a Bronze Medal...
[su_heading size=”35″]Supporting The Boys In Blue[/su_heading] Story and photographs by Troy Taysom [su_dropcap style=”light” size=”5″]A[/su_dropcap]t some point in our lives we have all probably called 911. We may have needed help or heard disconcerting noises in the night, or worse, witness...
[su_heading size=”37″]Investing In Cops K9 Partners[/su_heading] Massachusetts Non Profit Helps Provide Ballistic Vests, Training, Even Dogs To Police Agencies By Kathy Hinds – President of Massachusetts Vest-A-Dog Program [su_dropcap style=”light” size=”4″]A[/su_dropcap]ll too often, police dog K9 programs manage to operate on...
[su_heading size=”30″]K9 Officers And Their Well-trained Humans[/su_heading] Story and photographs by Troy Taysom [su_dropcap style=”simple” size=”4″]W[/su_dropcap]hen Odysseus returned from his 20-year absence, as told in Homer’s The Odyssey, he went unrecognized by his fellow Ithacans. Odysseus gazed upon his faithful dog Argos, the...
Remembrance by Troy Taysom Author’s note: The purpose of this new section of American Shooting Journal is to honor the lives of those law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. These kinds of articles are tough to write simply...
VirtSim is a motion capture technology that is a three-dimensional technical simulator uses wireless and motion-capture technology. Many first person shooting games use similar technology to capture a character movement as seen in games like Halo, First Strike and Battle Field....
The 2011 NYPD Annual Firearms Discharge Report drives a stake through the mantra of “true believer” sight shooters that shots must be aimed using the sights. The NYPD now gauges officers success in firearm discharge incidents by the simple measure of...