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Protective Operations
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Protective Operations

by Glenn McGovern
March 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
204 pages
6h 29m
English
CRC Press
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Weapons, Vehicles,
and Equipment
If you nd yourself in a fair ght, you didn’t plan your mission
properly.
Col. David H. Hackworth
U.S. Army (Retd.)
The use of police ofcers in a direct protective role is a logical use of a
resource by a law enforcement agency. Departments have the authority to
allocate resources, such as manpower, vehicles, and equipment, to accom-
plish the mission. However, in protective operations, just being a trained
police ofcer will most likely not be sufcient if a detail is ever attacked.
Protective units, just like narco/intelligence units and SWAT teams, need
specialized equipment and training. This even applies to SWAT teams
that are periodically tasked with a protective function, as the nature of
the mission ...
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