Why am I spending time on a podcast for the police? I want to get officers and command staff information that can help them in their jobs. This first episode explains the goals of this podcast, and since I'm discussing the origins of this idea, I decided to start with a conversation about police firearms. We think the police have been carrying sidearms forever, but that's not true. The police have been responding to their work environment with increased firepower simply because that's what they've been up against. Cops are not "boys with toys." It has been inevitable that police would carry increased firepower because things have simply evolved that way.

If you're interested in the article on the history of police firearms, here's the title (send me an email and I'll send you the PDF version):

Phillips, S. W. (2021). A historical examination of police firearms. The Police Journal, 94(2), 122-137.

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