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GIANT WALL STICKERS!
police wall stickerTurn your favorite photo into a huge wall sticker. The perfect adornment for your home or for the walls at your Department.

There are three sizes available:
    LARGE - up to five feet tall! - 60" x 50"
    MEDIUM - up to three feet tall - 36" x 36"
    SMALL - 10" x 10"

It's easy to order, just select a photo from the galleries or send in your own photo. You can even get a sticky of your patch, badge or other police logo. Send in a photo of your kid's sporting event!

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SAFE STOPS- TRAINING ARTICLE
By Lieutenant Jim Polan

The only thing predictable about law enforcement is the unpredictability. Society and the media continue to use the term "routine" traffic stop and at times even law enforcement officers (LEO) use the "R" word. For society and the media they truly don't know and understand the difference on how the job is performed however for the LEO it becomes something much worse, complacency. Every stop is an unknown situation and should never be taken as a regular task and with that a survival mindset must be maintained at all times.

In March of this year, Oakland Motorcycle Officers John Hege and Mark Dunakin were both fatally shot during an unknown risk vehicle stop and we will continue to learn more on this specific incident.

Studies conducted by the FBI have proven that certain routine repetitive tasks that are second nature to most officers cause the most problems and the most common job related task is vehicle stops. In every study conducted on officers killed and assaulted in the line of duty, traffic stops remain within the top three of each list.

In 1980 shooting deaths from traffic stops were responsible for 12% of LEO murders. Today the numbers are close to the same around 10% however, over the past few months the numbers have risen and Law Enforcement deaths could possibly be over 12%. If the deaths of LEO's continue the profession is on pace to have the highest count of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice since 1979. In 2007 law enforcement had 186 officers who gave the ultimate sacrifice; 65 by gunfire, 7 from a motorcycle crash and 9 were struck by a vehicle in traffic. Your job is dangerous therefore you must take every precaution to ensure your safety. Continue with the article >>.




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2009 POLICE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY SURVEY
Police Motorcycle Safety Survey The results are in for 2009! This edition of the safety survey was answered by 864 Law Enforcement Agencies across the United States. It is broken into six sections:

  Department Information
  Officer Overview
  Officer Duties
  Equipment Information
  Training Overview
  Accidents

There are 20 pages of response commentary/descriptions. A few examples of the information in the survey: the average department size is 380 sworn and a motor unit on average of 10 officers. Nearly 65% of the officers are between the ages of 31-40 and perform stationary enforcement 34.80% of their time. Of the accidents reported 63.55% were slight injury and happened 25.55% of the time during the third hour of their shift. Surprisingly, 48.33% of the units do not do any monthly training.

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If you are the department representative that completed the survey for 2009, you may now sign-in to your account and download your free .pdf version of the survey.



NEW PHOTO GALLERIES
The photos from the first competition of the year are now online - The Capital City Challenge - and photos from Southwest Competition in Phoenix along with the photos from the Mid-South Competition in Memphis. Over the passed several months, the site where I had hosted my photos made changes that didn't provide a very good user experience. I wanted to make sure everyone could easily view and purchase my photo collections. I investigated a number of options and chose a new site that showcases the photos, where you can actually do a slideshow of the photos and it allowed me to have some lower prices! So far in addition to The Capital City Challenge, Phoenix and Memphis photos, I have moved many photo galleries out to this new site and will be moving many more over time. I have a new "Gas tanks and Motorcycle parts" gallery out there now along with a tribut gallery to Scottie Hammond with the Baton Rouge Police Department. I hope you enjoy the upgrades.

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2009 POLICE WEEK PHOTOS
I have placed my photos from police week online. I hope that you'll enjoy viewing the photos and that there will be a couple you will want to purchase to remember this year's events.

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Upcoming Events
Oakland Police Department Police Motorcycle Training and Skills Competition
July 11
Midwest Motorcop Skills Rodeo
August 13-15
Great Lakes Police Motorcycle Training Seminar
August 19-22
Larry Canfield Memorial Police Motor Training and Skills Challenge
August 21-22
Utah Highway Patrol's Motorcycle Competition & Training Event
August 28-29

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Basic Motor Officer Class
All motor officers and civilian riders should have this DVD in their educational library to help keep you riding at your best.


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Latest News
Northglenn motorcycle cop hit by truck - Northglenn, CO
Cape cop fighting for his life after motorcycle collides with SUV - Cape Coral, FL
Motorcycle officer injured in t-bone crash - Lakewood, WA
CHP officer hit, dragged by out-of-control truck on I-15 - San Diego, CA
Police Motorcycle Tactical Training
In the 2009 Motorcops.com Police Motorcycle Safety Survey, only 3.56% of the responding Departments provided any sort of tactical training for their motor officers. In light of the recent ambush killings of motor officers, Motorcops.com is planning to host tactical training classes.

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Police Motorcycle Photographs
Do you need a quality police motorcycle photograph? Over the years of photographing motorcycle units and Skills Competitions, I've developed a large library of police photographs. Whether you are a newspaper reporter needing an image for a pending story, writing a feature for a magazine or a business owner needing a picture for your brochure or web site, we have the perfect police motorcycle photograph for you.

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Other Websites
Be sure to let your fellow officers know about other MK Media, LLC websites:

tacticalcops.com

MountedCops.com

TheBigPolicePhotoBook.com