About once every quarter, the USCG Hearing Office publishes a newsletter filled with critical information about their trials and successes. One of the common trends that the office seems to hit on each time is errors preparing the case file. While the MLEM may provide case package guidance on a grander scale (arrest, seizures, etc) [...]
If the Coast Guard 2010 Authorization Act is signed, the Department will add 30 new CEDTs to the USCG by 2012 and each dog will need a handler. If you’re interested, it’s a good deal for all E6 and below selected for the program. Explosive detecting dog, vehicle, and SDAP included. See the CEDT in [...]
Computer based training for precision marksmanship with the M14T and M240B. If I had access, when I wasn’t in the air practicing or shooting out outboards on a case I’d be in the room with this thing.
Scalable Display Technologies announced that it has completed the installation of the EasyBlend software for the U.S. [...]
This article comes from a blog called The Truth About Guns and documents how the author, Patrick Carrube, trained himself and others to easily transition from the Sig Sauer’s Double Action (DA) first shot to later Single Action (SA) shots. He argues that although the Sig’s 10 lb DA pull will not produce the accuracy [...]
Below is an excellent report on USCG MSST 91103 partnering with the Los Angeles County Sheriff (LASD) to increase their unit’s options for inserting on non-compliant and opposed boardings. It’s a major score for the service to have identified and partnered with an agency that owns a Sikorsky Sea King helicopter in the nation’s largest [...]
The Maritime Interdiction Conference is planned for late August in sunny San Diego, and looking at the agenda I see a wide range of topics, from intercepting vessels far from our coast to on shore port security, are going to be discussed in depth. I would be especially interested in hearing how maritime drug related [...]
Who want’s free certification in Access Control for Port Security, Advanced Port Security, Force Protection, Terrorism Awareness for Law Enforcement, Planning Considerations for WMD Incidents, and a bunch more?
The National Terrorism Preparedness Institute has a wealth of amazing information via videos and free training curriculum’s relating to Maritime Security and Homeland Defense. Head over to their site and you will [...]
We all know the hundreds of stories about ways drugs are smuggled into this country. A bunch of us have had the thrill of victory finding drugs in fuel tanks, ballast tanks, or false compartments. Some of us have even been luck enough to just find the drugs lying out in plain sight. Here are some recent attempts [...]
*UPDATE*:
Charged are:
• Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Paul Ramos, the boat’s coxswain, who faces 16 counts on charges of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, negligently hazarding a vessel and dereliction of duty. Among the allegations, Ramos “failed to maintain a safe speed … in order to take proper and effective action to avoid [...]
The folks over at the Multijurisdictional Couterdrug Task Force Training Center are currently offering a webcast dealing with the ties between drug trafficking and terrorism. This webcast has some pretty insigtful information that pertains to our career field and dual narcotics/force protection mission. Head over here to check out the webcast. Check out the details [...]
As most of you know, every state in the US with the exception of two (way to skip out Hawaii and North Dakota) are gathering resourses from Marine Police departments across the country to join the USCG and the NASBLA for Operation Dry Water.
Operation Dry Water is a national weekend of Boating Under the Influence (BUI) detection [...]
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Boating Safety Division reports that boating operator errors account for 70% of boating accidents. Operator error includes excessive speed or speeding, inattention to surroundings and equipment, failure to follow recreational boating rules and accepted practices, use of alcohol, inexperience, and reckless behavior. Boat insurance coverage provides protection for legal liability due to an [...]
The Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction and sentence of Ricardo Espildora, who in 2008 was arrested three times; first for attempting to smuggle twenty Cuban nationals into the U.S. on a grossly overloaded boat, then for fleeing from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kingfisher on a south run to Cuba, [...]
I’m sure that I’m not surprising anyone when I say that our country has a growing population of hispanics members that do not speak english. This has definitely created a communication barrier in law enforcement. In addition to that, our job kinda makes us go down south to conduct patrols (and deal with a miserable heat/humidity combination). [...]
Written by Det. Steve Walton (Ret.):
The seven tactical principles identified below are not some cleverly kept secret or some mysterious formula that can enhance safety in law enforcement. These principles are tried and true safety enhancers and in fact are very widely recognized when viewed as independent elements.
These principles are as follows:
• Cover
• Threat Cues/Threat [...]
This is a great article by Dave Grossi from Law Officer Magazine. It highlights the reality of 100% performance based training for a very critical aspect of the job……weapons retention. It’s one thing to shake someone loose from your holster while the place their hand “safely” on the side, but it’s definittly another to try [...]
As USCG units complete their transition from the M9 Beretta to the Sig Sauer P229R DAK it’s only right to study the sidearm that will now be standard throughout the service.
http://www.14usc89.com/wp-content/woo_custom/4-h1.jpgHollywood produces movies for entertainment, but on occasion you can actually learn something. Looking at a few recent films, terrorism is a recurrent theme and sometimes directors like to add water for effect. Spliced together in the video above is a primer on Hollywood’s brand of maritime terrorism and surprisingly these have all happened not [...]
Good day kids, I just wanted to let you all know that the MLEA has updated their website with new lesson plans and slide shows for the LECQI/MLE material. If you were signed up to receive updates via email, then you were probably like me and everyone I work with and never received an email [...]
**This is a pretty impressive article that was sent my way to share with the MLE community. Before any of you panic about the article, all of the information that is on here is from open sources (trial records, google, maritime legal, etc.) Enjoy.
Hijacking. Mutiny. Hostage taking. Standoffs. Barricaded Suspects. U.S. Coast Guard officers have [...]
