Product Description

A wealth of training information that s proven, practical and straight from the street! Spans everything from tactics for shooting on the move, surviving low-light armed encounters, clearing a variety of buildings and safely handling domestic disputes to controlling the emotional elements of law enforcement work, mentally preparing for a life-and-death confrontation and surviving an unexpected off-duty encounter.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126358 in Books
• Published on: 2001-12-01
• Released on: 2001-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781889031545
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"Advanced Patrol Tactics is an excellent book...a wealth of real-world knowledge and experience..." --David M. Grossi, Expert Training

Customer Reviews

Mediocre tactics, excellent point shooting
The book is written in a clear, easy-to-read style with many drawings and photographs to add to the clarity. Reading this book is a pleasure, so it is disappointing that the contents are not up to par.

The book contains a variery of topics, some of which you can hardly call "advanced patrol tactics", like the chapter on contact & cover (which, in my opinion, is a very basic tactic). On the other hand, Rayburn seems a bit too enthusiastic about such topics as shooting through the windshield glass, which is a bit marginal in my opinion. Additionally, Rayburn uses about 1/3 of the book on point shooting. That's fine by me, and the section is excellent. Rayburn gives very good justification about using point shooting, and gives detailed information on how to practice it. The problem is, this book should be about tactics, not shooting...

Must Read for all Officers
I bought this book a couple of years ago. I am a FTO with my Dept. I found the book very useful both for myself and for my trainees. It helped me in areas that have gotten a little rusty over the years from non use. I just bought this book again this Christmas for one of my officers on shift. Have used several chapters in the book for the shift for training. If you are serious about tactics, then you need to read this book. Place it in your library upstairs.

Very good
As current police officer i found this book is very very good.
It highlights all the important issues that are so easy to forget.
It helps you to really realise that you can never stop training and also dismisses all the false ideas about patrolling on the street.

It also incorporates a lot of psychological aspects about criminals and will definately help you to think on your feet should the situation arise.

Only thing i would have like to have seen more of is graphical illustrations.

Excellent book otherwise