Written by: Greg Ellifritz As most of you know, I take a special interest in researching active killers. I’ve been closely watching the progress of the Aurora, Colorado “Batman” movie theater killer’s trial. If you are unfamiliar with the incident, check out my article HERE. Last week, the killer’s diary was released to jurors […]
My friend Ron Borsch recently updated his statistics looking at the last five years’ crime stats with regards to what he calls “Rapid Mass Murders.” Ron has consistently provided some of the highest quality research in the world with regard to active killers. Ron agreed to share his latest research summary with my […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Last weekend I had the honor of attending famed instructor Ed Lovette’s final class before retirement. Ed was a police officer in the 1970s eventually working his way into a position teaching firearms and officer survival tactics at his state police academy. From that position, he was recruited by the CIA […]
I spend a lot of time traveling to dangerous third world countries. Most of the places I go are actually fairly safe overall, but there are always dangers when you travel overseas. I worry a little more about being stranded in the wilderness…either the jungles I’m hiking through or the concrete jungles of the cities […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz On the day after Thanksgiving, a man used a rifle and improvised explosives to attack four buildings in downtown Austin, Texas. Amazingly, despite firing approximately 200 rounds in about 10 minutes, he didn’t kill or injure anyone. Because no one was injured (it was 2:30 am), the crime received […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz The FBI recently released its annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report. According to the FBI webpage: “The FBI publishes Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted each year to provide information about officers who were killed, feloniously or accidentally, and those officers who were assaulted while […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz On Friday, October 24, a 14-year old Freshman student walked into his high school cafeteria and began shooting. He picked a particular table (where his relatives sat) and shot five students, killing four, with a .40 Beretta handgun. Reportedly, all of the victims had been shot in the head or […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz If you’ve missed the news over the last week, on October 22, a homeless, mentally-ill Islamic Jihadist with a crack cocaine addiction fired shots at Ottawa Canada’s war memorial and in the Canadian House of Commons. The killer ran up to two soldiers guarding the Canadian War Memorial and […]
This is a guest post written by my friend Jonathan Willis in response to some comments made about a previous tourniquet article I published. Jonathan is a veteran Paramedic, Instructor, and Fire Lieutenant who has actually used the tourniquets he references in the field. It seems impossible to go online today and not be […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz I work as a police officer in a very wealthy suburban community. It’s a nice place to be a cop because there are relatively few violent crimes. What we see most often is theft. Thieves like to steal from people who have money and who feel secure enough to leave […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz I was fortunate to spend 13 years as the primary armorer for my police agency. It was my responsibility to fix, upgrade, and maintain several hundred weapons owned by both the police department and the individual officers. The department sent me to every armorers school imaginable. I can fix just […]
Written by Greg Ellifritz Last week, the FBI released its most recent research report on active shooters in the United States. The 47-page report is quite informative and worth the time to read. The study looks at a very small and well defined subset of mass shootings. According to the publication: “This is not […]
This is a guest article from my friend Jonathan Willis. Jonathan is a retired fire department lieutenant, paramedic, and instructor. Jonathan is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to all things medical and has written an excellent article on tourniquet selection. Not all tourniquets are created equal. As the modern tourniquet establishes […]
In my AAR of the Paul-E-Palooza 2 training event, I mentioned that one of the medical classes involved a wound ballistics lab where two (humanely killed) pig carcasses were shot with various weapons in order to take a look at the accompanying tissue damage. Dr. Brian Springer taught the class and led the exploration […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz The Washington DC Metropolitan Police issued their final report of the Navy Yard active killer event that took place in their jurisdiction last September. If you are unfamiliar with the incident, here is the description given by the Metro Police: “On the morning of Monday, September 16, 2013, Aaron […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Recently, there has been some high level media “reporting” about the so called “dangers” of weapon mounted lights (WMLs). It seems that much of the interest about the story was prompted by the Denver Colorado police department banning the use of WMLs by its police officers. Check out the links […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz With the ATF recently approving the SIG-designed “arm brace” attachment, AR-15 pistols have become quite popular. The arm brace was designed for disabled shooters to secure the pistol to their arms, but it also serves as a workable shoulder stock. This allows people to fire AR-15 pistols from the […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Almost every police administrator recognizes the inherent benefits that a physically fit police officer can bring to an agency. Reduced absenteeism, greater productivity, fewer injuries, and a reduction in health care costs have all been correlated with a high level of physical fitness in police officers. Despite these benefits, only […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz With the weather getting nicer, we’ve seen our annual spring increase in both car and house break-ins. The city where I work has been hit hard. While most residents think it’s mischievous teens stealing from cars, that really isn’t the case anymore. 20 years ago, almost all car break-ins were kids […]
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Take a quick look at this news article about the violent attacks that occurred in Iraq on Monday. In one day more than 50 people were killed in several coordinated attacks spread all across the country. The attacks were all similar and all the attackers wore police or military uniforms. […]
