Police department and instructor perspectives on pre-service firearm and deadly force training

Policing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-245

  Morrison, Gregory B ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Police; Policing; Qualification; Weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745465273     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510610667646     Document Type: Article

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