Category Archives: Articles Written by Scott Reitz

Roll calls when I was a rookie were not much like the roll calls of today. Back then if you came into a division as a raw recruit you were subjected to every insult possible – and I speak from… Continue reading →

“The most important lesson I learned was the winner of gunplay usually was the one who took his time. The second was that, if I hoped to live on the frontier, I would shun flashy trick-shooting as soon as I… Continue reading →

The accompanying photo is half of the LAPD SWAT team during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. We were divided into two sections. As there were 60 operators there were 30 on one side and thirty on the other. These soon… Continue reading →

Recently we had the pleasure of doing training in France, Italy and Greece. We spent about three weeks there and for most of the trip, we rented a car. This might be the eye opening part of a trip to… Continue reading →

I recently attended an academy class to observe what was being taught these days. There is an old adage that when the police look young, you are getting up there in age. Some of these recruits inspired confidence while others… Continue reading →

The other day I was remembering my application process to get onto the LAPD. One of the things they had you do was the ‘stylus’. This was a metal ring on a pedestal which was connected to a battery. If… Continue reading →

For years I have been perplexed when shooters have determined which class they will take based on the number of rounds they will fire during a given period of time. For instance, some classes have advertised that they will shoot… Continue reading →