... statistics indicate that currently 70 percent of the community corrections agencies in the United States permit officers to carry firearms in the performance of their duties (Brown, 1996). Even though this represents thousands of probation and parole officers carrying firearms daily, only a very few incidents of officers discharging their firearms at ... Bigger, P. J. (1993). Officers in danger: Results of the Federal Probation and Pretrial Officers Association's national study on serious assaults. Unpublished report. Brown, P. W. (1996, July). The martial arts: A CO's best defense. Corr...

• Word Count: 4346
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School