2 The Firearms Instructor Issue 50 NOTE FROM THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE We encourage you to submit articles and photos for publication, as well as letters and comments on articles which have appeared in previous issues. We can also use short “Training Tips” and “Safety Tips,” cover photos, and news items of interest from a training perspective. Please refer to the Editorial Guidelines below for details on format for your submission. Take advantage of this opportunity to share information with other instructors, and see your work in print! Editorial Guidelines IALEFI® actively solicits the submission of articles to be considered for publi- cation in THE FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, and encourages members to share their ideas, experience, and expertise with others. Neither IALEFI®, nor THE FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, endorses any specific techniques, training programs, trainers, products, or manufacturers. Members are urged to provide us with input on the style and content of THE FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR. Submitted articles should conform to these rules: 1. Articles should be typewritten on 8½" x 11" white paper. Please have your article free of spelling and grammatical errors. We encourage you in addition to the hard copy of your material, to submit your article on a CD Rom or thumb drive. 2. A photograph of the author, along with a brief biographical sketch, should be included. 3. Any photographs submitted should include captions. Photos will be returned on request. For optimal print quality, digital photos should be a minimum of 6 megapixels. 4. Submitted manuscripts will not be returned. The author should retain a copy of the ­ manuscript. Articles should be directed towards law enforcement firearms training, trainers, instructional methods, and officer survival. The specific techniques and prac- tices proposed in the article may be original, unconventional, or controversial, but should reflect sound training and safety principles. 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Members are invited to submit material for publication to the Association office: IALEFI®, 25 Country Club Road, Suite 707, Gilford, NH 03249 Tel:  (603) 524-8787 Fax: (603) 524-8856 Web site: www.ialefi.com. Editorial Committee Mike Williams, Chairman Dr. Michael Asken, PhD LouAnn Hamblin Michael Beckley Richard Verdi The International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors® is a non-profit membership organization with aims and purposes to provide educational services, encourage the development of relevant training programs for law enforcement personnel, criteria for Instructor certification, and to conduct an Annual Training Conference. IALEFI® active membership is open to those professionally engaged in the training of law enforce- ment, security, criminal justice, and investigative personnel. Association Officers President R. Steven Johnson, NC 1st Vice President O. Frank Repass, FL 2nd Vice President John T. Meyer, Jr., VA 3rd Vice President Mike Williams, TN Secretary Michial Dunlap, TX Executive Director/Treasurer Robert D. Bossey, NH Board of Directors Michael P. Beckley, SC Emanuel Kapelsohn, IN Michael Boyle, NJ Layne E. Schultetus, FL Bill Campbell, AZ Don W. Smith, FL John “Jack” Conahan, MD Rick Tullis, NC LouAnn Hamblin, MI Richard Verdi, NJ The Firearms Instructor, The Official Journal of the InternationalAssociationofLawEnforcementFirearmsInstructors® is published quarterly by Tylergraphics and Pepperjack Design. Copyright©2011InternationalAssociationofLawEnforcement Firearms Instructors®. All rights reserved, including the right to utilize or reproduce, in whole or part, in any form or in any medi- um, whether electronic or mechanical. No part of this publication may be stored on an electronic retrieval system or transmitted electronically. 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