Brrr, it's cold outside: tactical operations in cold weather. From: Law Enforcement Technology | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: Speed, Duke | COPYRIGHT 2005 Cygnus Business Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Imagine a tactical team on a mission in a desolate, remote and bitter cold environment where the terrain is so rough team members can barely carry their equipment without tiring or losing their footing. Visualize a climate so cold that exposed skin freezes within seconds and winds seem to come out of nowhere and send equipment adrift. Here team members find themselves perspiring profusely one minute, freezing the next and in snow so deep they can barely move in any direction. This i...

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