Where do you work big city or Small Town, USA? How many officers on your job — 30,000 or three? Do you handle your assignments accordingly?
Things can be different when you have to wait 20 minutes for another officer to get to you. Use good judgment and good street tactics no matter where you work, especially if you have a sector far from additional help
You have to be on your tactical best game. Rural America or big city cop — don’t take this job for granted. We have strength in numbers, but we need to be stronger, smarter and that much more tactical when we are alone or few.
So if you are one of those officers that has miles between you and your closest back up, be extra careful on how and where you pull people over on traffic stops and how you handle domestics.
Don’t leave yourself backed in a corner in a remote bar fight situation. Make sure you have help on the way.
Good tactical thinking and planning is essential to your survival.
Do your when / then thinking. Remember “Not today!”
God can only do so much — the rest is up to you.