Sgt. Glenn French

SWAT Operator

Glenn French, a retired Sergeant with the Sterling Heights (Mich.) Police Department, has 24 years police experience and served as the Team Commander for the Special Response Team, and supervisor of the Sterling Heights Police Department Training Bureau. He has 16 years SWAT experience and also served as a Sniper Team Leader, REACT Team Leader, and Explosive Breacher.

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LATEST ARTICLES

How ticket quotas negatively impact police morale and public trust

Imposing ticket quotas on your officers to measure performance is an easy way to supervise, but it’s not the most effective

November 21, 2016 03:04 AM

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Why Orlando SWAT should be praised for the Pulse nightclub response

Many trainers are either forgetting a very important element of active shooter tactical response or are simply unaware of it

September 06, 2016 04:59 PM

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Bomb robots: An explosive change in threat neutralization

Dallas Police added an explosive threat neutralization tactic that doesn’t expose a single cop and is almost guaranteed to end the siege

July 29, 2016 05:06 PM

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2 strategies to prevent tactical errors in SWAT operations

Without a SOP for evaluating how a tactical team is used, the liability factor soars when a critical error occurs

June 20, 2016 03:22 PM

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How Executive Order 13688 jeopardizes police officer safety

Executive Order 13688, issued in January 2015, effectively ended federal support for the local equipment acquisition program known as the 1033 program

June 20, 2016 12:17 PM

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Why we need to throw out the script in large-scale incident training

Allowing cops to leave the carefully-crafted training script may not always conclude the way the brass would like, but that is truly the best way for cops to learn

June 01, 2016 04:13 PM

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Breaching Tools

Breaching: Which option is best for your team?

Intelligence of the target and the nature of the tactical situation determine the best breaching option

April 13, 2016 03:06 PM

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Use of Force

Why the LAPD’s ‘Preservation of Life’ medal is dangerous for cops

Scores of cops have been involved in deadly force encounters and didn’t use lawful lethal force. An award only casts doubt in cops’ minds on how to properly react in a critical incident

February 17, 2016 03:53 PM

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Standoff Situations

Debriefing a siege: What the Ala. bunker standoff can teach SWAT about successful hostage rescue

Successful planning, rehearsal and execution can only be achieved through well-trained and capable SWAT operators

February 03, 2016 02:14 PM

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SWAT

How NYPD’s Hercules team serves as a model for counterterrorism

The NYPD Hercules team’s message is that NYC is not an easy target

December 08, 2015 05:08 PM

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