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

SWAT

Why SWAT cops need to be their own fitness instructors

Stress and fatigue are your two biggest enemies while trying to function in a tactical environment

November 04, 2014 11:51 AM

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SWAT

Why your newest SWAT team member is a drone

The requirement for SWAT teams to seek a warrant for the use of drones is smart and good policy

August 12, 2014 06:03 AM

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SWAT

Training tip: Tactical options for SWAT making a ‘tubular assault’

August 05, 2014 11:47 AM

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Unintended consequences of a hypothetical police pursuit

July 29, 2014 11:36 AM

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Police pursuits: Balancing catching bad guys with protecting innocents

More often than not, the driver is fleeing because he has something to hide — intoxication, narcotics, warrants, and other criminal activity

July 29, 2014 11:36 AM

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Police Jobs & Careers

Put a rookie on the right track using these 13 traits

It falls on all of us in the profession to recognize and help develop officers who are not tracking as they should

June 11, 2014 06:24 AM

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71 heroes to remember this Memorial Day

When compared to our military comrades, law enforcement hasn’t had much experience supporting its wounded officers in such large numbers from one significant event like 9/11

May 22, 2014 11:46 AM

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Police Trainers

Don’t ignore an officer’s deadly hesitation to act

The patrol sergeant’s most honorable duty is to train and take care of all the officers in their command — even if that means taking actions which may ultimately end up in an officer’s dismissal

March 12, 2014 05:12 AM

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What went right in the Dorner manhunt?

There are many examples of what went right in the Dorner manhunt — this is only a small sampling of the tenacity and bravery that every American law officer is willing to put forward when the time calls

February 12, 2014 04:48 AM

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Lessons learned from fatal collision in Okla. pursuit

These two brave officers left us a message we must discuss in order for us to prevent future tragedies

February 04, 2014 10:54 AM

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