Mike Wood

Tactical Analysis

Mike Wood is the son of a 30-year California Highway Patrolman and the author of “Newhall Shooting: A Tactical Analysis,” the highly-acclaimed study of the 1970 California Highway Patrol gunfight in Newhall, California. Mike is an Honor Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, a graduate of the US Army Airborne School, and a retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with over 26 years of service. He’s a National Rifle Association (NRA) Law Enforcement Division-certified firearms instructor, senior editor at RevolverGuy.com, and has been a featured guest on the Excellence In Training Academy and American Warrior Society podcasts, as well as several radio and television programs. He’s grateful for the opportunity to serve and learn from the men and women of law enforcement.

LATEST ARTICLES

Major Incidents in Law Enforcement History

Remembering the fallen: California Highway Patrol Newhall Memorial

The “Newhall Shooting” as it came to be known, was the worst day in the history of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), and a pivotal day for American LE

April 06, 2018 03:13 PM

Mike Wood

SHOT Show

6 considerations for on- and off-duty active shooter response

There are some critical actions that need to be taken before arriving on the scene to guarantee the greatest chance of success

April 06, 2018 01:27 PM

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NYPD Officers Joseph Piagentini & Waverly Jones

Ambush

Why the murders of NYPD Officers Jones and Piagentini still resonate

Although we do a lot of things right in the law enforcement profession, we don’t do a good job of ensuring our history is passed along from one generation to the next

March 23, 2018 01:21 PM

Mike Wood

NTOA active shooter update: Lessons learned and how threats have evolved

Analysis of 97 worldwide active shooter incidents in 2017 identifies trends to consider as we prepare to counter the active shooter threat

March 16, 2018 12:40 PM

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SHOT Show

How to be an effective police leader before, during and after the call

SHOT Show 2018 Law Enforcement Education Program session outlined how true law enforcement leadership begins well before a call for service is received

March 01, 2018 12:31 PM

Mike Wood

Communications

An action plan for school safety

The most important thing law enforcement can teach the public is that school safety requires a layered defense

February 24, 2018 11:20 AM

Mike Wood

10 SWAT lessons to live by

We need to remove the obstacles that prevent us from learning and improving our teams, capabilities and operational success

February 15, 2018 06:35 PM

Mike Wood

Rapid Response: 4 key takeaways from the Fla. high school shooting

If we want to make a dent in mass shootings like the one in Florida, we need to fix our mental health system

February 15, 2018 01:28 PM

Mike Wood

SHOT Show 2018: Tourniquet pouch among new products from Aker Leather

Industry giant introduces market’s first leather tourniquet pouch for duty belts, new holsters for most popular light-bearing handguns

February 02, 2018 04:23 PM

Mike Wood

SHOT Show 2018: Sig Sauer pistols, lasers and optics

Sig Sauer’s P365 manages to stick 10 rounds in a not-quite-double-but-not-quite-single stack magazine that preserves the 1” width of the pistol

January 31, 2018 02:01 PM

Mike Wood