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LATEST ARTICLES

Use of Force

What a use of force incident in a classroom can teach cops about ‘warrior’ vs. ‘guardian’ mindset

The guardian officer begins with the end in mind and then considers the least-aggressive strategy

December 10, 2015 04:02 PM

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Betrayal: How I reconcile the Joe Gliniewicz I knew with the one I didn’t

People felt they knew Joe well, but of course they didn’t know the Joe that we are hearing about now

November 11, 2015 06:08 PM

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Officer Safety

Getting Left of Bang: The next level of tactical awareness

When you are left of bang you are able to identify some of the pre-event indicators that exist before a crime is committed and have done so with enough time to be proactive

November 09, 2015 06:13 PM

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Command Staff - Chiefs / Sheriffs

How to get ahead of a police news story before it gets sensationalized

There is a divide between police agencies and their communities today and this divide needs to be bridged

November 09, 2015 06:04 PM

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Fitness & Health

Cops under stress: Staying mentally healthy requires work

I remember my doctor telling me, “Kevin, you have depression. How do you feel about that?” My first thought was, “How the hell do you think I feel about it?”

November 06, 2015 04:33 PM

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Pulse of Policing

How I fought PTSD by understanding it

I hope what I’ve written here can help another LEO one day overcome their own battle with PTSD

October 13, 2015 12:03 PM

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Police Leader

Can supervisory style influence police officers’ use-of-force behavior?

August 27, 2015 04:31 PM

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Police Leader

Police leaders: Don’t let fear of scrutiny affect cops’ use of force decisions

If we as a society expect our officers to make split-second, life-and-death decisions, then we must not handcuff them by fear of indictment, litigation, or career-ending reputation assassination

June 04, 2015 02:47 PM

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Police Jobs & Careers

Police explorer’s essay: Why do we fight police stigma alone?

Cadet Christina Stach was assigned to write an essay about stigmas, and decided to focus her writing on her individual experience as a cadet and law enforcement as a whole

May 14, 2015 02:43 PM

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Roots of the reactive posture: Culture

Overreaction prompts officers to fire fifty rounds at unarmed suspects — under-reaction leaves officers brutalized or dead

March 27, 2015 02:05 PM

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