Lt. Dan Marcou

Blue Knights

Lt. Dan Marcou is an internationally-recognized police trainer who was a highly-decorated police officer with 33 years of full-time law enforcement experience. Marcou’s awards include Police Officer of the Year, SWAT Officer of the Year, Humanitarian of the Year and Domestic Violence Officer of the Year. Upon retiring, Lt. Marcou began writing. He is a co-author of “Street Survival II, Tactics for Deadly Encounters,” which is now available. His novels, “The Calling, the Making of a Veteran Cop,” “SWAT, Blue Knights in Black Armor,” “Nobody’s Heroes” and Destiny of Heroes,” as well as his latest non-fiction offering, “Law Dogs, Great Cops in American History,” are all available at Amazon. Dan is a member of the Police1 Editorial Advisory Board.

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Why the Terry stop is still a life-saving tool
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The investigative or Terry stop is the bread and butter of the patrol officer who wants to make an impact on crime in their community
Defensive tactics training: Defeating a front kick
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The defensive move to counter the front kick not only turns the tables on your attacker, but it also upends the table on him
Performing classic crowd control signals
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It is difficult to imagine an environment in which a commander would find it more difficult to communicate than during a full-blown riot
First day, last day: From under-trained rookie to highly trained veteran
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On the first traffic stop I made alone it never crossed my mind that ‘Malarkey’ probably wasn’t the driver’s name
Police history: ‘Community policing’ in the Wild West
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The Coffeyville raid of 1892 brought together the town’s marshal and civilians to battle the murderous Dalton gang
Defensive tactics training: More options for escape from a headlock
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Police1 readers share alternative techniques to the 'Big Ben' option
Building a 360-degree civil disturbance response team
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Successful outcomes are obtained by advance planning between law enforcement and city leaders, prosecutors, first responders and community members
How to buy protective masks for crowd control
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Having access to protective face masks is key to ensuring officer safety
Poem: That day in September
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We remain forever moved by the courage of the first responders and military personnel who responded to the threat that day
Defensive tactics training: Using Big Ben to escape from a headlock
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There is one escape from the headlock that recognizes the danger of the hold
10 current violations of crowd control protocols and what to do about them
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It is difficult to watch agencies allow their elected leadership do things that violate established tactics
10 lessons learned from the 2012 Sikh temple terror attack
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It has been eight years since the attack, and the lessons learned remain relevant to all police officers today
7 keys to successfully policing a potentially unruly crowd
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A large disturbance is an opportunity for officers to look very good or very bad in front of millions; use the Madison Method to successfully police a crowd
The moment police officers became my heroes
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Sometimes cops save lives and sometimes cops change lives. That is what happened to me.
A simple recipe for successful crowd control
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Has your agency done the necessary planning for large-scale crowd control, or is there a pervasive 'it can’t happen here' mindset?
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