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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Defensive tactics training: Front compliance
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Learning to apply this hold short of pressure also means it can be used as a tactically superior escort hold
Overcoming the empty hand skills training deficit
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These techniques can’t be learned through casual viewing or assimilation. They can only be learned and maintained through repetition
12 important considerations before moving to 'greener pastures'
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If you feel you are policing in an untenable environment, avoid doing anything rash and irreversible without first considering all your options
Be tactically proactive not just reactive
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Follow this philosophy whether responding to a riot or supporting a search warrant
To stay cool is to be cool
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The first person at every scene you must control is you
Defensive tactics training: Roll-over to leg-lock to control
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I found this technique very effective during one-on-one physical struggles to handcuff
Report details LAPD response during 2020 protests
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Every single aspect of the response to these events was negatively impacted by a lack of crowd control training for officers and supervisors
Cuffs on, cuffs off
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How to master the art of speedy handcuff application and removal
I owe my career to one Marine
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In my last week at the police academy, no one had any hope I would pass the NRA bullseye qualification course, that is except for Sergeant Bob Muth
If I had only one interrogation technique to use, this would be it
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Try it sometime and let your suspects be the judge
Tactics to clear, secure a building under siege that every cop needs to know
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Are you prepared to respond if essential buildings such as city hall, courthouses and police stations are overrun by protesters?
Why police officers should consider the path of the samurai
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By embracing your inner creativity, you can find balance in an imbalanced life
The difference Police1 has made
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I have often regretted that Police1 did not exist when I first climbed into my squad in 1974
A shot in the dark
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Wisconsin officer Aaron Hintz is convinced his training prepared him to make a 54’ shot when lives were on the line
Defensive tactics training: The elbow strike is a match for the snatch
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Any impact used to thwart a suspect from taking your firearm must be done with all the power you can muster
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