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: 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?
Defensive tactics training: Preparing for your moment in front of the muzzle
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You are looking down the muzzle of a semi-automatic pistol held by a man at point-blank range, what will you do next?
Considering leaving law enforcement? Go elsewhere, young officer, go elsewhere!
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If you are a good cop, who in these bad times is thinking of quitting law enforcement, don’t just resign, but relocate and renew yourself and your career
8 tactics to prevent or survive gunfire at a demonstration
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Here are several considerations to help you ensure First Amendment rights of protesters while also making sure your officers are safe
Defensive tactics training: A thoughtful observation of an arrest gone wrong
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As a police officer, martial artist and defensive tactics instructor, I have never learned, taught, or used what I would call a “chokehold”
My five sense worth on police reform
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We must address some critical issues of grave importance to the survival of our honorable profession
Staying positive is a discipline
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You do not need to abandon either your street intensity or your commitment to your physical survival in order to have a positive outlook on your chosen career
Why this is a time for tried and true team tactics
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Police officers need to be able to apply the right combination of tactics to maintain or restore peace and personally survive while doing it
5 steps of riot prep: How to do crowd control correctly
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When the world is watching and crowds are at their worst, make sure your officers are at their best
All it takes is one good cop
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No matter what anyone says, one good cop has always been able to make a difference in any bailiwick
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