Travis Yates

Police Driving: Safety Behind the Wheel

Major Travis Yates is a Commander with the Tulsa (OK) Police Department. His Seminars in Risk Management & Officer Safety have been taught across the United States & Canada. Major Yates has a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy. He is the Director of Training for SAFETAC Training and the Director of Ten-Four Ministries, dedicated to providing practical and spiritual support to the law enforcement community.

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4 things firearms LODDs can teach cops about road safety
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Technology, training, and awareness are at their peak and we must take advantage to improve our profession
6 keys ways police leaders can get courageous (and honest) feedback from employees
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Bad leaders don’t want feedback — or simply ignore it when given — but courageous leaders crave feedback and seek it on a daily basis
10 keys to preventing an ambush in your squad car
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Here are 10 things to keep in mind to mitigate the risk of ambush in your patrol vehicle
How to reduce roadway LODDs in 2015
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As a police professional, you should make the decision now on what type of calls or responses you’re willing to place your life at extreme risk
Why do good cops turn into bad leaders?
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Tell any 100 cops that law enforcement suffers from bad leadership and 99 will agree — the one who doesn’t is probably the chief
What all good leaders should know about courageous empowerment
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“The great need for anyone in authority is courage.” — Alistair Cooke
5 things to improve squad car safety
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Our profession has done a terrible job regarding car interior safety, and we need to remedy it
Can this police driving 'black box' keep your officers alive?
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The latest generation of telematics technologies allows police agencies to not only remediate problems, but reward those setting the best examples for safety
5 ways to ensure your safety as a police warrior
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Think warriors don’t place a premium on safety? Tell that to a fighter pilot
8 do's and don’ts of officer safety on the road
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We have a long history of making changes in order to make our officers safer — but those changes didn’t occur overnight and they didn’t come without struggles
How 6 ‘rules’ from a Navy legend can impact officer safety
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We can learn a lot about safety from Admiral Hyman Rickover, the Father of the Nuclear Navy
Changing our culture to keep officers safer
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Whether our profession made the conscious decision to change or we’ve bent to the pressures of society, the culture of law enforcement is ever-changing — let’s make it for the better
4 threats to officer safety this holiday season
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December is a deadly month — may a few reminders here help the heroes on the street during the end of the year
Examining risks versus rewards of tire deflation devices
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We continue to evolve our efforts in ballistic vests, vehicles, uniforms, and the like, so it’s time we address a new generation of TDDs
3 words we must eliminate from 'officer down' reports
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There is a terrible history with these three words, but we do not have to continue down the path of tragedy
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