Dan Danaher

Full list of Dan Danaher results

• From the Corps to cops: How military values translate to police leadership

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  Your rank or position can command compliance, but it doesn’t make you a leader – others deem you to be a leader because of the totality of your character

• 8 things for leaders to consider when scouting for SWAT members

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  SWAT is a specialized unit and those selected to be members of that unit should be special people who possess extraordinary skills and abilities

• Low-light SWAT operations training: 5 tips for flashlight use

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  We use flashlights in many situations and depending on how and when we use them, they can either help us or make us a target

• Mistaken assumptions and lessons learned during rescue task force training

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  First responders need to open lines of communication and share knowledge, experience and resources so we can coalesce all of our assets

• How to conduct live fire shoot-house training

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  Such training can mimic the stressors officers face when they have to enter a structure in a possibly lethal environment

• Wounded on a SWAT callout: Why tactical casualty care training is essential for officer survival

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  Law enforcement personnel need to be able to treat themselves and their partners if and when disaster strikes

• 3 underlying benefits SWAT cops get from SWAT training

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  SWAT officers realize that their experience on a SWAT team makes them a better overall police officer

• Why every officer should be trained to SWAT standards

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  Agencies across the country have adopted policies and procedures to train and equip line officers for situations that have customarily been reserved for SWAT teams

• How visualization and contingency planning help SWAT operations

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  All SWAT officers should use pre-mission visualization and try to plan for every contingency – both as a team and as individual SWAT operators – because it can mean the difference between life and death

• 4 ways to improve your department’s patrol rifle program

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  Unfortunately, many patrol rifle programs are insufficient in preparing officers to have the confidence and skills to properly and effectively deploy their rifles during stressful engagements

• 4 ways to better train our officers to be ready for the fight

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  We must create the proper environment in order for officers to visualize the true threat that is ever present and be prepared physically and mentally to prevail

• Building entries: Fusing dynamic with deliberate

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  Whether or not you’re part of a SWAT team, at some point all LEOs — from narcotics to investigations to patrol — enter structures with the intent to locate suspects

• Will SWAT technology eventually trump tactics?

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  BearCats, pole cameras, robots and thermal imagers are just a few of the technological advances that help SWAT teams accomplish their missions

• Gunfighting skills: Sights, shooting, and survival

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  The diversity of your program and the frequency in which officers have the ability to be challenged is what will make the difference, not some dated dogma created to test proficiency in a static controlled aptitude test

• Is SWAT still 'special?'

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  We can (and we must) do more to prepare our officers to respond to all calls for service by providing the special training to all and not just a select few

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