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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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
Police defunding: Prevention and survival tips
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The numbers out of Minneapolis prove the damage that can be expected when a city allows itself to be led down this destructive path
Defensive tactics training: Escape from a full nelson
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It is imperative that officers who find themselves the victim of such an assault be able to escape quickly
Signals for dynamic crowd control tactics
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A riot has many moving parts and to quell one, police must have many moving options
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
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