Dave “Buck Savage” Smith is an internationally recognized law enforcement speaker, trainer, video personality, and author. He began his police career in the State of Arizona, holding positions in Patrol, SWAT, Narcotics, Supervision, Investigations, Training and Management. Dave holds numerous instructor certifications in firearms, defensive tactics, and human performance and is a proven expert witness and consultant. Dave is a member of the Police1 Editorial Advisory Board.
What's on police trainer Dave "JD Buck Savage" Smith's night stand? A bottle of water, a Glock 17, and these five books. 1.) Flourish by Dr. Martin Seligman Flourish illustrates the concept of Pos...
If you wear glasses or contact lenses at work, make sure you have a second pair of glasses readily available to you at all times. If your glasses become damaged or you lose a contact lens, you need...
We’ve all heard about an officer who has been reprimanded—or even terminated—by his or her agency because of something they did or said on one of the popular Internet social networks. Some say in r...
Make your friends still on the job at your old agency envy your life — don’t sit around and envy them
Dispatchers, like all other law enforcement personnel, can suffer from emotional issues as a result of their involvement in critical incidents. By including your dispatchers in debriefs, you can im...
The human body is always dehydrating — regardless of the climate, the temperature, or the geography in which that body is operating. The effects of dehydration are not only physical — they’re menta...
The root of the word 'conspire' means literally 'to breathe together'
In many parts of the country, cold weather begins around Thanksgiving — well in advance of the official start of winter. In this video, Street Survival Instructor Dave Smith discusses the importanc...
For more than 30 years, Calibre Press has helped the law enforcement community remain healthy both emotionally and physically, and win encounters of every kind. A thousand Newlines ago Chuck Remsbe...
"When I play a musical instrument my goal is to be able to play without thinking!" — Orville Johnson, Musician, Author, Producer
The rule of "plus one" holds that if you find one weapon, you need to be looking for the second one. But from the very outset, you have to begin by expecting to even find that first weapon in the f...
While the public and the politicians remain distracted from the root causes of crime and social ills, the casualties in "The War on Cops" are the peacekeepers
One of the best sociology books ever written was a wonderfully insightful text written by the late Edward Banfield, which deeply explored the issues of dealing with crime and problems in the inner ...
The penalty for inattentional blindness can be incredibly high
Resilience is the term that best describes our goal in the Street Survival Seminar to make you more likely to “win!” in life
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