Lance Eldridge

All Law Enforcement is Local

Retiring after nearly 22 years of active duty in the Army, Lance Eldridge worked as the director of a law enforcement training academy and served as a rural patrol deputy and patrol officer in Colorado. While in the military, he held leadership positions in a variety of organizations and has written extensively about US military strategy, operations, and history. He is a graduate of the US Army's Command and General Staff College and the Norwegian Staff College. He holds a Masters Degree in History and a Masters Degree in Strategic Intelligence. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in national security strategy, European regional security, US history, and terrorism. He now works in northern Virginia.

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Great concealable back-up guns for cops
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A current industry trend is to get the smallest, most concealable — and easy to shoot — guns to market and the caliber of choice for many of the newest releases is in the .380 ACP cartridge
Tactical lights at SHOT show: How the companies stack up
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The current marketplace is full of options at varying price points that should be able to meet the requirements of even the most discerning officer
3 things cops should look for in a flashlight fit for duty
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The challenge for officers and departments is to identify the purpose of an illumination system and then find the product that best meets their needs
The questions about race we need to answer following Ferguson
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Law enforcement should recognize the close connection between use of force and officer integrity as well as the reality that there does have to be meaningful discussion about race in America
What would Eric Holder’s police tactics commission really accomplish?
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In a free society, the relationship between police and citizens must remain the fundamental issue that demands vigilance, but one must wonder whether a nationwide commission is the answer
Feds in your jurisdiction: Why cops should care about the Nev. ranch standoff
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The standoff between the Bureau of Land Management and rancher Cliven Bundy has ended (for now) but should give local law enforcers something to consider as a possibility in their own jurisdiction
Equipment to enhance use-of-force and decision-making training
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Technology is one way to assure officers have the opportunity to exercise skills from verbal de-escalation to deadly force
Examining the Navy Yard shooting, three months on
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After the efforts to establish responsibility, remember the bravery of the responding officers
Evacuating the Washington Navy Yard
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The historic Washington Navy Yard is home to a number of Navy organizations: not just the Navy’s Sea Systems Command, but the Navy Installations Command, the Military Sealift Command, and the Navy’...
Police militarization and the Third Amendment
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The Third Amendment, with some procedural exceptions, is the one that prohibits the quartering of troops in private homes
Police militarization and rise of the warrior journalist
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Radley Balko’s new book on police militarization — and subsequent articles by him and others — signals the radicalization of America’s discourse on civilian law enforcement
PTSD and police: Hiring and retaining war veterans in our ranks
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Ensure that your PD doesn’t fall prey to sensationalist and politicized reporting on PTSD by anti-war media, which otherwise may influence hiring decisions in risk-averse departments
Learning from the case of Marine veteran James Brower
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The NYPD has been, on the whole, a generous veteran employer
Do police officers lie?
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According to attorney and activist Michelle Alexander, the only officers who tell the truth are those who claim police officers lie — the fact is, nothing could be further from the truth
The truth about confidential informants
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Despite criticism, confidential informants are invaluable to investigators fighting both international and domestic terrorism as well as common criminal enterprise
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