Rich Emberlin

Lessons in Leadership

Rich Emberlin is a 30-year law enforcement veteran who served most notably with the Dallas Police Department’s elite units, including Dallas SWAT, the Criminal Intelligence Unit and the Office of the Chief of Police. During his 15 years in SWAT, Rich participated in thousands of missions, including counter-terrorist operations, hostage rescues, barricaded suspect situations, and arrest and search warrant executions. As a detective in the Criminal Intelligence Unit, he was responsible for investigating protest groups and threats against government officials and police officers. Rich retired from the Dallas Police Department in 2016 and remains active in the industry as a law enforcement expert and instructor. He has appeared on shows including A&E Networks’ Live PD and Dallas SWAT, the Outdoor Channel’s Elite Tactical Unit and NRA-TV. Rich continues to serve his community as a reserve deputy for the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department.

Full list of Rich Emberlin results

Lessons in leadership: They call you a leader, but is anyone following you?
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True leadership isn’t a self-assessment; it’s a position that is measured by your peers and earned by the troops that trust and respect you enough to follow you into the field
Lessons in Leadership: Finding courage when it counts
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The real measure of courage is getting past the fear, even when you’re scared out of your mind
Lessons in Leadership: Why resilience is key to career survival
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Police officers are human beings watching inhuman things – it takes resilience to cope with and overcome traumatic events
Lessons in Leadership: How real police leaders empower teams
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When team members are invested in their roles and contributions, you have the highest probability for a successful outcome
Lessons in Leadership: When patience is a cop’s best weapon
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Patience exerts a powerful and primary influence not just in tactical operations, but in all aspects of policing
Lessons in Leadership: The 5 Ps of policing
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No matter what my assignment was, I knew preparation was one of the single largest contributors to producing a safe outcome
Lessons in Leadership: Is the man or the mission more important?
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Leaders must create a culture that focuses first and foremost on the safety of their officers
Lessons in Leadership: Why cops need to be chameleons
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The success of law enforcement operations depends on our ability to adapt to the spectrum of humanity on a daily basis
Lessons in Leadership: 3 things a wild police pursuit taught me about decisiveness
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Police officers operate along a vast continuum that stretches from stepping it up to reining it in, and it’s not uncommon to oscillate between the two during an operation
Lessons in Leadership: Why cops shouldn’t judge a crisis by its cover
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Effective crisis management and resolution rely on a different aspect of the situational awareness that keeps us alive
What happens after a police officer uses deadly force?
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The physiological responses that occur during a shooting incident are widely known, but what goes through an officer’s mind after pulling the trigger is hard to predict
How police can work more effectively with protest groups
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When you invite protest leaders to the police department, you legitimize them, which is critical for collaboration
Rapid Response: 3 key takeaways from the Las Vegas shooting
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The complex, carefully coordinated attacks of 9/11 have been replaced with a new kind of violence that is significantly harder to detect
Why we need to humanize law enforcement (and how to do it)
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The success or failure of community policing hinges on our ability to humanize both the law enforcement profession and the people we serve