Doug Wyllie

Be Advised...

Doug Wyllie writes police training content on a wide range of topics and trends affecting the law enforcement community. Doug was a co-founder of the Policing Matters podcast and a longtime co-host of the program.

LATEST ARTICLES

Leadership

How to encourage your cops to engage more with citizens

October 05, 2015 06:45 PM

Doug Wyllie

Police Training

Rapid Response: 5 lessons for police from the Umpqua College massacre

Work with your communities to educate them on their role in preventing (and responding to) active killer incidents — and review your own training to ensure you are confident in your response plan

October 01, 2015 06:24 PM

Doug Wyllie

Police News

Video of OIS offers reminders about SBC incidents

September 30, 2015 01:39 PM

Doug Wyllie

Police News

Pulse of Policing: PoliceOne’s report on the state of law enforcement in 2015

We at Police1 have gathered our resources and set about a comprehensive examination of the health of our industry, focusing on agencies, individuals, and private sector police enterprises

September 28, 2015 07:45 PM

Doug Wyllie

Police Training

Rapid Response: Why aren’t cops convicted in most shooting cases? Because they shouldn’t be

We must keep educating the public about what happens in a rapidly unfolding, high-stress, potentially life-threatening deadly force encounter, as well as whatever legal proceedings follow such an event

September 25, 2015 03:55 PM

Doug Wyllie

Leadership

Rapid Response: Chief’s ‘early retirement’ offers reminders about cops and free speech

The courts have held that off-duty conduct will not be protected if the agency can prove a nexus between the offending conduct and the officer’s employment

September 18, 2015 06:01 PM

Doug Wyllie

Terrorism Prevention and Response

14 years after 9/11: Assessing the terrorist threat (and how cops should prepare)

AQAP and ISIS attackers are a clear and present danger to the security of the American people — they’re different, but each is an adversary about which we must be cognizant

September 11, 2015 03:47 PM

Doug Wyllie

Officer Safety

Consider increasing the use of two-officer squads

September 09, 2015 05:42 PM

Doug Wyllie

Police Training

How cops can improve interactions with kids during parent’s arrest

‘In the Presence of Children’ campaign equips officers with best practices for working with children

August 31, 2015 05:23 PM

Doug Wyllie

Police Training

Rapid Response: Civilians take down a cop killer (and what it says about Americans)

Cops are rightly filled with anger and sadness about yet another ambush attack on a LEO, but one element to this story can be held up and praised: the actions of ordinary citizens who rushed to his aid

August 25, 2015 07:10 PM

Doug Wyllie