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

Crowd Control

Baseball as a model for improving police-community relations

While national attention is focused on an empty baseball diamond in Baltimore, we should also take note of how a program to enhance police-community relations is happening on little league fields in New York City

April 29, 2015 04:48 PM

Doug Wyllie

Police Training

A cop’s shoot/no-shoot: When is a ‘good decision’ a ‘deadly hesitation’?

The current climate in the press and the public may be making our officers more fearful of life after the deadly-force encounter

April 21, 2015 02:03 PM

Doug Wyllie

Why police departments rely on reserve officers

In almost every agency where a reserve officer program exists, there are simply not enough full-time cops in the regular ranks to meet the citizens’ demands for police response — the reserves fill the gaps

April 13, 2015 05:22 PM

Doug Wyllie

Training to draw from a new concealed carry setup

April 08, 2015 03:13 PM

Doug Wyllie

Police Heroes

De-policing in America: Answering the question “How would a world without police look?”

You can’t ‘coexist’ with people who are trying to kill you, rape you, maim you, and take from you all that you hold dear — that’s why we have police officers to protect us

April 02, 2015 08:53 PM

Doug Wyllie

Talking with citizens about the dangers of distracted driving

April 01, 2015 03:23 PM

Doug Wyllie

How do investigators use social media tools to monitor criminal activity?

Many criminals have put damning evidence of their crimes on social media, but gang culture may lead members to make such missteps more than it would for individual offenders

March 26, 2015 04:06 PM

Doug Wyllie

Preparing your department for a sustained, large-scale, missing-child search

March 18, 2015 03:08 PM

Doug Wyllie

Crowd Control

5 considerations for improving officer safety during large-scale protests

A high-profile deadly-force incident can provoke public reaction — and overreaction — in the streets. How can we ensure that we’ve done all we can to keep officers in those situations as safe as possible?

March 13, 2015 03:01 PM

Doug Wyllie

Announcing the 2015 RISE Awards: TASER and PoliceOne team up again to honor officers, agencies, and civilian partners

This year, the award program not only recognizes individual officers and departments for excellence in service, but also partners in the community who have helped police fulfill their public safety mission

March 12, 2015 06:32 PM

Doug Wyllie