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

Police Training

Video Training: Officers shoot man holding knife to hostage

Upon viewing the video of the incident in which Daytona Beach police officers were forced to shoot Jermaine Green while he held a woman hostage at knifepoint, 5 training challenges came to mind

November 11, 2013 08:16 AM

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A .22 cal. NERF gun seen on a range in Texas

November 05, 2013 04:52 AM

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Urban Shield 2013: So much more than a ‘SWAT thing’

Urban Shield is designed to strengthen preparedness— whether for a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, or a lone gunman in an elementary school

November 04, 2013 05:36 PM

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Officer Safety

Halloween, toy guns and officer safety

In the wake of the incident last week in Santa Rosa (Calif.) that left a 13-year-old boy fatally shot, we should again discuss the interwoven issues of Halloween, toy guns, and officer safety

October 30, 2013 10:57 AM

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Urban Shield 2013: Don’t forget the ‘victims’

Behind the scenes with the countless volunteers who make Urban Shield training so valuable — ‘victims’ will never fully know the good they did this weekend

October 28, 2013 06:52 AM

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Urban Shield 2013: Embedding firefighters and EMTs into a SWAT response

Scenario #19 at Urban Shield 2013 challenged the competing SWAT teams to incorporate personnel from the Fremont (Calif.) Fire Department into their plans to deal with an active shooter

October 28, 2013 06:30 AM

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Urban Shield 2013: First responders declare, ‘We have the watch!’

35 elite SWAT teams from as far away as Brazil joined up with fire and EMS responders in the annual exercise organized and executed by Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern and his team

October 28, 2013 05:59 AM

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Light up your life with GammaBrite safety vests

Given the company founders’ backgrounds and their unique technology, naturally GammaBrite focuses its efforts on public safety

October 24, 2013 05:19 AM

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IACP 2013: Putting video cameras on cops ... and burning the ships in the process

TASER International CEO Rick Smith clears up some confusion about the aggressive new pricing model for the company’s latest on-officer video cameras

October 22, 2013 06:18 PM

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Terrorism Prevention and Response

Active shooters in schools: Keeping kids safe isn’t a plan, it’s a process

When naming Abington, Pennsylvania as one of the top 100 places to live, Money Magazine identified safety and education as the top two aspects of their evaluation

October 22, 2013 12:05 PM

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