Officer Survival

It has been eight years since the attack, and the lessons learned remain relevant to all police officers today

When the world is watching and crowds are at their worst, make sure your officers are at their best

Every officer in uniform today is the beneficiary of the lessons taught to us by the Newhall officers

Being willing to employ an effective technique or tactic the instant it is justified will do more to control a suspect than starting with an inadequate one

These five keys will help you prevent an incident from spiraling out of control

Before the event of an armed attack, you must prepare your practiced response – the following 'menu of movements' can help you survive and win

Police officers must train on the skills and abilities that can help win an off-duty or non-uniform deadly encounter

If a domestic abuser intends on killing a police officer, history has proven certain events take place

Unfortunately, law enforcement agencies have traditionally been hesitant to engage in this kind of self-analysis and information sharing

It is one thing to catch a person "red-handed," it is quite another to convict them

Before you even turn on the lights, there are a lot of tasks you need to complete

OODA loop tests are administered by the police gods on every single call to which we respond and every stop or encounter we initiate

A take-home vehicle can be a valuable benefit, but you have to recognize that the benefit comes with a cost to officer safety

To win these encounters, it is good to look at these real world-obstacle courses as a seven-stage event

In this episode of Reality Training, Dave Smith reviews harrowing footage of a 40-minute gunfight between police officers and a man intent on killing as many of them as possible. Thankfully, no officers were hurt. What would you do?