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If your passive voice sentence does not fall into any of these eight tactics, change your sentence to active
One tip to improve your report writing that will help reduce case turndowns and liability
Artificial intelligence is changing the way police write reports
When force is necessary to ensure an officer’s safety, officers must use it — without hesitation — regardless of the perceived ramifications of the aftermath
Give the word “Birmingham” lasting meaning, and don’t let the practice of proactive police work die
Cops’ lives matter deeply in the hearts and minds of good people who respect and admire their officers
We recently polled our Police1 audience on how they use virtual training simulators
Police trainers must make the most of the time they have by using the science of motor learning and performance to improve the training they deliver
It has never been easy to be a cop — and it’s getting even harder to be one now — so watch out for each other and be smart about the risks you’re taking
Something we’ve seen altogether too little media coverage of is the fact that in many of the controversial cases where an officer has used deadly force on a subject, that subject did not comply with lawful orders
What lessons from the incident today in Tennessee can you take with you if the next active shooter incident happens in your jurisdiction?
While police operations can be based on acronym-based mission-planning methodologies such as OCOKA, SMEAC and METT-TC — here are three alternative ways of considering tactical thinking
Because luck is not a strategy and hope is not a tactic, officers on the street today need to remember the fundamentals of their training and the basic officer safety tactics that have proven to be effective
Whether or not Houser was conducting a classic copycat crime may never be known, but similarities in the two incidents cannot be understated
By conducting a secondary complete search, we can minimize the impact of honest mistakes
Some positions and movements are better than others but you can’t depend solely on positioning to save your life on a traffic stop
The media and pundits say that race affects an officer’s decision to shoot and with some recent police shootings, anecdotal evidence points in that direction as well — but what does science say?
Because hope is not a strategy and luck is not a tactic, police agencies are well-served when the training unit builds a special use-of-force training day for the public, the press, and the politicians
Failure to understand the first five of these use-of-force facts could cost you your job — failure to understand the sixth could cost you your life
For the cops of my dad’s generation, witnessing today’s hostility, disrespect and general lack of public support for law enforcement is like taking a trip back in time
The trainers who deliver the Below 100 message to agencies across the country are working hard to ensure fewer families have to make that life-changing trip to National Police Week in DC
Make your training go further by offering on-demand video sessions available anytime, anywhere.
Deadly shooting turned officer into a researcher seeking to understand the dynamics of confrontation
We must apply NUM and the Three S Test to everything we do, instilling functional skills early and quickly by focusing on the simple basics
Some of the country’s largest police forces saw significant drops in applicants long before chants of “hands up, don’t shoot”
33 recruits are beginning their training at what the city says is a new state-of-the-art facility
New policing strategy will put more beat cops in neighborhood precincts
More Baltimore police officers likely face arrest as the result of reforms in a department that requires “wholesale change,” Commissioner Anthony W. Batts wrote