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Use the tactical decision making equation to explain the process of how you arrived at your decision
Parents sue for excessive force based on “officer-created danger,” but qualified immunity granted based on suspect’s manifest intentions
Imagine how policing could improve if instead of just investigating incidents to find blame, we also investigated incidents to learn how to avoid them happening in the first place
The officer was placed on administrative leave following the release of the video
The discussion ranged over a wide area of topics — here are a just handful of things that stood out
If a police K-9 unit is not part of your agency’s annual budget, seek financial support through grants for K-9s and community fundraising
Current literature strongly indicates that demonizing or dehumanizing others because of their relative values — be they ethnic, cultural, behavioral or criminal — exacerbates PTSD
All I can ask any commander is this: “When was the last time you had ‘fun’ at work? When was the last time you heard your battle cry?”
A family can sue the state for negligence after being incorrectly told by state police that a young woman had died in a car accident
SWAT is a specialized unit and those selected to be members of that unit should be special people who possess extraordinary skills and abilities
Features include a wireless engine shutoff control for instructors, high ground clearance, robust safety wings, and traction adjustment controls
There are good reasons why women and men should be trained differently in firearms
A Spotsylvania County deputy died Monday after collapsing during a morning workout
Only about a quarter of the agency’s officers have been trained in crisis intervention practices during their careers
Conditioning our students to reflexively announce that their gun has run dry in the middle of a gunfight might be a dangerous habit to be avoided, at least in certain situations
Officer Ian Cooley of the San Jose Police Department says it’s better to be a ‘problem finder’ prior to any potential incident, as opposed to a reaction-based ‘problem solver’ after something jumps off
RBT is an extremely well planned method of putting officers in the most realistic situations with the most realistic equipment while using some basic psychological methods to ensure the training “sticks”
Section Three: Accuracy with the Handgun
Claim alleges the city “failed to properly hire, supervise, train, staff, and plan for the protection and safety of individuals and personnel”
When we’re working as part of a multidisciplinary task force with members who are not law enforcement officers we must be prepared to adapt some of our leadership traits
Unlike Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, or James Holmes at a movie theater in Colorado, or Jared Loughner outside an Arizona shopping center, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did not have discernable psychiatric diagnoses
Troopers took notice of a nervous Rodlofo Hernandez-Flores and uncovered $250K in drugs
Officers in the Johnstown Police Department’s K9 unit are their dog’s partners, friends and — in some unfortunate situations — their doctors, too
Some may label this an overreaction, but it’s the wave of the future
