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Coach your students — and yourself, since we are all self-taught to a large degree — using positive techniques under stressful conditions as much as possible

May 22, 2012 05:30 PM

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Richard Fairburn

How a squib load can challenge modern police firearms training

When you use dangerous tools in a dangerous profession, one may someday fail you through no fault of your own

February 12, 2018 01:48 PM

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Richard Fairburn

Police Training

Repeat your force-on-force training scenarios

November 12, 2009 12:11 PM

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Richard Fairburn

Tactical EMS / TEMS

Downrange EMS: Critical care when the scene isn’t safe

Although many EMS staff feel we should never operate in an active shooter environment until police have removed the threat, delay places the wounded at greater risk

March 10, 2014 09:07 AM

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Richard Fairburn

Fitness & Health

The greatest loss: Police suicides

Good police officers are experts at hiding their emotions, so only a partner or very close co-worker may see the warning signs

June 07, 2019 01:20 PM

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Richard Fairburn

Firearms

Colt: The legend lives on... in the Colt M4 Advanced Law Enforcement Carbine

Part Two: After reviewing the Colt M4 Advanced Law Enforcement Carbine, I gave Colt a credit card number instead of returning the test rifle

March 12, 2012 07:46 AM

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Richard Fairburn

Firearms

How to prepare for patrol rifle malfunctions

A good M4 carbine, fed good ammunition from good magazines, is a highly reliable machine – but any machine can fail

February 04, 2019 12:03 PM

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Richard Fairburn

The role of the ‘safety officer’ in police work

It is essential that a safety officer have no other duties at the incident scene or training venue which could distract from their sole focus on safety

April 05, 2011 12:42 PM

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Richard Fairburn

Training

Where did all the bullets go?

December 11, 2008 09:01 AM

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Richard Fairburn

Officer-Involved Shootings

Don’t just survive...prevail!

You must develop a winning mindset — a win-at-all-costs mindset to prevail!

September 13, 2010 02:05 PM

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Richard Fairburn