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Could arms-length positioning be safer than the traditionally-accepted six-to eight-foot reactionary gap that’s been used in police training for decades?

“Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

Find a training action plan for new handlers to help shorten the learning curve and facilitate success on the street

Research suggests that persons with developmental disabilities and other mental issues are seven times more likely to come in contact with law enforcement than others

Too many officers have lost their lives due to lack of what I consider to be four core elements of officer safety: Focus, Attention, Situational awareness, and Tempo

To reduce the number of successful close-quarter assaults against officers we must adopt tactics that make sudden attacks more difficult and more obvious

A public policy and safety model that openly displays an aversion to the use of force in self-defense may embolden, encourage terrorists

Giving and accepting honest critique must be a part of communication if individuals and agencies are to improve, but most of us would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism

Keep learning and studying your specialties so you can give immediate, concise, goal-oriented training

The attack on Building 197 in the Washington Navy Yard underscores similarities in response for active shooter and terror scenarios, and reinforces the lesson that training should be multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional