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      Hacker group steals data from multiple law enforcement data systems...
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      Developing trauma-informed training and drills for K–12 schools
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      Putting the brakes on wandering cops
      Detroit police team up with federal law enforcement agencies to fight...
      Police driving practices under review as fatalities, injuries caused...
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April 2022

Release your experiences

Release your experiences

Important tools for aspiring authors

May 5, 2022

Tom Clancy was an insurance broker before he ever wrote his first nationally acclaimed novel. John Grisham was a lawyer and a legislator before he ever became a best-selling author. […] Read More

So you want to be a civilian firearms trainer?

So you want to be a civilian firearms trainer?

Five tips to turn your passion into a paycheck

May 4, 2022

As I began to transition out of the Marine Corps in 2015, I started a firearms training company, Defensive Tactics and Firearms, as a side hustle. Like many new instructors, […] Read More

National training standards — do they exist?

National training standards — do they exist?

May 3, 2022

In the past two years, the news media and many legislators and community members have called to establish national deputy and police officer training standards. But these standards already exist […] Read More

Officer’s gamble pays off

Officer’s gamble pays off

Quick-thinking deputy chief gets thief to drive to his own arrest

May 2, 2022

Tracking down stolen goods can be filled with wrong turns and dead ends. Thanks to a small GPS device that Deputy Chief Travis Martinez of the Redlands Police Department in […] Read More

Cop Hobbies: Watch collecting harks back to simpler times

Cop Hobbies: Watch collecting harks back to simpler times

May 1, 2022

Throughout the first few decades of my career, I was told by countless instructors, FTOs and other old-timers that it was imperative for every cop to have some hobbies. We […] Read More

High-tech policing

High-tech policing

Technological advancements expand and enhance police capabilities

April 30, 2022

Police agencies around the world are incorporating a variety of technological capabilities, from common smart devices to virtual and augmented realities. Forbes highlighted the following as some of the top […] Read More

Spiritual resilience

Spiritual resilience

Compassionate, life-affirming and productive of wellness

April 29, 2022

Several aspects of a professional life of public service are spiritual — meaning an expression and affirmation of goodness, integrity, compassion and selfless purposefulness in being useful and helpful in […] Read More

The Ubivis Project

The Ubivis Project

A website dedicated to assisting with dark web drug cases

April 28, 2022

The “dark web” is a term shrouded in both mystique and intrigue. Becoming ingrained in our culture since the reports were published highlighting the infamous “Silk Road” in 2013, it […] Read More

Overcoming relationship communication challenges

Overcoming relationship communication challenges

April 27, 2022

As a police psychologist and LEO spouse, officers and their spouses have often assumed that my husband and I have a superhuman ability to communicate. I’m here to tell you […] Read More

Detroit police honor women in law enforcement

Detroit police honor women in law enforcement

April 27, 2022

Police officers and community members recently took to the streets to honor women in law enforcement with the Detroit Police Department’s first-ever “Walk With Women” event.    As part of […] Read More

Where has the training gone?

Where has the training gone?

April 26, 2022

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, law enforcement has had to adapt. Officers are wearing masks, face shields, protective gloves and other types of PPE (personal protective equipment) that are being […] Read More

True heroism at its finest

True heroism at its finest

April 26, 2022

How far would you go to save the lives of innocent civilians? For Florida Highway Patrol Master Trooper Toni Schuck, she was more than willing to drive her patrol car […] Read More

Treated like royalty

Treated like royalty

April 25, 2022

Over 30 police departments from the Bergen County, New Jersey, Prosecutor’s Office Community Engagement Task Force recently created joyful memories for countless young people that they won’t soon forget. Dressed […] Read More

Pause on pursuits

Pause on pursuits

More cities and agencies revise chase policies to increase public safety

April 24, 2022

On March 2, a police pursuit of a kidnap suspect in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ended with a four-car crash, the alleged kidnapper fleeing on foot and two fatalities, including […] Read More

How visual simulation training can activate your trauma

How visual simulation training can activate your trauma

And what to do about it

April 23, 2022

Visual simulation training is becoming more and more popular among police departments. Some departments also utilize this type of training within re-integration programs after a critical incident or an officer-involved […] Read More

Secrets from your local police department

Secrets from your local police department

April 22, 2022

As a young man, I remember a Los Angeles Police Department black and white pulling up and parking right in front of my house in Pacoima. Two officers exited the […] Read More

Dispatchers: The unsung heroes

Dispatchers: The unsung heroes

Recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

April 21, 2022

The dispatch community is truly the lifeline for all first responders. They not only form the critical bridge with community members in their time of need but are the first […] Read More

Leadership: Be the leader you want to serve

Leadership: Be the leader you want to serve

April 20, 2022

Before you scan past this article thinking it’s just another writer preaching about leadership, keep reading because I’m probably going to touch a nerve with most readers. Let’s start by […] Read More

De-escalation

De-escalation

The cornerstone of law enforcement

April 19, 2022

Many are discussing, even demanding, police reform, but no one seems to really know what it looks like. De-escalation is one of the topics at the center of this discussion. […] Read More

Stabilize your shooting: lower body platform

Stabilize your shooting: lower body platform

April 18, 2022

We are now on the fourth installment of a pseudo-series of articles that address an officer’s pistol shooting platform. Although I did not write all four articles specifically as a […] Read More

Law enforcement sends aid to Ukraine

Law enforcement sends aid to Ukraine

April 17, 2022

It’s hard not to feel a sense of helplessness when seeing the destruction and tragedy taking place thousands of miles away in Ukraine right now. As the country continues to […] Read More

What the hell?

What the hell?

We’re living in a dystopian reality

April 5, 2022

What the hell is going on? Cops and civilians being assaulted and killed by criminals running wild, businesses being looted at will, carjacking replacing Carvana, district attorneys refusing to prosecute […] Read More

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July 19, 2021

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