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Violence can be blinding, and a badge doesn’t change the effect. Occasional inconsistent training for confrontation does not adequately prepare a person to manage emotions and employ effective self-defense tactics in the midst […] Read More
Implicit bias training is not a new nor a progressive agenda in policing — rather, it has been a topic among industry leaders and a key component of 21st-century policing established prior to […] Read More
I was recently making my way through several bins in my basement. These particular bins contained a virtual treasure trove of unknowns, the result of my having moved several times within the last […] Read More
After watching a U.S. Capitol Police officer beaten with a Thin Blue Line flag in the January 6 attack, and hearing from the community that the symbol is perceived as a sign of […] Read More
In my recent APB piece, “The Job Doesn’t Love You Back” (December 2020), I touched on the idea of hobbies and how important they are to keeping a cop sane but also focused […] Read More
If you’re a cynical cop, 2020 was your year. Nothing like a pandemic and civil and political unrest to reinforce your distrust of human nature and motive. While doubting the intentions of others […] Read More
If you don’t know a lot about social media, chances are you find it slightly intimidating. And if you are more familiar with it, well, you probably find it very intimidating. No matter […] Read More
“From where we stand, the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it.” — Tony Hillerman, Coyote Waits Patterns and habits exist not only in the […] Read More
Post-traumatic stress is an injury, not a weakness. It is not a mental disease or disorder, but a serious and potentially life-threatening injury to your brain and its ability to recover and return […] Read More
On May 3, 1968, Detective Young Hobson of the Chicago Police Department was off duty and relaxing at a local tavern when he spied someone with a pistol in his belt. Suspicious, Hobson […] Read More
January welcomed a new semester at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, and the first students to attend the Lincoln University Law Enforcement Training Academy (LULETA), the first police academy on the campus […] Read More
At the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), they say they “Train the Best for the Worst.” “Our nation’s first responders — law enforcement officers, firefighters and health-care workers — […] Read More
As someone who sees many first responder couples in therapy, I will tell you firsthand that these are very brave souls. In addition to the stigma surrounding counseling in general, marital (aka couples) […] Read More
Most years, Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel fields an average of 200 applicants seeking to join his small department serving the suburb a few miles outside of Chicago. Typically, 30 to 40 candidates […] Read More
Earlier this year, the Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force (NVRGTF), which includes officers from 15 law enforcement agencies spanning several Virginia cities and the Virginia State Police, announced it would suspend use […] Read More
When it comes to disease, there’s a difference between treating the symptoms and finding the cure. Police officer occupational discontent and job-caused stress are at their highest ever. Many LEOs are finding easier […] Read More
The pandemic and the civil unrest protests have heightened the sense of professional purpose among police psychologists across the nation. Department police psychologists from the major metropolitan law enforcement agencies of Los Angeles […] Read More
There has been a disturbing trend in law enforcement firearms training: Many departments are spending more time and resources on scenario-based training and less time on the range. Whether you call it scenario-based […] Read More
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