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      Developing trauma-informed training and drills for K–12 schools
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      So you want to be a civilian firearms trainer?
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      New Jersey Supreme Court weighs in on police marijuana impairment...
      Court says man arrested for making fake P.D. Facebook page did not...
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      New Jersey revises policy to allow police to engage in car chases...
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      What anxiety is — and what not to do about it
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      Overcoming relationship communication challenges
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      LGBTQ police officers allowed to participate in Denver PrideFest...
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      Treated like royalty
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      Texas burglar mows the lawn before fleeing police
      Drone flying bag of handguns across the U.S.-Canada border gets stuck...
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March 2021

Prepared to protect

Prepared to protect

How jiu-jitsu could improve policing for officers and civilians

April 27, 2021

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 […] Read More

Awareness is not enough

Awareness is not enough

Training to overcome brain bias (with neuroscience)

March 31, 2021

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 […] Read More

Effective reform requires proper staffing

Effective reform requires proper staffing

Why making changes without covering the basics can cause more harm than good

March 30, 2021

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 […] Read More

Flag flareup

Flag flareup

Opposing views of the Thin Blue Line design stir up controversy

March 29, 2021

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 […] Read More

Cop Hobbies: Metal detecting

Cop Hobbies: Metal detecting

March 28, 2021

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 […] Read More

Practicing gratitude

Practicing gratitude

The neuroscience tactical advantage it provides in work and in life

March 27, 2021

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 […] Read More

Afraid of social media? Here’s where to start

Afraid of social media? Here’s where to start

March 26, 2021

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 […] Read More

Patterns, habits and deviations

Patterns, habits and deviations

Hone your investigative insight by identifying your biases

March 25, 2021

“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 […] Read More

Post-traumatic stress: causes, symptoms and ways to heal

Post-traumatic stress: causes, symptoms and ways to heal

March 24, 2021

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 […] Read More

Locked up forever

Locked up forever

More than 50 years after fatally shooting off-duty Chicago detective, parolee finally gets life sentence

March 23, 2021

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 […] Read More

HBCU makes history

HBCU makes history

Lincoln University establishes first-of-its-kind police academy

March 22, 2021

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 […] Read More

Training the best for the worst

Training the best for the worst

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness gets first responders ready to handle disasters

March 22, 2021

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 […] Read More

Busted: Five myths about marital counseling

Busted: Five myths about marital counseling

March 21, 2021

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, […] Read More

Suburban police feeling the recruitment crunch

Suburban police feeling the recruitment crunch

Departments attract fewer-than-average applicants

March 20, 2021

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 […] Read More

Do gang databases discriminate?

Do gang databases discriminate?

D.C.-area departments reconsider their use

March 19, 2021

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 […] Read More

The Firefighter Corollary

The Firefighter Corollary

Why fire services are thriving and we are not

March 17, 2021

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 […] Read More

Pandemic, protests and purpose

Pandemic, protests and purpose

Police psychologists address trauma behind the badge

March 16, 2021

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 […] Read More

Firearms vs. scenario-based training

Firearms vs. scenario-based training

March 16, 2021

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 […] Read More

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Stay awake and alert on the job

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The worst rank in law enforcement

July 19, 2021

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