Some months ago, officers responded to a single-car accident on a freeway in a major midwestern city. As they tried to tend to and question the driver, he became unruly and earned himself a Tasering. Later, he died. As customary in that jurisdiction, a state investigative agency took ...
[Editor’s Note: Brian Willis is the deputy executive director of ILEETA (International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association). He will be presenting the Emerson Hour the ILEETA Conference on Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m., which is sponsored by Calibre Press. If you haven’t ...
I hate to admit that a fair amount of my research starts on Facebook. And two posts, stacked on top of each other, caught my attention last week. The first was a video showing cops training for the fight they might encounter as a part of an overhaul NYPD was doing to make sure ...
How many times have you talked to your colleagues—in the locker room, at the gym or on a coffee break—about the misconceptions the public has when it comes to police work? Most of the time it probably includes some choice words to describe the often unrealistic expectations the ...
“PT gear! Two minutes! Move!”
The command echoes in my ears as a herd of police recruits bottleneck in the locker room door. Less than 45 seconds later, they’re standing on their blocks to begin a grueling series of push-ups. Sweat drips on the floor and hands begin to slide. A ...
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