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The Police Officer’s Companion: Pain & Grief.

By Calibre Press | March 26, 2024

By Steve Albrecht The uncomfortable truth about this job is that a highly traumatic event can appear before you during the first hour of your first day in the field. And while you may have been able to successfully cope with the first one, the tenth one, or the hundredth bad ...

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Talking Tactics: “Take your hands out of your pockets…” Readers respond.

By Calibre Press | March 13, 2024

===================== Editor’s note: Be sure to register for the FREE Calibre Press Webinar, “Training to Avoid Disaster. Creating FTO & Other Training Programs That Actually WORK” featuring Calibre Press’s Lt. Jim Glennon (ret.) and Lt. Jon Davis. All registrants will receive ...

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“Take your hands out of your pockets…”

By Calibre Press | March 5, 2024

By Lt. Kelly DeVoll (ret.), Calibre Press Instructor “Hands kill!” This mantra has been repeated time and time again in the law enforcement industry. Many times, this statement has been made when the conversation is broached about why we tell someone to take their hands out of ...

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Is Prison Really the Key to Combating Crime? Here’s What Cops Think.

By Calibre Press | February 28, 2024

Jim Glennon’s recent commentary, “Putting Criminals Behind Bars Just Doesn’t Work.” Is That Viewpoint True at All? drew heavy feedback from officers across the country. Here’s some of what we heard: Det. Nik Havert with the Nappanee (IN) PD: According to the preliminary data ...

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“Putting Criminals Behind Bars Just Doesn’t Work.” Is That Viewpoint True at All?

By Calibre Press | February 21, 2024

By Jim Glennon Emma Rivas, whose son was murdered in 2016, confronted Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón at a candidates debate about his policies that by all accounts adhere to the soft-on-crime philosophy. "My child was killed by a gang member, and you had more ...

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