Part 1 of a 2-part series
In their iconic FBI report, In the Line of Fire: Violence Against Law Enforcement, researchers Dr. Anthony Pinizzotto, Edward Davis and Charles Miller revealed a wealth of officer survival insights they surfaced after evaluating 40 shootings and other ...
There are several unique challenges you may face when responding to school calls. Here are several important officer safety tips to keep in mind when dealing with students and reporting to schools:
1. Know the layout of the school.
Schools are a maze of hallways, blind corners ...
7-steps toward expertise.
Who is your go-to person for all your use of force (UoF) needs?
Is it the same person I often see selected by default? The range master? The arrest and control instructor? The grizzled SWAT guy? Many of these oft-named individuals have a focus on ...
One of the critical officer survival commandments we discuss in the nearly 400 pages of our book Street Survival II (available through our Web site and Amazon) is the fact that just because a suspect is down—for whatever reason—and appears to be incapacitated, ready to surrender or ...
When my cell phone rang, I was glad to answer. The call was from a buddy - not some robocall promising lower rates or baiting me into giving up banking information.
But it didn't take long for that to change.
"Are you still teaching at the academy?" he immediately asked.
"Of ...
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