Facing the many challenges of police work, some officers survive and thrive while others crash and burn under the stress and pressures of the job. The difference seems to lie in their respective capacities for resilience—the quality that enables you to solve whatever problems are ...
Calibre Press conducts a seminar all around the country titled, Recruiting & Retaining the Next Generation. The course is exactly what it sounds like, though we talk about all generations, as well as the evolution of the profession. We also discuss the multitude of current ...
Having an explosive package delivered to your home is likely not something you generally think about when it comes to risks of the job. It wasn’t to a trooper, but that changed after a suspect he stopped for simply missing a plate immediately became belligerent. What was going to be ...
Handling subjects in wheelchairs can be a sensitive and rarely discussed subject in law enforcement. Yet encounters with people in wheelchairs can pose officer safety risks for officers. It’s important to remember that although most people in wheelchairs are generally regular people ...
Shouldn’t we have knocked this off after Ruby shot Oswald?
There’s a framed poster outside my office. It’s an action photo of the running of the bulls and it contains a quote from some unknown genius:
“TRADITION: Just because you’ve always done it that way, doesn’t mean it’s ...
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