By Barbara Schwartz
Elite athletes train their brains for maximized performance under pressure. Officers need to incorporate similar training to optimize their cognitive performance in life and death situations.
Jim Leo, founder of Pit Fit training in Indianapolis, explains, ...
After reading 12 Career Tips for Cops and the follow-up reader response article More Tips for Cops, From Cops, longtime Calibre Press supporter and friend, John J. Thomas, who retired from the Cleveland Police Department after 33 years of service, shared some additional thoughts with ...
Even in retirement, many of my friends are active or former First Responders. The number of them that can relate to this story (even partially) is disconcerting. Please read on.
Brief background:
After about ten years’ service in a suburban Chicago area Police Department, I ...
By Bob Whitson
Why should police officers care about criminal psychopaths? Psychopaths comprise only 1% of the general population, but about 20% of inmates and 90% of serial killers. Studies estimated one-third to one-half of violent crimes are committed by psychopaths. ...
By Jack H. Schonely
I have been thinking about writing this article for over ten years. It was not procrastination that kept me from sitting down and typing out my thoughts on this topic. It was that anytime we in law enforcement discuss the true tragedies of our job, it is so ...
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