Welcome to the second installment of our series on the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and its impact on the field training unit. One aspect of NAFTO training, philosophy and mindset that I have always been very proud of is the fact that we are not chained to history. ...
In a provocative, in-depth interview newly posted online, Insp. Chris Butler, one of North America's leading use-of-force experts, minces no words in assessing present shortcomings of police training.
"Currently," he asserts, "many agencies have training paradigms that are directly ...
3 ½ minutes that will forever be on the mind of Glendale, Ohio, police officer Josh Hilling has just been released. That period of time when a man named Javier Aleman, armed with a knife, advanced towards Hilling and repeatedly begged the officer to “kill” him was captured on the ...
Police tend to fear math more than they fear violence. You know your buddies will jump in and help you if a suspect is stomping you by the side of the road, but not if a stack of bank statements is working you over at your desk. We tend to be cowards in the face of bookkeeping, and ...
Some of the best cops I know have never taken a promotional examination. These officers spend their careers working patrol, investigations, or administrative assignments. They develop an expertise, become recognized experts and serve in those assignments for many ...
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