Years ago, after working a full shift then assisting at the scene of a bank robbery during which two officers and one civilian were shot, a west coast police Captain was killed when his car left the road and hit a tree. His drive home was long—about 60 miles. After working a ...

Editor's note: Calibre Press first published this article in 2015. In light of current events, we felt it was important to share this information, which is consistent with our training, again. Every officer has heard “I can’t breathe!” yelled at the top of a subject’s lungs, ...

The president is in a bunker. National monuments are defaced. Dozens upon dozens of Secret Service personnel are wounded and injured. Cops have been shot all around the country. Some are dead. Citizens watch as their life’s work—their hearts and souls—are burned to the ...

“Get off his f***ing neck!” My wife heard me yell the unedited version of that sentence at least a dozen times the other night. I was watching the now infamously brutal cell phone video taken in Minneapolis. It showed a police officer who had his left knee positioned squarely ...

Policing a pandemic has proved very stressful and the uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 outbreak has demanded the adoption of novel policing strategies. While we can’t choose to completely avoid the stress and volatility associated with this crisis, the way we frame it can ...