by Tony Blauer | Sep 16, 2015 | Defensive Tactics
I can’t fight apathy. I can’t fight politics. I can’t fight the hate on the street. What I can do is help you see the fight differently and prepare differently. We are offering a free slot to any officer who signs up with a colleague! We are...
by Tony Blauer | Jun 26, 2015 | Defensive Tactics
This video has gone viral. I wish I were a fly on the wall in every department, squad car, bar and office listening to people criticize the city, the training department, armchair quarterback on what these officers should’ve done. I can only imagine the comments: “I...
by Calibre Press | Jun 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
“There is no ‘nice’ way to arrest a potentially dangerous, combative suspect. The police are our bodyguards, our hired fists, batons and guns. We pay them to do our dirty work of protecting us, the work we’re too afraid, too unskilled or too...
by Crawford Coates | May 19, 2015 | Defensive Tactics, Law Enforcement Today, Leadership
During a fight with the cops, bad guys don’t worry about techniques and tools most of the time. They go for broke, and they win or they lose. And too often, we see cops doing the same–cops who keep pulling the trigger on an electronic-control device or...
by Tony Blauer | Feb 16, 2015 | Defensive Tactics
RESPONSE-ABILITY, adverb: One’s ability to respond. Police work has always been dangerous. But now, right now, is the most dangerous time to be a police officer. It’s not just bad-guys in the street. It’s far more insidious. Never before has there been so much...