by Scott Buhrmaster | Apr 14, 2021 | Deescalation, Defensive Tactics, Legal, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol
“When/Then” thinking—when this happens, then I will do this—has been recommended for ages as an effective self-training tool that can help you prepare for prompt, definitive, well thought-out action in a variety of situations. Investing in prior thinking into what you...
by Scott Buhrmaster | Mar 31, 2021 | Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Video
Want to see how incredibly fast someone can go from being completely turned away from you, walking away, to pivoting and charging right at you? Watch this video! One afternoon about a month ago, two Albuquerque officers spotted a man walking down the middle lane of a...
by Crawford Coates | Feb 21, 2019 | Defensive Tactics, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Training
A subculture that exists in most communities around the United States, whose followers believe in bizarre, complex antigovernment sentiments. It has been growing at a fast pace since the late 2000s. Sovereign Citizens, as they are commonly referred, believe that...
by Pam Starr | Nov 13, 2014 | Training
Because I am an educational geek—not only with law enforcement training classes, but civilian training and academic classes as well—I recently attended a self-defense class taught by Deputy Tom Popken, creator ofThe No Technique System of Self Defense. Tom’s a...