by Calibre Press | Feb 8, 2024 | Calibre Analysis, Calibre Press Commentary, Defensive Tactics, Education, Instructor Insights, Law Enforcement Today, Officer Feedback, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Tips, Training, Use of Force
In last week’s Calibre Press newsletter, Instructor Kelly DeVoll discussed the critical importance of scanning while engaged with a subject. Kelly’s “priority of scan” sequence is hands, waist, face, head-to-toe. Numerous officers wrote in to share their own thoughts....
by Calibre Press | Jun 6, 2023 | Defensive Tactics, Education, Law Enforcement Today, Officer Feedback, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Training, Use of Force
We received considerable feedback on our most recent newsletter that featured the article, Defeating the Blur: Rethinking Traditional Police Training to Close Quarter Spontaneous Attacks by trainers Chris Butler and Dan Fraser. One response in particular shared an...
by Calibre Press | Mar 15, 2023 | Defensive Tactics, Instructor Insights, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Tips, Training, Use of Force, Weapons & Tactical Gear
Some trainers believe that if you’re not exposed to oleoresin capsicum during training, you’re being cheated out of a very valuable training experience. But some officers fight taking an OC hit as was the case with one southern officer who refused to be sprayed after...
by Calibre Press | Aug 17, 2022 | Defensive Tactics, Health & Wellness, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Tips, Training
On the heels of our recent series on police quotes, we wanted to share something that is not so much a quote but a way of life. A way of living. Literally. Daily mental preparation is just as important as physical preparation when it comes to facing the dangerous...
by Calibre Press | May 18, 2022 | Defensive Tactics, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Tips
This is the last installment of a three-part series on foot pursuits taken from Calibre Press’s bestselling textbook, Tactics for Criminal Patrol. Continuing… Don’t hypnotically follow the suspect’s exact path of flight. This behavioral form of tunnel vision makes you...
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