Be Physically and Mentally Prepared
Officer Stacy Lim from the Los Angeles Police Department pulled into her driveway after an enjoyable evening of softball practice. When Lim got out...
The Winning Edge: One Stance, Three Uses
If you sit around chatting with instructors who teach in law enforcement, you will find a great deal of diversity on any training topic...
Scenario Training and Stress in the Training Environment
The modern training arena is becoming more focused on efficiency of skill acquisition. This is primarily due to the increase in the complexity and...
What Usable Backup Knife Should I Use For On and Off Duty Carry?
As a senior knife instructor for both Mil and L/E as well as a combatives practitioner for over 37 years I think this idea...
Neutralizing The Committed Edged Weapons Attack
This interactive training session is written and designed for operators who are in the face of life threatening situations on a daily basis or...
Control Fear with Knowledge
“I was parked on a side street writing a report when dispatch gave the neighboring car a call in my district. ‘See the bartender...
Active Shooter Response Training: A Modern Police Necessity
With the advent of Active Shooter Response Training that has developed in response to incidents like the Columbine High School shootings, the law enforcement...
Police Officer Survival Guide – The California Newhall Incident
On April 5, 1970, the officer survival movement was born out of one of the darkest days in law enforcement's history. In less than...
Police Department Knife Regulations and Policy
In today's litigious society no law enforcement agency can afford to overlook the need for administrative and training regulations for any weapon, or potential...
BolaWrap: Early Restraint For Non-Compliant Subjects
The #BolaWrap was specifically designed for mentally ill, drug induced, or non-complaint subjects, as a way to restrain them with using pain, before the...
The Value of Light
In the world of police work there are many tools used to increase the officer's effectiveness and to allow him to operate in environments...
Confidence and Competence
Confidence and Competence, this is one of my favorite topics of conversation. Why, because most people would rather talk a good game than actually...
Police Officer Survival Guide – Complacency Can Kill You
The average police officer may work his entire career without having to discharge his weapon in the line of duty. This leads the officers...
Police Officer Survival Guide – Where Crooks Get Guns
A year long study was made by the Dallas Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in which recovered guns that...
Sudden In Custody Death Syndrome (SICDS)
Introduction
What is Sudden In Custody Death Syndrome (SICDS), or Positional Asphyxia, and why is being knowledgeable about it important to my department and its...
Your Best Defense is a Strong Offense
In this article, Hank Hayes of No Lie Blades explains that in this day an age your best defense is a strong offense.
When you...
