U.S. Army Special Forces and Law Enforcement? MILITARIZATION OF POLICE! Now before you start typing away, let's discuss this. What do I mean by this, Continue Reading
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Why Police Training Must Include Counter-Ambush Techniques (Part 2 of 2)
This is the second part of a 2-part series. Read Part 1 here _______________ The Army and various other combat units have a formula when it Continue Reading
Perhaps “Profiling” Has Its Advantages After All
by Jill Wragg In June 1999, President Clinton issued an executive memorandum requiring all federal law enforcement agencies to collect information on Continue Reading
Untangling the Knots of Pain and PTSD
by Jill Wragg This first appeared in Jill's blog as "A Thing Called 'Hope'" and it is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
Police Reform Requires Addressing Internal Issues
Ok, folks let's talk for real. We've all seen it in the law enforcement profession. A citizen becomes a cop. They barely graduate from the academy. Continue Reading
On Grossman: How a Pseudoscientist Pushed Our Understanding of Killing Back 20 Years
by Seth Allard This first appeared in Hosanna Fukuzawa's blog on September 10, 2022. It is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
Fellow Police Officers… It’s OK to Die in Defense of Others
“When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life’s preservation, Continue Reading
A Time for Wolves
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman made an analogy years ago that has enthralled parts of our population. The idea of sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves as a simile for Continue Reading
The Current State of Law Enforcement: A Street Cop’s Perspective
It’s 2022 and so much has changed in the profession, some for the better, most for the worse. I don’t know how societal failures are being pointed Continue Reading
Effects-based Operations in Law Enforcement
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on November 10, 2020. ________________ I was sitting in a parking lot recently with one of my Continue Reading