by Anonymous Mommy, Mommy!" he said with the oh-so-cute voice only a preschooler has. "There's one! Can we do it?" You hear this and immediately Continue Reading
police
Combat Stress Reaction Treatment and Why It Works
When we first came home from Iraq, we landed in New Jersey. We remained on base for a couple of weeks to get "acclimated back to the civilian world." Continue Reading
Lost Innocence: The Burden of This Gun & Badge
by an Anonymous Veteran & Law Enforcement Officer There's a deafening silence that haunts my soul as my head hits the pillow and my eyes close. Continue Reading
Hypervigilance: Are You Always Alert?
We were in the middle of Subject Control and Arrest Techniques in the Police Academy when I earned the name “Code Red.” If my bearing and violence in Continue Reading
Why Applying Special Forces Doctrine is Essential to Law Enforcement
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
A Life of Duality
There are those Hybrid Wolves who work in the shadow world. They are rough looking, tattoos, multiple rings on fingers, chains on their necks, baggy Continue Reading
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
Be Wary Of The Hand That Throws The Poo
In different cultures, there are many different ways of non-verbally expressing our dislike or animosity towards someone. In America, we have the good Continue Reading
Live to Fight Another Day
Here's a question for my fellow officers out there: Why is it so hard to take a step back for a minute? I'm not saying retreat. I'm saying if you Continue Reading
Reality of the Job
Every door I knock on is mostly bad news Most cars I stop, I don’t plan on giving a ticket It’s either to tell them to slow down or tell them their Continue Reading
Reaction vs. Reflex
Battle drills, battle drills, battle drills…The Ranger Handbook defines battle drills as a collective action rapidly executed without applying a Continue Reading
Fear of the Bogeyman
Wikipedia describes a bogeyman as a “mythic creature used by adults to scare children into good behavior.” It’s basically a scare tactic, using a Continue Reading