Amateur Assassins and the Threat They Impose
This is not a review for the Donnie Yen movie Bodyguards and Assassins; this is an article about amateur assassins and the threat they...
Best Practices: Responding vs Reacting
At face value, there doesn't seem to be much difference between the words responding and reacting. However, if you take a moment to look...
Got a Second? A Journey into the OODA Cycle
Introduction
Today’s environment of accelerating scientific discoveries and technological change bring ever-improving hardware to the end user. In this climate is it easy to overlook...
Police Officer Survival Guide – Ten Deadly on the Job Errors
There is little truly new on the subject of officer survival tactics. It is the simple, unglamorous basics that will keep an officer alive.
Sadly,...
Stripes and Bars: Lead, Don’t Blame
WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG at an agency, administrators go into self-preservation mode. This, in turn, has a cascading effect all the way down to...
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...
Best Practices: Closing the Reactionary Gap
One of the most important things you can learn about dealing face to face with suspects is the concept of relative positioning. Relative positioning...
Best Practices: Maximize Initial Response
This Best Practices article discusses the importance of investing in your first 10 minutes in order to maximize initial response.
Borrowing a line from the...
Using an Assailant’s Aggression to Your Tactical Advantage
In all areas of life where people are involved there is an emotional, mental and physical aspect to it. In a combative encounter we...
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...
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...
Best Practices: Developing Training Acronyms
Effective training acronyms and teaching terms can communicate larger concepts in a few letters.
Law enforcement officers present a tough audience for trainers and educators....
Surviving an Edged Weapon Attack
Unconsciousness and Death – Surviving an Edged Weapon Attack . . . witnessed over my 23 years of being a law enforcement professional. In...
The Winning Edge: Less Is More
Defensive tactics programs and police combatives programs often fail as a system because they encompass a set of techniques instead of following a set...
It’s All About Revenge For Gangs
One of the few absolutes in the world of street gangs is that when there is a gang-involved drive-by shooting, street brawl, or school...
Escaping a Fort Hood Style Massacre
In his article, Escaping a Fort Hood Style Massacre, Jim Wagner explains that we are all targets to Al Qaeda or those who wish to...
