There is a reason why “Courageous Leadership” is a five star course. It’s because the content covered in class by Major Travis Yates is way beyond the nuts and bolts of supervising others, it covers the real-world problems of leading...

Today is my “Alive Day,” an unceremonious anniversary experienced by law enforcement officers recounting the moment in time they survived a lethal encounter. This is the 20th anniversary of the day I survived a violent attack by a suspect who...

Politicians are lying to you! … “No kidding,” you say, “that is the norm.” But allow me to explain how and why they are trying to pull the wool over your eyes as it relates to public safety. Nearly every...

Have you noticed a lack of civility in American culture in recent years? Of course! You’d have to be comatose to miss the anger, bitterness and fury that’s going on. The changes didn’t occur overnight, and the violence is not...

So many of today’s social paradoxes have a dramatic impact on the institution of law enforcement, public safety, and the quality of life that we’re experiencing as a nation. The following is my list of 17 incongruities that should puzzle...

CHICAGO - The Chicago Police Department has unveiled a new policy prohibiting its officers from chasing people on foot simply because they run away --- commonly associated with reasonable suspicion based upon a totality of circumstances --- or because they...

One thing I’ve learned as a career police officer, student of history, and now a law enforcement news journalist is that progressive politics pretty much guarantees unhappiness because victimization is the focal point as the abnormal and irrational demands of...

In 2015, Tulsa Police Major Travis Yates had never heard of Jersey Tactical. The small company out of Lopatcong, New Jersey was operated by two full time police officers and SWAT leaders. John Dapkins and Nick Klementowicz had invented a...

To ensure that I am not misunderstood, I need to vehemently say at the outset how angry I am following the carnage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas this week. The idea that an 18-year-old mass murderer snuffed out...

Former President Barack Obama showed how tone-deaf he is when he connected the 21 murder victims in Uvalde, Texas with George Floyd. Obama wrote on Twitter Wednesday afternoon, “As we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we should take time...