“I went to the woods because I wish to live deliberately….."    Henry D. Thoreau This quote, by Henry Thoreau is important because it discusses doing something with intention. Thoreau consciously made a decision to separate himself from society so...

I recently attending a LOCKUP use of force instructor class.  It is a defensive tactics system that is taught by Retired Lieutenant Kevin Dillon.

how do we define what reasonable is and how do we teach recruits to understand what reasonableness is?

It is the time of the year when hundreds of officer are currently in route to St. Louis for the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) Conference.

The degree to which a police officer’s use force is incumbent upon their own individual decision making process during their encounter.

This concept of 'reasonableness' has dotted the legal landscape for a long period of time, and really only been applied to law enforcement applications of force since Graham v. Connor.

By now everyone in the world is aware of the officer in Tulsa whom used force to end an encounter with a subject who was not following directions.

Introduction As I sit at my desk looking across my basement, I think how safe I am, and that is in part to the local first responders.  It is also in part because of my background and the understanding of...

The ILEETA 2016 Conference is up and running and of course day one does not disappoint.  While I admittedly arrived late, when I walked into the lobby I was met with the faces of fellow law enforcement trainers, friends, colleagues, mentors...

There is no substitute for passion – without these you cannot pass on your lessons and knowledge to the next generation.