I took my first firearms instructor course in 1980. I'll never forget what the lead instructor said on the first day: "Never shoot in ...

The quality of a police officer's career is largely determined by the mentoring the officer receives (or fails to receive). Mentoring is now recognized ...

With the multitude of less-lethal or, as I prefer to call them, compliance/incapacitation munitions, available to SWAT teams today, it can prove difficult to ...

On Dec. 25, 1993, in Orange County, Calif., Daryl Robbins and his partner decide to take advantage of some down time they had compliments ...

Consider the following scenario: You and a partner respond to a call of a domestic disturbance at a residence. Upon arrival, you are greeted ...

In my last column, I discussed the best way to use PowerPoint to make a presentation, either in training or in some other venue. ...

Dear Bullethead: We got a new chief about nine months ago, and he's turned our cop shop upside down. He'd only been here a ...

Cops have long been society's gatekeepers. In addition to safeguarding the public, we ensure people follow rules. When people put themselves above the law, ...

At a recent national conference of law enforcement instructors, the topic of baton use surfaced at one of the presentations. The instructor asked the ...

"An army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the ...