Tag: Field Training Programs

“Where’s your paperwork?” I ask this question of many of my students during the practical phases of my 5 Day Reality Based Training instructor school. Far too often, trainers who ...

A young sergeant walked into the lieutenant’s office. “Now what do I do, Lieutenant?” he asked. “What are you talking about, Sergeant?”  “You ordered me to go to each of ...

Law Officer magazine presented Ed Nowicki, executive director of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), with the inaugural Law Officer Trainer of the Year award. Editor Dale ...

Call for Contributions for TASER Training CD

The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) annual conference has become one of the premier events in law enforcement training. Held every year in the Chicago area, the ...

It s 1930 hrs on a Saturday evening, and you re completing a job to locate and clear suspects from a residence. You re positioned outside a plantation house. Intel ...

Two recent events thousands of miles apart prompted this month's column. First, I was asked to review a fatal traffic-stop incident for a large police agency in Australia.

Police suicide is never easy to talk about, but with the two-year anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina-related suicides of New Orleans police Sergeant Paul Accardo and Officer Lawrence Celestine approaching, ...

This month I'll probably offend a few of you, challenge a lot of you and hopefully cause many to say, "Right on!" The subject is officer safety, something near and ...

As an enhancement to iron sights, the optical gun sight has become an accepted addition to the military battle rifle and the law enforcement patrol carbine. Optical sights offer faster ...