Tag: Leadership

My first duty rig was a one-piece affair in which the swiveling holster was mounted opposite a swiveling portable radio and handcuff pouch. On the back of the belt, a ...

When I first encountered the maxim I lead, therefore I follow, I felt confused. I thought it made more sense to assert something like Lead, follow or get out of ...

Dear Bullethead:

It's been 17 years since the publication of Contact & Cover: Two-Officer Suspect Control, which I co-authored with now-retired Lieutenant John Morrison of the San Diego Police Department (SDPD). I'm ...

Law enforcement deals with challenges every day, and in the past 50 years, we’ve certainly faced a lot—soaring crime rates, increased public scrutiny, budget crises, the plague of drugs, the ...

As a new lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department, I became watch commander of 60 uniformed traffic-collision investigators. Alcohol-related (DUI) collisions accounted for more than half of our traffic ...

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 ...

All police officers should expect to interact with the media while handling a wide variety of police incidents. Those persons designated as public information officers (PIOs) have both the opportunity ...

Success depends on more than good luck. Officers require a solid set of survival skills to prevail during and after a deadly force incident.

Last month, I began my column discussing a 5 Day Reality Based Training Instructor school in north Florida. I described a scenario that included a resistant motorist and a request ...