Tag: Leadership

Dear Bullethead: My beat partner recently got himself a girlfriend. Problem is, he has a wife and two kids. Before you say it's just his business, let me add that ...

Just before Christmas in Oceanside, Calif., police officer Dan Bessant was working patrol when he heard a beat partner, Karina Pina, make a traffic stop in an area known to ...

We all make choices in our careers for good and bad. Sometimes just speaking our minds will inadvertently cause a career choice. This is the story of how one such ...

Hey, Bullethead: What's the deal? I thought getting a discounted or free meal was part of the job, one of those fringe benefits we get for being a loyal public ...

After reading Steve Ashley's article "Seeing Green" (August, p. 68), I want to clear up a few misconceptions about night-vision equipment. As a retired police chief, I am familiar with ...

This month, I want to share with you one of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned both in life and law enforcement. Admittedly, I should have discovered this “secret” long ...

Law Officer Editor Dale Stockton speaks with Italian Polizia Stradale Officer Massimiliano Finore alongside the department s Lamborghini Gallardo at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference 2006. ...

This article first appeared on PoliceOne.com. Ever think about what you'd do if alligators were swimming through the yards and streets of your beat? Or if your patrol fleet was ...

The balance between the expenditure of time and the rapid exploitation of opportunity can make or break a barricade-hostage situation. Often command staff thinks if they can wait out the ...

Early in my law-enforcement career I learned an important principle: Meeting danger from a position of power can prevent resistance. One night my partner and I pulled over a traffic ...