Tag: Leadership

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 ...

Dear Bullethead: I work in the northern part of the country for a sheriff’s department that covers several hundred square miles of territory. Sometimes our backup is a long ways ...

Law Officer presented its first-ever Gold Badge of Service Award to 5.11 Tactical Company. Established this year, the magazine s annual award recognizes a company that best demonstrates a model ...

Dave Spaulding, Law Officer’s Firearms columnist, will conduct two seminars geared toward law enforcement next month at the SHOT Show in Orlando, Fla. Titled “Developing the Combative Mind,” each seminar ...

This column first appeared on PoliceOne.com. When you respond to a shots-fired call and find yourself pinned down by rifle rounds zinging in from an unidentified location, what's the best ...