Tag: Management Advancement

Dear Bullethead: I'm on a regional tactical team that handles situations for seven agencies. I'm one of three supervisors assigned to the team. It's a good setup. Everyone has worked ...

Have you ever taken a whitewater rafting trip? Usually, they're a mixture of some degree of nature's beauty mixed with a high level of exhilarating speed and danger. They always ...

In 1896, Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, left a legacy known throughout the world. He used his vast fortune to create something that would come to symbolize and celebrate ...

My partner and I, working in plainclothes, were on the trail of a dangerous criminal. Our investigation led us to a rundown trailer park that also had a few small ...

“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 ...

Dear Bullethead:

The police pursuit remains one of the most scrutinized, dangerous and fast-paced events encountered in law enforcement today. If you're sitting in your living room and watching a pursuit on ...

One afternoon on the job as a new lieutenant watch commander, I prepared for the night watch roll-call assembly of our accident investigation division. A senior sergeant walked into the ...

"Victorious warriors win first & then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first & then seek to win." —Sun Tzu

Show me an officer making many good, prosecutable cases on a routine basis, and I will show you an officer utilizing criminal intelligence and information. Show me an officer networking ...