Tag: Management Advancement

When I was director of operations for the Los Angeles Police Department, I found it extremely helpful to occasionally partner with a field officer. One evening I showed up for ...

This column first appeared on PoliceOne.com. In Part 1 (September, p. 40), New York State Trooper Matt Swartz explained how a car crash cost him a leg and, as far ...

Dear Bullethead: I work for an agency with about 50 cops. Our department is in pretty good shape overall, and, for the most part, the citizens are pretty supportive and ...

Uniformed patrol forms the backbone and primary job of virtually every law enforcement agency in this country. However, this month Law Officer focuses on investigations, and I challenge you to ...

The Waukesha, Wisc., Armed Robbery & Shootout

Two uniformed officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) helped a plainclothes detective unit stop four dangerous suspects. As the two officers approached the suspects' vehicle, one of the ...

I don't know many cops who are big fans of Fox-TV's "World's Wildest Police Videos." This witless pastiche of police pursuits, car crashes, rampaging mobs and other public calamities offers ...

Dear Bullethead: We got a new chief about nine months ago, and he's turned our cop shop upside down. He'd only been here a week, and we started hearing about ...

Cops have long been society's gatekeepers. In addition to safeguarding the public, we ensure people follow rules. When people put themselves above the law, it's our responsibility to bring them ...

"An army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army." William Tecumseh Sherman Problems in ...