As I have previously discussed, law enforcement actually practicing recruiting is a new phenomenon. Until recent years, there were always more qualified candidates than openings and while agencies typically “recruited,” ...
One of the largest issues with law enforcement today is leadership and much of the problems the profession is facing stems from leaders not understanding what their mission is. The ...
In my article titled, “Lies Leaders Tell,” one of the issues I spoke about is the stance that cowardly leaders have taken on “no knock” warrants. Frankly, I had no ...
I have spoken and written numerous times about the stupidity of law enforcement leaders and organizations that moved the vascular neck restraint (VNR) to deadly force or ban it in ...
Travis Yates, the CEO of the Courageous Police Leadership Alliance, recently appeared one the Joe Page Show and called out woke politics that are hurting the safety of Americans. He ...
Today marks my 30th year in law enforcement. For anyone that has been here, they would likely agree that it is both a surreal and improbable feeling. While it feels ...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a disturbing discovery that eleven national police organizations agreed to modify the national consensus policy on use of force to restrict vascular neck ...
Editors Note: This article originally appeared on SubStack: Courageous Leadership with Travis Yates This week, the Department of Justice announced that they are imposing a consent decree on the ...
I was told a few months ago by Paula over at For The Blue, that Madison Police Chief Mike Koval (ret.) was someone that I should meet. I had no ...
Several years ago I agreed to participate in a fundraising event. The idea sounded fun but there was no joy when I jumped in a cold lake wearing my full ...
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