Tag: travis yates

I've written a ton on police recruiting in recent years because I believe it is the most pressing issue of the profession at any time in the last generation. It's ...

If there was one recipe for failed leadership in law enforcement it would be the misapplication of what far too many believe is actual leadership. Getting this wrong is like ...

I've spent quite a bit of time in the last year writing on police recruiting and the reason is simple. If law enforcement does not get this right, no amount ...

I often say that the law enforcement career is a marathon and not a sprint and within the pacing of any profession, there will be good and bad days. If ...

There’s something you should know about me. Although I solidly back the Blue, my primary loyalty is to the U.S. Constitution, my conscience, and doing what’s in the best interest ...

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 ...