Dave SmithFrom Dave SmithTrainingDave Smith: The Deadly Effects of De-TrainingTragic events often occur when even well-trained folks do something over and over. It isn’t the rookie that has bad habits, takes shortcuts, or ignores danger signals.August 29, 2024PatrolDave Smith: Law Enforcement Culture is Vital to Any DepartmentVeteran officers and even the brass should reinforce your agency’s values and stress officer safety while achieving the mission. Culture must be protected to remain effective and healthy, or it will begin to erode in many of its facets.August 9, 2024PatrolDave Smith: Adjusting and Adapting to AgingIf you are lucky, you will get older on the job, and you’ll have to learn how to compensate for declining skills.May 31, 2023FeaturedDave Smith: A Light in the TunnelIs the United States finally turning back to support law and order and the men and women who enforce it.April 14, 2023PatrolDave Smith: No Lessons LearnedIn the 1980s and 1990s crime was out of control in this country and our leaders did something about it. Now they have abandoned that mission and crime has come back.January 3, 2023PatrolDave Smith: Deny the LiesThe untruths that have been spread about law enforcement share some of the characteristics of totalitarian propaganda.December 2, 2022PatrolDave Smith: Stop Spreading “Civil War Porn”It would seem leaders would desperately seek to heal the rifts, reinforce our faith in our systems of government, and tone down the rhetoricOctober 14, 2022TrainingDave Smith: The Blindfold Cockpit TestTake a hint from our pilot friends. In an emergency, you need to be able to access all of your equipment without looking.August 31, 2022TrainingSo You Want to be a Trainer?Turning your police experience into instruction for other officers requires you to learn how to teach.August 9, 2022PatrolDave Smith: When the Smoke ClearsIt’s critical that everyone in your agency knows what to do after an officer-involved shooting.July 6, 2022Page 1 of 21Next Page
