Doug Wyllie

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Doug Wyllie has authored thousands of feature articles, opinion columns, news reports, and tactical tips with the goal of ensuring that police officers are safer and more successful on the streets. Doug is a Western Publishing Association “Maggie Award” winner for Best Regularly Featured Digital Edition Column. He is a member of International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), an Associate Member of the California Peace Officers’ Association (CPOA), and a member of the Public Safety Writers Association (PSWA).

The Infuriating Irony of Protesters' Opposition to 'Cop City' Training Facility

Demands for increased quality and quantity police training will only be successfully met when myopic anti-police politicians, members of the press, and radicalized protesters get out of their own way and let it happen.

February 17, 2023

The Atlanta Police Foundation aims to help fund the construction of an 85-acre public safety training complex on the site of a long-abandoned and derelict city-owned prison complex known as the Old Atlanta Prison Farm in southeast Dekalb County, Georgia.

Attending ILEETA: A Primer on the World's Premiere Police Training Event

Calling any one of the individual events at ILEETA a "class" is like calling Swan Lake a "dance" or Ride of The Valkyries a "song." The weeklong train-the-trainer conference attracts more than 600 of the best law enforcement trainers in the world.

February 13, 2023

The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association Conference and Expo must be experienced to be fully understood. If you're a law enforcement trainer—or aspire to become one—it's practically a 'must.'

Ohio Train Derailment Highlights Need for Training in HAZMAT Incident Response

Properly trained first responders should be able to at least identify the level of danger within the first few moments of being on scene, and potentially be able to then initiate the best and safest possible course of action to protect people, property, and the natural environment.

February 10, 2023

Law enforcement officers absolutely must have at least some level of training to respond to incidents involving hazardous materials.

In Memphis, an Absence of Training, Accountability, Answers, and Justification

Viewing—and contemplating—the video recording of the deadly incident in Memphis is somewhat reminiscent of the scene in Apocalypse Now depicting Captain Benjamin Willard and Colonel Walter talking about the reason for their meeting in the jungle.

February 3, 2023

Tyre Nichols (left) in a portrait provided by family to the media alongside department portraits of the five Memphis police officers faced with charges of aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct, official oppression, and second-degree murder in his January 2023 death.

Pennsylvania Teens Hope Cadet Academy Leads to Career in Policing

Given today's staffing crisis, it's imperative that the profession not give up on giving interested young people every opportunity to explore policing.

January 27, 2023

Using (and/or Avoiding) Legends, Lies, Myths, and Misinformation in Training

There's usefulness in things like Tueller's "21-foot rule" and "Pence's pockets" as teaching tools—as long as the person providing the instruction concedes that the lessons are built on legend.

January 23, 2023

How a College Police Department Uses Augmented Reality for Officer Training

In recent years, many agencies have begun to add to their mix of training tools Virtual Reality (VR) systems and devices. Some believe that the next step in that evolution is the use of Augmented Reality (AR) technology.

January 23, 2023

An officer with the Colorado School of Mines Police Department is seen wearing an Augmented Reality (AR) headset while engaged in a training simulation.

Alleged SBC Incident in Iowa Prompts Call for More Mental Health Training

A call for more training in the aftermath of the shooting death of a suicidal subject is an understandable reaction. The only logical next step, however, is to provide police departments with the resources necessary to fulfill that request.

January 20, 2023

Developing Decision-Making in Police Training: The Bad, the Good, and the "Sexy"

Judgment and decision-making are pretty much the top two cognitive capabilities a law enforcement professional must possess. Fortunately, judgement decision-making ability can be trained—and possibly even fixed.

January 13, 2023

Coffee Break with Police Experts: Improving Dry-Fire Training

POLICE Contributing Editor Doug Wyllie discusses the training value of the DryFireMag with Stan Seigler, owner of the company. The DryFireMag eliminates the need for racking the slide on a semi-auto for dry-fire training.

January 9, 2023

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