Leadership Relationships

There seems to be a constant change of roles between officers based on rank, position, and seniority. We on the inside know that relationships between cops of different ranks are far more complex than what you see on a line organization chart.

Think Before You Run

Running after a suspect can place you in a situation where you can be easily attacked, injured by accident, or even have a heart attack.

Walking the Line

As a supervisor, get to know your people, support them and provide the guidance to ensure they are making the right decisions. When you are successful, anonymity is often your reward, while failure brings the press scandal that brings down careers and departments.

Your Leadership Toolbox

As a student of leadership, throughout your police career you will be expanding on your education, training, and experience, and building a "leadership toolbox."

The Personality Factor

Could Gandhi have been a great military general? Could Patton have led a nation with charm and persuasion? We will never know, but each of these great leaders, operating within the bounds of their own personality, reached a pinnacle of leadership in their time and in their element.

The Good Follower

When everyone tries to be the leader at the same time, nothing gets done.

Seven Days in Baghdad

Smoke still rolled on the horizon and sporadic gunfire could still be heard around the city when I was ordered to report to the Palestine Meridian Hotel for reassignment. We were in the fabled city of Baghdad, and it was a chaotic mess.

GG&G Single Point Sling Mount

M4 Carbine Sling Plates

High-Tech Fighting Knife