Performance Institute to Hold Meth and Prescription Drug Conferences

The 2007 National Summit on the Methamphetamine Epidemic will be held Jan. 23 and 24 at the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas. Due to the feedback from last year's event, the Performance Institute will also hold a Prescription Drug Abuse conference the following two days.

Performance Institute to Hold ID Theft Conference

Get an update on the latest innovations in identity theft interdiction at the 2006 National Conference on Identity Theft and Online Crime Investigation, September 25–27, 2006 in Arlington, Va.

Games To Enhance Your Performance

A recruit may wonder if he or she will ever get some down time. My job is to drive you to develop a fine knowledgeable officer, rather than someone wanting an easy pass. Training is hard work, even if it's a game.

Are De-Escalation Policies Dangerous?

The origins of today’s concepts of de-escalation derive from the evolution of crisis communications. While these concepts are practical and effective in some situations, they are useless and even dangerous in others.

The State of American Law Enforcement - Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

Perhaps nowhere in contemporary American society does the question of the right tool for the right job come into play more often than in matters of police use of force.

Officer Fitness: Peak Performance and Recovery Training

There are science-based methods that have been developed to help manage the physical and mental stresses placed on high-level athletes and these methodologies can be adapted to help manage the physical and mental stresses that are placed upon you by this profession.

Christophor Periatt

Qore Performance: Cool Companion

The inventor struck upon the idea of essentially creating a flat water bottle shaped to be worn under armor with a drinking tube attached. And the IcePlate was born.

A Capital Success Story

According to media accounts, nearly 100 officers who joined the force during a 1989-90 recruitment drive-when background screening and standards were all but non-existent-were later charged with criminal wrongdoing.