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Taking on the challenge of attending training above and beyond what is merely required can have myriad benefits—from increasing the prospects of promotion to simply preventing an untimely demise.
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Police trainers and roll call supervisors should take every possible opportunity to examine and discuss ways to mitigate the inherent perils of foot pursuits.
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“Blue H.E.L.P. provides families, friends, co-workers, and agencies the ability to find assistance when dealing with suicides within the first responder community,” explains Steven Hough, co-founder of Blue H.E.L.P.
Read More →If police trainers can examine—with an objective and critical eye—some of the suggestions made in the new Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) report on recruit training, a great deal of good can potentially come of it for officers, agencies, and the communities they serve.
Read More →Having an enhanced ability to accurately perceive a person's fundamental personality trait—Blueprint, Action, Nurturing, and Knowledge—can enable officers to achieve the most optimal outcome available at any given call for service.
Read More →With no "red wave" of victories among largely pro-police Republican candidates for public office in this year's midterm elections, hopes that the "defund-the-police" movement had finally met its end have been all but washed away.
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The webinar titled “Best Practices for Active Shooter Response and Police Training” will feature a panel of police active shooter response trainers and experts discussing critical police response and training issues.
Read More →Simply by participating in Cadet, Explorer, and Internship programs, young "recruits" almost always become advocates and ambassadors for police within their families and peer groups—that outcome alone is worthwhile return on investment, regardless of whether or not any individual goes on to become a sworn officer.
Read More →Training in "Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity" goes well beyond the well-intentioned effort to hire, train, and retain in the ranks individuals from a variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds. It addresses somewhat more abstract concepts such as cultural competency, microaggressions, implicit bias, confirmation bias, and others.
Read More →Police trainers frequently use quotes and historical references to hammer home their instruction for a variety of reasons. Here are five quotes utilized by five notable law enforcement trainers.
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