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To prevent taking shallow breaths in stressful situations, make sure you practice and refresh your tactical breathing skills.
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While the Cynics say "People are stupid" and walk away, the Stoics say, "Some people are stupid and I can't change that; I can only control myself and choose to help them anyway."
Read More →I would later reflect on the odd incongruity of the K-9's toenails gently striking the tiles in the Junior High that we had just cleared. They were so dainty, almost tentative, as he rounded the corner into the shadows of the dead-end hallway where I hid silently in darkness. After that, he was a blur of snarling teeth and crushing power gripping my extended right arm.
Read More →Simulated training devices exercise those decision-making muscles; when it comes down to it, what you learn from them just might keep you alive.
Read More →We have to decide not to carry garbage around ourselves and not to accept it from others.
Read More →Optimism is a sense of control in your life, the belief that you can control your destiny and your emotions, and that if you continue to strive you can create positive outcomes.
Read More →Many police psychologists believe that if you don’t feel bad, something is wrong with you.
Read More →Even with the limited weapons and carry options I had, I always carried off duty. What about you? Are you ready to defend the ones you love against deadly force when you are off duty?
Read More →While the Sam Browne system is a part of our traditions and other duty gear incarnations served us well in the past, the updated versions are more practical in modern policing.
Read More →Those last four words, "evaluate a suspicious package," always make those little cop hairs on the back of your neck stand straight out like the quills on a porcupine being chased by a hungry dog.
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