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Say you're on duty and you contact some thugs who have guns. You have to make their guns safe for transport. If this is the first time you have ever seen this design of weapon, then what are you to do?
Read More →This column is directed to the FTO or the future FTO. You are the most critical link between academy training and education and real world application. So, let's not waste such an opportunity.
Read More →Your ability to observe, verbalize, and perform is very important. One day in court it could mean the difference between guilty and not guilty.
Read More →No supervisor worth his stripes would ever select a non-performer to become an FTO.
Read More →We have all had to endure the rites of rookiehood. It is up to each and every one of you to change it for the future.
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Policing isn't like eHarmony.com. Recruits and field training officers won't be matched based on 29 personality dimensions guaranteed to predict long-term relationship success.
Read More →One recruit had retired from the military and was of the mindset that the only person who could train him was someone chronologically older than he was. This created a problem.
Read More →You should be thinking to yourself as you approach any call for perceived dangers. For example, when I park the patrol car I should not park directly in front of the building. You should take critical microseconds to gain a tactical advantage that places you in an advantageous position to observe and respond.
Read More →How do you expect to know all of the answers, all of the time? This is a training program.
Read More →I recently received a question from a department's Field Training Officer program coordinator. His department just hired several new officers. Great, except these are not academy-fresh officers; these are veteran officers from other departments. What now?
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