Tag: Career Advancement: Page 6

Careers

How To Find a Career Counselor

I learned a valuable story from an old U.S. Army first sergeant years ago. Never plan for your next assignment/promotion when it is posted. You should have been working on this goal.

February 7, 2013

Training

New N.C. Highway Patrol Commander Named

North Carolina Department of Public Safety Secretary Kieran Shanahan has named Lt. Col. Gary Bell as acting commander of the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

January 31, 2013

Special Units

How To Start a SWAT Team

POLICE

A specially trained tactical unit could be the winning weapon in your agency’s arsenal.

January 25, 2013

Training

How To Become a Bomb Tech

POLICE

Working as part of an effective hazardous devices team requires more than donning a bomb suit.

January 22, 2013

Training

How To Run for Sheriff

POLICE

The campaign trail can be a tough road to travel if you aren't prepared.

January 21, 2013

Training

How To Get Along in a Department

POLICE

It's not the ranking officers, but the people who run the place that you need to know.

January 16, 2013

Patrol

Informants and Promotion Exams

Foremost among my thoughts on informants is that I wouldn't want to find myself at the mercy of anyone whose inclination to sell out others has been well established.

January 6, 2013

Patrol

How To Gather Intel

POLICE

Use free fliers, public bulletin boards, and the civic center marquee to gather intel that will plug you in at your station.

December 13, 2012

Careers

Welcome to the Careers & Training Channel

The Recruit channel and the Training blog have merged into Careers & Training. This new format will have much of the same content from both but now in a central location for everyone. There will also be new material on career planning and tracking.

December 2, 2012

Patrol

Coming Into My Own

Once while attending a force training seminar, I spoke quite critically of a deputy-involved shooting wherein a pregnant bystander was shot and killed. It was the kind of thing that was easy to grandstand on—or so I thought—and so I did. A lieutenant who was more intimately acquainted with the details of the incident quickly set me straight. The dressing down I received was pretty severe, and I didn't like it one bit. But I had it coming. In spades.

November 7, 2012

Patrol

NYPD Cop Promoted To Detective for Off-Duty Heroics

Officer Ivan Marcano became Detective Ivan Marcano during a bedside ceremony Friday morning honoring him for stopping an armed robber despite being shot in the chest.

October 25, 2012

Patrol

Doing It Right, Doing It Wrong

If given the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives, are you more apt to toss a lifeline or an anchor?

September 26, 2012