Tag: Tips for Success: Page 3

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What Police Officers Need
"Forward then. Forward! Let us go forward without fear into the future and let us dread naught when duty calls." - Sir Winston Churchill
August 31, 2006
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Contact Knowledge
Everyone has their own list of local "Good Guys To Know." While it's great to have a guy on call to get the best restaurant recommendations and a killer deal on that new truck, it can be just as useful in your career of law enforcement.
July 31, 2006
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Going Door to Door
In a major criminal investigation, getting off your ass and knocking on some doors is essential. In fact, it is a crucial element in the early stages of working an unsolved case. The area canvass-knocking on the doors of all the residences surrounding the crime scene-is one of the first tasks a lead detective should have on his lead sheet.
June 30, 2006
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Language Lessons
Sometimes just knowing a few words in a foreign tongue can make you safer and help you do your job better.
June 30, 2006
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Guard Droppers
Most departments forget to train officers for one very dangerous time on the job: the “safe” times, after a suspect has been arrested.
June 30, 2006
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Self Sacrifice
"Let us stop being selfish…to the ideas of the common good and of our existence, everything must be sacrificed." —General Jose de San Martin
June 30, 2006
Vehicle Ops
Backing Up is Hard to Do
Ask risk managers to tell you what causes the majority of vehicular accidents, and they will all sing the same tune: "Backing Up Is Hard To Do."
May 31, 2006
Weapons
Fighting with a Carbine
Old West sheriffs and marshals often carried a Colt .45 called the Peacemaker. But that .45 had the limitations of all handguns, so savvy Western lawmen also kept a short-barreled repeating rifle like a Winchester in their saddle bags. They knew that in a real gunfight, a carbine is the real “peace maker.”
April 30, 2006
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How to Testify in Court
From the scene to the stand, prepare to give effective testimony in court.
March 31, 2006
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Perimeter Concerns
Working perimeters can be tedious, but it's important that we remember the basics of this role.
March 31, 2006
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On Leading Cops and Two-Year-Olds
Most of us are leaders in some facet of our lives. Any police officer who doesn't think of himself or herself as a leader is just plain wrong. I doubt that a cop who is also a parent could argue being a parent isn't about leadership, because it most certainly is.
March 31, 2006
Weapons
10 Essential Skills You Need to Win a Gunfight
The great Bill Jordan once said: "There is no second-place winner in a gunfight." Even if you take nothing else away from this article, I ask that you train to win any gunfight that you become involved in, not survive it, but win it.
February 28, 2006
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