P1 Column: Patterns of behavior, officer safety, and 'the rule of opposites'
Part One: We recognize opposites — day as compared to night, happy compared to sad, failure versus success, peace as opposed to war, and safety counter to dangerYou’re assigned to handle an emotionally...
View ArticleP1 Column: Situational awareness, officer safety, and 'the explorer mentality'
Part Two: The exploring officer takes responsibility for the strategic choices of routes and objectives on his journey into the unknownread more
View ArticleLatest P1 Column: The anatomy of victory (part one): What does it take to win?
Winning on the street comes in many forms and means different things to different people.Winning in law enforcement encounters can be gaining voluntary compliance through communication and negotiation...
View ArticleLatest P1 Column: The anatomy of victory (part two): Victory at minimal cost
In part one of this two-part series, we asked and answered a lot of important questions about our preparedness to win. If you haven’t yet read part one, please do so before reading one, for it is the...
View ArticleInternational Law Enforcement Trainers & Educators Association Published:...
The fall edition of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association Journal, has published an article I wrote; Mindset and Winning: About Much More than Words. read more
View ArticleDeciding Under Pressure…and Fast: You Need to Understand the Concept of “Coup...
"This facile coup d'oeil of the General, this simple art of forming notions, this personification of the whole action of War, is so entirely and completely the soul of the right method of conducting...
View ArticlePolice One Column: 13 questions to answer in 2013: What has 2012 taught you...
As this is the last week of the year, many of us are understandably looking back at the past 12 months and discussing what we consider to be the significant events of 2012.In most cases, such...
View ArticleHow shift debriefings can improve officer safety Published at P1
We must become more deliberate, more disciplined, and more thorough in our approach to learning and teachingAs cops, we often cry loudly about the lack of training in our profession. I am guilty of it...
View ArticleWatching Boston “Work Together” Made Me Proud to Be a Police Officer
“It’s a proud day to be a Boston police officer,” Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis told his force over the radio moments after the arrest. “Thank you all.” read more
View ArticleAn Officer’s Principal Weapon is His Mind: Professional Development In Policing
Professional police development is designed to develop creative, thinking officers, who will eventually become leaders, leading thinking officers. My definition of a professional police development is...
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