Archive for the ‘In-service’ Category
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Stories about "accountability", or a lack thereof, appear regularly in the media, are frequently the topic of congressional hearings and are often the basis for civil lawsuits. We discuss accountability as a component of trustworthiness during our ethics training in the police academy. I forcefully inculcate to the ...
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
Green means go; red means stop; and yellow means go like hell to beat it. Apparently some drivers aren't even that cautious. Check out this "Red Light Runners Compilation"
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
The military, fire departments and police departments have something in common. They are all trying to find "a few good men or women" and they are meeting with limited success. It is not an issue of education or intelligence since there a host for well educated applicants. ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
When I was growing up, I ran around with a group of gear heads that lived and breathed cars. We were usually driving “beater” cars that we pieced together for about $100 so sometimes we did not have all of the pieces. Among the pieces that were frequently missing or ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
It is no secret that top-level athletes, successful business people and achievers in all fields have at least one thing in common, they all tend to be compulsive goal-setters. They use short-term, intermediate and long-term goals to provide motivation and to serve as a road map to success. This ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
In several previous articles, I have encouraged law enforcement supervisors to take advantage of roll call to squeeze in a few minutes of training. The internet is a treasure trove of useful information that can be used to put together a quick training course. Recently, Ken Wallentine, a ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
When was the last time that you examined your training calendar with “why” in mind? When most people look at the annual training calendar, they are interested in "what" training courses are available and "when" they are scheduled to occur. However, as a training manager it is very ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
When I was younger and wasting away my youth and my money on partying, the only exercise in which I consistently engaged was chasing skirts. With the exception of the annual PT tests when I was in the Army, I never really had any fitness goals. I was ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
As I mentioned yesterday, the hardest part of getting back in shape is starting. However, even after you have gotten over the hump of starting, there are going to be days that you just don’t feel like hitting the gym (or the road). So how do you stay motivated? Without ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Recently, we’ve had a few days of really nice weather. In addition, to being a bright spot in a gray winter, it should also serve as a wake up call for those of you who have been using the cold weather as an excuse to hibernate for the past ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
Working the night shift can be dangerous to your health! No, I'm not talking about the recent report in the medical journal, The Lance, that links working the night shift to an increase in cancer incidents. Although I admit cancer is a little scary, I think the challenges of ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Years ago when I was a fairly new officer, one of my sergeants had a great idea - he wanted to start doing roll call training. Actually, he was really only responsible for resurrecting the idea. The practice of conducting mini-training sessions during roll call had come and ...
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
In response to my recent article entitled, "Chess And The Art Of Courtroom Testimony", MikeB asked if I would discuss the tricks that defense attorneys use to discredit an officer's testimony. There are probably as many courtroom tricks as there are attorneys so it would be difficult to create ...
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
You have done the hard work. You cared for the victims, secured the crime scene, gathered the evidence and arrested the bad guy - your job is done, right? Wrong! If you were playing chess, your opponent would be in "check." Of course, anyone that plays ...
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