Training and Tactics: Knock, Knock
Home invasion. Two simple words that conjure up visions of violence, violation—and the concepts of preparation to prevent…
Dark Angel Medical : Direct Action Response Kit
Today there are literally hundreds of individual first aid kits (IFAK) from which to choose. One of the best I’ve found is the Dark Angel Medical 2nd Gen D.A.R.K. (Direct Action Response Kit).
Training and Tactics: Preflight Check
We’ve all experienced the problem: the nagging doubt that we’ve forgotten some material possession when setting out on…
Frontline Debriefs: Has “A” Way Become “The” Way?
For many individuals, as well as for many agencies, “a” way to do something becomes “the” way to…
Street Smarts: Active-Shooter Training
Like everyone else in the world, I’ve been cussing and discussing the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting of December…
Training and Tactics: Lose The T-Shirt
Reloading is good, but I don’t want to have to do it in the middle of a fight.…
Frontline Debriefs: Old West Gunfighters
Gunfighting is pretty much an American phenomenon. The trans-Mississippi West conjures up dust-blown streets, fixed gazes, and worn steel drawn from weathered leather. No other country has a gunfighting history equal to ours.
Training and Tactics: Go for the Throat
Many predators go for the throat. Usually deploying their fangs, damaging or destroying an animal’s throat rewards the…
FastMag System
Some of the most valuable real estate on the planet is on a police officer’s belt or increasingly,…
Hell is Neighbors
A few days ago, a man requested that we give his neighbor a trespassing warning. By the time…