FROM THE QUESTIONABLE IDEA OF THE MONTH DEPARTMENT
In November, a starry-eyed professor postulated that the first cartridge in every police officer’s gun should be a blank.
Had the prof done the slightest bit of research, he would have learned that blanks won’t...
DEADLY FORCE INSTRUCTOR CLASS
Teaching the judicious use of lethal force in lawful defense of self and other innocent persons has been my primary vocation for decades now. There are too many myths and misunderstandings out there about...
AMONG THE POLICE CHIEFS
I spent most of last week at a conclave of police trainers at the High Liability Instructor seminar at the Pat Thomas police training academy in Tallahassee. Tonight finds me in Orlando at the...
A THOUGHT FOR A SUNDAY…
In this recent incident, an aberration of society walked into a church in Spartanburg, raising a shotgun.
Fortunately, before mayhem could ensue, an armed parishioner took him at gunpoint. This was not what the violent...
Part II: Where PERF Was PERF-ect
As I said in the last entry (found immediately below this one), the Police Executive Research Forum had a lot of things right in its recent controversial 30-point list of suggest use of force...