FROM THE QUESTIONABLE IDEA OF THE MONTH DEPARTMENT

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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...

MEANWHILE, AT ILEETA…

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Apologies for the slow blogging this week, folks. The Evil Princess and I drove out of Little Rock Sunday afternoon from the Rangemaster Tactical Conference to St. Louis, where on Monday I once again...

THREE WEEKS LATER…

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Three weeks ago today, on Sunday June 8, I was in the fourth day of a MAG-40 class in Kankakee, Illinois. Among other topics of the day, I warned the students that one of...

SOBERING KNOWLEDGE FROM COPS

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The week before last, I attended and taught at the annual conference of ILEETA, the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association. Despite the economy, the event drew some 725 police trainers from around...

THE JOY OF WORKING WITH THE BEST

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Back in the teaching saddle after five Christmas season weeks of sabbatical where all I had to work on was writing and some legal consults, I’m reminded of two of the reasons I love...