Spent the last Friday through Sunday at the Rangemaster Tactical Conference hosted by Tom and Lynn Givens at the Memphis, Tennessee Police Academy. Over 200 students and dozens of designated instructors, all of us in the latter category being students too, of course.\u00a0 Tom brings in \u201cthe best of the best,\u201d and the course is open to armed citizens, not just police and military, though of course all three groups are present.<\/p>\n
A truly great seminar. Next year\u2019s has not yet been scheduled for multiple logistical reasons, but stay tuned and keep an eye on the rangemaster.com website.\u00a0 It\u2019s the best bang for the buck a private citizen can get in armed self-defense training.<\/p>\n
A part of the program is the Polite Society Match. Essentially, it\u2019s Tom Givens\u2019 RangeMaster qualification course of fire.\u00a0 158 of the attendees and instructors participated. I was grateful to claw my way into the top ten overall by the skin of my teeth, and came in fourth in the Lawman division, while my sweetie the Evil Princess came in third among the 40 or so females.\u00a0 Congratulations to overall winner Kirk Clark, top cop John Hearne (a past overall winner!), and high woman Cindy Bowser.<\/p>\n
You learn from your mistakes. I managed to get a 100% score on the targets with my Wilson Custom Beretta 92 Compact Carry pistol, but shot it too damn slow.\u00a0 (Note to self: next year, get some trigger time in the live fire courses before you shoot the match, to get warmed up and grooved in.)<\/p>\n
Hit Chicagoland on Monday for the annual International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers conference, arriving in time for the evening session titled \u201cTrainers\u2019 Perspectives on Police Reform,\u201d inspired by the recent PERF (Police Executive Research Forum) guidelines. First off, \u201cPolice Reform\u201d is something we normally associate with cleaning up corrupt police departments, and that\u2019s simply not the right terminology for use of force issues. We discussed PERF\u2019s \u201cAre We Guardians or Warriors\u201d meme, my take on which is that cops can\u2019t be one if they aren\u2019t the other. Kinda like the old \u201cAre We Law Enforcers or Peace Officers?\u201d\u00a0 The simple answer is that we are both. Yin and Yang.<\/p>\n
This conference continues through this week. On Wednesday morning I\u2019ll once again chair the Panel of Experts on Deadly Force, and I expect the same issues will dominate.<\/p>\n
An interesting week is about to get more interesting, methinks\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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