Tactical

After the Fight

Take a couple slow, deep breaths. Calmly get on the radio and get the cavalry coming.

Posted Sunday, September 30, 2007

Safety Tip: Simulated-Weapon Safety

Airsoft guns and projectiles are inexpensive, and since they are non-marking rounds, there's no requirement for a special training facility.

Posted Sunday, September 30, 2007

Tactical Wellness

I knew one cop who could bench press a Buick, but after a foot chase of a junkie perp one night, I found him sucking oxygen from the trunk of his squad.

Posted Sunday, September 30, 2007

Reality Based Training: We're Running Out of Ammo

Although much of what I propose is blasphemy to the high priests of conventional firearms dogma, I've maintained for quite some time that much of the training done with conventional ammunition actually can program participants for failure in gunfights.

Posted Saturday, September 29, 2007

Oops, Wrong House

Officers must learn to accept that mistakes happen, deal with them and avoid exacerbating an already negative situation.

Posted Saturday, September 29, 2007

The QuickDraw System

We now know many, perhaps even most, of the aggressive hands-on situations we encounter wind up with an officer on the ground, often fighting for their life.

Posted Friday, August 31, 2007

Reality Based Training: It's a State of Mind

I believe that most of the gunhandling behaviors should be taught with training weapons and much of the gunfighting skills should be taught prior to going to a conventional range setting.

Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007

Taser Safe, or Flammable?

It's foreseeable that officers will encounter situations in which electronic control devices and chemical agents are deployed simultaneously or in succession, whether by design or not.

Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007

The 5.11 Challenge

Over the course of several weeks, a total of 32 teams come to the 5.11 lodge for a three-day stay during which they will compete in a shooting course designed to test their skills and thought processes.

Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007