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Law enforcement officers perform a difficult and often thankless job.  The men and women of the Thin Blue Line put on the uniform and go to work, never knowing for certain what they are going to encounter and always facing the very real prospect of being seriously injured, or worse.  They do this while facing ever increasing scrutiny and with limited public support.  In addition, the modern era has ushered in new threats to law enforcement, and the threat profile is constantly changing, meaning officers need to be more resourceful and more capable than ever.  Given the harsh realities of...

We were visiting a law enforcement training establishment where the students were undertaking the final day of an officer safety training course.  The day was a culmination of four weeks of training and saw the students put through their paces in wholistic scenarios and reality based training exercises.  As the end of the day approached, the course manager decided to put the students through one final exercise; a decision-making exercise that required the students to identify and assess a threat and then respond appropriately using lethal force in conjunction with effective use of movement and cover. The exercise was carried...

Every instructor has been a student at some point and every good instructor remains a perpetual student. In a time where many people favor form over function and perception over reality, we are reminded of something that an instructor passed on during a course. "A certification does not ensure competence or ability. Just a place on the wall far from the field where truth dwells." We don't know the source of the quote or if it was something that the instructor came up with himself but we do know it lays down some nice truth. The only way to excel...