Every couple of weeks we link to the most recent police use of force articles that caught our attention. Right after the link we post a quote, summarize the article, or discuss our thoughts about it.
Tactical Preschool Parts 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 by TGace
Here is the next ten in TGace’s popular series. Check out last month’s Recommended Use of Force Articles for the first ten. My favorite of this set of ten are 11 and 18.
CEW Training Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 by Brian Willis
Willis makes some excellent points in these posts about training gaps that exist in most CEW training programs. Among those gaps are failure drills, weaknesses of officer exposure to CEWs, and drive stun training.
Have a Plan by Johnny Law
Johnny Law nicely articulates one of the best rules of officer safety. This quote is actually from DW in the comments:
Marine gunfight rules,
Have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
Have a backup plan, the first one won’t work.
Be polite, be professional, trust no one.
The Best Tactics for Detecting Deception by Charles Remsberg
Not a use of force article but an excellent overview of good field interviewing.
Tactical combat casualty care for patrol officers by Sgt. Glenn French
The most contributing cause of officer deaths is gunshot trauma. After the first five minutes your chances of survival significantly decrease. That’s when tactical combat care training can save your life.
French gives a good argument why trauma care is important and lists the basic first aid supplies each officer should carry.
One training course I can recommend on this subject is Hyper-Realistic Medical Training offered by CSAT. The doctor that teaches it goes over a large quantity of research about combat trauma care to validate his methods and does more hands on treatment practice than any other course I have heard of.
Why history makes the case for less lethal by Capt. Greg Meyer
Despite increasing numbers of independent research studies that show that TASERs are safe alternatives compared to other types of force, Amnesty [International] and many chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union argue that TASERs should only be used in the place of a police handgun. But this would mean that officers in today’s nonlethal force situations would go back to the bad old days of beating people with sticks and flashlights, kicking them, punching them, and doing all those things that cause so much trauma.
Meyer gives an excellent overview of Tasers, the controversies surrounding them, and putting them in the proper context as a police weapon. Context is something that most newspaper articles lack on this subject.
Motor patrol: Bringing the street to the range by Sgt. Bill Campbell
Bringing the Street to the Range is NRA LEAD’s philosophy that the goal of LE firearms training should not be just to meet a qualification test standard, but to prepare the officer for the environment where he/she must fight and win.
This article is a must read for motor jocks and firearms trainers that teach motor jocks. It is an outstanding analysis of how to teach gunfighting to motorcycle officers. This is especially apparent after the murder of Oakland Motorcycle Officers Mark Dunakin and John Hege.
My Rant on Training Intensity by Phil
I don’t monitor my heart rate during exercise. At all. Ever. I do not care what it is, or how many BPM it’s spiking. I was told by some “athletes” that this is dangerous and makes for less than optimal training. I think that those who diligently monitor their heart rate to make certain it stays in some artificial training zone are sheep and should shut the hell up and go back to sleepwalking on their treadmills. [A Sheep] doesn’t really worry about intensity in his life. He grazes quietly and thinks little about sprinting, or lifting his lactic acid threshold. He has little concept of combat, and if faced with a threat, he’d bleat sadly.
Phil obviously has a warrior mindset. Reading his blog this year has taught me a great deal about practical combat fitness.
USMC Combat Fitness Test by TGace
A video showing combat fitness as defined by the United States Marine Corp.
Leave it up to the USMC to be on the cutting edge of Combat Fitness. Especially if it involves running the hell out you.
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