One year later

It has been a year since we started Spartan Cops and it has been a learning experience for both of us. Our goal has always been to provide valuable information and opinions to officers and hopefully we have been at least moderately successful.

During 2009 Spartan Cops has had almost 100,000 pageviews by 33,000 people. These stats also don’t account for the 500 people that subscribe and have articles delivered to them. Matt has always been fascinated by the site’s global reach, 134 different countries so far.

Subscribing

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Advertising

Spartan Cops has never sold advertising or done anything to raise money except sell some baseball caps and t-shirts because money has never been the motivation for this website. We have come to realize that we need to do something more to start covering expenses. This next year we will begin selling minimal ad space and using affiliate links to quality products that we believe in. If you are interested in advertising on Spartan Cops, email us.

Best Articles of Last Six Months

Here are some of our best articles from the last six months. Also check out the best posts from the first three months and second three months.

Articles by Scott and Matt

• Ever buy a SWAT rock?: Functional police gear vs the CDI factor
• New Research Studies That Validate TASERs and Conducted Electrical Weapons (CEDs)
• Spartan Tip: Weak Commands Can Get You Hurt
• Dealing with Active Shooters from the Perspective of a Former School Resource Officer
• The Gunfighting Lessons of Unforgiven
• Officer Created Jeopardy: Defining the Problem
• Video: Firearms Training for Contact Shots
• Keeping Your Police Tools Sharp and Ready
• Ongoing Selection: A key to high performing specialized units
• Low Probability / High Consequence: Are We Properly Focused?

Long Term Battles of Officer Involved Shootings

Here are the lastest updates from our on-going series following officer involved shootings.

• The Ongoing Battles Of The BART Shooting
• The Long Term Battles Of The Austin PD Shooting

Guest Posts

Have you ever wanted to publish your thoughts about a particular use of force or tactics topic? We publish guest articles on a regular basis written by police officers and trainers around the country. If you are interested in adding your voice to the online conversation, email us an article.

We are also always on the lookout for great police blogs and articles. We support other officers that publish their thoughts and opinions and will link to any legitimate police blogs or useful sites. We also link to useful police articles in our recommended use of force article series.

Guest articles from last six months

• Spartan Tip: Don’t Act Like a Crab
• What’s in Your Tool Box?
• Patrol’s Response to Excited Delirium
• Rebooting the OODA Loop
• Killer Empowerment Zones
• Developing the Warrior Mind: Boyd’s OODA loop and Cooper’s Color Code lay the foundation

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