Officer safety as it relates to melee attacks

Often going hands-on with a subject is necessary to complete the job. Going hands-on with a subject is a high-stakes full-contact sport that is inherently da...

martial arts training and law enforcement

Traveling around, teaching law enforcement seminars, departments usually rent out a high school wrestling room or a martial arts facility where participants ...

South County Command, The Chikaming Township Police Department is hosting a use of force training. The training will be put on by Amir Khillah of Centurion M...

Excessive force. Unnecessary injuries. Preventable deaths. These are just some of the instances that have plagued police departments across America. Add to t...

A knife can be your best friend if you ever had to fight a suspect off of your firearm. When picking a duty blade, you need to keep the following things in ...

At my age, I can really feel the aches and pains of training two or three times a day. I have to rely heavily on rest time and anything else that will help m...

If you can’t tend to your downed partner because the scene is not yet safe, here is a quick and effective one person move if a drag is not feasible.

The outside wrist lock is one of the most basic subject control/defensive tactics techniques. It is extremely versatile and can be applied to various scenari...

There may come the day when a suspect is attempting to take away your duty weapon. You will be busy fighting for weapon retention and may not be able to get ...

Do you carry an H Bandage in your duty bag? Here are some basic pointers for applying an H Bandage.

If you carry one tourniquet you are wrong. Carry at least two and makew sure your partner's know where you carry them. Do you know where you partners carry t...

Do you carry a chest seal? I carry one behind my trauma plate in my vest. I've had to apply it to a victim of a stabbing, but thankfully never on one of my p...

To say today’s law enforcement environment is challenging is a gross understatement.  Officers are being targeted and ambushed, the media scrutiny is at an a...

Congratulations! You survived the police academy where you spent long days combining the academics of law school with the physical training of fight prep. Yo...

Many of today’s police recruits have never been punched in the face or held a gun, and the closest thing to a fight is when they wrestled their little brothe...

Excellent progression! Perhaps the most improvement I have seen over any four-week time frame my entire career at the Kalamazoo Valley Law Enforcement Traini...

I’ve been hearing this a lot lately, “officers are using excessive force due to lack of training.” I’m hearing it from cops, retired cops, and fired cops… Fr...