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 all time high, and not many people are stepping up to do the job (understandably so). It is vital that we provide and, to a certain extent, mandate training for officers. The more comfortable officers are in handling a subject physically, the more likely they are to be able to deescalate the dynamic and unpredictable encou

Congratulations! You survived the police academy where you spent long days combining the academics of law school with the physical training of fight prep. You sacrificed time with family and friends, and made the metamorphosis from civilian to police officer. Well, almost. Now you have to get through your field training program. Every police department’s FTO program differs in length and intensity. You will need to learn your department’s “way of doing things” such as policie

Great performance by this officer. Some excellent takeaways: Notice the suspects timing on when he choose to provide resistance. Suspect hears the handcuffs come out and takes off. Remember, you NEED CONTROL before attempting to handcuff. That’s why I like the two thumb and waistband grip. Calling for help is vital, you don’t know when you will hit the wall and/or lose position in the fight, get that call out as soon as you can safely do so. Note how the officer almost lost