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The RedMan Training Division is comprised of a group of professionals with over 50 years of combined training and real life experience as police officers, correctional officers, security professionals and veterans of the United States Military. We are seasoned veterans in handling force-on-force situations from sporting events to real fight-for-life encounters. We are not directly affiliated with the RedMan Gear -- ...

The reality of school violence has become everyone’s concern from   students, parents, school officials, police departments, to fire and EMS agencies. The frequency of large-scale schoolyard incidents are increasing and the demands placed on first responders to these incidents are multi- faceted and complex not including the worst of all fears is a large school terrorist attack on our schools.  The ...

This is a GREAT company who is leading the way for School Resource Officers and Campus Police training needs.  This company does most of the training in a reality based style, force on force training.   They also have outstanding 1 day seminars. 

Good site for SRO's and others working inthe school setting or personnel looking for new security equipment.

The Frisco Texas Police Department will be hosting NASRO training for new and not so new School Resource Officers.   July 20-24, 2009 : Basic SRO (Location : Frisco Police Department)   July 27-29, 2009 : Advance SRO (Location : FRISCO ISD Career & Technology Center)   July 27-29, 2009 : SRO Supervisor Course (Location : FRISCO ISD Career & Technology Center)   August ...

When you made your decision to become a police officer, you made a decision to change your life. And when you turned in your application, you took your first step in a grueling process towards achieving your goal. Next in the gauntlet: the police written exam. The first hurtle. The first cold sweat in a long line of cold sweats. Now’s ...

The police written test will vary throughout the country. Some police agencies rent the written test from companies like Stanard & Associates that specialize in the police entrance test, while other agencies have written tests provided to them by state run organizations such as POST (Peace Officer Standards & Training). Still, countless municipalities with smaller budgets write their own. In the ...

"We don't have to worry because emergency responders will be here in no time." "Our SWAT Team is the best in the county and will take care of the threat before they can do any substantial harm." "We instinctively know what to do during an emergency. People are like that you know." Which one of the above is true? The ...

The Third Annual College and University Police and Investigators Conference will be in Fairfax, Virginia at George Mason University. This FREE conference focuses on the unique law enforcement and security needs of Colleges and Universities. Topics and breakout sessions covered are geared towards situations and crimes committed on colleges and universities. Visit http://cupic.gmu.edu for the latest conference information.

“No child falls through the cracks. They are dropped through or shoved through by lazy, emotionally immature adults and unethical professionals” After the Columbine shootings I made this statement during an interview on national television. The reporter asked if I really believed that statement and I replied, “absolutely!” But you may ask what this statement has to do with the issue ...

A new report entitled “The State of School Safety in American Schools” speaks of sexual assault, violent cliques and violent parents as commonplace in suburban, urban and rural schools nationwide. The report was developed by the SERAPH Research team of SERAPH.net a group composed of educators and crime researchers. The team used interviews with 1,520 educators, 925 law enforcement officials and ...

When you write promotional tests for police agencies based on the latest and greatest supervision and management textbooks, you sometimes shudder when one of your colleagues opens your office door and comes in with a package. "Which 700+ page behemoth is it this time?" you ask. You know the monster books I mean - where the authors are paid by their ...

When school violence is discussed, the April, 1999, massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, represents the worst case this country has seen... so far: a teacher and twelve students were killed and twenty-three others were wounded by two teenaged students. And it could have been much worse. Had the most powerful of the suspects' bombs detonated the death toll ...

White v. Rapides Parish School Board, 867 So.2d 146 (LA. Ct. App. 3rd Cir. 2004) On April 12, 2000, William Shepherd, a sixth-grader rode his sister's bicycle to school. Another student observed the bicycle and believed it was one that had been stolen from her. School officials gave the student permission to take a closer look and when she identified scratches ...

An issue which sometimes arises in the context of the school environment is the use of force against a student. The facts surrounding this use of force may determine how a court will analyze the force. Will it may analyzed under a Fourth Amendment reasonableness analysis?; Will it be analyzed as a substantive due process violation? Or; Will it be analyzed ...

In Fare v, Michael C., 442 U.S. 707 (1979) the United States Supreme Court determined that there is no per se rule regarding a juvenile's ability to waive their rights under the decision in Miranda. The Court ruled that a totality of the circumstances analysis determines the validity of the waiver. In assessing the totality of the circumstances, courts should consider ...