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The Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training  (ALERRT) mission is to teach law enforcement officers, specifically the true first responders, to safely and effectively respond to - address - and stop an active shooter. Since 2002, we have trained more than 22,000 first responding patrol officers in the ALERRT Active Shooter program. ALERRT has been awarded more than $20 million in ...

Dr. George J. Thompson is the President and Founder of the Verbal Judo Institute, a tactical training and management firm now based in Auburn, NY. For full details on Dr. Thompson’s work and training, please visit the Verbal Judo Web Site. The most important thing we don’t teach, but should, is a coherent philosophy that can unite the need for physical ...

Non-verbal suspect communication during an interview or interrogation could provide a police investigator with basic information that may help determine a suspect’s level of honesty and cooperation. These non-verbal cues can be broken down into several categories, which are not limited to but may include: neuron linguistic assessment, verbal response latency, verbal speed, speech volume changes and physical posturing. *Which Side ...

Dr. George J. Thompson is the President and Founder of the Verbal Judo Institute, a tactical training and management firm now based in Auburn, NY. For full details on Dr. Thompson's work and training, please visit the Verbal Judo Web Site. Safety lies in knowledge. If you deal with cagey street people, or indeed difficult people at all, anywhere, you need ...

Most people only meet an officer when they are arrested, questioned, or cited. That makes it hard for them to like cops.  

  "DRIVE HAMMERED GET JAILEDTM" THE DUI TRAINING ACADEMY PROVIDES BASIC AND ADVANCED DRUNK & DRUGGED DRIVER TRAINING TO ANY OFFICER IN ANY STATE. **2009 SFST updates are out!** OUR CLASSES ENHANCE YOUR ABILITY TO DETECT THE DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVER.WE CONSIDER OUR TRAINING TO BE THE MOST UP TO DATE AND BEST IN THE NATION.ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTORS SPECIALIZE IN ...

  SCPSDI PUBLIC SAFETY SWIMMING AND WATER SURVIVAL COURSE   Do you work near water (Lakes, Ponds, Rivers, Pools, etc.)?   Then you need to take this course! The Final Skills Exam for each swim class is listed below; 3rd Class Swimmer 3 day course: Run 1/2 mile Ditching Duty Belt Swim a minimum of 100 yards without stopping Dive to ...

  SCPSDI PUBLIC SAFETY SWIMMING AND WATER SURVIVAL COURSE   Do you work near water (Lakes, Ponds, Rivers, Pools, etc.)?   Then you need to take this course! The Final Skills Exam for each swim class is listed below; 3rd Class Swimmer 3 day course: Run 1/2 mile Ditching Duty Belt Swim a minimum of 100 yards without stopping Dive to ...

Wake Up America – The Time is NOW 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 ...

There are many legal issues for law enforcement officers to contend with in regards to Search and Seizure of persons and property. In order to effectively understand search and seizure law and procedure, it’s important to have a basic understanding of related history and case law. Fundamental issues to consider when dealing with Search and Seizure include probable cause, search warrant ...

Good advice on traffic stops

During the holidays, I enjoy driving with my family from central Florida to central Louisiana. The open road gives me the chance to clear my head and observe other law enforcement officers along the route. One thing that I see over and over again is LEO’s making driver side approaches during traffic stops. Why do we continue to do this? I ...

  The basic principle of negotiations is to save lives. Save the lives of the hostages, civilians, hostage takers, and the lives of the team members. The main goal of negotiation process in a crisis incident is to gain control (Magaletta, Vanyur, and Digre, 2005). Criminals, the mentally ill, terrorists, unhappy family members, you name it all can be considered candidates for hostage takers. ...

  People with mental illnesses are often brought to the attention of law enforcement officers. This usually happens when they are most in need of treatment. According to the DSM-IV, the definition of a mental illness is a clinically significant behavior, psychological syndrome, or pattern that occurs in an individual. It can be associated with a present distress or a disability. In ...

On January 14, 2009, a CBP P-3 Long Range Tracker (LRT) detected a Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible (SPSS). The SPSS was located approximately 350 miles west of the Ecuador/Colombia border in a known suspected smuggling corridor traveling in a Westerly direction at approximately 16 knots. Due to the distant from land and surface interdiction assets, many other air assets with the U.S. Coast ...

BARREN SPRINGS -- Law enforcement officers from more than a dozen local, state and federal agencies searched through the day and night Tuesday for a man they believe killed one man, shot and injured two more, including a deputy, and set fire to a house while two people were inside.

  When assisting another officer on a nighttime traffic stop, the cover or backup officer, upon his or her approach, should turn their headlights off, leave the marker lights on, and switch the emergency lights to only show to the rear. This tactic avoids silhouetting the contact officer to the subjects in the target vehicle (especially during initial contact), and it ...

Today’s police officers certainly have a wide array of assets and support in order to help them complete their job safely and effectively. The long list includes: detectives, SWAT, K-9, marine units, mounted and, of course, airborne law enforcement. These assets make for powerful tools in the law enforcement arsenal. The missions for which airborne law enforcement can provide patrol officers ...

More than 50 times each year, a participant or spectator dies as the result of an accident that occurs during an informally organized street race. America has had a long love affair with street racing. That love has been reflected in and magnif