As summer approaches its close, schools across the country will again be welcoming students back onto campus. In some locations, great effort on the part of school administrators, teachers and security professionals has been undertaken to assuage the apprehension and fear of parents and students alike in regard to criminal activity within the confines of...
Observing and Orienting In Conversation The basic principle of “contact and cover” has been a mainstay of law enforcement training for decades. The idea of one officer initiating the contact with a person and another officer(s) providing the cover for the contact officer has served law enforcement well in regard to force protection. Savvy officers...
A response to “Defining The Human Terrain – Revealing Core Patterns.” What the military is only now beginning to utilize in regards to reading human terrain has been a prerequisite for successful urban law enforcers for decades. As Patrick stated in his article, the need for our nation’s military to become more capable of separating...