Few concepts in law enforcement generate more commentary — or more second-guessing — than reasonable suspicion. Officers know it’s less than probable cause but also more than just a gut feeling. In the middle of a real-world encounter, though, that line can feel razor thin. And when it comes [...]
Cannibalism inside policing is quietly tearing down officers, undermining accountability and weakening the profession from within By Chief Jeremy Story for Police1.com We often treat each other worse than our harshest critics do. I’ve been guilty of it myself over the years, but too often we look for the bad [...]
By Coach Tony Blauer “Use of force should never look emotional. It should simply be “use of force.” I have studied violence, fear, and aggression for 40+ years. During that period, I have studied actual footage and used that footage to design and conduct thousands of very realistic scenarios. [...]
Court holds an officer’s view through a motel curtain gap was not a Fourth Amendment search, clarifying curtilage and expectation of privacy By Ken Wallentine for Police1.com UNITED STATES V. WATKINS, 2025 WL 2907585 (10th Cir. 2025) Most of us have stayed in a motel where the curtains on [...]
By Inspector Chris Butler (ret.) for Calibre Press | calibrepress.com Part 2 of a 2-part series Editor’s note: In Part 1 of this series, trainer Chris Butler shared in-depth explanations of the characteristics and differences between two types of aggression—“Primal” aggression which is easy to recognize and “Cognitive” aggression, which surfaces without [...]
The management of light to you advantage can be as important in the daytime as it is at night. In an interview with Calibre, a California sergeant reminded officers that when doing an outdoor search with the sun at your back, your shadow will reach a corner of a [...]
Law enforcement officers run near the scene of an active shooter on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in Atlanta. Alex Slitz/AP Questions from a recent Police1 webinar highlight the coordination and preparedness gaps law enforcement agencies still face By Police1 Staff Certain challenges consistently surface when agencies prepare for active [...]
By Trevor Bachman for Law Enforcement Today WASHINGTON, D.C. - The constant march of technological advancement and its implications for law enforcement can often seem daunting, but finally we’ve got some good news: confiscated Chinese-made drones are now being used as moving targets for the United States’ military elite. In [...]
The Law Enforcement Phlebotomy Program (LEPP) is funded through a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation Highway Safety & Traffic Division to the Missouri Safety Center. This program funds these primary objectives: - Assistance with policy and procedure development and resources for agencies who would like to develop [...]
By Inspector Chris Butler (ret.) for Calibre Press | calibrepress.com Part 1 of a 2-part series Police officers always desire that the members of the public they interact with will respond positively and cooperatively to officer presence. Aggression is not a single phenomenon and there is a type of [...]
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