Training

Front-Line Advice from a Chief Who Responded to the Parkland Massacre

2023-05-03T19:30:17-05:00

By Chief Tony Pustizzi (ret.), Coral Spring (FL) PD Reprinted with permission from Calibre Press EDITOR’S NOTE: On the heels of the Nashville school shooting and the similar tragedies we’ve seen, active threat response has remained a pivotal topic in discussions on training, policy, leadership and individual officer performance. Chief [...]

Front-Line Advice from a Chief Who Responded to the Parkland Massacre2023-05-03T19:30:17-05:00

First group graduates from Jail Officer Academy

2023-04-21T00:03:48-05:00

We are so excited as this has been a long time in the making. On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, the Sheriffs' Association graduated 12 from its first Jail Officer Academy held at the Pettis County Sheriff's Office in Sedalia. Class number 2 is underway at the Webster County Sheriff's Office [...]

First group graduates from Jail Officer Academy2023-04-21T00:03:48-05:00

OC Exposure During Training: A Survival Must?

2023-04-04T02:49:26-05:00

Some trainers believe that if you’re not exposed to oleoresin capsicum during training, you’re being cheated out of a very valuable training experience. But some officers fight taking an OC hit as was the case with one southern officer who refused to be sprayed after claiming he feared possible [...]

OC Exposure During Training: A Survival Must?2023-04-04T02:49:26-05:00
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