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Staying Alive on the Job – A Survival Guide for Peace Officers

Article by: Tom Kohl

Tom Kohl is a US Army veteran (1988-92), who was in combat in Desert Shield/Storm in Iraq, and who served in the US Army Reserves (1992-95). Tom worked “on the street” as a police officer for the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas County Police Department from 1995 to 2002. He now is a Special [...]

Best Practices: Why the OODA Loop is Still Relevant

Article by: Amaury Murgado

Understanding the mind’s decision-making process can help you calm down subjects and improve your own reactions. The OODA loop was created by Air Force colonel John Boyd in the late 1950s. He was a Korean War fighter pilot and a student of combative engagements. Col. Boyd’s understanding of the time-sensitive nature of decision-making based on [...]

Police Officer Survival Guide – Complacency Can Kill You

Article by: Tom Kohl

The average police officer may work his entire career without having to discharge his weapon in the line of duty. This leads the officers into a sense of self- confidence and security, which can evaporate quickly when a suspectperson who is believed to be committing a crime, about to commit a crime, or has committed [...]

Police Officer Survival Guide – The California Newhall Incident

Article by: Tom Kohl

On April 5, 1970, the officer survival movement was born out of one of the darkest days in law enforcement’s history. In less than five minutes, two heavily armed and well-prepared criminals shot and killed four California Highway patrol officers. These officers were from an agency that was believed to be one of the leaders [...]

Police Officer Survival Guide – To Be Armed Off Duty

Article by: Tom Kohl

A dilemma for officers is whether to be armed or not off duty. Statistics on assaults against off-duty officers are given in a publication released yearly by the U.S. Department of Justice in its uniform Crime Reports series. Based on it, in the ten-year period between 1986 and 1996 one out of every seven officers [...]

Best Practices: Leading By Example

Article by: Amaury Murgado

You’re unlikely to truly inspire fellow officers unless you’re willing to toil in the trenches alongside them. Anything I ever needed to know about leadership I learned serving in the U.S. Army prior to becoming a law enforcement officer. In my 22-year Army career (active and reserve combined) I attended leadership schools required for promotion, [...]

Police Officer Survival Guide – The Use of Color Codes

Article by: Tom Kohl

One of the modes used in training, which is helpful, is the use of color codes. The color codes, developed a number of years ago, by Jeff Cooper describe levels of awareness that are combined with the appropriate protective actions a person should take when he or she comes in contact with other people. The [...]

Police Officer Survival Guide – Schiopathic, Psychopathic Behaviors and Your Survival

Article by: Tom Kohl

Any individual can become violent and the vast majority of society would commit a homicide under the right circumstances. Consequently, it cannot be assumed that the types of offenders discussed [in this paper] HERE are the only ones who may attempt to injure or kill a police officer. In Killed in the Line of Duty, [...]

Police Officer Survival Guide – Where Crooks Get Guns

Article by: Tom Kohl

A year long study was made by the Dallas Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in which recovered guns that had been used in crimes, were traced. The study began in October 1997 and continued through September 1998. Some very important facts came to light. When the locations of recovered guns [...]

Best Practices: Teamwork Minus the B.S.

Article by: Amaury Murgado

Learn and acknowledge the differences between being an organization, a team, and using teamwork. We live in an age of political correctness where saying the right things seems to have more value than doing the right things. People use catch phrases to draw attention to themselves and make them seem wise and caring. A good [...]

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