Situational Awareness

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN Situational Awareness “You weren’t paying attention.” “YOU NEED BETTER S-A!” Many trainers (including me) have said something like this to a rookie after a situation where details went unnoticed or unheeded, but it does...
Timing, Tactics, and Patience

Timing, Tactics, and Patience

EPISODE 20 TIMING, TACTICS AND PATIENCE Whether you are organizing an air battle campaign or you are wrestling over a gun with a bad guy, there is a lot to be said about the element of time. Mike and Jim discuss how we have to account for the time variable in a...

Rethinking Toughness

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN RETHINKING TOUGHNESS I have been thinking a lot about fitness lately. I hit a phase of life where I consciously started to consider the need to take care of myself. Past 30, it gets harder to “cram” for a fitness test or...

EDC

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN REAL TALK ON EVERY DAY CARRY One of the concepts I teach to police recruits their first day of the academy is the “Officer Safety Pyramid.” I didn’t come up with this idea (it’s part of the AZ POST curriculum), but the...
Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department

Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department

EPISODE 83 Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department BCSO Special Operations and Air Support We met with the commanders of the Air Unit and SWAT Team for the Bernalillo Co Sheriff in Albuquerque. This is a busy agency with a lot going on. We talk about leadership,...