by Mike | Aug 20, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN CONTEXT IN USE OF FORCE DECISIONS Humans make a subconscious assessment of a problem when they choose a solution, and that subtlety cannot be overlooked in training. Last year, we ran a training scenario at my agency...
by Mike | Aug 12, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN NO-KNOCK SEARCH WARRANTS Police officers will sometimes ask a magistrate for permission to serve a warrant unannounced, which often involves the forcible entry into a home during a criminal investigation. The judge...
by Mike | Aug 5, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN 2018 SOUTHWEST TRAUMA CONFERENCE I spent the last couple days at the Southwest Regional Trauma Conference and wanted to share a few notes. The conference chairman is Dr. Andy Tang, the Trauma Director of Banner UMC in...
by Mike | Jul 29, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN WHAT SIGNAL ARE YOU SENDING? We need to talk about the hats, bumper stickers, tattoos, and t-shirts. I once came across an email from a Sergeant Major in an elite counter-terrorism unit to his guys. It started: “We have...
by Mike | Jul 22, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN PUBLIC RELATIONS: YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG There was a recent Deputy-involved shooting in Arizona in which the suspect was killed and the deputy was wounded. A pro-LE media outlet published an article that said the...
by Mike | Jul 15, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN SHOOT OR NO SHOOT? We had an interesting critical thinking debate at SWAT training recently. Suppose you are serving a search warrant in which crucial evidence could potentially be destroyed, and an entry is...
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