Both Sides of the Door – Breonna Taylor and Bad Outcomes

Both Sides of the Door – Breonna Taylor and Bad Outcomes

EPISODE 145 Both Sides of the Door: Breonna Taylor and Bad Outcomes  In the world of ugly warrant execution, there are a lot of bad scenarios that have happened with lessons to be learned for people on both sides of the door. In this episode, Mike & Jim break down...
The Real Burdens of Everyday Carry

The Real Burdens of Everyday Carry

EPISODE 144 The Real Burdens of Everyday Carry If you’re a habitual firearms toter, how do you carry to and from places where you can’t carry? Do you? What if it’s someplace where there’s no provision for securing it at your destination? Whether going to and from the...
Problem Solving As A Team Sport

Problem Solving As A Team Sport

EPISODE 143 problem solving as a team sport In the pop-culture tactical world today it’s common to see Col. Boyd’s Decision Cycle, the famed “OODA Loop”, applied to individuals and their actions, but indeed it has its origins as an institutional concept. If you need...
Making Sure the Kids are Alright

Making Sure the Kids are Alright

EPISODE 142 making sure the kids are alright In any organization it’s almost a tradition to turn and look at the people coming up through the ranks behind you and bemoan how much better things were in the Good Old Days. Of course, things were better then because the...
Having Public Affairs Without Screwing Up

Having Public Affairs Without Screwing Up

EPISODE 141 having Public Affairs without screwing up  Mike reminds us that “Responsibility to the Community” is not just a slogan on a squad car door in this episode, where he and Jim talk about the necessity of keeping the public informed in a manner that is both...
The Case of “The Mission v. The People”

The Case of “The Mission v. The People”

EPISODE 140 The Case of”The mission v. the people”   In dangerous career fields like the military or law enforcement, there’s an unavoidable tension of priorities between the mission and the safety of the people on the team who need to accomplish it....