Law enforcement officers across Maryland are learning or honing skills in tactical communication – that is, remaining calm and in control in stressful situations – at the police and correctional ...

ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- "How are you?" It's a polite yet simple question that can invite a snarky response and potential danger during a routine traffic stop. That's according to safety experts ...

Intended Audiences for This Course •Anyone in the Field of Public Safety: Police, Probation (Juvenile or Adult), Corrections, Fire, USFS, BLM, Dispatchers, Campus Safety, Investigators •Government ...

I was speaking with a friend of mine who’s a short-timer working patrol in the Southeastern United States recently. He’d just returned from defensive tactics training and lamented the fact that the ...

ARCHBOLD — First responders from a variety of agencies are gathering at Northwest State Community College (NSCC) here today and tomorrow for a type of training aimed at de-escalation practices. The ...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Emotions can run high when police a stop a vehicle, or when officers arrive at the scene of a potential issue. Anxiety. Fear. Frustration. A heart beats faster when a siren ...

As usual the topic of my Officer.com article started as a debate between the Editor and myself. I wanted to write a gloriously detailed article about the adventures of using a female urine funnel so I ...

Dirty Harry won’t cut it in the 1990s. “This is modern America, not a Clint Eastwood movie. If you say to Americans in the ’90s, ‘Go ahead, make my day,’ they’ll do it,” barked cop trainer George ...