by R.K. Miller | Aug 5, 2015 | Academy, Leadership, Training
Today, American law enforcement is caught in a contradiction similar to the opening line of Charles Dickens’ classic, A Tale of Two Cites: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” As...
by R.K. Miller | Jul 7, 2015 | Exclusive, Training
The history of active shooter incidents in our country is tragically extensive. One of the earliest however, may not be common knowledge: May 18, 1927, started off in Bath Township, Penn. when Andrew Kehoe killed his wife, who was ill with tuberculosis. Then, in an...
by R.K. Miller | May 4, 2015 | Tactics & Weapons
Let us talk extended range, kinetic energy impact munitions (or more commonly “less lethal”) one more time. While the two previous articles on this topic have been oriented more toward theory, history and physics, this offering will provide some...
by R.K. Miller | Apr 7, 2015 | Tactics & Weapons
Welcome back to our discussion on less lethal munitions. In case your memory span is becoming severely challenged like mine, last month we covered some important aspects of less lethal munitions. The big focus of that piece was the need for accurate use in combination...
by R.K. Miller | Dec 22, 2008 | Exclusive, Training
Words of wisdom, catchy phrases, slogans , whatever you call them have been used in police work for as long as I can remember (which is admittedly a significant amount of time), and instructors often use them to help get their message across to students. Slogans have...