by Calibre Press | Jan 22, 2024 | Communication & Interaction, Deescalation, Defensive Tactics, Instructor Insights, Legal, Officer Feedback, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Tips, Training, Use of Force
By Ron Martinelli, Ph.D. ========== Editor’s note: In an article shared with Street Survival Seminar attendees, longtime trainer and use-of-force expert Dr. Ron Martinelli explains what he calls his 10 Laws of Defensive Tactics. After reading Ron’s sage advice,...
by Calibre Press | Mar 15, 2023 | Defensive Tactics, Instructor Insights, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Tips, Training, Use of Force, Weapons & Tactical Gear
Some trainers believe that if you’re not exposed to oleoresin capsicum during training, you’re being cheated out of a very valuable training experience. But some officers fight taking an OC hit as was the case with one southern officer who refused to be sprayed after...
by Calibre Press | May 4, 2022 | Legal, Officer Feedback, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Video
After we ran our recent article, Is a TASER a Deadly Force Weapon When Utilized by a Resistive Subject, and asked readers to share their responses to that question in the context of an officer-involved shooting in Grand Rapids, MI, e-mails from across the country...
by Jim Glennon | Apr 25, 2022 | Calibre Press Commentary, Defensive Tactics, Instructor Insights, Legal, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Tips, Video
Competing Narratives: April 4, 2002 1. A Grand Rapids, MI police officer, mercilessly and unjustifiably shot a confused and terrified black man in the back of the head while laying on top of him and pushing the defenseless man’s face into the ground. A motivating...
by Jim Glennon | Dec 27, 2021 | Calibre Analysis, Officer Safety & Survival, Patrol, Video
By Jim Glennon On December 8, 2021 a young police officer answered a disturbance at an apartment complex in Oklahoma City. He immediately encountered 40-year-old Antwon Hill in a breezeway. The officer was alone. Within 30 seconds of the encounter Hill pulled a gun...
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