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On September 11, 2001, Rick Rescorla was the head of security for the Morgan Stanley financial offices based out of Tower 2 at the World Trade Center. He started his life as a member of the British Army in 1956 and was deployed during the Cypriot insurgency. Later he worked as a Police officer with the Northern Rhodesia Police and the London Metropolitan Police. In 1963 he was living in the United States where he enlisted in the U.S. Army. In 1965 he was involved in the ...

In this article I will be discussing my views on what “our” role is. When I say “our”, I am referring to Police, Corrections, Peace Officers, Security and any other agency that has a stake in public safety. I believe that many of us start out with a serious misunderstanding about what our role is.
I know that I did. It was only after reading the book “Unleashing the Power of Unconditional Respect: Transforming Law Enforcement and Police Training” by Charles Huth and Jack Colwell, that I developed ...

How prepared are you for an emergency or disaster at your work place? Do you truly understand your role during an incident? Are you knowledgeable enough to take over your supervisor’s role? Have you ever seen your site emergency response plan?

Security personnel can encounter an emergency situation regardless of the site they work at. Fire and flood are the most common that your may come across however each site with have a unique array of hazards. By learning some of the basics of ...

Law Officer Magazine’s 2011 Trainer of the Year: Brian Willis

Some of you may have noticed that a number of my recent articles had a link at the bottom with information about the Law Officer Magazine’s 2011 Trainer of the Year. This is an annual award that is designed to reward the actions of the best trainers in North America. The award is handed out at the ILEETA conference.

If you have not already seen or heard, the winner of the 2011 award was Brian Willis. ...

With today being the first day of daylight savings it is a good time to check and clean your equipment. Often we have all of our gear on our belt but for some of us we hardly use it. Without realising it your equipment can quickly break down and become useless. Now is a good time to throw some new batteries into the flashlight and take care of some other equipment.

Take your cuffs out of their pouch. Open them up and check them for rust. Push the single bar through the double bar ...