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At the 2009 ILEETA conference I had the opportunity to listen to Danny Vaughn speak. He gave a class called “Survival: What your officers need to know”. I now want to share his lessons with you all.

Incident

Danny was a Police officer with the Houston Police Department. On March 20th 1993, he had been with the department for 10 years. On that day he was working in a police substation. A subject entered the station and drew a firearm. Danny was shot in the arm while ...

I have been wanting to create this article for some time however I could never think of a way of presenting it and not sounding like I am shamelessly ripping off Brian Willis, a man whom I have the utmost respect for. I have spoken with Brian and he was gracious enough to allow me to post his WIN article from his fantastic blog. Excellence in Training

Stay Safe,

Chris

"W.I.N. is a simple but powerful acronym used by the famous college football coach ...

Hopefully this isn’t new to anyone. I know that when I started in security there were no training requirements. As such I was never told what my authority was. Thankfully that changed when I began working for my current agency. For those of you in the same boat here is a brief piece about authority to arrest. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask. The great thing about this site is the range of experience that the members have.

An arrest occurs when one takes or gets control ...

Several weeks ago I was attending the ‘Legacy of Excellence’ conference here in Calgary. This is my third time at the conference and it is a great opportunity to learn from some of the best trainers in the world.

At the beginning of the conference, Brian Willis asked everyone to write down something that they know now but they wished they knew at the beginning of their career. At that time I couldn’t think of anything to write. A short time later I finally got around to reading ...

Last week I was driving from Calgary to Edmonton so that I could attend the Alberta Peace and Police Officer Memorial. On my way I stopped at a Denny’s restaurant. When I entered I was amazed at how busy it was; there were over 100 people inside at tables and several families sat waiting for a space. Thankfully since I was by myself I was seated immediately. While I waited for my order a number of things struck me. The main being that the manager was running around and making sure everything was ...