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Police Survival Drowning is a common problem in today’s world. Anyone, even lifeguards, can drown. Oddly, we seem as a society to not truly understand the anyone-can-drown concept. In fact, we burden many of our public safety personnel with the misconstrued concept of what a hero is. The hero concept is dangerously based on whether or not a person was foolish enough to attempt a water related, or other type of rescue, recklessly endangering his or her own life, and possibly the lives of others. Would-be heroes all too often drown themselves trying to perform a rescue beyond their personal or team capability. A person drowns while trying to save someone else. He or she dies trying to be a foolish hero. Remember, dead is forever. But the media and eulogy will both remember him as a great person, a hero. Heroes do not recklessly endanger their own lives or the lives of others. Even with the minimum necessary training, equipment and personnel resources an in-water rescue can still go wrong...

I want everyone to know that if you like a post of mine and want to copy it, print it, distribute it, by all means GO FOR IT!! That is one of the reason's I enjoy being an FTO, to pass what little knowledge I have ( LOL) on to others and hopefully keep them safe or make them think for themselves a bit. Please by all means copy them. That means YOU Texas Ghostrider!! LOL!!!

WHAT MAKES A GOOD COP AND LEADER??? A good cop is genuinely a leader to the community they serve. But everyone in a position of authority is not really a leader. A well rounded leader possesses the 3 C's: character, charisma, and compassion. These are the core foundation of ethical leadership. Character: Character starts with setting an example of good morals and values. Leaders with good character ascribe to the principles with their oath of office, support their department’s mission statement, and communicate their vision frequently. There is no substitute for character. With that in mind, nobody is perfect. Only time and a pattern of excellence will build evidence of one’s true character and integrity. Your character is your personality’s fingerprint. Just as you can burn your fingers and permanently alter your fingerprint, you can do the same for your character. You are either ethical or your not. There is no middle ground. “Day by Day, what you chose, what you think, and w...

If anybody knows of a way to get ahold of MotorCop could you get him to get a hold of me by my e mail in my profile. Really would like to talk with him, and you can't leave blog comments on his blog unless you are a team member, and he has no team members!! Thanks everyone!!!

Give Them the Light When interviewing a subject during evening hours, I usually stand with my back to the front of the patrol car and I put the subject in front of me facing toward the headlights of my car. I find that this reduces his night vision while maintaining mine. If we're on a busy road, I try and do the same but off to the side a bit, so if my car gets hit we don't also get hit. Let Him Run Out of Steam, Not You When a suspect takes off running, he or she usually explodes into a sprint and runs at full speed. Often, this will mean that it won't be too long before they run out of steam. Generally, at full speed he will die off somewhere within 30 seconds to a minute from where the foot pursuit began. When taking off after them, run at about 60%. This will give you a chance to use your radio, keep them in sight, and keep going after they drop off. Also, you will still have energy left for any physical altercation which might occur when you reach them. Danger Sign ...

Traffic Cop vs Violator A motorcycle officer stops a man for running a red light. The guy is a real jerk and comes running back to the motor cop. The violator demands to know why he is being harassed by the Gestapo!! So the officer calmly tells him of the red light violation. The "Motorist" instantly goes on a tirade, questioning the officer's ancestry, sexual orientation, etc., in rather explicit terms! The officer, being a professional, takes it all in stride, figuring " Battleship mouth and Rowboat ass.". The tirade goes on without the motorcop saying a thing. When he gets done writing the citation he puts an " A H " in the lower right corner of the narrative portion of the cite. He then hands it to the " violator" for his signature. The guy signs the cite angrily, tearing the paper, and when given his copy points to the A H and demands to know what it stands for. The officer then removes his mirrored sunglasses, gets in the mi...

WATCH OUT FOR THE WOMEN WHEN "TRYING" TO ARREST THEM!!!! We have all done it, felt way to relaxed when dealing with a female suspect. We’re big, bad, tough cops right? Whether we are male or female, we often tend to let our guard down when dealing with a female. We are the ones in uniform; that makes us ten feet tall and bulletproof, Yes? Especially you male officers, a woman isn’t going to be able to hurt you right? Well that’s what I thought. Let me take you back to a dark winter night( Jan.13/02 outside of St. Francois Xavier) on a desolate stretch of country road. I had pulled over an intoxicated driver, a lone female driver. I was all of 185 pounds, in shape, and I had an obnoxious 240 pound drunk country girl on my hands. The time came to take her into custody and you know how it goes down hill quick? Well the next thing I know is I’m getting jumped by this intoxicated woman. The first thoughts that ran through my mind were “I can’t believe this is happening, I don’t...