- Fighting Complacency Reminder: Nothing We Do is Routine, NOTHING!!!
- Street Level Red Teaming: The Cop Killer
- Street Level Red Teaming: Assessing The Situation From the Adversarial Point of View
- Take A.I.M. and Prepare To Win Dynamic Encounters
- Don't Charge Police for Mistakes
- What is a Threat?
- Benefits of Conditioning Our Decision Making...The Boyd Cycle
- Superior Situational Awareness and Decision Making...Attributes And Skills of Full Spectrum Officers
- Earning "The Right to Lead" With Character and Courage
- JUSTIFIED: Are You Serious? The Balancing Act of Persuasion, and Reasonable Force
- Adaptive Leader Methodology: An Alternative for Better Outcomes
- When Do We Teach the Basics?
- Positive Leadership: Invest in People Building a Culture of Innovation
- Harnessing The Street Cops Wisdom: Taking Whole of Conflict...And Effective Full Spectrum Responses
- Beyond Active Response: An Operational Concept for Police Counterterrorism Response
- The Badge: Much More Than a Piece of Medal
- Wellbeing Check to Knife Attack: Anticipation-The Double Edged Sword and its Affect on Winning and Losing, Up Close and Personal
- Fast Transients, Manipulating the Tempo of Conflict: Disrupting and Confusing Our Adversary via Full Spectrum Response
- Leadership By Wandering Around!
- Defeat into Victory: Battling a Tough Climate with Faith, Perseverance and Lessons Learned
- Evolving Threats and the Fourth Generation Warfare Problem Here at Home
- We were ready, they weren't...40 Years after Newhall, Are We Applying Lessons Learned?
- When Violence Prevention Fails, Planning Must Enhance Strategy
- After Action Review: Is It a Tool Used to Learn and Become More Effective or a Tool Used to Punish?
- Maintaining Mental Calmness and Not Losing Our Cool
- Evolution of Strategy and Tactics to Ongoing Deadly Action "Active Shootings" and Operational Art
- Interaction, Insight and Imagination, and Initiative...The Building Blocks of Police Operational Art
- Coffee and Conversation: Is "Officer Friendly" a Factor to Consider in Engagements with Our Adversary?
- Coffee and Conversation: "Sharpening Our Orientation" and Reducing Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
- Coffee and Conversation: Police Make Mistakes But Seldom Admit Them! What's Reasonable?
- Coffee and Conversation: The Tactical Decision Maker: The Devil's Definitely in the Details
- Coffee and Conversation: "Self Awareness" The Forgotten Attribute of Decision Making
- Coffee and Conversation: Issues that Affect Law Enforcement and Security: Walking our Talk to Officer Safety
- Coffee and Conversation: Issues that Affect Law Enforcement and Security: The Inevitable Failure of Suburbia?
- Law Enforcement and the Utility of Force...Why Cops Can't Shoot Like the Lone Ranger?
- Tactics: Applying Methods to Madness
Operational Art
Evolving Threats Small Arms and Small Unit Swarming Tactics as Tools of Terror...Are We Up To the Challenge?
Submitted by Fred on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 7:47am.There is an interesting article written titled Armed jihadist assaults on the horizon? The article links some of the latest attempts of terror at home Fort Hood, Christmas day bomber and the Times Square attempt as warning to what lies ahead for the United States.
Law Enforcement and the Utility of Force...Why Cops Can't Shoot Like the Lone Ranger?
Submitted by Fred on Sat, 05/29/2010 - 12:20pm.Every time there is a police related shooting, I hear questions: Why did they have to kill him? Why did they shoot him with lethal force? Why did they not shoot the gun out of his hand? How about hitting him in the leg or just wounding him? All questions asked for reasons I feel are related to a serious lack of understanding of what police officers can and cannot do when it comes to life- threatening circumstances and handling their weapons.
Harnessing The Street Cops Wisdom: Taking Whole of Conflict...And Effective Full Spectrum Responses
Submitted by Fred on Sun, 05/23/2010 - 10:24am.By Fred Leland
“Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in the days to come.” ~Proverbs 19:20
Beyond Active Response: An Operational Concept for Police Counterterrorism Response
Submitted by Fred on Sat, 05/15/2010 - 8:30am.My Saturday morning Coffee and Conversations topics are usually my own thoughts on topics related to law enforcement and security.
COL John Boyd on the Essence of Winning and Losing!
Submitted by Fred on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 6:37am.“The essence of winning and losing is in learning how to shape or influence events so that we not only magnify our spirit and strength but also influence potential adversaries as well as the uncommitted so that they are drawn toward our philosophy and are empathetic towards our success.” ~Col. John Boyd
The strategic and tactical mindset should have these words from Boyd in mind while we interact with our environment and our adversary.
Wellbeing Check to Knife Attack: Anticipation-The Double Edged Sword and its Affect on Winning and Losing, Up Close and Personal
Submitted by Fred on Sat, 05/01/2010 - 10:18am.By Fred Leland
Tactics: Applying Methods to Madness
Submitted by Fred on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 9:58am.The tactical dimension of dealing with conflict and violence is built on the foundation of strategic and operational elements. (We’ll talk about the lost operational art next week) The tactical dimension is the when and the where of the situation, the time and place.
Evolution of Strategy and Tactics to Ongoing Deadly Action "Active Shootings" and Operational Art
Submitted by Fred on Sat, 01/23/2010 - 8:40am.An active shooter is defined as "... an armed person who has used deadly physical force on other persons and continues to do so while having unrestricted access to additional victims.[1]
The vision most law enforcement officers have when it comes to an active shooter is one or two people with guns moving through a building, randomly shooting anyone in their path. Active shootings are often thought of as taking place in a public place, such as a school where kids attend.
Interaction, Insight and Imagination, and Initiative...The Building Blocks of Police Operational Art
Submitted by Fred on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 7:44am.“The essence of winning and losing is in learning how to shape or influence events so that we not only magnify our spirit and strength but also influence potential adversaries as well as the uncommitted so that they are drawn toward our philosophy and are empathetic towards our success.” ~Col. John Boyd
Coffee and Conversation: Is "Officer Friendly" a Factor to Consider in Engagements with Our Adversary?
Submitted by Fred on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 8:52am.“Citizens of the community, administrators, and heads of law enforcement agencies desire to interact with friendly officers. While a friendly image does much to promote a positive image for the officer and the department, overly friendly behavior at an inappropriate time may cause some offenders to view this as a sign of vulnerability.” ~Violent Encounters, A Study of Felonious Assaults on Our nations Law Enforcement Officers, Federal Bureau of Investigation
