Trainer Talk

Most police academies and/or agencies provide guidelines or recommendations on setting up your duty belt. Some Standard Operating Procedures even dictate the placement of critical equipment. However, every officer and situation is different, so finding the best setup for your “rig” may require ongoi...

We all know a guy who has every tool ever needed in his garage, while some of us use duct tape to fix just about everything. While we might be able to tape our way out of trouble much of the time, it is best to have the right tool for the job, at the right time… and to know how to use it. It applies...

Flashlights—and especially law enforcement lights—have come a long way in the 21st century. It wasn’t so long ago that police officers carried duty lights with three or four batteries (or even five massive “D” cells in some cases), and relatively dim, fragile incandescent bulbs. These flashlights we...

The modern handcuff was designed in 1912. It comprised two bracelets—connected by a chain—that closed around the wrists with a ratcheting, swing-through bow. This design remained largely unchanged for most of the 20th century. Fortunately, a lot of innovation has taken place in the past few decades,...

Survival stress—also called fear-induced stress or combat stress—is a common physiological response to a perceived threat. The more extreme you perceive the threat to be, the more dramatically your body and mind will react, and the higher your anxiety will be. This may manifest itself in an elevated...