• Are You a Deliberate Man? (Or Woman?)

    By:  Lt. Charlie Strickland Are you a deliberate man, or woman? In the many movies about Wyatt Earp, one of my favorite scenes, and one that sums the man up, is where Wyatt says to Ed Masterson, “You are not a deliberate man, Ed.  I do not sense that about you.”  I know this is…

  • Home Defense: Harden the Castle or Train the Knight?

    Home Defense is a term that a lot of people use when they ask us about training. There are really two concepts that are traditionally addressed separately. However, there is a better approach. In traditional mainstream crime prevention talks given in law enforcement circles, the “harden the castle” approach is the most common. The politically…

  • Where Is A Cop When You Need One?

    I have been a cop for 23 years and after all that time as a Violent Crimes Detective, Robbery Detective, Patrol Officer, Traffic Cop, SWAT Team Leader, Trainer, and now night shift Watch Commander, I have learned a thing or two about your expectations of Law Enforcement versus our ability to meet those expectations.  My…