Andy Brown, Warnings Unheeded

Andy Brown, Warnings Unheeded

EPISODE 22 WarnINGS UNHEEDED:tWIN TRAGEDIES AT FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE We interviewed Andy Brown, the author of Warnings Unheeded, to discuss his role in stopping an active shooter with an AK47 by shooting him in the head from 68 yards away with his pistol. We cover...

What Signal Are You Sending?

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN WHAT SIGNAL ARE YOU SENDING? We need to talk about the hats, bumper stickers, tattoos, and t-shirts. I once came across an email from a Sergeant Major in an elite counter-terrorism unit to his guys. It started: “We have...

Public Relations: You’re doing it wrong.

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN PUBLIC RELATIONS: YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG There was a recent Deputy-involved shooting in Arizona in which the suspect was killed and the deputy was wounded. A pro-LE media outlet published an article that said the...

Shoot or No-Shoot?

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN   SHOOT OR NO SHOOT? We had an interesting critical thinking debate at SWAT training recently. Suppose you are serving a search warrant in which crucial evidence could potentially be destroyed, and an entry is...
Fight Club with Craig Douglas

Fight Club with Craig Douglas

EPISODE 21 FIGHT CLUB WITH CRAIG DOUGLAS Craig Douglas, retired cop chats about fighting when weapons are involved Craig Douglas is a retired SWAT and undercover narcotics cop who started a company called Shivworks, specializing in close-range and entangled...