Upcoming Courses
Oct. 20-21, Ballistic Shield User, Spokane WA
Nov 3-5, Tactical Carbine/SubGun, Union Gap, WA
Nov 6 & 7, Tactical Pistol, Union Gap, WA…
Dec 1-3, SWAT Team Leader, Richland, WA.
2015 Course
Feb 2-3 Tactical Pistol, Kent WA
April 13-15 Carbine/Subgun User, Kent WA
May 18-20 High Risk Warrant Service, Kent WA
June 15-19 Pistol Instructor, Kent WA
Sept, 14-15, Tactical Pistol, Kent WA
Spokane should be confirming course dates within the next few weeks. If you want to host a course, get in touch with me. Hosting is easy, it is free and you get free training for your agency.
Lots of talk about the militirization of the police. Well, what about it? We have certainly become more tactically proficient in the last 22 years I have been a cop. The level, frequency and amount of training available to cops is at an extreme high. Lots of agencies supporting officer safety initiatives, this in turn leads to better trained, equipped and smart cops. Active shooter and terrorist threats have required it. So why deny it? We are, and it’s a really good thing.
More importantly, how about those military guys becoming more like the cops? I mean they are using suround and callout tactics to great affect in foreign lands. More than ever they are forced to target discriminate to ensure only bad people are killed. They have ROE that are strikingly similar to Tennessee V Garner. They have to document and articulate their uses of force. What the hell?
Maybe whats really happening is that the military is becoming more like the police, and unfortunately citizens are presuming that we are morphing into them when the opposite is actually true. Maybe. At a time when more police officers are killed domestically than soldiers in Afghanistan, maybe it’s time for citizens to take a harder look on what officers have to deal with.
Dont take this as a “Sheepdog” or “Blue Angels” blitz. You all know I hate that shit. I got into this job knowing full well what the risks were. I dont want medals or accolades or parades, I’m not with that cop shit so I’m not gonna yell that. I am going to continue to do my job, being reasonable, acting within the law, and being prepared; mentally, physically and emotionally. Thanks are not needed. When citizens decide that we can only shoot folks if they have a gun, then that’s what I will do. If they say we can’t use guns on “unarmed” people ever, then my iron fists will have to suffice. If they say shooting dangerous felons in the back is illegal, then I will let them escape. But today, all of those things are legal in the right circumstances, and EXPECTED of me by the citizens I have sworn to protect. So I will.