Posts about "calm"
Front Line Friday #21: De-escalation Training That Actually Transfers
The gap between classroom de-escalation performance and street application, what the research shows about verbal technique under stress, and what distinguishes training that transfers from training that produces a certificate.
AllOutdoor Review – Alpacka Raft Caribou
Packrafting has completely altered how you can get into the wilderness, giving us the excitement of being on the water combined with the freedom of backpacking. And Alpacka Raft Caribou is at the center of this change. They didn’t just create the modern packraft, they keep finding ways to i...
AllOutdoor Review – Old Town Discovery 158 Canoe
For over three decades, the Old Town Discovery 158 has been one of the best-selling canoes in America, and after spending real time with one this season, it’s easy to see why it’s earned such a loyal following. I first got a good look at this boat during my factory tour at Old Town in […...
SK Customs Saints Series featuring “San Miguel Arcángel” 38 Super 1911
SK Customs has announced a new Saints Series of customized Colt 1911 pistols chambered in .38 Super with the latest offering being dubbed San Miguel Arcángel (Saint Michael). There will be 500 of these unique handguns produced, and this is the 4th installment to be announced through the Sa...
Terra Semaia on Empowered 2A, Women’s Firearms Training & GOA Advocacy
Terra Semaia has become a growing force in the Second Amendment community, blending advocacy, firearms instruction, and women-focused outreach through Empowered 2A and Gun Owners of America.
Curtiss P-36 Hawk: Hero Plane of Pearl Harbor?
At the National Museum of the United States Air Force, many visitors will see an unfamiliar aircraft at the entrance to the WWII gallery. The museum’s display of the gleaming silver fighter coded “86” on the fuselage, features a pilot boarding the plane in his pajamas, with an M1911 pistol ...
Texas Man Shoots and Kills Woman Who Drew Gun on Him First During Neighborhood Road Confrontation, Kids in Car
HARRIS COUNTY, TX – A confrontation between two strangers in a residential neighborhood ended in a fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon, with the woman’s two young children witnessing the incident from inside her vehicle. The Harris County Medical Examiner identified the woman as 32-year-ol...
Front Line Friday #9: Range Qualification Realities
Passing the qual and being ready to shoot are not the same thing. Most agencies have built their training calendar around one and called it the other.
Front Line Friday #7: Writing SOPs That Actually Stick
The policy looked fine in the meeting. It stopped working by Thursday night.