He’s Growing What?

You get called out to a home located on the edges of the city, almost into the countryside. A nice looking home, long driveway, nice fencing, relatively well kept. You notice the place has a lot of ‘No Trespassing’ signs posted and there is more than one big, hulking Rottweiler guarding the property. This isn’t [...]

Can’t You Just Wound The Suspect?

Well, that’s an interesting question and the answer in most cases is no, you can’t just wound the suspect. When you are shooting (using deadly force) the general idea is to totally incapacitate him or her to prevent them from harming anyone else. Total incapacitation ideally means that it is accomplished without the suspect dying. [...]

The Caller Said

The call came into the precinct about 10:30 pm on a Friday night, the TGIF end of the week that everyone looks forward to with anticipation of things to come for the weekend. The woman sounded highly stressed and said her boyfriend had a knife and was waving it in her face. She said [...]

Physical Fitness for Life

Okay, we’re not talking about staying fit just for the duration of your initial police training, we’re talking about staying fit over the course of your total police career. While that may sound like a major pain in the – uhm – pain in the posterior, we can’t emphasize enough how important the role [...]

Why Being a Cop Means Never Ending Silly Questions

While being a cop is certainly a feather in your cap, and you worked hard to get where you are, you cannot believe some of the dumb questions you get asked. However, remember this, most average Joe and Josephine Citizens have no clue what your life is like, or what kinds of situations you face [...]

They Don’t Accept You Based on Your Good Looks

No really, you don’t get accepted into a police foundation course in Ontario based on your good looks. You have to meet a whole bunch of criteria to get that far and, be aware, that if you do good on your courses and sit a spectacular entrance exam you have one more hurdle yet to [...]

Watch the What?

What do you watch the most when you are dealing with a suspect? If you answered, “Watch the eyes,” you may wind up dead. While watching the eyes does play a part in dealing with a suspect after he’s been subdued (or cuffed and stuffed), the most crucial thing to watch prior to him [...]

The Culture Mentality

This is something you likely already know about just by knowing what the police culture is like. You may have friends that are officers or you may be dating an officer, so you will see first-hand the kind of fraternity bonds that exist amongst them. This is something you need to remember, as you become [...]

Tunnel Vision

Ever heard of the concept of tunnel vision? You probably have when you were in an argument with someone and they accused you of having tunnel vision in not seeing all the issues involved in the argument. In other words, you shut out or ignored some important information that would have made a difference in [...]