On-scene commanders make decisions in the high-threat law enforcement context of hostage rescue, armed barricaded suspects, and armed suicidal individuals that can result in successful or catastrophic outcomes. The OpTac International Critical Incident Leadership and Decision-Making Program is based on Dr. Stuart A. Meyers’ research published in the books, High-Threat Decisions: When It’s a Matter of Life and Death and SWAT Operati...

The United States has one of the world’s highest death rates from opioid abuse and the crisis is growing. Although federal funding to address the opioid crisis has increased in recent years, the challenge persists. Join POLITICO virtually at the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday,September 23 at 10:45 - 11:45 AM CT / 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM ET for an urgent conversation on what it will take to change course. We’ll speak with policymak...

On Monday, Sept. 18, whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn will discuss his latest book, Rules for Whistleblowers: A Handbook for Doing What’s Right, at the 14th and V location of Busboys and Poets. Kohn has been featured in the Washington Post (see Here's how the Constitution protects leakers and whistleblowers and What is a whistleblower: How to be a journalist) as well as the New York Times (see The Whistleblowers of 1777). He has re...

On-scene commanders make decisions in the high-threat law enforcement context of hostage rescue, armed barricaded suspects, and armed suicidal individuals that can result in successful or catastrophic outcomes. The OpTac International Critical Incident Leadership and Decision-Making Program is based on Dr. Stuart A. Meyers’ research published in the books, High-Threat Decisions: When It’s a Matter of Life and Death and SWAT Operati...

PER-340-1 - Active Threat Integrated Response Course (ATIRC) - Train the Trainer The Active Threat Integrated Response Course (ATIRC) is a 24-hour performance level direct delivery course designed to improve integration between law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) in active shooter events. The course provides law enforcement officers with key medical skills based on tactical emergency casualty care (TECC) guidelines whic...

PER-340 - Active Threat Integrated Response Course (ATIRC) The Active Threat Integrated Response Course (ATIRC) is a 24-hour performance level direct delivery course designed to improve integration between law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) in active shooter events. The course provides law enforcement officers with key medical skills based on tactical emergency casualty care (TECC) guidelines which can be used at the p...

Does adverting a school attack ensure that the threat of violence has been mitigated? In 2018 a youth at Michigan High School was arrested after his mother uncovered a school shooting plot. Although the school shooting was averted, the subject of concern went on to conduct a tragic act of violence after his release from juvenile detention three years later. Researchers from the National Policing Institute and Michigan State University, Departm...

AUSA’s Noon Report Webinar series invites you to join us on Wednesday 21 September at 12:00 EDT to hear a presentation by LTG Donna Martin.LTG Martin will discuss her 34 year leadership journey with an emphasis on how she led Military Police units during Desert Shield / Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan. LTG Martin will also discuss how she continues to develop as a senior Army leader through challenging Ge...

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As reality continues to endlessly bombard us with more and more incidents of violence to include Tops Supermarket, Robb Elementary School, continuous gun violence in our cities — and so many more – the list of incidents synonymous with extreme violence and mass killings keeps growing. There are no singular causes, nor easy fixes to immediately improve the reality that has become part of our everyday life. Though no easy fixes exist...