For more than 25 years I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to train other police officers. Beginning with the officers at my own department and branching out into college students, academy cadets, and officers all across the country, teaching and learning from my fellow warriors has been the most rewarding chapter in my law enforcement life. I remember being truly affected by the expe...

Authors: Neal Rossow and Brandon Rossow ……We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother…… (Henry V; Act 4, Scene 3 by Shakespeare) William “Wild Bill” Guarnere, was a paratrooper during WWII, made famous, along with his fellow E Company soldiers, by Steven Ambrose in his book Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st A...

By Neal Rossow and Brandon Rossow Back in the 1980’s, I remember seeing my first training video featuring the now- famous “JD Buck Savage” character, created and played by Dave Smith. Even though I can’t remember the focus of that particular episode, I clearly recall my reaction: This guy is a genius. In taking the most serious of police-related topics and pairing them with his par...

By Col. Julia Grimes (ret.) “Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle.” — Annie Besant I was looking for a spark. Though retired for less than four years from a career w...