[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Gordon Graham here, and again, thanks for taking the time to read this brief piece. In my last article I introduced you to the breadth and depth of “real risk management”...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Lexipol, the leading provider of state-specific policies and training for public safety agencies, recently announced the introduction of its Fire Policies and Training...
Engaging on social media during an emergency does carry some risk, but not doing so is increasingly becoming a risk as well
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Editor’s Note: This article series is designed to introduce you to the concept of real risk management—an approach that goes way beyond a safety program to encompass the 10...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]“Congress shall make no law … abridging freedom of speech.” This quotation is from the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. And while it seems straightforward, consider...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Policies. General Orders. Standard Operating Guidelines. Standard Operating Procedures. Directives. In public safety, we use a lot of different words...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]The call comes in as a structure fire. As personnel are suiting up, you fire up the rig and get the lights activated. In moments you’re rolling Code 3 with the siren...
Your department has just purchased Lexipol, and you’ve been named to the committee that will review policies. As you stare at the Lexipol “master” content for your state—policies covering everything from administrative communications to officer-involved shootings to...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Opening the day’s mail, you come across a certified letter. As you scan the contents, your heart begins to beat a little faster and your mind races. OSHA has received a...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]I remember when I was first hired and received my badge pinning ceremony. It was such an honor to be part of this exclusive organization, and to me, the badge was a symbol...
Editor’s note: This article, part of series, has been excerpted and adapted from an article originally printed in The Chief’s Chronicle; New York State Assn. of Chiefs of Police. Reprinted with permission. Law enforcement leaders today face significant pressure to...
Karen Lansing, a licensed psychotherapist and Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, has had a unique career. Specializing in treatment of what she terms “duty-induced” post-traumatic stress disorder in law enforcement, Lansing has...
