Stressed out and aggravated, I looked at the clock on my dashboard and did the math. I was going to be late. Stuck at a red light behind a big SUV, I tapped my foot impatiently as I waited for the light to change. Then, a woman and her little girl walked up to the...
The dark cloud that surrounded me must have showed up on my face, in my attitude or tone of voice, because a veteran officer pulled me aside and asked me what was going on. I am grateful that he did because it taught me something that I have never forgotten. I told...
As soon as I heard the thud and the raised voice of my partner, I snapped my head around and looked out the living room window toward the driveway. I had been inside talking to the father and taking note of the broken coffee table in an effort to restore the peace to...
A number of years ago I was at SWAT training on the firing range and the team was running through a box drill. The drill consisted of three separate targets — one on the left, one on the right, and one in the center. The shooter had to follow a path marked by...
As you ring in the new year (AKA: 2020-B) you may be thinking about setting goals, making resolutions, forming good habits, and eliminating bad ones. But as the clock strikes midnight you might get flooded with all the times you had tried and failed in years past. So,...
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