Being Dumb Is Scary

Being Dumb Is Scary

If you fail to check your corners, chances are you won’t encounter Freddy Krueger, but someone far, far worse. Halloween makes for some interesting calls. And if the call itself isn’t interesting, then the people or the circumstances around it often are. Halloween...
Your Armpits Are Your Friends

Your Armpits Are Your Friends

It was ingrained in me from the very beginning. The first ten pushups I had to do was a result of violating that one rule. Nineteen years later I still have alarm bells go off in my head every time I get careless and break it. What’s that one rule? We’ll get to it....
Pet Peeve Volume 3: The Long Arm Of The Law

Pet Peeve Volume 3: The Long Arm Of The Law

The beam of my spotlight outlined her silver, curly hair as she sat behind the wheel of an aging Chevy Blazer. She had one hand on the steering wheel, the other on the column shifter. Her eyes were sincere as she spoke but I couldn’t believe a word of it. Her...
Tactical Optimism: Where Mindset And Preparation Meet

Tactical Optimism: Where Mindset And Preparation Meet

The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. Dispatch says someone called about a suspicious glass partially filled with an unknown liquid but didn’t ask any follow up questions and sent you to it anyway. The patrol officer...
The Visualization Advantage

The Visualization Advantage

With my pistol at the low ready, I took a breath and a position off to the side of the door and waited. I had imagined this exact scenario countless times, and it was about to pay off. He had a long silver beard, crazy eyes, dressed in American flag shorts, and...