Looking Beyond the Obvious Warnings
Threat awareness is more than spotting obvious danger. Everyday warning signs, context, and attention to detail can help prevent a confrontation before force ever becomes necessary.
decision making
P&S ModCast 388: Lone Responder
Matt Landfair, James Westerfield, and Warren Wilson discuss lone-officer response to active-shooter incidents, including information, communication, and judgment.
P&S ModCast 340: Perception, Cognition, Decision Cycle
The panel discusses how people perceive information, process meaning, decide, and act to gain advantage during high-pressure encounters.
P&S ModCast 318: Understanding Response to Mass-Casualty Incidents
Ed Monk and Lee Weems discuss active-shooter incidents, police response, incomplete information, coordination, preparation, and mass-casualty outcomes.
Training Toward a More Complete Skillset
Training provides techniques and reference points, but a complete defensive skillset requires integration, context, judgment, varied experience, and continual development.
Active Shooter, Law Enforcement, and Citizen
This is not a discussion of the tragic event in Texas. This is a generic overview discussion about active shooter incidents, the every day carry citizen, and how it relates to law enforcement response- a rational and non-emotional discussion from 10,000 feet. Hopefully this provides context to what people see and why it occurs. Public … Read more
P&S ModCast 298 — Weighing Options for Home Defense
The panel examines how household needs, access, storage, training, planning, and weapon characteristics shape responsible home-defense choices.
Multi-tiered Assessments to Choose the Right Weapon
According to me, there are a couple assessments to make when choosing a defensive option. Everything pictured is a viable option depending on task when fed the right ammo. The combination of weapon and appropriate ammunition should meet defensible standards established through properly conducted ballistic-gel testing. Assessment #1 – Destination.Where are you going and where … Read more
P&S ModCast 273: The Evolution of Doctrine and Tactics
Bill Blowers, Ken Good, Chuck Pressburg, Ian Tashima, and Kurt Weber discuss how doctrine and tactics develop, spread, and change.
P&S ModCast 269 — CQB
Matt Little, Kurt Weber, Scott Wolf, and Matt Landfair discuss realistic close-quarters battle, decision-making, movement, training, and team performance.