Incident Command: Communicating the Situation and Location By Louis Hayes
Over the past few weeks, I have been re-engineering Police Incident Command according toThe Illinois Model law enforcement operations system (LEOpSys). Most of the ideas aren't earth-shattering, but...
View ArticleIncident Command: the team cohesion aspect of the SitRep
Over the past few weeks, I have been re-engineering Police Incident Command according toThe Illinois Model law enforcement operations system (LEOpSys). Most of the ideas aren't earth-shattering, but...
View ArticleIncident Command: the big picture by Louis Hayes
Over the past few weeks, I have been re-engineering Police Incident Command according toThe Illinois Model law enforcement operations system (LEOpSys). Most of the ideas aren't earth-shattering, but...
View ArticleThe Doctor in SWAT School (and What His Performance Says About Police Culture)
This is the lesson of a trauma/emergency room physician and his two weeks in police SWAT training. His performance in school caused me to re-examine the training and education I had been giving to...
View ArticleIncident Strategy and Tactics: The Baby Diaper Analogy
Is it more important to be a kick-ass gunfighter? ...or to have the wisdom and understanding on how to stay out of a gunfight in the first place? And on which of these things should police instructors...
View ArticleIncident Strategy and Tactics (Part 2): The Importance of Teaching Your...
This is a followup to Part One, where I contended the bulk of police training wrongly focused on tactics at the cost of neglecting more critical strategic issues. However, there is only so much a...
View ArticleCASE STUDY: Ferguson Missouri shooting incident and aftermath by Louis Hayes
In the last few hours, I have fielded several requests to make comments on the Ferguson Missouri situation. Most of the interest arose from a revitalized post on analyzing the NYPD Glenn Broadnax...
View ArticleUgly Police Force: Misunderstandings of Law & Human Factors by Lou Hayes
Videos of police officers using force. Police incidents involving citizens with mental illnesses. Social media instantaneously spreading opinions and public verdicts. The "no comment" policy in police...
View ArticleOpen Letter to President's Task Force on Policing by Louis Hayes
The following is text-only version of my official written testimony submitted to President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing. In it, I boldly recommend The Illinois Model be considered as a...
View ArticleWorkplace Development Programs: Training? or Education? by Louis Hayes
The more I study and learn how humans complete tasks, solve problems, and seize opportunities, the more convinced I become we need to change the design of our human development programs – by accounting...
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