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Beyond the Four Rules: Rethinking Firearms Safety for Police Officers (opens the original)
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Firearms Instructors Need More Than Experience to Solve Training Problems Editor's note: This is the first installment in a three-part series. Check out Part 2 next Wednesday, Oct. 7. When I began writing for Officer.com, my first article was titled “The Value of Being a Contrarian in a Conformist Training Culture.” I chose that subject deliberately because it reflects how I have approached firearms and high-liability training throughout my career. I am not a contrarian for the sake of being arg
Wake-Up Call: Why Sleep Might Matter More Than You Think in Firearms Training (opens the original)
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The Hidden Equipment Problems Officers Don't Discover Until It's Too Late There is a familiar moment at the end of a productive firearms training day. We’ve all seen it. The shooter who struggled that morning is moving more efficiently. Groups have tightened. Equipment manipulations that required deliberate thought several hours earlier look smoother. The instructor gives a command, and the student responds almost immediately. Targets look better, times improve, and everyone walks away with the
The Hidden Equipment Problems Officers Don't Discover Until It's Too Late (opens the original)
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Are Firearms Instructors Creating Better Shooters or Just Better Performers? There is a simple assumption buried inside much of law enforcement equipment selection and training: If an officer can reach a piece of equipment during training, the equipment is accessible. I am increasingly convinced that this assumption is incomplete. Accessibility is not merely a question of whether an officer can place a hand on a pistol, TASER, magazine, handcuff case, baton or tourniquet while standing comfortab
Are Firearms Instructors Creating Better Shooters or Just Better Performers? (opens the original)
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Why Forgetting Can Make Firearms Training More Effective Spend enough time on a firearms range, and you will eventually see a familiar sequence play out. A shooter performs a drill, the instructor sees a problem and immediately provides a correction. The shooter fires again. Another correction follows. The group tightens. The time improves. The instructor is satisfied, the student is happy, and everyone walks away believing that learning has occurred. Maybe it has. Maybe, however, the learning w
Why Forgetting Can Make Firearms Training More Effective (opens the original)
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The meme shown to the right is one that I’ve seen circulating on several of my social media feeds for about a year or two now, and it intrigued me because of the provocative claim that it makes: Being forgetful is not only normal, it makes you smarter. It further suggests that memory exists primarily to improve decision-making and that forgetting irrelevant details helps people make better, more informed choices. Like most viral neuroscience, the statement contains a meaningful idea wrapped insi
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