All Around Tactical

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we've had to cancel this scheduled course. We apologize for the inconvenience and will have more scheduled in the future.

EMS, Fire, and Law Enforcement leaders!

Join us in Wetaskiwin from May 10-11 as we facilitate our 2-Day High-Performance Leadership for First Responders certification course.

You will learn how to become a better leader for your agency, community, and family, focusing on the habits and attributes necessary to succeed in all of your endeavors.

This course is a variation of our popular series provided for the private sector. It is customized to address the unique risks and challenges faced by those who defend, protect, and save lives in our communities: EMS, Fire, and Law Enforcement.

Here's an interesting video demonstrating the risk of secondary injuries when deploying less lethal options. The suspect pulled out a knife at close range, and the officer used his CEW. Unfortunately the suspect stabbed himself after a successful deployment. The suspect survived his injuries.

While we could argue the officer might have been better served pulling out his pistol instead of a CEW, it appears the incident caught him completely off guard and he didn't have a lot of time to react. That's where visualization and training can be critical in preparing our response to a subject pulling out a weapon.

With that being said, as soon as the CEW was deployed the officer immediately recognized what was about to happen and tried to stop it.

Glendale police officer uses Taser on man holding knife; man falls, stabbing himself in the neck A Glendale police officer used a Taser on a man holding a knife to himself, causing the man to fall and stab himself in the neck on Nov. 23, 2021. ...

Here is an unfortunate incident to use as a case study in a table top exercise.

The officers were dealing with a shoplifter in a motorised wheel chair who was armed with a knife. As the suspect wheeled into the nearby store, one of the officers shot the suspect from the side-rear multiple times.

That officer has since been fired. The video looks bad, and is graphic.

It's not immediately apparent if the officers had less lethal options available, and the suspect was not contained.

This appears to be a case where it was necessary to stop the suspect from being a threat to the bystanders, but the manner in which the suspect was stopped was not acceptable.

Something to consider... If this happened to you, what might you do to resolve it differently?

Bodycam Footage Of Arizona Officer Shooting Wheelchair Shoplifting Suspect * (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) *Tucson, Arizona — A Tucson police officer has been fired afte...