Training & Development Episodes

On this episode we’re joined by Sergeant and Author, Steve Sweeting to discuss how his recent book, Street Stoic, explores the ancient philosophy of Stoicism and how it’s principles can be applied to the many challenges facing modern-day law enforcement. Email: 3copstalk@gmail.com Website: https://www.3copstalk.com Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCFWKMerhChCE6_s5yFqc4aw Facebook: 3 Cops Talk | Facebook Instagram: https://instagram.com/3copstalk?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Chris and Scott are joined by Police Officer and trainer, Jason Lehman to discuss the four key points of his unique Why’d You Stop Me training program that strives to increase transparency and trust while reducing violent encounters between the police and the communities that we serve. Jason Lehman's Bio: https://wysm.org/founder-jason-lehman Why'd You Stop Me website: https://wysm.org/ Email: 3copstalk@gmail.com Website: https://www.3copstalk.com Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCFWKMerh...

On this episode, Chris and Shaun welcome back accomplished tactical trainer, Matt Little, of Greybeard Actual to discuss his recent book, The Way Is In Training. The discussion covers Matt's experiences and philosophies on the never ending quest toward self-improvement and preparedness. It's a great listen, no matter your lot in life. Matt's previous 3CT episode: https://www.3copstalk.com/42-unpacking-police-training-with-trainer-matthew/ To Purchase The Way is in Training: https://www.amazon...

For our first episode of 2023, we are joined by law enforcement ombudsman and truth teller, Major Travis Yates, to discuss one of his recent articles, How to Fix Law Enforcement. We cover his 5 "resolutions" for helping to improve the profession, with topics including leadership, training, media relations and federal funding. You'll find that these are some great resolutions to start the year and to aid in the continued improvement of law enforcement. Email: 3copstalk@gmail.com Website: http...

This episode is a two-for-one sequel! We are again joined by clinical psychologist, Dr. Jennifer Prohaska, to discuss some of the standard psychological screening processes (commonly referred to as "psych tests" by cops) that are used to hire and retain police officers. She answers our questions about the types of psychological screening tools, some of their pros and cons, and the overall effectiveness in these screening methodologies. For more perspective on this program, please download & li...

On this week’s highly entertaining and informative episode, Chris and Shaun meet with Human Behavior Pattern Recognition & Analysis (HBPR&A) experts Greg Williams and Brian Marren of Arcadia Cognerati and the Left of Greg Podcast. Brian and Greg share their expertise on how individuals and organizations can make better sense of risk through effective mitigation, rather than management. Our guests are equally realistic and humorous trainers, educators and tacticians that share their experiences...

As our Florida Police Officer, Chris, continues to work and live under the conditions created by Hurricane Ian, Scott and Shaun conduct another quick hit to share their perspectives on policing through the wrath of Mother Nature. They also examine some of the common natural disasters experienced in the United States and the unique challenges that both first responders and civilians may experience during these often terrifying events. To make a donation to Red Cross in support of those affected ...

After our new School Resource Officer, Chris, lets us in on a new lucrative trend related to “podophilia” (foot fetish), the boys continue their trip to the Pacific Coast with a born-and-raised California cop, Sergeant Jason Louis of TheBreifingRoom.com. Jason presents his thoughts on his twenty-plus years of service through policing in a state that is so ethnically, politically and geographically diverse. It’s a great discussion on police training, professional responsibility and Jason's missi...

Starting over as a cop can be challenging, but for many officers, it’s a great way to grow both professionally and personally. After retiring with over 20 years of law enforcement experience, Chris and Shaun discuss their decisions to relocate from the Chicago area and to continue their police careers in the southeastern United States. Chris details his second run at field training and how he now approaches the process as an accomplished “rookie.” As a recent police applicant, Shaun discusses...

On this week’s episode we speak with Sarah Shendy, the Director of the Ohio Office of Law Enforcement Recruitment. We discuss how her unique perspective as a Muslim American, community service-oriented police officer and trainer helped her to obtain one of the most important positions in modern policing. She also explains how the State of Ohio is taking a proactive approach to recruiting and retaining quality police officers. Resources/Links/Websites: LER::Office (ohio.gov) https://youtu.be/pnB...

On this week’s episode we speak with a mainstay of the police tactical world, Trainer Matthew Little. His vast experience in both the US Army Special Forces and SWAT operations provides us with a unique perspective regarding police training. We discuss how through a commitment to improved police training methods, we can enhance officer’s abilities and strengthen our ties to the communities we serve. Matthew Little, is a US Army Special Forces combat veteran who has extensive law enforcement exp...

Today we discuss the importance of finances. Whether you're an officer or civilian, one must not only protect themselves and their loved ones from a physical standpoint but protect what they have worked so hard for throughout their lives. Jeff discusses trusts, law suits, wills, probate and more. https://www.trattorneys.com/

This episode we talked about obtaining and keeping good officers. Dr Amendola speaks about what agencies can do better to get the best cops, and retain the best cops to serve the communities. We talk about how officers are currently recruited, and what we might do to improve the system to keep the cream of the crop.

The police need to obtain more real world training to better serve the community. A better-trained police department means a safer community, and a better trained community. On today's episode we evaluate the different training methodologies and chat about how we might improve the training, how funding makes a difference, and what we might do moving forward.

he SPIDR Tech platform is the world’s first customer service infrastructure built exclusively for law enforcement. This show was about obtaining customer service data to make police better. It is a customer service database that lets people follow their cases, leave feedback for officers and have an interaction of what and how their case is working. The database allows officers to have immediate feedback on their performance and also the administration to get ahead of any problems or training n...

Spoke with Dr. Robin Engel Director of International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and University of Cincinnati Center for Police Research and Policy, and Sgt Justin Witt of Louisville Metro about how the police world is now attempting to fund and train more deescalation techniques and using data to maneuver the deescalation due it being a evolving subject. https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/engelrs