Article By: Leo H.
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Close-Range Officer Shootings Require Neuroscience-Based Training
Article By: Leo H. The Canton v. Harris decision (1989) determined that a municipality can be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for constitutional violations stemming from a failure to adequately train employees. Furthermore, it created a standard by establishing the failure must be in “deliberate indifference” to the existing constitutional rights of the injured… Continue reading
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A Timely Change
Article Submitted By: Leo H. In January of 2025, the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) initiated a new twenty-week curriculum for the Basic Law Enforcement Training Course (BLETC). Beyond several other timely modifications; the new program expanded firearms related material from forty-eight hours (408-hour BLETC to include JPS) to one-hundred and sixty-six… Continue reading
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Get. Off. The. X.
Article By: Leo H. Get off the “X!” How many times have you heard that phrase yelled on the range? Where did it come from? Why should it be important? How do you prepare yourself to prevail if you find a giant “X” painted beneath your feet or recognize that you ARE the “X?” At… Continue reading
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Smoke and Mirrors
Article By: Leo H. Recently, Sam H. and I had one of our phone conversations that usually begins with the call originating from one or the other with a specific purpose in mind. Sometimes we remember why we called in the first place… In others, the conversation runs all over the place as we make… Continue reading
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Rock or Sponge?
Article By: Leo H. I have found that retired folks often sit around and ponder things that usually have no great significance. At least, I have found myself doing that quite a bit lately, and I hope it is not a sign of something I should be concerned with. My wife tells me I think… Continue reading
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Tomayto… Tomahto
Article By: Leo H. Current Georgia statute authorizes Georgia POST to require annual training of the peace officers employed throughout the State. These officers are required to obtain at least twenty hours of POST recognized training each year. Within those twenty required hours lies annual firearms “requalification.” In the past, officers generally “requalified” by successfully… Continue reading
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Thoughts from a Dinosaur
Article by: Leo H. In his Article, “Somewhat Deep Thoughts (Maybe?),” my colleague, William G., insinuates I do not like weapon mounted lights (WML) on pistols. I felt the need to defend my stance a bit… thus this article. To be fair, I am of the opinion pistol mounted lights do have a purpose… I… Continue reading
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Have a Plan
Article By: Leo H. So. Here we are. My next installment. So much for the promise to myself to write something every month. My new promise is to finish… sometime. I think I will be able to manage that one. Perhaps it is ironic that this endeavor concerns “Lack of Focus.” Here, I suggest focus… Continue reading
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The Mental Game
Article By: Leo H. If you have an interest in researching the concept of mental training and how it helps your firearms training, I’d suggest starting by reading “With Winning in Mind” by Lanny Bassham. Most of what I write below was liberated from either that source or the book, “Secrets of Mental Marksmanship –… Continue reading
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It’s Not About the Drill
Article By: Leo H. Recently, I had the opportunity to assist on the range with a group of mandate students. The academy I was working with assigned students to a specific lane and the various instructors tended to work the same lane throughout the day. The instructors lead their students through drills called by one… Continue reading
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