Ask any veteran officer to name 10 things he or she never learned at the academy (which later turned out to be crucial in his/her career), and you’ll get almost as many answers as there are fingerprints. They are endless, which is why we’ve decided to try to highlight some of the most glaring in our multi-part series we’re calling ‘Stuff You Never Learned at the Academy’.

In many cases, education often truly starts AFTER one gets his or her high school or college degree and enters the workforce. Perhaps, that is truer in law enforcement than most career choices. No academy can provide a recruit all knowledge and tools that he or she can, ultimately, only get from experience on the street.

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This important new AI-generated update deals with critical information regarding the stop of George Floyd. It includes vital information on the three important prongs officers must know regarding the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Graham v. Connor.

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There is zero doubt that when crises and emergencies strike, law enforcement officers are the first on the scene; invariably and virtually always prior to the arrival of e.m.t.’s, medical assistance, and/or fire. A growing movement among some in law enforcement believes strongly, because of that very reason, officers should have a variety of medical-delivery skills and equipment at their disposal. As Dr. Andrew Dennis, head trauma surgeon at Cook County Hospital in Chicago points out, there are almost an unlimited number of reasons officers should receive that additional training. This important program, an exclusive production from In the Line of Duty, explores those reasons. It’ll be up to you to determine the potential value of everything you are about to see and hear. Dr. Dennis makes some very powerful points. Keep an open mind.

An Alabama officer, whose dream from childhood was to become a cop, had his dream shattered when he is knifed to death in a jail sally port after a missed pat down. The tragic events of that day all began at a Dollar General store and a bizarre attempt at robbery by arson. Veteran officers said they had never seen anything like it. The incidents of that day ended as a tragic lesson on why you can never be too careful.

Law enforcement officers are often in situations that mere mortals could only imagine, or, perhaps, would not want to imagine.  There can and will be life-and-death situations, and sometimes such decisions need to be made in mere seconds or even fractions of seconds. However, officers are also placed in potential life-and-death situations that allow them to slow things down and truly make choices that can impact lives.