Tactical Tangents

By Tactical Tangents

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Episodes: 173

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Mike is a police SWAT team member, K9 handler, and tactical medic. Jim is an Air Force pilot with a background in close air support and combat search and rescue. Our goal is to elevate the conversation about all things tactical for public safety, military, and concerned citizens. Join us to hear lessons learned about decision making, critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, and teamwork.

Episode Date
159: What’s up with the beards? Setting and Enforcing Standards
Apr 15, 2024
158: “Your Children Are Not Safe”: DC Beltway Snipers
Apr 01, 2024
157: Use it or Lose it: The Essence of Officer Discretion
Mar 15, 2024
156: I AM THAT B*TCH! Erica Gaines of TacMobility
Mar 01, 2024
155: Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say
Feb 15, 2024
154: Get with the times: Pistol Optics are the way of the present
Feb 01, 2024
153: Guns n’ Guitars: Go learn something new
Jan 15, 2024
152: Do you trust me? Selflessness in Teamwork
Jan 01, 2024
151: All's Well...If We Make it Well
Dec 15, 2023
150: Team Selection: Real-Life Fantasy Draft
Dec 01, 2023
149: A Good Commander Knows What to Control
Nov 15, 2023
148: Sleeping for Success
Nov 01, 2023
147: Finding the Bomber
Oct 15, 2023
146: Put Me In, Coach!
Oct 01, 2023
145: Both Sides of the Door - Breonna Taylor and Bad Outcomes
Sep 15, 2023
144 : The Real Burdens of Everyday Carry
Sep 01, 2023
143: Problem Solving As A Team Sport
Aug 15, 2023
142: Making Sure the Kids are Alright
Aug 01, 2023
141: Having Public Affairs Without Screwing Up
Jul 15, 2023
140: The Case of "The Mission v. The People"
Jul 01, 2023
139: We Don't Like Bombs, The Bombs That Go Boom
Jun 16, 2023
138: Your Candle Only Has Two Ends
Jun 01, 2023
137: Most Danger Doesn't Come From Strangers
May 15, 2023
136 The Bear, The Dragon, and You
May 01, 2023
135: Operationally Supporting Supporters Who Operate
Apr 15, 2023
134: Dangerous Driving
Apr 01, 2023
133: There's Nothing "Friendly" about "Friendly Fire"
Mar 15, 2023
132: You Can't Spell "Officer" without "Office"
Mar 01, 2023
131: Ending the Threat, Reasonably
Feb 15, 2023
Short Talk: Growing into Solving Problems
Feb 11, 2023
Short Talk: Spotting Zebras
Feb 05, 2023
130: The Power of Professionalism
Feb 01, 2023
Short Talk: Accentuate the Positive
Jan 22, 2023
Short Talk: Go Touch Grass
Jan 18, 2023
129: Managing Resourceful Humans
Jan 15, 2023
128: You Have Questions, We Have Answers
Jan 01, 2023
127: Getting the Band Together
Dec 15, 2022
126: The Inner Game of Thriving
Dec 01, 2022
125: No Shi...Kidding, There I Was...
Nov 16, 2022
124: Symphony of Terror
Nov 01, 2022
123: A Scared Cop is a Dangerous Cop
Oct 15, 2022
Mandalay Bay Mass Shooting Debrief w/ SWAT Commander & Patrol Sergeant
Oct 01, 2022
122: Countering the Stalker
Oct 01, 2022
121: Training: The Good, The Bad, & The Dangerous
Sep 15, 2022
120: The Big Ideas: What We're All About
Sep 01, 2022
119: Instant Expertise (Just Add Experience)
Aug 15, 2022
118: A War Waged Against Dallas PD
Aug 01, 2022
Short Talk: Safety Strategy: The Swiss Cheese Model
Jul 19, 2022
117: Teach Them Monsters Can Be Defeated: Rampage Murder Update Episode
Jul 15, 2022
116: Making the Right Call: Tactical Decision Making and Scene Command
Jul 01, 2022
Short Talk: What does it mean to "Be Safe?"
Jun 23, 2022
115: Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking? Developing Telepathy in High Performing Teams
Jun 15, 2022
114: The Dorner Saga: A War Waged Against California Law Enforcement
Jun 01, 2022
113: Gunmen Take 41 Hostages in an Electronics Store: The 1991 Good Guys Rescue
May 15, 2022
Short Talk: Big Picture Lessons from Ukraine
May 12, 2022
112: Doing More with Less: Scaling Resources in Major Incidents, Training, and Leadership Development
May 01, 2022
111: Mike Willever of Active Self Protection, Host of the ASP Podcast
Apr 15, 2022
110: Leadership Vol. 2: Your (Shitty) Attitude is Contagious
Apr 01, 2022
Short Talk: Killing People—Don’t Beat Around the Bush
Mar 24, 2022
109: You can’t save them all: Dealing with mass casualty incidents
Mar 15, 2022
Short Talk: Less Lethal Training and Tools: Bridging the Gap
Mar 11, 2022
108: “Don’t Shoot The Hostage:” How to deal with a person in crisis
Mar 02, 2022
Short Talk: Innovation in the Gun Industry—Shiny Objects and the Fundamentals
Feb 26, 2022
Short Talk: Bullet Accountability in Officer Involved Shootings
Feb 21, 2022
107: Should cops transport wounded Officers to the hospital in a police car, or wait for an ambulance?
Feb 15, 2022
106: Can't is not in her vocabulary: American Paralympic Shooter McKenna Geer
Feb 01, 2022
105: Gunfighting 101 for Law Enforcement: Summary of the 2019 Florida UPS Truck Shooting
Jan 15, 2022
104: Most Gear is a Rip Off: A systematic approach to buying and testing equipment
Jan 01, 2022
103: Do You Feel In Charge? Training a Working Dog
Dec 15, 2021
102: Man, We F***ked That Up - How to Handle the Debrief
Dec 01, 2021
101: Training Champions - Maxing Performance from Baseball to Special Ops
Nov 15, 2021
100: Operation Eagle Claw: To You All, From Us All, For Having The Guts To Try
Nov 01, 2021
99: Safety Third: Making Training Awesome, but also Safe
Oct 15, 2021
98: Fasting and Keto Diets with Ben Tanner: Is every day a cheat day?
Oct 01, 2021
97: Micromanagers and Toxic Leadership: Do Less
Sep 15, 2021
96: Injury Prevention and Rehab with Physical Therapist Allan Phillips
Sep 01, 2021
95: Domestic Violence: Be Part of the Solution
Aug 15, 2021
94: Olive Branches and Off-Ramps: De-escalation "Training" 101
Aug 01, 2021
BONUS INTERVIEW: Improve your shooting with Mantis
Jul 21, 2021
93: Columbine: Notorious School Shooting, or a Failed Bombing?
Jul 15, 2021
92: Inside the Ghetto Bird, Law Enforcement Aviation with Jeff Ratkovich
Jul 01, 2021
91: Cops and Robbers: The 1986 FBI Miami Shootout
Jun 15, 2021
90: Gunfight in Your Bedroom: Defending Your Home
Jun 01, 2021
89: "Tactical" Adulting: The Unclassified Secrets to Success
May 15, 2021
88: Ryan Wyatt, Paramedic Extraordinaire
May 01, 2021
87: Disinformation: Catch Manipulators Before They Kill You
Apr 15, 2021
86: "Inspect What You Expect:" Pre-Deployment Checks and Inspections
Apr 01, 2021
85: Bright Lights and Cold Steel
Mar 15, 2021
84: Training "Mindset" and False Assumptions, with Mike Pannone
Mar 01, 2021
83: Terrain, the Unfair Advantage
Feb 15, 2021
82: Isaac Returns Home From Army Basic Training - What to expect
Feb 01, 2021
81: The Jon Benet Ramsey Murder Mystery
Jan 15, 2021
80: "I would just shoot him," and other imaginary outcomes
Jan 01, 2021
79: The Millennium Bomber--How Professionalism Saved the Day
Dec 15, 2020
78: Wisdom from over 30 years in Special Operations
Nov 30, 2020
77: How to deal with Fog and Friction when things get sideways.
Nov 15, 2020
76: Dr. Daniel Blumberg on the Moral Risks of Policing
Nov 01, 2020
75: Cecil Burch on jiu jitsu and street fighting, when there are guns and knives and ninjas and sh*t
Oct 15, 2020
74: Cold Weather Survival with Polar Explorer John Huston
Oct 01, 2020
73: The Newhall Massacre: The day CHP lost 4 officers over 50 years ago.
Sep 15, 2020
72: Fight or Flight, Fear and Muscle Memory; with Neuroscientist Dr. Vivian
Sep 01, 2020
71: Principles of Warfare
Aug 15, 2020
70: Officer Isaac has an announcement to make... From LE to ?
Aug 01, 2020
69: Killing Grossman: Understanding On Combat and On Killing
Jul 15, 2020
68: It's Your Platoon: US Army Combat Engineering Lt. Dave
Jul 01, 2020
67: How to think like a Tactician
Jun 15, 2020
66: You can't handle the truth! What Police Officers Need To Know About Going to Court, and How Police and Prosecutors Can Restore Public Trust
Jun 01, 2020
65: First Steps In Fitness, For Those Who Don't Fitness Good
May 15, 2020
64: "911, What's Your Emergency?" Calling for help: Dos and Don'ts
May 01, 2020
63: The Honorable Judge Edward "Ned" Lee: Cop, Concealed Carrier, Infantry Commander, Leadership Guru.
Apr 15, 2020
62: Punch him in the face! Lessons from Law Enforcement Fights
Apr 01, 2020
61: LA Riots and Civil Unrest
Mar 15, 2020
60: San Bernardino Active Shooter at the Inland Regional Center
Mar 01, 2020
59: Field Interviews from SHOT Show 2020
Feb 15, 2020
58: Performing Under Pressure with Dr. Michael Lauria
Feb 01, 2020
57: How to take a hit and keep fighting: Resilience and Mental Toughness
Jan 15, 2020
56: Rape, Defense and Response
Jan 01, 2020
55: Never Quit - In honor of A1C Ken Sturgill. Heat Related Injuries and Air Force SERE
Dec 15, 2019
54: Lessons from the Ruby Ridge standoff (Randy Weaver and the FBI Hostage Rescue Team)
Dec 01, 2019
53: Prepping for the End of the World: You're doing it wrong.
Nov 15, 2019
52: MJ THE MARINE, ROUND 2. Do Marines want Rule Followers or Rule Breakers? AIR FORCE VS USMC CULTURE
Nov 01, 2019
51: If you’re not Outstanding, you’re Outprocessing. Learning and Teaching in Elite Teams
Oct 15, 2019
50: Firearms Tests, Standards, and Context, with John Johnston
Oct 01, 2019
49: Terrorism 101: Why do they hate us so much?
Sep 14, 2019
48: 3 aviation case studies that show in a crisis, YOU are the most important variable
Sep 01, 2019
47: Risky Business - Doing dangerous work, safely.
Aug 15, 2019
46: America's New F-35, with Justin Lee
Aug 01, 2019
45: Isaac - Less Sheepdog, More Golden Retriever
Jul 15, 2019
44: Tactics and Strategy Require Creativity
Jul 01, 2019
43: Boston Marathon Bombing
Jun 15, 2019
42: MJ the Marine (Pilot, Naval Academy Grad, JTAC, BAMF)
Jun 01, 2019
41: Imagery and Instructor Development with Brian Willis
May 15, 2019
40: On Valor, Bravery, and Courage.
May 01, 2019
39: Thomas Yoxall: On a cold, dark morning on the side of the highway, a State Trooper was in trouble.
Apr 15, 2019
38: How to Motivate People (Maslow's Hierarchy and Human Motivation)
Apr 01, 2019
37: Law Enforcement Standoff with the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (1993, ATF and FBI)
Mar 14, 2019
36: Drunken War Stories with the Danimal: Leadership, Football, Tactics and Coaching
Mar 01, 2019
35: John Correia's lessons from analyzing 17,000 fights
Feb 15, 2019
34: From Air Force Special Operations to College Athlete - Jason Sweet
Feb 01, 2019
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Jan 15, 2019
33: Mr. James Gagliano, FBI HRT, CNN, Army Ranger
Jan 15, 2019
32: Jim's Deep Dive on Active Shooters: Case Studies, Getting Help, and Warning Signs
Jan 01, 2019
31: Scopes 101 with Riton Optics
Dec 15, 2018
30: Reality Based Training with Role Players and OPFOR
Dec 01, 2018
29: Shivworks Extreme Close Quarters Concepts (ECQC)
Nov 15, 2018
28: Are you Type-A? What is the "Tactical" Personality?
Nov 01, 2018
27: Kevin Briggs, The Guardian of the Golden Gate
Oct 15, 2018
26: The Final Mission of Extortion 17
Oct 01, 2018
25: Being Effective at Work: Bureaucracy and Organizational Politics
Sep 15, 2018
24: Problem Solving and Tactics Development: Going from "Bar Napkin" to "The way we do business."
Sep 01, 2018
23: On Leadership, Vol. 1
Aug 15, 2018
22: Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base by Andy Brown
Aug 01, 2018
21: Fight Club with Craig Douglas (Shivworks)
Jul 15, 2018
20: Timing, Tactics, and Patience
Jul 01, 2018
19: Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department (BCSO) SWAT/Special Operations and Air Support Leadership
Jun 15, 2018
18: Dr. Andy Tang, Trauma Director, University of Arizona Medical Center
Jun 01, 2018
17: Information Security--Can you keep a secret?
May 15, 2018
16: Officer Isaac checks in for Field Training
May 01, 2018
15: "I was in fear for my life." How do police officers reconcile lethal force against a suicidal person?
Apr 15, 2018
14: Q&A with Massad Ayoob, Use of Force Expert and Champion Shooter
Apr 01, 2018
13: Annette Evans: "Every Girl Should Learn How to Shoot!"
Mar 15, 2018
12: "Push to talk, not to think." Communication during a crisis.
Mar 01, 2018
11: Get off the X! Ambush and Counter Ambush Tactics
Feb 15, 2018
10: Slow is smooth, smooth is weird, fast is tactical. Right?
Feb 01, 2018
9: What do aviation and self-defense have in common?
Jan 15, 2018
8: Good Shoots, Bad Shoots, and Snowmobiles
Jan 01, 2018
7: Boyd, OODA, and Our Mission
Dec 15, 2017
6: Road Rage, situational leadership, and interpersonal barriers
Dec 01, 2017
5: So you wanna be a cop?
Nov 15, 2017
4: North Hollywood Shootout
Nov 01, 2017
3: Shooting, Beginner to Good/Great
Oct 15, 2017
2: Using Rules to Manage Risk
Oct 01, 2017
1: Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should
Sep 25, 2017