North Carolina Shooting Demonstrates Value of Armed Officers By Michael Dorn


The shooting of a former studentwho was apparently brandishing a rifle is another instance where armed higher education officers were able to respond to an armed aggressor. This situation illustrate the capabilities that are present when officers are armed with a firearm. Over the course of two decades as a university police officer and school district police chief, I can think of dozens of instances where no one was killed or injured that might easily have turned out differently had the officers involved not been carrying a firearm. In each of these instances, a suspect was armed with a firearm or edged weapon, but they surrendered to one or more armed officers without a shot being fired. In at least a dozen of these cases, an aggressor reached for or brandished the weapon, but gave up when confronted with the business end of an officer's weapon. Though there are many instances such as this recent case where officers must fire their weapon to control a dangerous situation, the majority of suspects drop their weapon when challenged.


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‘From Rage to Resolution,’ ByDeanne Rosenberg


Book Review: ‘From Rage to Resolution,’ By Douglas R. Bender, Sr., Managing Partner, Onyx Global HR


I like Deanne’s book for a few reasons. First, it is easy to read. It is not an academic treatise or a clinical exploration into the mind of the psychologically weak or fragile. It is not a complex read fraught with medical terms requiring an encyclopedia. It’s the kind of book you can sit down with on a Saturday afternoon and meander through. It would have been nice to have a created a ‘business case’ for paying attention to this book in the beginning pages, but she opted instead to focus on anecdotes that I think we all can relate to. It is for this reason that I think some ‘professionals’ might not see it as useful, at first, for organizational applications even though it is.


Second, the prodigious use of exercises and quizzes really helps to engage


readers…inviting them to actively get involved with the subject matter and to evaluate their own level of understanding about the issues. There are so many anecdotes in the book that it may create the impression of redundancy. That is, people may feel that too similar points are being made repeatedly when fewer stories may drive home the point being made.


I love the frequent use of graphics and the introduction of tools and techniques to use in handling conflict. I would find the book more engaging if Deanne had used more references to statistics, etc. to support her ideas.


In addition,because of her writing style I would LOVE to see Deanne do a book for trainers and facilitators and others in related roles (mediators for example).


Deanne definitely gets high marks from me for holding my attention on a subject that many of us wouldn’t volunteer to spend a lot of time on. To read the full review Click Here.


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