Child Abductions and AMBER Alerts

My name is Jennifer Price-Lehmann, and I am currently the program manager for the AMBER Alert training and technical assistance program with the National Criminal Justice Training Center at Fox Valley Technical College. Prior to that, I was the director of special...

Americans held Captive and Rescued in Kenya

This article was written based on an interview with Óscar Grajales, a Special Agent with United States Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service. Agent Grajales was interviewed from San Jose, Costa Rica. He is the Assistant Regional Security Officer for...

Passing the Police Hiring Process

This article was written with the assistance of Police Officer Javier Acosta who has been with the San Jose Police Department for close to 24 years. He is currently assigned to the department’s recruiting unit which hires for 3 academies per year with 50 recruits each...

SWAT – Armored Vehicle and K9 Training – Part 3

This article was written with the assistance of George Creamer and Rich Diliberti, owners of Integrated Tactical Concepts which provides training for SWAT teams throughout the United States and internationally. ARMORED VEHICLE TRAINING The types of armored vehicles...

SWAT – Hostage Rescue and Active Shooter Training – Part 2

This article was written with the assistance of George Creamer and Rich Diliberti. George Creamer worked for a large metropolitan sheriff’s department in the Southern California area for almost 32 years, with just over 15 years with the SWAT team. Rich Diliberti...

SWAT Training-Behind the Scenes – Part 1

George Creamer worked for a large metropolitan sheriff’s department in the Southern California area for almost 32 years, over 15 years with the SWAT Team. Rich Diliberti has spent the last 29 years working for a large metropolitan sheriff’s department in...