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Sgt. Glenn French

SWAT Operator

Glenn French, a retired Sergeant with the Sterling Heights (Mich.) Police Department, has 24 years police experience and served as the Team Commander for the Special Response Team, and supervisor of the Sterling Heights Police Department Training Bureau. He has 16 years SWAT experience and also served as a Sniper Team Leader, REACT Team Leader, and Explosive Breacher.

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Dynamic entry versus deliberate entry
After determining the threat level and reviewing available intelligence, pick the most appropriate tactical team entry tactic
September 23, 2024 02:08 PM
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Tactical response to barricaded gunman and hostage situations
Maintaining your situational awareness will provide good judgment, clear analysis, and proper decisions as you face the tactical challenges of a barricaded gunmen
September 16, 2024 02:41 PM
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A SWAT officer’s guide to tactical leadership
Key leadership strategies for developing future tactical leaders and achieving SWAT team success
September 10, 2024 10:10 AM
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Making SWAT: 4 vital components for making the team
Tips for police officers in their quest to make the SWAT team in their department
May 20, 2024 11:07 AM
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How ticket quotas negatively impact police morale and public trust
Imposing ticket quotas on your officers to measure performance is an easy way to supervise, but it’s not the most effective
November 21, 2016 03:04 AM
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Why Orlando SWAT should be praised for the Pulse nightclub response
Many trainers are either forgetting a very important element of active shooter tactical response or are simply unaware of it
September 06, 2016 04:59 PM
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Bomb robots: An explosive change in threat neutralization
Dallas Police added an explosive threat neutralization tactic that doesn’t expose a single cop and is almost guaranteed to end the siege
July 29, 2016 05:06 PM
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2 strategies to prevent tactical errors in SWAT operations
Without a SOP for evaluating how a tactical team is used, the liability factor soars when a critical error occurs
June 20, 2016 03:22 PM
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How Executive Order 13688 jeopardizes police officer safety
Executive Order 13688, issued in January 2015, effectively ended federal support for the local equipment acquisition program known as the 1033 program
June 20, 2016 12:17 PM
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Why we need to throw out the script in large-scale incident training
Allowing cops to leave the carefully-crafted training script may not always conclude the way the brass would like, but that is truly the best way for cops to learn
June 01, 2016 04:13 PM
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