
In short, law enforcement has developed a “warrior” problem. Though adopted with the best of intentions, the warrior concept has created substantial obstacles to improving police/community relations. This is more than a relatively minor change in terminology. Siddle, Sharpening the Warrior’s Edge: The Psychology & Science of Training (1995) Brian Voncannon, Living Behind the Shield: A Modern Warrior’s Path to Bravehood (2000).

Jetmore, The Path of the Warrior: An Ethical Guide to Personal & Professional Development in the Field of Criminal Justice (2005) Lux Jameson, On the Job: A Black Warrior in Blue (2000) Bernard Schaffer, Way of the Warrior: Law Enforcement Philosophy (2013) Bruce K. Christensen, Warriors: On Living with Courage, Discipline, and Honor (2004) Larry F. See, e.g., Helen Barnett, Urban Warrior (1999) Loren W. Similarly, a wide variety of sources identify police officers as warriors. Christensen, Defensive Tactics: Modern Arrest & Control Techniques for Today’s Police Warrior (2008). Modern policing has so thoroughly assimilated the warrior mythos that, at some law enforcement agencies, it has become a point of professional pride to refer to the “police warrior.” 5 × 5. An article in Police Magazine opens with a sentence that demonstrates with notable nonchalance just how ubiquitous the concept is: “ probably hear about needing to have a warrior mindset almost daily.” 4 × 4. Prior years offered additional training sessions with titles like “The Path of the Warrior Mentor,” “Filling the Tank – Warriors and Leaders,” “Always the Warrior at Every Age,” and “Emotional Warrior Training: Combating Stress.” Valerie Van Brocklin, Where Have All the Warriors Gone?, (Mar. The 2015 International Law Enforcement Educator and Trainers Association Conference, for example, will feature two sessions each on “Becoming Knights – Teaching Warrior Mindset to the Non-Warrior” and “Building Warrior Women Trainers.” See 2015 ILEETA Conference Schedule, Int’l Law Enforcement Educator & Trainers Ass’n, (last visited Mar.

E.g., Amaury Murgado, Developing a Warrior Mindset, Police Mag., May 24, 2012, Charles Remsberg, Warrior Mindset: 8 Elements of Tactical Performance, (June 5, 2013), ].

Officers are trained to cultivate a “warrior mindset,” the virtues of which are extolled in books, articles, 1 × 1. Within law enforcement, few things are more venerated than the concept of the Warrior.
