Hope is not a tool and luck is not a tactic. When technology and policing strategies come together to put assets in the right place at the right time to impact the criminal element, what do leaders think comes next? Potentially violent offenders won't simply teleport into the back of cruisers with hands secured behind their back in handcuffs, doube-locked.
The FBI UCR for 2023 officers assaulted and killed in 2023 released this month and the numbers show a significant upward trend in assaults on police. Complacency has no place in modern policing.
Tactics and strategies should be linked. Leaders who neglect to support effective, regular training in accordance with pedagogical methods rooted in science are negligent, in my opinion. Yet it's shocking how few agencies put any priority on the preparation and training of their sworn personnel, but will shell out thousands of dollars for the next most popular buzz-word.