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Gregory "Cruz" Grutter
- Mar 27, 2019
- 5 min
How irresponsible can we be?
Yes, I agree a pointed opening line. But the fact is, we are killing each other. Literally and figuratively. A close friend was killed in...
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Gregory "Cruz" Grutter
- Mar 5, 2019
- 3 min
Can’t we all just play together…
While a new instructor at the Police Academy, I was beyond excited to be in this new roll. I was excited about the ability to impact offi...
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Gregory "Cruz" Grutter
- Feb 12, 2019
- 3 min
Changing the Training Mindset
I long to see the day where we hold training in the highest regard. Where we look to the training days as just that, a day to train. Wher...
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Gregory "Cruz" Grutter
- Feb 1, 2019
- 2 min
A Fresh Approach to Firearms Training...
...that requires the trainer to do their work. In a world of “the minimum standard is good enough” you can’t train enough for a job that ...
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Gregory "Cruz" Grutter
- Jan 29, 2019
- 3 min
On the trigger with "Cruz"
When will enough be enough? As I write this I can’t help but relive all the negative issues that I have had to deal with based on poor tr...
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Mark DuPont and Dr. Charles Scheer
- Sep 25, 2018
- 3 min
INTEREST IN
POLICE PATROL CAREERS -
An Assessment of Potential Candidates’
Impressions of the Police
Following an NMLEA webinar done with Dr. Charles Scheer from the University of Southern Mississippi, "The Future of Law Enforcement - Wha...
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