Thin Blue Mind / Smokey Heroes

List of Posts

• Police Psychology: Dehydration
• Police Psychology: Emotional Extortion
• Police Psychology: The Police Brain
• Police Psychology: Can We Sense Danger?
• Police Psychology: The Accused
• Police Psychology Book Review: Towards the integration of police psychology techniques to combat juvenile delinquency in K-12 classrooms
• Police Psychology: Reproducibility
• Police Psychology: Suicide Challenge
• Police Psychology: Identity Politics
• First Responder: Almost ‘Chopped Liver’
• Police Psych: Sex Crimes Cop Part 3: The Delusions
• Police Psychology: Moments after Parkland: A Personal Story
• Police Psych: Sex Crimes Cops Part 2: Nasty Recurrent Intrusive Images
• Police Psychology: Historical Trauma and American Policing
• Police Psych: Sex Crimes Cop Part 1: It’s Not Just About Sex
• Police Psychology: Law Enforcement Longevity and Loss
• Police Psychology: Merry Stressmas
• Police Psychology: Catholic, Police Officer, and Possibly a “Saint”?
• Police Psychology: Christmas
• Police Psychology: My Guardian Angel Testimony
• Police Psychology: No More Drama
• Police Psychology: De-escalation vs. Use of Force: Are we sending mixed messages
• Police Psychology: How to Pass Your Pre-Employment Psych Screening
• Police Psychology: Tragedy in LAS VEGAS
• Pre-employment Psychological Screening for Cops
• Police Psychology: The Folly of Fear
• Police Psychology: Why Protests Occur?
• Police Psychology: Choir Practice
• Police Psychology: Active Shooter Events and News Media Reporting
• Police Psychology | Is Technology Turning Us Into Time Zombies?!
• Police Psychology: The Way of the World
• Police Psychology: Sleep – What’s the Point?
• Police Psychology: Rock and Roll
• Police Psychology: Emotional/Social Intelligence
• Police Psychology: Anger!! Part 2 “Seeing Red”
• Police Psychology Interview: Intelligence and Counterintelligence
• Police Psychology | Stress Inoculation: Not Just for Gunfights
• Police Psychology: Anger!! Part 1
• Police Psychology: Is Technology Making Us Barefoot, Dumb and Depressed?
• Police Psychology: 27 Symptoms of Anxiety
• Police Psychology: Stop the Murder!
• Police Psychology: A Dozen Ways to Think Faster & Smarter
• Police Psychology: Good Stress: Bad Stress
• Police Psychology: Fake News
• Police Psychology | PTSD 4: Flashbacks
• Police Psychology | Master Police Coaches: “Building A Better Cop”
• Police Psychology | Divorce Part 4: Starting a New Life
• Police Psychology | MS-13
• Police Psychology | Opioids and Opiates
• Police Psychology: Parkinson’s Law
• Police Psychology: Divorce Part 3
• Police Psychology | Detecting Bombs
• Police Psychology: Can We Sense Danger?
• Police Psychology: Wish List
• Police Psychology: Does Torture Work?
• Police Psychology: MidLife Crisis
• Police Psychology | “Inside the Mind” of Donald Trump
• Police Psychology | “Inside the Mind” of an Anarchist
• Police Psychology | PTSD 3: Car Accidents
• Police Psychology | Building Resilience
• Police Psychology | Apocalypse or Utopia: You Decide
• Police Psychology | The Obsessed Mind-Body Connection
• Police Psychology: New Year’s Resolutions
• Police Psychology | A Real “Blue” Christmas
• Police Psychology | Symptom Stress
• Police Psychology | If I Can Just Get Through This Month
• Police Psychology | The Operational Triangle
• Police Psychology | Hanukkah Wishes and Communication
• Police Psychology | 12 Greatest Hits
• Police Psychology: Holidays in Law Enforcement
• Police Psychology | Eating Bugs
• Police Psychology | Brain Eaters
• Police Psychology: Are You Biased, Of Course…
• Police Psychology: Intrinsic Heart Rate – A Landmark for the Ability to Engage in Rational Thought
• Police Psychology: Be the Solution, Not the Cause
• Police Psychology | Emotional Pinball
• Police Psychology | Becoming a Psychological Investigator When No One Asked Me To
• Police Psychology | Killer Klowns! Who Are All These Bozos?!
• Police Psychology | Where Has All the Laughter Gone?
• Police Psychology Video: The Joy of a Missing Persons Case
• Police Psychology | Suicide By Criminal
• Police Psychology | Active School Shooter Drills: A Reflection; A Request
• Police Psychology | Divorce in Cops and Corrections
• Police Psychology | Randomness in Life
• Police Psychology: 5 Principles: Animated Post
• Police Psychology | Fetishes and Philias
• Police Psychology | Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
• Police Psychology | Morale
• Police Psychology | Inertia: Video Post
• Police Psychology | Honesty: An Endangered Species
• Police Psychology | Managing Your Inner Zombie
• Police Psychology | An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
• Police Psychology | Procrastination: When Later Becomes Never
• Police Psychology | Myth of Emotional Opposites: Video Post
• Police Psychology | Living Through Troubled Times
• Police Psychology | The Schedule is the Key
• Police Psychology | Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse of Your Life
• Police Psychology | Theory of Relativity: Video Post
• Police Psychology | It Isn’t All About Islam
• Police Psychology | Stalking the Stalker
• Police Psychology | The Noble Cause of Policing
• Police Psychology | Republicans Show a Bit of Class
• Police Psychology | Flight Lesson: Video Post
• Police Psychology | Angry!
• Police Psychology | Not-So Fantastic Four
• Police Psychology | The TRIAD: A Department’s Own Superheroes
• Police Psychology | Officer Down
• Police Psychology | Officer Involved Shootings – Collateral Damage
• Police Psychology | PTSD 2: Crash and Burn
• Police Psychology | Getting Off the Floor
• Police Psychology | How Do We Find and Divert Violence Before It Happens?
• Police Psychology | Get Thee to a Conference
• Police Psychology | Mass Casualities
• Police Psychology | Managing Differences in a Healthy Marriage
• Police Psychology | An Unsung Hero
• Police Psychology | Too Much Ugly
• Police Psychology | Police Divorce Part 2: Hate to Admit
• Police Psychology | Disabled Police Officer or Scammer?
• Police Psychology | Motivation – Back to the Basics
• Police Psychology | Night of the Living Binge
• Police Psychology | Critical Incidents in Law Enforcement
• Police Psychology | Police Divorce Part 1: Shutting Down the Blame Game
• Police Psychology | Investigating “G.I. Joe” | A Critical Incident
• Police Psychology | Killed in the Line of Duty: A Different Peer Team Story
• Police Psychology | PTSD Part 1: What You Hear is What You Get
• Police Psychology | Persistence in Law Enforcement
• Police Psychology | Processing Under Pressure
• Police Psychology | “BRING A BUDDY”
• Police Psychology | Anticipatory Anxiety Meets String Tricks
• Police Psychology | Appreciate the Limits of Your Cerebral Cortex When It Comes to Managing your Emotions
• Sports to Law Enforcement: Seven Success Lessons from Sports
• Police Psychology | 30 Dates in 30 Days
• Police Psychology | Rising from the Chains of Addiction
• Police Psychology | Rocky and Irma
• Police Psychology | What the Heck is “Insulin Resistance”?
• Police Psychology | Thoughts on Fitness for Duty Evaluations
• Police Psychology | Thinking Outside the Box
• Police Psychology | Viral Infection
• Police Psychology | Control Freaks!
• Police Psychology | The Time Management Matrix as a Mental Health Concept
• Police Psychology | The Mental Game in Law Enforcement
• Police Psychology | Can’t Stop Now
• Police Psychology | EMDR for LEOs
• Police Psychology | A Toe for Mickey
• Police Psychology | THE SHORT LIST OF HUMAN PROBLEMS
• Police Psychology | Humor and Culture
• Police Psychology| The Opposite of Chronic “Stress?”
• Police Psychology | How Policing Can Be Improved with Science
• Police Psychology | Majestic Ballroom
• Police Psychology | I’m Dreaming of a RIGHT Christmas
• Police Psychology | Law Enforcement Spirituality Part IV
• Police Psychology | Law Enforcement Spirituality Part III
• Police Psychology | Law Enforcement Spirituality Part 2
• Police Psychology | Law Enforcement Spirituality Part 1
• Police Psychology | Dreams: What Do They Mean?
• Police Psychology | Selective Memory
• Police Psychology | Apples to Orangutans: Life’s Comparisons
• Police Psychology | Sleep
• Police Psychology | Emotional Labor in the Workplace
• Hogwarts and Police Psychology
• Police Psychology | Why Do I Do That!
• Police Psychology |Memories, May Be Beautiful, but then…Wait! What was I Singing!
• Police Psychology | I Said Blog, Not BLOB
• Police Psychology | Let’s Talk Numbers
• Police Psychology | Are You Cooperative or Competitive?
• Police Psychology | Funeral for a Friend
• Police Psychology | Can You Be a Virtuoso?
• Police Psychology | Fit To Be A Cop? How Much Testing is Enough?
• Police Psychology | Those Damn Cameras
• Police Psychology | The War on Police: “Officer-Directed Violence”
• Police Psychology | Make Up (of) Your Mind
• Police Psychology | What You Can Learn from a 2-Year Old
• Police Psychology | Mental Shortcuts
• Police Psychology | You Change Your Underwear, Don’t You
• Police Psychology | Locked Away in Your Cell
• Police Psychology | To Pee or Not to Pee
• Guest Blogger | How To Survive a Professional Ambush
• Police Psychology | Can’t Take My Mind Off of You
• Police Psychology | The Police Psychologist and the BFD
• Police Psychology | Manipulation Subliminal Style
• Police Psychology | Officers Disproportionally Killing Black Men: Another False Narrative
• Police Psychology | How to Create Focus
• Police Psychology | When a Child Dies
• Police Psychology | Labels
• Police Psychology | The Police Candidate Interpretive Report
• Police Psychology | Get Your Butt Moving
• Police Psychology | Keeping It Simple
• Police Psychology | Emotional Pinball
• Police Psychology | Rumors, Gossip, and Urban Legends
• Police Psychology | Psychological Shot-Peening
• Police Psychology | Know Your Hero
• Police Psychology | The Myth of Emotional Opposites
• Police Psychology | The Principle of Entropy
• Police Psychology | The Principle of Relativity (or something like that)
• Book Review: Research in Law Enforcement Selection
• Book Review: Counseling Crime Victims
• Interview: Threat Assessment with Gene Deisinger
• Book Review: Personality Assessment in Police Psychology
• Interview: The Terrorist Hunter with Kathleen Puckett
• Book Review: A Handbook for Psychological Fitness-For-Duty Evaluations in Law Enforcement
• Book Review: Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections
• Book Review: “Psychological Aspects of Crisis Negotiation”