Lieutenant Colonel

Mental illness is a growing topic within the law enforcement community; specifically, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. We see it in our communities in many ways. Law enforcement officers are facing PTSD in front and behind the badge. Within this paper I will discuss the topic of PTSD and how it relates to policing. To begin, I will define Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is a traumatic event that involves actual or threatened death, serious injury or other threat to the integrity of the…

They say to know where you are going you must know where you have been first. What this means is to understand who or what we are, we must look at what got us to that point? The same can be said about police work. We weren’t always as effective as we are today, and a lot of that must do with the Metropolitan Police Act by the father of police work Sir Robert Peel. In this paper, I will be looking at the origins and events that caused the Metropolitan Police Act to take place. The new process…

Thomas Jefferson is remembered in history as a brilliant writer and the author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, however, few people noticed his flaws and contradictory conduct to beliefs. One of those who saw through all of Jefferson’s accomplishments was Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton was an immigrant from Nevis, British West Indies who is often remembered as being the creator of our National Bank System and as Thomas Jefferson’s counterpart. Despite being broadly remembered in history as…

wounded soldiers and teach newly-freed blacks to become self-sufficient. Tubman worked as a spy, too, organizing a group of eight men of African decent to scout the inland waterways of South Carolina to prepare for Union’s raids under direction of Colonel James Montgomery (Harriet). More about her nursing during the Civil War is described in “Women in the Civil War,” “…(She) worked for the Union as a volunteer nurse, administering to wounded soldiers - black and white - with potions of herbs and…

Former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin once said “History shows that there are no invincible armies.” In the 18th century, however, the British rule that spanned nearly a quarter of the Earth’s land, and that was comprised of the largest navy and strongest army at the time would have begged to differ. At the time, it seemed that the British army was destined to control the entire planet. About 5,600 kilometers away, a little colony of The British Empire had enough. Outrageous taxes without any say…

Personal Development Plan “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more you are a leader” John Quincy Adams My Life Purpose I attend Brigham Young University Idaho for two reasons, to become a true disciple of Christ, and also become a leader. Becoming a disciple of Christ is not always a simple as it seems, you must be will to allow yourself to grow. Becoming a good leader requires self reflection, it’s a learning process. I have come to the realization…

Woman’s group From 1960 to the early 1970s the influx of married women workers accounted for almost half of the increase in the total labor force, and working wives were staying on their jobs longer before starting families. The woman’s group is a group of women that work instead of men when men go to the war. Almost 400,000 women served the armed forces—a number that exceeded total male troop strength in 1939. During WWII, the role of women in the service and on the home front has expanded…

In his lifetime Sir George-Étiennen became many things and had a long list of achievements. He was the Co-Premier of the Province of Canada, a politician, a father of confederation, a promoter of railways, a lawyer, a rebel, and much more. Born on September sixth, 1817 in Saint-Antoine, Lower Canada Cartier had been a former rebel against the Canadian government, responsible for the bringing of French Canada, Manitoba, and British Columbia into the Dominion, arguably a kingpin to confederation…

closed their proceedings. After the prosecution rested, the court resided to the anteroom to determine the fate of Mitchell’s career. After an hour of deliberation the court returned to their seats where General Howze declared that the court found Colonel Billy Mitchell guilty on all counts of the charge. The accused was to be suspended from rank, and without pay, for five…

Britain and Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Swinton created a new fighting force called the tank. The tank provided more mobility on the Western Front and caused massive horror and destruction. Anyone who was in the path of the tank got crushed and obliterated as tanks did not…