Season 1
The Last Stand with the Phoenix Police Department
DOJ Consent Decrees have been one of the most destructive actions against law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. While the federal government is Constitutionally prohibited from taking control of local law e...
Cops Going To Jail For Following Policy
In the days that followed May 25, 2020, major police organizations and thousands of law enforcement officials bought the narrative that that a white, black, and asian police officer murdered George Floyd in broad daylight. Ba...
Principled Leadership with Sheriff (ret.) Andy Hughes
Sheriff (ret.) Andy Hughes is a rare phenomenon in law enforcement leadership. His principled based approach to leadership combined with his unwavering faith in God has delivered him to four agencies over the last 30 years, l...
The Scam Called 'Recruiting'
Dr. Travis Yates has spoken extensively about the need for law enforcement to actually recruit and those that are taking advantage of the recruitment crisis in the profession. After a recent Courageous Leadership Seminar, Tra...
The Fall of Minneapolis with Liz Collin
The world changed in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd but what if all of it was a lie? What if instead of this being a police officer problem, it was a leadership problem? The only journalist to …
The DOJ Provides Recruiting Standards & They Are Dangerous
In this episode, Dr. Travis Yates expands on the recent Department of Justice recommendations on law enforcement recruiting and how it is designed to further destroy the foundation of policing. This is an episode that every l...
Consent Decree: Silence Is Violence
There may be nothing more weak than law enforcement leaders and organizations sitting back and not discussing the damage that Federal Intervention in local law enforcement is causing the profession and the communities that ar...
Leadership from the Stoics with Sgt. Steve Sweeting
There is nothing new when it comes to leadership and over 200 years ago, a philosophy was set that can give tremendous benefit to law enforcement today. Today's episode features Sergeant Steve Sweeting who has applied the anc...
The 'Self-Aware' Leader
One of the most dangerous aspects of leadership is not being self aware. It is vital for any leader to ensure that they have built an environment that forces them to be self aware of how their decisions are impacting …
Leadership Is Not Rank: Why Are We Training That Way?
In this episode, Travis Yates breaks down his recent seminar in Arizona and questions why agencies and leadership philosophies segregate ranks. The "Us versus Them" model of leadership training is not working in the law enfor...
Are The Nashville Police Officers Heroes?
Following the tragedy at a Nashville Private School, the responding Nashville Police Officers are getting praise for their action. Indeed, their actions that stopped evil that day, were indeed heroic but as Travis Yates discu...
The 'Neck Restraint' Lie and How It Affects Law Enforcement
Vascular Neck Restraints (VNR's) have not caused an in-custody death or serious injury in the past 50 years. Yet, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) considers it to be deadly force. Despite this contradi...
The Danger of Consent Decrees with Bob Scales
Consent Decrees, imposed by the Department of Justice, have been ruining police agencies and communities for 30 years but leaders continue to voluntarily enter them without seemingly understanding the immediate danger they po...
The IACP, Politics and Activism with Chief Scott Hughes
In this episode of the Courageous Leadership Podcast, Travis speaks to Chief Scott Hughes about the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and whether law enforcement leaders should trust professional organizati...