Courageous Leadership with Travis Yates

Send us Fan Mail 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 ancient philosophy of stoicism to modern day policing.  Dr. Travis Yates speaks with Steve on how the virtues of stoicism can be applied to the law enforcem...

Send us Fan Mail There is no greater example of the damage that cowardly leaders can do to a country, community, and the lives of law enforcement then what the Louisville Police Department did to Sergeant John Mattingly (ret.) in the aftermath of the Breonna Taylor death. Every aspect of what the public was told about this case was a lie and Sergeant John Mattingly went from fighting for his life...

Send us Fan Mail There is a high price to be paid for Courageous Leadership. Dr. Travis Yates is joined in this week's episode with Supervisory Deputy United States Marshal (ret.) Bobby Ledogar. In 2015, Bobby was stationed in the warrant  task force on Long Island. He had appointed Dawn Mahoney, the sole female, to the task force previously and launched an investigation after Mahoney alleged...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Travis Yates continues the discussion of law enforcement leadership making decisions based on emotions and feelings rather than actual facts. There may not be a better example than law enforcement organizations and police leadership banning the vascular neck restraints or moving this proven safe and effective technique to deadly force. In this episode, Travis speaks to retired...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Travis Yates speaks to former gang member Tommy Maynard who credits a series of encounters with law enforcement leaders for a life that he never thought he would have.  Tommy went from a life of crime to helping others as a forensic expert with a specialty in mental illness. This is an episode that you can't miss. Tommy speaks about his mentor, Los Angele...

Send us Fan Mail If you have just found us or observed our principles, you may be wondering what exactly is Courageous Police Leadership and why are we promoting it. In this episode, Dr. Travis Yates discusses the early days of the seminar, the book, and what is coming to the program and philosophy of Courageous Police Leadership. You can find out more about Courageous Police Leadership and join o...

Send us Fan Mail "If you make a job impossible, good luck finding anyone willing to fo the job."  Dr. Travis Yates - Courageous Police Leadership Alliance - www.cplalliance.org Law enforcement leaders continue to let the enemies of order and public safety place restrictions and expectations on the law enforcement profession that are impossible. The recent criminal charges against seven C...

Send us Fan Mail It is Easter Weekend and this edition of the Courageous Police Leadership Podcast discusses the dangers that apathetic leadership has caused in the law enforcement profession.  Travis portrays the decision by Pontius Pilate, the Governor of Rome from 26 to 37 AD., and his attempt to avoid the blame in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and how leaders today continue laying the blame...

Send us Fan Mail There may not be a better example of Courageous Police Leadership than Minneapolis Lt. (ret.) Bob Kroll. Over three decades, Lt. Kroll policed, supervised, and managed within the Minneapolis Police Department and spent his last six years as the President of their Police Union. In the midst of failed leadership, Lt. Kroll maintained the principles of Courageous Police Leadership th...

Send us Fan Mail 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 those around them. Travis Yates discusses what a "self-aware" leader is and how leaders can accomplish this important trait. Our show sponsor, Telegenix ,...

Send us Fan Mail 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 enforcement profession and it is time that it all changes.  This is a must listen episode that just may change everything you thought you knew about law...

Send us Fan Mail 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 discusses, that is not unique to the law enforcement profession.  Multiple leaders utilized an important Courageous Police Leadership Principle in the years leadin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Travis Yates discusses the issue of what higher education can do for law enforcement. Various studies indicate that a college educated police officer is preferred but should that really be the metric to a professional police officer? Travis will also discuss his recent journey going back to school along with some of the options that law enforcement professionals h...

Send us Fan Mail 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 contradiction of facts, the DOJ has recently used this IACP recommendation as part of the consent decree with the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department, whic...

Send us Fan Mail 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 pose to the future of their agency and the community.  Just this week, the DOJ announced a Consent Decree in Louisville along with an investigation in Memphis....

Send us Fan Mail 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 organizations completely to steer their agencies. Chief Hughes recently asked the IACP President  a question on social media and was blocked from further communication....

Send us Fan Mail The most recent bad idea by cowardly leaders is to lower hiring standards for law enforcement. Travis Yates details the future of policing and the communities they serve if this continues and how Courageous Leaders can fight back on one of the most dangerous ideas that could ever come to the profession.  Our show sponsor, Telegenix , offers a 37% discount on all wellness resources...

Send us Fan Mail Courageous Leaders are like unicorns. They are very rare but when you see one, it is amazing. While Madison Police Chief (ret.) Mike Koval is no unicorn, his leadership principles are a Master Class on what Courageous Police Leadership is. This is an episode that you must listen, embrace, and enact on a daily basis for the law enforcement profession to not only survive but thrive....

Send us Fan Mail Law Enforcement Leaders continue to blame everyone else for the problems in the profession. Whether it is recruiting, retention or crime rates, the blame being cast on politicians, activists or the defund the police movement simply gives cowardly leaders the excuse needed to continue their destruction of the profession. Travis Yates places the blame squarely on those within the pr...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of "Courageous Leadership with Travis Yates" features Brian Surber in a special Roundtable Discussion of various topics of the day. Brian has an extensive career in the criminal justice system including law enforcement and prosecution. His best selling book, "Injustice For All: The (Familiar) Fallacies of Criminal Justice Reform" exposes the coward...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Travis Yates breaks down the major issues that agencies are getting wrong in law enforcement recruiting and offers actionable solutions to the recruiting crisis facing American Law Enforcement. Daniel Carr, an attorney and full time police officer, joins Travis to discuss the dangers of law enforcement leaders playing politics rather than leading courageously. Dan...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Travis Yates discusses the importance of leaders and how they ensure that their followers remain healthy. According to Yates, leaders must begin to see their officers as athletes; an incredible resource and high value commodity for the agency and the community that they serve.  Joining Travis is former police officer Scott Medlin who is inspiring and encouraging p...

Send us Fan Mail A core principle of Courageous Leadership is "Courageous Nobility." Without it, nothing else in leadership will matter and today this is exactly what the law enforcement needs.  Regardless of what society believes, leaders must have a moral compass both in their life and on the job. It is only through the lens of character and integrity that leaders can make difficult de...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Travis Yates breaks down the incident in Memphis and what has been missing in all the conversations about this horrific event. According to Yates, the author of "The Courageous Police Leader" what everyone is missing is that what happened in Memphis was a leadership problem.    "If one of those officers was a leader, that never happens and that is e...

Send us Fan Mail Law Enforcement Recruiting is in the middle of a crisis. If leaders don't change direction and embrace new concepts, the profession will die a slow and painful death. It is up to Courageous Leaders to fight the status quo and fix recruitment now. Doug Larsen is a former police officer that has a philosophy on recruiting that every leader needs to hear. His previous clients ha...