Episodes

In this episode, Dr. Travis Yates discusses the issue of females within the law enforcement profession and the role of leaders to ensure that they are treated fairly in a profession dominated by men. Join Our Tribe of Courage...

Law Enforcement continues to be plagued by poor and ineffective leadership. In today's episode, Dr. Travis Yates explores why this is happening and what each law enforcement professional can do today to reverse this troubling...

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...

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 aftermat...

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 ta...

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...

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 ...

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, t...

"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 p...

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, t...

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 la...

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 a...

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...

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...

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 pro...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 enfor...

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, a...

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 h...