Critical concepts and theory were covered, but what made “Street Survival” unique was its detailed focus on the tactics, techniques and procedures police officers should follow to ensure their safety. In contrast, “Street Survival” was a virtual “how-to” for policing. Through a series of stories based on actual incidents, Brooks helped to identify and encourage a survival mind-set, but his book was light on tactics and procedure. Pierce Brooks’ “…officer down, code three” had helped usher in the fledgling “officer survival” movement when it was published five years earlier, but Brooks’ effort was more focused on the mental aspects of officer safety. There had never been a book quite like “Street Survival” when it was published in March 1980. This wasn’t a project that could be undertaken lightly. The lessons he learned in the ground-breaking officer safety program helped keep him safe and get him home to his family each night, and you just can’t put a price on that. When I was a young man, my dad took several of his precious days off from the job to attend a multi-day seminar titled “Street Survival,” after the name of a recently released police book from a new company called Calibre Press.Īlthough it was tough to find room in the family budget for the tuition (safety-conscious cops have always had to spend their own money to supplement the meager training they receive from their departments), it was money well spent.
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