The TTPOA Podcast

We invited Scott Howell from the Ironsight Podcast to sit down with us and NTOA Staff members at the NTOA conference to untangle how law enforcement terminology, training culture, and information sharing shape real-world warrant service. We challenge the way “dynamic,” “deliberate,” and “no knock” get used, then work toward clearer definitions, better decision making, and better communication across teams and leadership. • NTOA’s role in national collaboration, standards guidance,...

The job trains you to win the fight, but it does not always train you to carry what comes after. From the middle of the TTPOA vendor floor, we sit down with Brad Ortiz (Science Shop) and Dwayne from the American Warrior Association to get brutally practical about officer wellness, resilience, and the kind of support that actually works for first responders, veterans, and families. We dig into what “resiliency training” really means and why a proactive wellness framework matters just as much ...

The word “dynamic” gets thrown around like it means fast feet and reckless decisions, but that’s not what we see in real CQB. From the TTPOA conference floor in Round Rock, Texas, we take live questions and pull the conversation back to what actually keeps people alive: strong foundational skills, honest accountability, and the ability to move from task to task with zero delay when the fight starts. We dig into what makes a shoot house useful for law enforcement training and what quietly sab...

We sit down with Matt Pranka to talk night vision as a real capability for law enforcement and SWAT, not a gear flex. The thread that ties it all together is simple: hard skills built through honest training create calm decisions when real fights unfold at full speed. • night vision training built around application and shooting fundamentals • positive identification limits at distance under white light and IR • offsets, lasers, illuminators, and repeating reps to expose errors • dry fire and...

In this episode, we had an inspiring conversation with Ed and Rick of Obsidian Spear Group. They shared their journey of starting a new company focused on law enforcement training after retirement, discussing what that experience has been like, how they’re giving back, and the valuable lessons they've learned along the way—lessons that have made them better professionals and people. “ That's Just Texas Talkin” ED Founder - Obsidian Spear Group Ed dedicated over 21 years in U.S. Army sp...