About this episode
Description Kevin Cyr is an Inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and is the current commander of the RCMP Emergency Response Team in British Columbia, which is the second largest tactical unit in Canada. Kevin has been with the RCMP for 22 years and has been with the team for 7 years. He has a master’s in law from Osgoode Hall Law School and is published internationally in law and criminology journals. He also teaches incident command at the Canadian Police College. Timestamps 1:00 - His personal history and career path 2:25 – Structure and functioning of the RCMP 5:45 – Advantages and disadvantages of the Canadian policing model 7:30 – Origins of RCMP SERT and ERT teams 13:00 – The role of modern tactical teams 14:30 – 2010 Olympics and ERTs transition to full-time teams 17:15 – Current ERT team configuration 21:00 – Decision-making and the trap of risk mitigation 27:00 – Understanding the difference between cheap and expensive and effective and efficient in preparation 33:15 – Weighing when to spend money vs. improving skills – understanding requirements 38:00 – Tactical decision-making & analysis paralysis 42:00 – Militarization of law enforcement 45:45 – How overly aggressive law and policy can lead to tactical indecisiveness 50:15 – How the standards we hold police to are unreasonable 55:00 – How the origin stories for SWAT are complicating modern tactical response 57:00 – Delegation of authority and decision making 1:01:00 – Who should make tactical decisions? 1:03:00 – How we should be training our future tactical leaders 1:09:45 – Rapid fire questions Contact Info: Kevin Cyr - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-cyr-ll-m-b78206133 Books Recommended: Extreme Ownership - Jocko Willink and Leif Babin – ISBN# 250067057