The Purdue Police Department is offering free online Verbal De-escalation training in August and September. “Verbal De-escalation” is a two-hour PowerPoint presentation. The objective is to teach ...

The video from Akron Police Officer Ryan Westlake's body came shows what happened when he tried to stop 15-year-old Tavion Koonce-Williams after a dog-walker reported that someone was pointing a gun ...

The Purdue Police Department is offering free online verbal de-escalation training in May. “Verbal De-escalation” is a two-hour PowerPoint presentation. The objective is to teach skills to help ...

Any time a police officer responds to a situation, it often goes in a completely different direction than they anticipate, ...

As a senior instructor for the National De-escalation Training Center, I train law enforcement officers how to de-escalate situations that have the potential to turn violent. A couple of weeks ago I ...

While de-escalation deserves its place in every academy, training room, and policy, agencies and trainers should equally focus on an officer’s ability to “transition” their force based on their threat ...

Of the $334M federal grants offered to law enforcement agencies nationwide, the Department of Justice reserved almost 15% for de-escalation training. This translates to over $43.6M in funding to ...

LEE COUNTY, Va. (WCYB) — A restraint tool designed for de-escalation is giving law enforcement personnel a new force-avoidance option. Several members of the Lee County Sheriff's Office took part in a ...

ALEXANDRIA, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, WELL BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT POLICE TRAINING THAT COULD SAVE LIVES. THIS AFTERNOON, WE’RE SEEING HOW LOCAL OFFICERS ARE LEARNING TACTICS FOR DE-ESCALATION. HERE’S ...

Two police officers entered a school where a principal warned them of a distressed teacher wielding a knife. The first step, per class instructions: Stay calm. City police officers role-played that ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Former police officer Drew Moldenhauer says the first step to calming a heated moment is to calm yourself. He’s in North Dakota at the ND SHRM talking de-escalation and everyday ...

Every law enforcement officer in South Carolina receives training from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, and this ...