Tactical De-escalation Techniques
Tactical De-escalation Techniques
Topics Covered:
- Understanding De-escalation
- Communicating Under Stress
- Showing Empathy to Others
- Minimize Force Encounters
- Improving Public Perception
- Maintaining Tactical Mindset
- Transitioning to Force
- Proper Documentation
Course Overview:
Across the United States, police departments spend countless hours training officers on the use of force involving simple wrist locks and pressure points; chemical agents and physical strikes; and progressing to impact weapons and firearms. While this type of training is critical for all law enforcement officers, agencies must provide proper "Tactical De-escalation Techniques" to officers as well.
Regardless of an agency or officer's individual views of deescalation tactics, it MUST be implemented into every police
department's training program. Many officers believe that the use of de-escalation techniques will jeopardize their safety and place them at a tactical disadvantage. The proper use of de-escalation has the complete opposite effect. Statistics and studies will show that it increases officers' safety and places the officer in a more advantageous tactical position.
This one-day training class will provide officers with the necessary tools to properly de-escalate a situation while maintaining a tactical mindset. Officers will learn effective techniques for communicating under stress without escalating a situation.
Practical, classroom-based scenarios will be presented to demonstrate these concepts. Information will also be presented on the development of reality-based, simulation training involving deescalation techniques. This information will give officers a jump starts on implementing de-escalation training within their own police departments.