Defensive Tactics for Corrections

De-Escalation and Minimizing Use of Force

2 hours

Persons with mental illnesses, drug or alcohol addictions, or disorders such as autism can present police officers with difficult challenges. In some cases, a person may brandish a weapon or otherwise appear to pose a threat to the public, to the police, or to himself or herself. The threat may be a real one, or the situation may be less dangerous that it appears, and often it is difficult to assess the level of danger. These situations become more complicated when, because of their conditions, persons cannot communicate effectively with police officers. This course provides the necessary training in addressing the nature of the challenges and providing promising solutions.

Videos Included:

• Long Taught to Use Force, Police Warily Learn to De-escalate
• Vegas Police Train to Keep Calm, Avoid Shooting
• Daytona police start de-escalation training to avoid using excessive force
• De-escalation is first goal of SAPD officers
• Low Stress Situation
• Medium Stress Situation
• High Stress Situation
• Las Vegas police hold de-escalation training drills

Defensive Tactics 1

1 hour

• Ankle Vice
• Answer the Phone
• Arm Lock to Wrist Lock
• Armbar Redistribution of Mass
• Baton Power Development
• Benefits of the BOB Mannequin
• Combining Baton and Empty Hand Control Strikes
• Choke from Behind
• Chokes and Releases

Defensive Tactics 3

1 hour

• Variations in the Transport Wrist Lock
• Speed Cuffing from Four Positions
• Suspect Control and Handcuffing
• Kei Satsu Jitsu
• Layer System of an Offensive Individual
• Leverage Techniques
• Martial Arts Inspired Baton Striking and Foot Patterns
• Wrist Grabs

Defensive Tactics 5

1 hour

• Emergency Time Out: Hand Positioning
• Fighting Man Dummy Drills
• Defending a Tackle
• Empty Hand Control
• Escape from Wrist Grabs
• Falling Tactically
• Focus on Hand-to-Hand Tactics

Defensive Tactics 7

1 hour

• Transitioning from Armbar to Prisoner Lock
• Knife Attack Avoidance
• Medical Validation in Defensive Tactics
• Variations of a Foot Trap
• Sequencing Defensive Tactics Training
• Thai Boxing Tool for Law Enforcement

Defensive Tactics 9

1 hour

• Pressure point onto the nose
• Tactical about-face maneuver
• The Boma Technique
• The Bow Technique
• Mid-line Jab Defense
• Knife Defense P1A
• The Lifting Kick
• Training Drills: Punching Attacks
• Baton Positions

Defensive Tactics 11

1 hour

• Practicing Low Knee Strikes
• Take Down Tactics For Smaller Officers
• Cross-grab Takedown Techniques
• Defensive Tactics Viewed from the Public’s Perspective
• Inside Arm Drag Progression
• Maintaining a Reactionary Gap
• Evading an Attack to the Head while Supine
• Recovering from the Ground while Having your Weapon Out
• The Horn Come-Along Technique
• The Z Lock

Defensive Tactics 13

1 hour

• Brachial Stun Technique
• Defending Yourself When You’re Unarmed
• Elbow Drills
• Ground Defense Position
• Hip Escape Drill
• Trap and Stun Technique
• Defending Against a Straight Punch
• Escape from the Mounted Position
• Escaping the mount by Using the Forced Bridge

Defensive Tactics 15

1 hour

• Elbow to Elbow Technique
• Closing the Distance
• The T-Kick
• Have a Backup Plan for your Manipulation Skills
• Developing your Abilities to Move Offline
• Developing your hand speed
• The Director Drill