Tag: Gaining Compliance: Page 7

Verbal Judo: Talk Your Way Through Confrontations

Law enforcement is about 97 percent verbal interaction and only 3 percent physical interaction, according to a recent Rutgers University study. In keeping with such findings, a new communications philosophy, called Verbal Judo, has been making an impression on how law enforcement deals with the public.

July 31, 2000

Get a Handle on Car-Cuffing Techniques

As you are interviewing the operator you notice a handgun on the floor of the passenger side of the car. Of course, any backup is light years away.

January 31, 2000

Extracting Suspects from Commercial Aircraft Safely

The extraction of unruly or even dangerous criminals from crowded, commercial airliners is not an everyday occurrence for an airport officer, although it happens all too frequently.

December 31, 1999

Combative Subjects Require Special Care

Responding to calls involving violent, incoherent or uncontrollable subjects is never easy. Unlike rational individuals who can be taken into custody with little more than a show of authority, irrational subjects are extremely unpredictable.

June 30, 1996

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