Law enforcement officers across Maryland are learning or honing skills in tactical communication – that is, remaining calm and in control in stressful situations – at the police and correctional ...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Emotions can run high when police a stop a vehicle, or when officers arrive at the scene of a potential issue. Anxiety. Fear. Frustration. A heart beats faster when a siren ...

I was speaking with a friend of mine who’s a short-timer working patrol in the Southeastern United States recently. He’d just returned from defensive tactics training and lamented the fact that the ...

ARCHBOLD — First responders from a variety of agencies are gathering at Northwest State Community College (NSCC) here today and tomorrow for a type of training aimed at de-escalation practices. The ...

CHEYENNE – Verbally deescalating situations is a daily part of a police officer’s life. Learning the skills and methods to do this “verbal judo” goes against someone’s natural language, Cheyenne ...

As usual the topic of my Officer.com article started as a debate between the Editor and myself. I wanted to write a gloriously detailed article about the adventures of using a female urine funnel so I ...

The lawyer’s art is often likened to a fencing match, a chess game, a battle of wits or a battle of wills. But in W. Lee Fjelstad’s view, the better comparison is to judo. Fjelstad will present ...

Napa's Chief of Police Dan Monez will appear Oct. 23 at the Calistoga Elementary School's multipurpose room to teach verbal judo. Chief Monez has taught dozens of area teachers the art of "verbal judo ...

The Purdue Police Department is offering free online Verbal De-escalation (aka Verbal Judo) training in May via WebEx. Verbal De-escalation is a two-hour PowerPoint presentation. The objective is to ...

Today's post is dedicated to those who expressed a desire for more information about how verbal judo works, based on my previous post. Verbal judo is best defined as a gentle yet powerful way of ...