Gaithersburg, MD – L.E.A.D.S. + T. – Law Enforcement Active Diffusion Strategies Plus Tactical Options

Description

Gaithersburg Police Department, Maryland  Presents 

L.E.A.D.S. + T – Law Enforcement Active Diffusion Strategies Plus Tactical Options

Tuesday, January 31 2017

0800-1600

This course is an easy to use communications class for street  confrontations that will assist to de-escalate engagements, reduce complaints, and liability, as well enhance officer survival!

This is a classroom based combat-confrontation conflict resolution avoidance course.  The program instructed within a classroom setting how to recognize aggression and  not stimulate aggression.  Students learn Active Diffusion Strategies that can avoid escalating or resolve interactions by employing tactical de-escalation methods. Officers are instructed in officer safety tactical options when de-escalation does not work and how to deploy and      coordinate successful strategies. Instruction uses lectures and demonstrations to facilitate learning.   

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

? Risk management for officer safety
? How complaints are used against officers in litigation
? Identifying indications of hostility through body language
? Identify professional benefits of active diffusion strategies
? Learn methods of effective verbal de-escalation strategies
? Understanding physiological changes during aggression
? Learn to use cognitive limitations for active diffusion
? Learn methods to re-direct the thought process
? Learn how complaints against officers are used in court
? Learn methods of motivational interviewing skills
? Learn methods of distraction to obtain tactical advantages
? Learn communication and physical strategies to de-escalate situations
? Plus more!

“I personally benefitted from this training and I would highly recommend it for officers,
police managers and attorneys who defend officers. Thank you for including me and my
fellow litigators in this valuable training.”
Judith A. Hanson Assistant City Attorney – City of Saint Paul

Contact: Lt. Christopher Vance
Host: Gaithersburg Police Department
Location of Training: 14 Fulks Corner Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
Phone: 301.258.6400 — cvance@gaithersburgmd.gov