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

Description

Lansing Police Department & Ingham County Sheriff’s Office

Presents

Lt. Kevin Dillon (ret)
L.E.A.D.S. + T – Law Enforcement Active Diffusion Strategies Plus Tactical Options

August 18, 2016

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!

Local Contact:

Contact
Lansing Police Department

5815 Wise Road, Lansing, MI  48911
Contact:  Sgt. Michelle Spoelma, (517) 483-4653,

Michelle.Spoelma@lansingmi.gov