Conflict resolution without force
Successful de-escalation protects law enforcement officers and the community at large. We focus on the importance of maintaining situational awareness while using tactical decision-making and de-escalation during all stages of an encounter. These skills can lead to conflict resolution without force.
De-escalation is built upon situational awareness, effective communication, and proper decision-making and can lead to conflict resolution without force.
- Length: 2 days
- Delivery: In-person, scenario-based
- Audience: Police officers of any experience level
Patrol Officer - Situational Awareness and De-Escalation
The law enforcement community currently faces an unprecedented number of demands and threats, requiring a more deliberate, standardized approach to teaching de-escalation. Tomahawk’s Methodical Clearance® approach teaches officers to slow the process down, create space, and use all available forms of communication to defuse a situation.
This training provides officers with the tactics, techniques, and procedures needed to control a situation in the safest possible manner. The Tomahawk team personalizes the training and scenarios to meet the needs of our client and their environment, covering topics including:
- Use of force guidelines
- Use of proper proxemics, language, and tone
- Tactics, techniques, and procedures to instill officer confidence
- Use of distance and angles
- Department standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Threat indicators
- Single- and dual-officer tactics
