Centerville’s police chief said two officers failed to follow de-escalation protocols during a “tense” encounter with a ...

The Tampa Police Department rolls out new virtual reality pods, so officers can practice de-escalation techniques.

While the Cape Girardeau Police Department regularly takes proactive measures to provide officers with self-defense and safe-detention training, the local police force has made such training even more ...

The Canton Police Department is providing de-escalation training to its officers over four weeks. The training, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, focuses on using communication and ...

ATLANTA — The deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta in the span of less than three weeks have led to a push in the U.S. for more training of police officers in how to de ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Panama City Beach City Council approved the purchase of a VirTra 300 De-Escalation Simulator during a meeting last week. The Panama City Beach Police Department will use the ...

It’s called the BolaWrap, and it’s making its way into law enforcement agencies across Minnesota. The CEO of STORM Training Group, Chad Malmberg, works with over 200 law enforcement agencies across ...

Akron is exposed to yet another glaring example of pitiful policing tactics – an unnecessary, excessive use of force (this time on a minor, student of color at Firestone high school) – on the part of ...

The Purdue University Police Department is holding a focus group on July 31 to gather feedback on "Verbal Judo," a newly created training program focused on verbal de-escalation techniques that can be ...

Law enforcement officers from multiple Southwest Mississippi agencies graduated Friday from the second Crisis Response and ...

"Because of the officers' actions, this situation was resolved without injury, and the individual was connected with the ...

TPD is also adding six high-tech drones to its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program. The VR pods were paid for by a federal grant TPD received for de-escalation. Inside the virtual reality immersive ...