POLICE TRAINING WORKSHOPS
These workshops are ideal for any law enforcement departments/agencies looking to provide an introductory or refresher training course for officers in the foundational elements needed to maximize officer safety and minimize excessive force incidents.
WHAT WILL PARTICIPANTS GAIN FROM THE TRAININGS?
The most critical elements for reducing excessive force incidents are developing skilled, confident, and empathetic officers through quality training in verbal de-escalation, psychological skills, and physical control tactics. The training courses below cover each of these elements in depth, including strategies for maintaining these skills long term!
TRAININGS
"Mental Skills Training: The Missing Element for the Modern Day Officer"
Course Description
Mental skill development (a.k.a. psychological skills training) is one of the most critical yet underemphasized areas of a police officer's training. In this course, participants will develop and implement psychological skills such as confidence, resilience, imagery, self-regulation and performance-stress management, into their training with emphasis in the use of force domain. With confidence at its core, developing these skills are critical to an officer's ability to successfully handle a force encounter with minimal issues. This 4-hour course is designed for all officers but especially command staff and shift supervisors on the key sources for building a culture of officers who are physically AND mentally prepared, along with its' link to reducing the number of excessive force encounters in policing.
Scenario Based Verbal De-Escalation Training
Course Description
In this 4-hour course, officers will learn the critical strategies for de-escalating conflict and generating voluntary compliance in their interactions with the public. Officers will also learn the importance of empathy and how to use it to maintain the highest quality of public service during the most challenging times. This course will also include a section addressing the tensions between police and minority communities as well as live training scenarios so officers can practice the verbal skills and address areas of improvement.
Movement Foundations for the Tactical Athlete
Course Description
This is the perfect course for officers and departments interested in getting effective quality training but also have social distancing concerns due to COVID-19. In this 4-hour course, officers will learn the foundational drills that will develop the dual benefit of conditioning the body through moderate-vigorous intensity sequences while hardwiring the grappling based movement patterns necessary to survive and control a subject in a physical encounter. These timed solo movement drills include applications for escaping various positions, takedown avoidance, reversals from inferior positions and advancing one's own position to control and arrest.
Ground Control Tactics 101
Course Description
This 4-hour course will teach officers the foundational control and weapon retention tactics for when a confrontation ends up on the ground. Officers will analyze video footage of real police encounters and learn a variety of techniques, and more importantly, principles that aid in knowledge retention. Examples of content in this course include: safely getting back your feet if you end up on your back, punch protection and weapon retention from your back, and effective, non-violent subject control leading to handcuffing.
Additional workshops related to non-lethal force, weapons defense, officer wellness, or psychological factors associated with use of force are available upon request.
These workshops are ideal for any law enforcement departments/agencies looking to provide an introductory or refresher training course for officers in the foundational elements needed to maximize officer safety and minimize excessive force incidents.
WHAT WILL PARTICIPANTS GAIN FROM THE TRAININGS?
The most critical elements for reducing excessive force incidents are developing skilled, confident, and empathetic officers through quality training in verbal de-escalation, psychological skills, and physical control tactics. The training courses below cover each of these elements in depth, including strategies for maintaining these skills long term!
TRAININGS
"Mental Skills Training: The Missing Element for the Modern Day Officer"
Course Description
Mental skill development (a.k.a. psychological skills training) is one of the most critical yet underemphasized areas of a police officer's training. In this course, participants will develop and implement psychological skills such as confidence, resilience, imagery, self-regulation and performance-stress management, into their training with emphasis in the use of force domain. With confidence at its core, developing these skills are critical to an officer's ability to successfully handle a force encounter with minimal issues. This 4-hour course is designed for all officers but especially command staff and shift supervisors on the key sources for building a culture of officers who are physically AND mentally prepared, along with its' link to reducing the number of excessive force encounters in policing.
Scenario Based Verbal De-Escalation Training
Course Description
In this 4-hour course, officers will learn the critical strategies for de-escalating conflict and generating voluntary compliance in their interactions with the public. Officers will also learn the importance of empathy and how to use it to maintain the highest quality of public service during the most challenging times. This course will also include a section addressing the tensions between police and minority communities as well as live training scenarios so officers can practice the verbal skills and address areas of improvement.
Movement Foundations for the Tactical Athlete
Course Description
This is the perfect course for officers and departments interested in getting effective quality training but also have social distancing concerns due to COVID-19. In this 4-hour course, officers will learn the foundational drills that will develop the dual benefit of conditioning the body through moderate-vigorous intensity sequences while hardwiring the grappling based movement patterns necessary to survive and control a subject in a physical encounter. These timed solo movement drills include applications for escaping various positions, takedown avoidance, reversals from inferior positions and advancing one's own position to control and arrest.
Ground Control Tactics 101
Course Description
This 4-hour course will teach officers the foundational control and weapon retention tactics for when a confrontation ends up on the ground. Officers will analyze video footage of real police encounters and learn a variety of techniques, and more importantly, principles that aid in knowledge retention. Examples of content in this course include: safely getting back your feet if you end up on your back, punch protection and weapon retention from your back, and effective, non-violent subject control leading to handcuffing.
Additional workshops related to non-lethal force, weapons defense, officer wellness, or psychological factors associated with use of force are available upon request.
WHAT HAVE PAST PARTICIPANTS SAID ABOUT DR. BUTLER'S TRAININGS?
I had the distinct pleasure of working with Dr. Butler for a number of years at the same police agency. During that time, I got to see his ideas for more and better defensive tactics training develop and find application. My colleagues and I regularly benefitted from his teaching, which was often done on his own time.
Whereas some of my skills had fallen into disuse since the academy, I now patrol with greater confidence, knowing I could apprehend a combative subject without overly depending on the tools on my belt. Dr. Butler’s teaching style is technical, yes, but memorable and adaptive to the student. You’ll be hard pressed to find anyone else more qualified and dedicated to improving the law enforcement profession.
Deputy Blain, Livingston County Sheriff's Office
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