Chaos, Control then Resolution: Lessons from Three Days of Functional Skills for PPST and PMVA Trainers
Training the Messy Middle: What Functional Training Reveals About Skills Under Pressure Functional Tactics Training is what most physical-skills training should be but rarely is. It is the question of how to train a learner for the messy middle of a confrontation, not the clean start or the polished end. Training the Messy Middle: What […]
Spitting attacks: advice about your response
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Spitting attacks are gut-wrenching for most people, but would you lose your professional composure? From what I know of talking with learners on our Conflict Resolution courses for years, I am quite sure that many people would rather be punched in the head […]
Protection from coughing and spitting assaults
Coughing and Spitting AssaultsHow to Protect Yourself From Intentional Coughing and Spitting This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. As a company deeply involved in personal safety training, we watch carefully when new trends emerge in personal safety risk. Since early March 2020 it has become increasingly common to see […]
Conflict Training to reduce complaints
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Conflict Management Training Enhances Officer Safety and Reduces Incidents and Complaints of Using Force “Hi, my name is Tom Poellot. I’m the Chief of Police in the Cudahy Police Department in Wisconsin. We chose Vistelar at the Cudahy Police Department because we wanted […]
What is Trauma Informed Care?
What is Trauma Informed Care? This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. My name is Gary Klugiewicz. I am the Director of Training of Verbal Defense and Influence and I train all over the country. And I do a lot of training for healthcare organisations. And in healthcare, what’s really […]
Crisis Intervention in Policing
“The desire for officers to receive better training in dealing with members of the public with mental health issues was repeatedly mentioned” – from the 2018 published Home Office Police Front Line Review. Crisis Intervention in Policing remains an emotive and important topic. I spoke with veteran police trainer Gary Klugiewicz some time ago about how we […]