Is Officer Safety Training broken? If so, is there a way to fix it?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/officer-safety-training-broken-so-can-we-fix-gerard-o-dea/ THE WHAT-WE-TEACH PROBLEM Early in my career, I was escorted into a room at a national-level agency and shown a single, security-restricted copy of the ‘Self-Defence’ training programme which was being taught to at-risk staff. My sense of anticipation before opening that document caused my heart to race. You can only imagine my disappointment, […]

Community Safety and the Threat of Knife Crime: Part 2

ADDRESSING THE RISK OF KNIFE ASSAULT If your team is actually facing the risk of a knife assault, how do you assess it and begin to control the risks?  First of all, let’s be clear about one thing: Non-police staff should not be expected to deal with any incident involving a weapon. This is a golden […]

Review of breakaway and self-defence training with the Scottish Prison Service College

Review of breakaway and self-defence training Case:   The Scottish Prison Service College was doing a review of breakaway and self-defence training syllabus, having been prompted by a number of recent officer safety incidents in which it was found that the system being taught to prison staff and visitors was not 100% fit for purpose. […]