by John Riley | Jun 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
A tragic friendly fire incident between police and armed citizen highlights the dangers of those initial moments when police arrive on scene of a defensive shooting situation. For years I have warned CPL holders and armed church personnel of the danger of a...
by John Riley | Jun 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
2 most frequently used words by police trying to de-escalate a situation. The 2 most frequently used words used by police officers trying to de-escalate a situation, are “Stop”, and “Drop”. The word “STOP” from a police officer is...
by John Riley | May 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
De-escalation tips for flight attendants in the airlines. Southwest Airlines recently banned a passenger for life for physically assaulting a flight attendant – Click here for the news story. It’s about time that the airlines start doing something about...
by John Riley | May 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Your appearance, the A in your ACE, will do more to effectively de-escalate a situation. A guy I know from church recently may have proved one of my main precepts: That your appearance can shape another person’s thoughts, feelings and actions without a word...
by John Riley | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s your right but is it the RIGHT thing to do? And the right place? I believe in the right to have gun, but because of that right I am a FIRM believer in RESPONSIBLE gun ownership!! To me, responsible gun ownership is making sure a person is as proficient and...
by John Riley | Apr 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
You go to training but are you “trainable”? What is your attitude? Your mindset? Do you already “know it all”? I was in the Army as an infantryman, and we would be out in the field pretty regularly to train, we’d play war games, and...
by John Riley | Apr 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Could a social worker have stopped Ma’Khia Bryant? A very large number of people have been reposting the attached image on instagram, and it is just further proof that just because a person has PhD or a Masters degree it absolutely DOES NOT mean they know...
by John Riley | Apr 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Lt. Nazario traffic stop incident in Windsor, VA. A traffic stop at night, and the vehicle is slow to stop, now what? I worked road patrol for 20 years, 15 of them on night shift. There were several instances where I’d initiate a traffic stop in the middle...
by John Riley | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
You spend 26 years of your life in the Marine Corps, crawl your way to the top, you’ve made it, and it only takes 15 seconds to escalate a situation and throw away an illustrious career. There is a video on Youtube from 2014 showing a Marine Command Sergeant...
by John Riley | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Good people oftentimes unintentionally escalate situations! They mean well, are trying to do good, but because they don’t know what they don’t know, they do and say things that actually escalate situations! A gentleman was telling me about an experience he...
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