by John Riley | Apr 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
De-escalating a young person. I have been asked that a few times since starting my business, and my response is that, based on my experience, it still boils down to how you project yourself, your body language, how you control your tone of voice, and how well you...
by John Riley | Mar 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dealing with a loud, rude, obnoxious, assaultive person can and will be challenging, and this video is a great example of keeping your cool with someone like that to avoid escalating the situation. So I stated that this video is a great example of someone keeping...
by John Riley | Mar 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sometimes your best de-escalation efforts will not work, that’s just the way it goes when dealing with people. Dealing with a person who is angry, or drunk or high or mentally/emotionally impaired can be very challenging, it is very fluid and very dynamic. I...
by John Riley | Feb 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
There was a recent incident with an off duty cop that highlights the critical need to be clearly thinking and making smart choices. I had just posted a blog a mere 5 days ago pointing out that a part of de-escalating a situation is knowing when YOU may be in fact...
by John Riley | Feb 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Part of de-escalating a situation is knowing when you may be escalating it. A number of years ago a friend of mine was sharing with me an incident that happened at a church. The security volunteers were made aware of some people possibly attempting to break into...
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