by John Riley | Oct 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
2 missed opportunities to De-escalate leads to tragedy. Another tragic, totally avoidable incident at a McDonald’s in Hendersonville, NC, where 2 critical opportunities to effectively and successfully De-escalate the situation were thrown away and lost. 2 women...
by John Riley | May 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Do “De-escalation” efforts always work? Absolutely NOT! There is NO such thing as a single word or phrase, some magical word or phrase, that will just “de-escalate” a person or situation! Yet the general public continues to convince itself,...
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 | 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 | 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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