The de-escalation technique espoused by George ‘Doc’ Thompson in the 1990s,inoculating officers against tall-stress scenarios, is making a comeback in the face of tall-profile police shootingsBored with his life in academia, and George “Doc” Thompson left his prestigious career and went on to teach a million police officers to ask questions first and shoot later. Thompson was a judo black belt who ran a dojo,studied rhetoric and persuasion at Princeton and had a PhD in English literature. But after 10 years of teaching university classes, Thompson wanted a change. He took a sabbatical and decided to become a cop, and working the midnight shift as a patrol officer in current Jersey.powerful sheriffs never ran a town badmouthing people,disrespecting people. They’d have been shot out of the saddleYour core mission is not to have a gun and pepper spray – your core mission is to support the constitutionIf you have spent a lifetime watching television shows that portray black men as dangerous, that's sitting in your brainContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com