The Tampa Police Department rolls out new virtual reality pods, so officers can practice de-escalation techniques.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Padded mats are being utilized in classrooms across West Michigan as part of a cutting-edge approach to crisis de-escalation. Lauren Raap, an emotional impairment teacher at ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, or PJALS, provided a workshop Saturday to help teach would-be protestors de-escalation techniques to help keep people safe. Last week, ...

The Pulaski County sheriff's office on Tuesday unveiled a virtual-reality training program intended to give officers another tool to teach de-escalation in stressful situations, the sheriff said. The ...

As a senior instructor for the National De-escalation Training Center, I train law enforcement officers how to de-escalate situations that have the potential to turn violent. A couple of weeks ago I ...

Video that was given to News 12 by the department shows officers successfully using the BolaWrap for the first time last Friday. It was one of two back-to-back incidents in which de-escalation methods ...