They learn ways to de-escalate a situation".
Horses are "able to de-escalate a volatile situation because of their size".
CITs put a trained officer or mental-health professional on the scene, to de-escalate a situation.
Sometimes just keeping your cool, using logic and rational argument will be sufficient to de-escalate a situation.
He pointed out that in contradiction to standard police training, undercover officers are supposed to de-escalate a threatening situation and retreat to prevent a violent encounter.
"An officer can only de-escalate a situation if the person they're dealing with is willing to de-escalate," Cunningham said.
If you want to de-escalate a conflict, the very first thing out of your mouth needs to be supportive rather than dismissive.
The director of the Department of Public Safety, Steven McCraw, under sharp questioning at a legislative inquiry in July, said Trooper Encinia violated department policy, behaved rudely and failed to de-escalate a confrontation.
In San Francisco, for instance, officers are taught to use "verbal judo"— tactics to talk an inmate down in order to de-escalate a crisis — and to ignore an inmate's taunts if that is what it takes to keep peace.
Abbott's attorney, Lance LoRusso, said in a statement Abbott is cooperating with the investigation, and that his comments were meant to "de-escalate a situation involving an uncooperative passenger".
Over the course of an hour on Friday, protesters practiced several tactics, including "hup," which involves a knot of people jumping up and down (and can be used to coalesce a scattered group) and "melt," in which protesters drift to the ground (used for a "die-in" or to de-escalate a confrontation).
