by Scott Savage | Jun 6, 2019 | Officer Safety
An unarmed man has been shot and killed by the police. His family is devastated. Bystanders captured the event on cell phone video and shared it on YouTube. The video has over three million views and has been picked up by the national media. The killing has sparked...
by Scott Savage | May 6, 2019 | Podcasts
Savage Training Group founder Scott Savage was recently invited to be on the CJ Evolution Podcast, the #1 Criminal Justice podcast. Host Patrick Fitzgibbons and Scott discuss how law enforcement officers can use a simple concept to decide when to rush in, what to do...
by Scott Savage | Apr 15, 2019 | Critical Incident Response, Officer Safety
Thinking of de-escalation as a verb, an action the police can do to a suspect, fails to account for the two things required of the suspect for de-escalation to be successful. No doubt “de-escalation” is a buzzword in law enforcement and in the media. It’s usually...
by Scott Savage | Oct 18, 2018 | Critical Incident Response
Hostile Intent and Present Ability “Man with a Knife” can mean very different things. In this article we’ll take a look at a way to evaluate threats during a critical incident response. Individual law enforcement officers and incident commanders alike must...
by Scott Savage | Oct 18, 2018 | Critical Incident Response
Every day, law enforcement agencies respond to a particular type of critical incident that is both high frequency and high risk. It is one that there can be seemingly no good way of handling because it is ripe with tactical dilemmas and worry of liability. With the...
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