by Scott Savage | Jul 20, 2019 | Critical Incident Response
Law enforcement is under more scrutiny than any other time in history. It’s the decision-making of patrol officers that tends to get the most attention. After all, it’s an officer’s decision to fight, chase, shoot or otherwise engage that makes headlines. One way of...
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
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 routinely evaluate suspects. They must decide if a suspect is a threat and if so to what degree....
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