Tags Verbally de-escalating people in crisis
Tag: verbally de-escalating people in crisis
SFPD facing people in crisis: No gun, no taser! Talk ‘em...
People in crisis appear to have become the rationale for equipping police officers with so-called “non-lethal” tasers in addition to lethal weapons – guns. Concerned citizens acknowledging taser lethality seek to re-direct the SFPD from weaponry to a focus on verbal de-escalation techniques, especially appropriate in talking down people in mental health crisis.