"I used the following de-escalation techniques as a police officer and I taught them to other cops in the academy. Do they work all the time? No. When dealing with the human condition, there isn’t any technique that is a 100-percent sure thing. That said, these simple techniques worked more times than not."

http://www.stickgrappler.net/2013/12...istiansen.html

My sincerest appreciation to Loren Christiansen for his kind permission for putting up to my site.