Verbal de-escalation training available online in May

The Purdue Police Department is offering free online verbal de-escalation training in May.

“Verbal De-escalation” is a two-hour PowerPoint presentation. The objective is to teach skills to help attendees learn to remain calm and react more effectively when confronted with anger and to try to reduce the chance of escalation to physical aggression. The training includes exercises involving body language/posturing and empathetic verbal language. Verbal de-escalation skills can be helpful both personally and professionally.

Upcoming sessions:

• Wednesday, May 21: 2-4 p.m. ET
• Friday, May 30: 10 a.m. to noon ET

These are duplicate sessions, so participants should only register for one.

To register contact Lt. Sarah Clark at sclark32@purdue.edu. Please indicate your preferred session when registering.

The minimum age for participants is 18. Affiliation with Purdue is not required to register.