Verbal de-escalation training available in November

The Purdue University Police Department is offering free online training via Webex in November on how to verbally de-escalate a tense situation.  

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

The sessions are:

• Nov. 8 (Wednesday): 10 p.m.-midnight ET
• Nov. 14 (Tuesday): 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET
• Nov. 17 (Friday): 9:30-11:30 a.m. ET

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

To register for one of these sessions, 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.