Verbal De-escalation training available in January and February

The Purdue Police Department is offering free online training via WebEx in January and February 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:

• Jan. 31 (Tue): 6-8 p.m. ET.
• Feb. 7  (Tue): 2-4 p.m. ET.
• Feb. 9  (Thu): 10 a.m. to noon ET.
• Feb. 15 (Wed): 10 a.m. to noon ET.
• Feb. 24  (Fri): 10 a.m. to noon ET.

These are duplicate sessions, so participants should only register for 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; however, priority will be given to Purdue faculty, staff, affiliates and students.