The Thin Blue Lifeline: Verbal De-escalation of Aggressive & Emotionally Disturbed People: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Law Enforcement Officers

The first section of this book is tactical: everything from field safety and strategic planning on one side, to honing your intuition to pick up early signs of danger on the other. In the second section of the book, the authors focus on us: what we can do to achieve a state of integrity and powerful calm. Rather than abstract pronouncements, they offer specific strategies, including a method of breathing for the purpose of maintaining one’s own center in crisis situations.

They then move on ...