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You Must Take Extra Precautions Where Someone is More Susceptible To Injury [Video]

You Must Take Extra Precautions Where Someone is More Susceptible To Injury Following on from the video I did yesterday (‘What Do I Do As A Trainer If I Believe a Learner is Not Fit Enough To Undertake the Training?’) I’ve been sent some information by a good friend of mine who is also a very competent and highly qualified … Read more

20 May 2019 · 1 min read

What Do I Do As A Trainer If I Believe a Learner is Not Fit Enough To Undertake the Training [Video]

What would you do as a trainer if a learner turned up on your physical intervention training day and they disclosed information to you about themselves that led you to believe that they weren’t fit enough to do the training or capable enough to do the training but you were being told that you had to train them anyway?

20 May 2019 · 1 min read

What is Competence [Video]

 A competent person is viewed in case law (Skibs v. Gibson 1964) as:

20 May 2019 · 2 min read

Must I Hold A Teaching Qualification [Video]

20 May 2019 · 1 min read

You Can’t Put Up A Wall and Stop The Law From Coming In [Video]

 An individuals rights under Common and Criminal Law cannot be compromised by a contract of employment.

20 May 2019 · 1 min read

Have you any recommendations for eye protection to be used during restraint holds [Video]

For information on the equipment mentioned in the video please contact Doug Melia via the website at www.safer-handling.co.uk

20 May 2019 · 1 min read

How I Met Sam Childers, The Machine Gun Preacher

Sam Childers (and not the Hollywood star Gerard Butler) will be speaking at the South Hayling United Reformed Church on Tuesday 16th April 2019 as part of his UK tour. Sam will be speaking about his work rescuing children in war-torn Africa and you can help us to make Sam’s visit a memorable one by coming along and by sharing … Read more

21 Mar 2019 · 8 min read

Putting Your Keys Between Your Fingers for Self-Defence

I was recently tagged into a post on Facebook where I was asked for my opinion on a blog post entitled ‘Don’t Put Your Keys Between Your Fingers for Self-Defense’, which you can read here if you wish to – ‘Don’t Put Your Keys Between Your Fingers for Self-Defense‘. The first thing I would say about the post that I … Read more

22 Feb 2019 · 4 min read

Is A Kubotan An Offensive Weapon?

Some time ago I received the following communication from someone who took a kubotan off a member of staff who was carrying a kubotan. “I was working with a newly qualified DS on an event, only had his badge 3 months and he was on his training course and was actively taught how to use a kubotan by his instructor … Read more

21 Feb 2019 · 4 min read

A Lawyer’s Opinion On Handcuffs [Video]

 Eric Baskind, a highly qualified and competent lawyer of many years standing, has confirmed that any person in the UK can carry and use handcuffs and provided their application was ‘reasonable in the circumstances’ they would be viewed as a ‘use of force’ option, no different than physically restraining someone by manual effort.

11 Feb 2019 · 1 min read

Achieving A Seventy-Nine Percent Reduction in Prone Restraint [Video]

We’ve just had some phenomenal and exciting news that I wanted to share with you all as we’ve just had the data through that we have managed to reduce prone/face-down restraint by 79% for one organisation between April to December this last year. And we can help you do the same.

10 Feb 2019 · 1 min read

Police Delays Force Private Companies To Use Handcuffs [Video]

 More private companies, including hospitals, are either using or considering using, handcuffs, due to police delays. Next BTEC Level 3 Handcuff and Softcuff Trainer Award Course is on the 6th and 15th March – https://nfps.info/btec-level-3-handcuff-trainer-award-courses-2019/ Next BTEC Level 3 Soft Restraint Belt and Kit Trainer Award Course is on the 6th and 15th March – https://nfps.info/soft-restraint-kit-trainer-course/

10 Feb 2019 · 1 min read