This is the second in a 3 part series on De-Escalation Training – Managing Conflict. It is based on the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) document “Guiding Principles of Use of Force” March 2016. The document has 30 guiding principles. It is meant to guide criminal justice in how to deal with situations that involve mental health, substance abuse or other infirmities, not involving a firearm. Part 1 was about a Tactical Pause. This one about a Duty to Intervene.

Police responses are examined but the bible is full of places, intersections of intervention. And the bible gives us plenty of examples where we can intervene. We have a duty to intervene, because if we don’t intervene, Satan will!