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October 31, 2011 / Legislation, Physical restraint, Prison Service, Self-defence, Tips, Violence / PBrereton

Death in Custody – Police to be held to account

Changes to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 have come into force recently mean that any death whilst in custody comes within the remit of this act. This means that not only t

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October 24, 2011 / Conflict Management, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Tips / PBrereton

Don’t be a fool…personal safety tips

The news is full of stories about attacks on people here’s just a few... ...a chef attacked one of his staff in a rage after renowned food critic AA Gill reported that his meal was ‘disgustingâ

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October 19, 2011 / Personal Safety, Tips / Darren Good

Can you attack your burglar?

It might seem a daft question...can you attack your burglar, particularly if they are attacking or threatening to attack you...but up until recently the answer would have been no, or at least not with

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August 8, 2011 / Conflict Management, Legislation, News, NHS, Personal Safety, Physical restraint, Self-defence, Tips / Darren Good

Get out of that. Wrist releases….

A friend of mine was telling me about an article he’d read on a solicitor's website about a care-worker who had won damages as a result of her claim for personal injury when a patient she was dealin

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August 3, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, Personal Safety, Physical restraint / Darren Good

Restraint techniques that could kill

It’s likely that many of the readers of my blog will know the dangers of using restraint techniques already. Most experts in the field would argue that used properly the restraint of an individual i

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July 26, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, Legislation, News, NHS, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Violence / Darren Good

Company Directors charged under Corporate Manslaughter Act

I’ve been reading a few blogs recently about Lion Steel Ltd.who are the second company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 since its implementation. This i

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July 20, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Door Supervisor Training, Good Sense News, Legislation, News, Personal Safety, Violence / Darren Good

Doorstaff arrested on suspicion of murder

I want to share with you a tragic and ongoing situation that raises a number of interesting points for me around physical intervention strategies when dealing with conflict. The situation concerns fou

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July 12, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Tips / Darren Good

Practical approaches to protecting yourself

The News of the World scandal  has dominated the press this week and served to warn us just how difficult personal privacy is and yet it's something we all take as a personal right. We all do as muc

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July 5, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, POLITE Model, Tips / Darren Good

Novak Djokovic Positive Emotional State

This week I have been working on a revision to one of my training modules to reflect a client’s need and having enjoyed a spectacular start to the weekend with the men’s final at Wimbledon...I hav

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June 27, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, Personal Safety, POLITE Model, Self-defence, Tips, Violence / Darren Good

Everyday conflict management

I was doing a fun run with my 14 year old son at the weekend and it reminded me how ever present the potential for conflict is. It started with the usual heated debate with my wife as we were rushing

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