Tactical communications & De-Escalation
SAFETY, LAWFUL CONTROL, AND PROFESSIONAL DEFENSIBILITY UNDER RISK
TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS & DE-ESCALATION
For high-risk sectors such as Law Enforcement and Peace Officers, Security Guards, and Investigative Personnel.
This program equips personnel operating in authority-based, high-risk environments with the discipline, tactical awareness, and legal clarity required to resolve volatile encounters while preserving officer safety, public trust, and legal defensibility.
Authority-based professionals will be trained to manage volatile encounters by integrating:
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Self-control
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Situational awareness
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Tactical communication
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Positioning and movement
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Tools
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Lawful decision-making
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Into one operational system, available in three training formats that all teach the same core system, but with increasing depth, practice, and performance.
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Our program offers a clear operational structure, utilizing a 5-step de-escalation model, enhanced with:
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Incident Management (Self → Environment → Subject)
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Threat recognition, positioning, and movement
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Ready stance & reactionary gap management
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Flashlight & tool-based control of perception
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Canadian Use-of-Force law
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Participants will take away a shared tactical framework, develop better judgement under pressure, and a common language for risk, communication, and law.
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Certification issued by Tip of Spear and Control Concepts Canada
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In-person training is delivered at the Tip of Spear facility in Edmonton, or our instructors can come to you. Please contact us to schedule your group's session and arrange details.
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*Please note additional travel fees will apply for training outside of the greater Edmonton area
UPCOMING TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS COURSE:
REQUIREMENTS: A current P.O. Appointment, Military, Security License OR employed with AGLC qualified (ie. Casino/Bar) required.
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WHEN: Two-day course
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Saturday March 7/26- 12:30pm to 7:30pm and
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Sunday March 8/26- 9:00am to 4:30pm
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View contents of two-day course
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COST: $215.00
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Register for March or get notified the next time we run this course! (below)​​
PROGRAM DELIVERY OPTIONS
This program is available in three training formats, allowing organizations to select the appropriate level of depth, practical application, and performance.
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90-minute presentation ⇾ overview & foundational concepts ⇾ see details
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One-day in-person training ⇾ applied skills & structured scenarios ⇾ see details
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Two-day in-person training ⇾ advanced application, pressure testing, and performance refinement ⇾ see details
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90- MINUTE PRESENTATION
Ideal for: annual refreshers, large or multi-site agencies, policy & liability alignment, or when in-person training is not immediately available
Delivery Method:
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Instructor-led virtual presentation
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In-person presentation​
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The goal for this session is to give personnel a clear operational model for how to:
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✓ Control emotional hijacking and stress responses
✓ Read environmental and subject-based threat indicators
✓ Use authority + empathy to gain voluntary compliance
✓ Know when to remain directive and when command is required
✓ Understand how Use-of-Force law governs communication decisions
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Participants learn:
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The 5-Step Tactical De-escalation Model
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The Incident Management Model
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How SNS activation & emotional hijacking impair decisions
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How distance, stance, angles, and exits affect safety
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How language choices affect compliance & legal justification
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An overview of Canadian Use-of-Force law
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This format provides rapid alignment across teams, and participants take away a shared tactical communication doctrine, a legally grounded decision framework, and more consistent, safer approaches.
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Please contact us for a quote and to request training for your group
ONE-DAY TRAINING SESSION
Where tactical knowledge becomes operational skill. Ideal for Enforcement and Compliance roles, and teams facing frequent confrontation
Delivery method: In-person only
Cost per participant: $140.00
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Goal: To build professional-grade performance by integrating emotional control, tactical communication, ready stance & movement, flashlight and tool use, use-of-force law, and decision-making under stress.
Personnel will move from knowing the de-escalation model to executing it under stress through practice, coaching, realistic role-play, and legal decision-framing.​
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In addition to all 90-minute content, participants will learn and practice:
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Self-Control Under Stress
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​Ready Stance & Threat-Aware Movement
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​Threat-Aware Positioning
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​​Directive vs Command Communication
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Incident Management Scanning
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Use-of-Force Decision Thresholds
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Participants leave with a stronger command presence- better voice, posture, and distance control, safer approach and movement habits, and clarity surrounding legal decision-making.​​​​​​
TWO-DAY TRAINING SESSION
This is where operational skills become professional habits. Ideal for Enforcement and Compliance roles, Team Leads and teams facing frequent confrontation
Delivery Method: In-person only
Cost per participant: $215.00
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The goal of this two-day session is to build professional-grade performance by integrating emotional control, tactical communication, physical behaviours, tactical tools, knowledge of use-of-force law, and decision-making under stress, into realistic, high-pressure scenarios.
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In addition to all One-Day content, participants learn and integrate multiple facets of each:
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Advanced Positioning & Movement
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Flashlight & Tool Integration
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OODA Loop Under Stress
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Scenario-Based Problem Solving
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Professional Documentation
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Video-recorded performance and team-based feedback are utilized to reinforce concepts and the learned physical behaviours.
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Participants leave with a shared legally defensible tactical framework, better judgment under pressure and stronger emotional control, faster threat recognition, strengthened teamwork, and enhanced confidence.
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