The old adage says, there is more than one way to skin a cat. The Huron Police Department’s Citizen’s Police Academy learned Thursday night there’s more than one way to gain compliance from an unruly suspect. Officer Nathan Benjamin is the HPD’s instructor for Pressure Point Control Tactics…
Benjamin says the use of P-P-C-T comes after legal, tactical and medical research, which is important to implementation…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/05/hpdawk6-2.mp3|titles=hpdawk6-2]Benjamin used student Arron Meyer to demonstrate on of the never pressure points..
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/05/hpdawk6-3.mp3|titles=hpdawk6-3]The class also practiced on each other with the proper use of a strike with a baton.
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/05/hpdawk6-4.mp3|titles=hpdawk6-4]Taser instructor Captain Dan Kight ended the night with an explanation of how Tasers are used. No one was fortunate enough to play with the business end of the Taser last night. the Citizen’s Police Academy continues next Thursday with a look at traffic enforcement. A reminder you can check out photo’s and videos from the Citizen’s Police Academy by going to the Performance Radio News page on Facebook.