LOWER MERION TWP., Pa. - The Lower Merion Police Department gave FOX 29 an inside look at their new training for officers, which focuses on de-escalation techniques.
The voice of the knife-wielding man on the screen is of a Lower Merion police officer, acting out a situation he responded to before.
The officer with the headset on is responding like he would in real life. Walking through a series of de-escalation techniques like active listening and rapport building."It’s more useful than some of the tools that we have on our belt because it’s generally buying us more time and allows us to empower those people to make the decisions," Lower Merion Police Department Lt.