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Fundamentals of Realistic De-escalation

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Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor Location:
ILETSB
500 S. 9th Street
Springfield, IL 62701
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Instructor: Bruce Liebe
Member's Fee: $0
Non-Member & Civilian Fee: $0
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This training covers the following mandates:
Civil Rights 0.50 hours
Constitutional Use of LE Authority 0.50 hours
Crisis Intervention 0.50 hours
De-escalation Techniques 6.00 + 1.50Hr Scenario hours
Procedural Justice 0.50 hours
Fundamentals of Realistic De-escalation is an 8-hour course designed to teach law enforcement professionals the necessary skills to accurately assess potentially violent confrontations and, when feasible, defuse them with successfully applied tactics to avoid use of force crises. This course mutes the rhetoric in today’s emotionally charged atmosphere and unbiasedly focuses on proven scientific realities surrounding human behavior as they apply to efforts in e-escalation situations. The Fundamentals of Realistic De-escalation is based on the Force Science Institutes’ studies and enhances de-escalation efforts with science while also applying an understanding of human factors and performance research to effectively deal with persons in crisis. The overriding emphasis of the course is to promote the importance of thinking tactically about effective incident management and risk to optimize officer and public safety.
To Register: Email registration to register@letac.org. You may also fill out and submit our online registration form through the website at www.letac.org or call 217-726-7014 to register by phone (be sure to include all pertinent information). MTU #10 local member department officers will be given registration preference until seven days prior to the date of class. After that date, registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis, regardless of MTU status. We cannot accept registrations from individual officers. All registrations must go through your Chief, Sheriff, or department training office, even if you are attending class on your own time.

Cancellation: If a class must be canceled for any reason, every effort will be made to do so at least 2 weeks before the class is scheduled to begin. However, there are circumstances where last minute cancellation is out of our control. All officers who have been registered for training will be contacted at the email address given at registration, so please be sure to provide an email address which is checked often