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Doorman gets Six Years for Manslaughter

This is why you can’t ignore the Law regarding ‘Reasonable Force’! A doorman has received a six-year custodial sentence for the manslaughter of a customer in an Oldbury nightclub. Unfortunately, this is not the first time this has happened (another door supervisor, Brent Wright, received a similar sentence after an incident at Saga party in 2012, […]

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Health & Safety Failings Lead To Jail…

How Health & Safety failings could lead to jail and why self-employed contractors, including trainers and instructors, need to take notice of this case: How seriously should trainers and instructors take their obligations under Health and Safety? The answer to this is extremely, especially where the activities undertaken are high-risk. We are constantly hearing of cases […]

H&S: Why training is important

Training is actually essential from a Health and Safety point of view, and this certainly includes physical skills such as Physical Intervention or  Self-Defence and Break-Away. This is why the video posted here is a follow-up to the previous video on Sections 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, we’re going […]

NFPS Annual Use of Force Seminar 2016

Are you a use of force trainer, or a commissioner of training? Now, if – like me- you happen to be in the business of providing use of force training, such as physical intervention or conflict management, or are actually a business that commissions such training because your front-line staff have to deal with potentially violent customers […]

Police and the Use of Force

Should Police be better at recording when they have used force? Also, should they receive better training in relation to the use of force itself, especially in relation to vulnerable people? This is something which the latest Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) report considers and makes recommendations about, as it transpires that the general perception […]

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Home Defence Law and Human Rights

Home Defence Law and Human Rights Here’s a question for you – if some-one breaks into your house and use force that would be seen as ‘disproportionate’, do you think you will be prosecuted? The realistic answer is probably not, because the law regarding householders using force changed recently. However, think again – because this […]