Jeff Paynter

Training to Win

Jeff Paynter is a detective with the Lakewood (Wash.) Police Department. He is currently assigned full time to the Washington Basic Law Enforcement Academy as the Defensive Tactics Coordinator. Detective Paynter became a student of Kali and JKD under Sifu Christopher Clarke in 1999. He has been a law enforcement officer for nineteen years, and began training under Robert Bragg at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center in 2001. He has been a Control/Defensive Tactics Master Instructor since 2004, and is an LVNR Instructor (ACCT), certified through the National Law Enforcement Training Center in Kansas City.

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LATEST ARTICLES

Moving away from the mat: 4 keys to improving police control-tactics

Adequately preparing officers for field application of control tactics is a vital component of successful training

November 20, 2015 05:20 PM

Jeff Paynter

Keeping your trainees from freezing during defense training

Police trainers should attempt to move officers who have mastered individual skills toward developing schemas — blocking groups of well-learned skills together for different environmental problems

February 10, 2015 04:44 PM

Jeff Paynter

Officer Safety

5 simple rules for staying safer during a Terry stop

The Terry stop is a versatile law enforcement tool for officers, but we must be aware of the hazards in these contacts and use tactics to mitigate them

May 28, 2014 09:44 AM

Jeff Paynter

Officer Safety

In police training, how much contact is enough?

If we want officers who can execute defensive tactics under stress, they should have realistic practice

October 16, 2013 12:15 PM

Jeff Paynter

Is boxing safe for police training?

Full-contact training advances skills, but contains real risk of injury or death

August 13, 2013 02:40 PM

Jeff Paynter