Chris Lawrence is an instructor at one of North America’s largest police training facilities where his experience includes police skills and procedures, specializing in Defensive Tactics, Officer Safety, and Firearms. Chris began his police career in 1979 as a foot patrol officer on a small department. In 1983 he joined a major police service where his assignments included General Patrol, Booking Officer, Underwater Search & Recovery, Marine Patrol, Tactical & Rescue Unit, Criminal Investigation Bureau and Training.
Chris' police training experience began in 1983 and includes training related to his assignments as well as four years as adjunct faculty at the College level and 20 years as a consultant to security and police services. He became a full-time police instructor at 1996.
Chris has a Master of Arts degree in Leadership and Training from Royal Roads University in British Columbia, is a Technical Advisor to the Force Science Institute and an instructor on the Force Science Certification Course. Chris was also seconded to a national research entity as a research project manager for nearly 3three years. He has also presented, consulted, and testified as an expert at the local, state, national, and international level regarding police use of force events; police training, practices, and procedures; subject control; officer involved shootings; and sudden in-custody deaths.
Register for the 2008 3rd Annual IPICD Conference - October 29-31 @ The Orleans Hotel (Las Vegas, NV) The Thomas Theorem is a fundamental law of sociology that can assist law enforcement personnel ...
By Chris Lawrence Excited delirium (ED) has become a high profile problem in policing. There is much for us to learn about ED; however, there are some other medical problems that officers may encou...
Register for the 2008 3rd Annual IPICD Conference - October 29-31 @ The Orleans Hotel (Las Vegas, NV) In my last column I outlined the "status" of excited delirium (ED) within the medical literatur...
Register for the 2008 3rd Annual IPICD Conference - October 29-31 @ The Orleans Hotel (Las Vegas, NV) I recently spoke with a person at a national police association headquarters about excited deli...
Most of the police related literature associated to excited delirium (ED) usually starts with a description of a "typical event." Police arrive at a disturbance call and encounter a partially cloth...
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