Napa's Chief of Police Dan Monez will appear Oct. 23 at the Calistoga Elementary School's multipurpose room to teach verbal judo.

The Purdue University Police Department is holding a focus group on July 31 to gather feedback on "Verbal Judo," a newly created training program focused on verbal de-escalation techniques that can be ...

In verbal judo, police learned how to deal with stress on both sides of the badge. Emotions can run high when police a stop a vehicle, or when officers arrive at the scene of a potential issue.