Gaining Compliance with Targeted Pressure

There are many techniques and tactics law enforcement officers can use to gain compliance from resisting suspects. Some of these techniques require the use of the many tools on your duty belt. But there are situations where empty-handed techniques can be just as effective.One empty-handed technique that some officers seem to have forgotten is the application of pressure to certain sensitive areas of a suspect's body to gain compliance. Pressure point techniques have been taught in police work fo