IPDTA
TESTIMONIALS
The story of Officer Rick
Sjodin
January 31 2000
“Well
Slavo…….I would like to thank you and Jonas….. You see on 01-30-00, at 1600 hrs,
I was dispatched to what appeared as just simple motorist assist, for a disabled
vehicle in the roadway.I arrived on scene, and found the vehicle with 3 of its 4
doors open, along with the trunk open, and a M/B walking around vehicle. I got
out and approached the subject and asked him what was wrong with his vehicle.He
ignored me and went about his business. I asked again several more times if I
could help and what the problem was. He ignored me the whole time. He next
walked to the front of his car and put both of his arms above his head and began
dancing.I asked my dispatch for an additional unit. I knew that there were no
units within 4-5 miles of my location, but wanted them starting my way ( it was
1600 hrs which is our shift change time, and our late cars were still in
rollcall).
Continue
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Comment
regarding ESDS training
Slavo, David
Shulman here,from the company VirtualBlade.
The video was involving
training police officers in slaping skills and being aggressive with open handed
techniques or defending against aggressive attackers. Also there were a couple
of "boxes" that did not light up for viewing. One was on knife defense
techniques and the other was the baton.
I am interested in them all,but, the
knife/baton was of particular interest,but, alas not available. Is there a way I
could see those 2 videos?
I much appreciate the reality and no holds
barred style that you train in. It must feel good to know that you are saving
lives of police & nursing professionals by having them act in a safe
,but,real time scenerio with aggression and spontinaiety that has to be delt
with RIGHT NOW! My hats off to you. I'll feel much safer when I visit Sweden in
the future knowing your LE's are so well trained.
I look foward to hearing
from you. Write back at info@virtualblade.com if you please.
Thanks again
and stay safe.
David
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Another
succesfull story
Hey Guys,
I
got this email from an Officer in Romeoville I trained with this past spring.
Sounds like things went well for him. Nice to hear when things work out for the
good guys.
Rick
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From:
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:33:06 +0000
Hey Rick,
I hope
this note finds you and your family well. Just wanted to drop you a line and let
you know we had our first successful use of the ESDS.
To make a long story a
little shorter, one of the officers who had attended your seminar at our rec
center (Ofc. P... T...) was dispatched to a fight-in-progress.
When he got
there, someone started to get in his face. After he told the guy to get back, he
had to give him a shove since he wasn’t listening.
The guy took a swing at
the officer and hit him in the chest.
The officer then responded with
multiple slaps to the facial area.
According to the officer, the guy went
down after two, so the third never even landed.
Help arrived and the bad
guy taken to jail. I can’t thank you enough for coming down and showing everyone
the tip of the ESDS iceberg (so to speak).
I’m going to let Slavo know of
this success story as well.
Take care and be safe,
Bryan
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