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Quiz: Test your knowledge of de-escalation tactics and strategies

Make sure to share your results and challenge your colleagues to match or beat your score

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By Corrections1 Staff

Corrections officers need to be mentally equipped to make the critical decisions under stress necessary to de-escalate crisis situations.

Here’s a 7-question quiz, provided by our online training partner Corrections1 Academy, to test your knowledge of de-escalation tactics and strategies.

How did you do? Make sure to share your results and challenge your colleagues to match or beat your score.

Want to learn more? Check out the following articles:

9 tips for de-escalating potentially violent events

The 8 most effective de-escalation techniques in corrections

Verbal de-escalation: Closing the deal

Verbal de-escalation: The most important skill an officer can have, part 1

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