An unparalleled opportunity:

 

Subsequent to the courthouse rampage in Atlanta Georgia where a deputy sheriff was overpowered and a judge and a court reporter were gunned down, security and safety has taken a precedence in our nation's courthouses.

 

The Allegheny County Sheriffs Office has a rare and unique opportunity to receive instruction on handling aggression and violent confrontation by one of the world's foremost experts Daniel Verkerke. 

 

Grandmaster Daniel Verkerke will be in Pittsburgh for a very short time and as courtesy to his student and long time friend Allegheny County Deputy Sheriff Eddie Rose, he will offer his expertise and wealth of knowledge in an unprecedented two hour course on Thursday April 21, 2005 exclusively for the Allegheny County Sheriffs Office.

 

Daniel Verkerke, very familiar with the legal perimeters of "reasonable force", will introduce, demonstrate, and instruct deputies how to master, manipulate and control a subject's center of gravity without the necessity of strikes or kicks.  Deputies will learn how to be safer in a violent confrontation.  They will also learn how to neutralize aggression by effective movement and positioning.  No contact will be made in this class, and uniforms and duty belts can be worn.

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