North Texas police adopt new SafeWrap restraint training

North Texas police are learning SafeWrap, a new jiu-jitsu-based restraint method designed to keep both officers and suspects ...
Governing

Despite Ban, Kentucky Teachers Still Use Dangerous Restraint Method

The state's education commissioner has ordered Kentucky public school superintendents to immediately stop using a form of Aikido training to restrain students. The letter, sent Tuesday, came in ...
WOOD-TV

Michigan limits seclusion, restraint methods in schools

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan public schools will be banned from physically restraining or secluding students except in emergencies under legislation signed Thursday by Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. The ...
Community Care

Methods for defining and monitoring restraint by setting

The method of restraint used in YOIs is control and restraint (C&R), which was originally designed for adults. Its techniques are based on the martial art of aikido and it is a pain-compliant ...
inforum

Minnesota wants to extend use of controversial restraint method in schools

The Minnesota Department of Education is recommending schools be allowed to continue the use of a controversial physical restraint, used to subdue or calm agitated students, until 2017. Current state ...
The News Leader

When non-restraint methods failed, schools called police 150 times in the last 5 years

All three local school districts reported zero-use of restraint or seclusion in dealing with students in crisis over the last five years, as previously reported in The News Leader. The number does not ...