![]() ![]() The Deputy reacted to the words and hence was incapable of responding to the meanings! ![]() ![]() The last element-time-is really the minor one, but when upset, that was all he could voice. In our case, the RP said one thing-all negatives-but what he meant was:ġ) Help me! 2) What about my stuff? 3) How do I handle the feelings of fear and insecurity I now feel? 4) How do I handle feeling 'Raped!'? And… 5) How come you're late? ![]() Had the deputy been trained in TAC COM he would have known that "Words fly out, meanings lie behind." People never say what they mean! We didn't have time to do it right, only time to do it twice! There was no explanation, and an hour later we were back, handling the call a second time! Hours later we were before the Captain trying to explain what had happened out there. Once we arrived, the RP screamed insults at us for being incompetent, late, and wholly unhelpful! The lead Deputy got angry and we left. The call had come in hours earlier, but we had been too busy with emergency calls to get there. I once answered a "see the man about a burglary past" call with another Deputy. When we answer calls, for example, upset and angry people often berate us. When upset, people never say what they mean! Perhaps the most important of these is what we teach in TAC COM (Verbal Judo): The Peace Officer knows what phrases create peace and what phrases create conflict (see my previous columns) but the Peace Warrior also knows some "hidden truths" unknown to most. ![]()
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