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SPEAK SOFTLY: The latest hot course for police is “verbal judo,” taught by former Kansas policeman George Thompson. The idea is to defuse a situation through talk, not guns. Santa Ana put nearly 500 police employees through the course last month. Lt. Greg Cooper says police like Thompson because “he talks to their needs” and tells them how to get “voluntary compliance” from people they’re confronting. Laguna Beach and Garden Grove have hosted Thompson, with Buena Park and Brea on tap.
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