Play it cool : a question of attitudes.

Duration: 17

Genre: Educational

Creator: Association-Sterling Films Brandon Films Inc Fleetwood Films Inc.

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates how police behavior can increase or diminish the hostility potential in everyday occurrences in law enforcement. Sequences illustrate such typical problems as a street corner gang, a speeding car, a barroom brawl, and a campus demonstration. CCM Films; [made by] Vision Associates; produced in cooperation with the International Chiefs of Police., Police training film whose theme is that the policeman's attitude or apparent attitude toward people he is confronting on the street can increase or decrease their hostililty, particularly in a crowd. Gives dramatizations of three typical situations, showing two ways of handling each--one in which the policeman is beligerant and aggressive, the other in which he is relaxed, not threatening. When the officer seems to be avoiding a subjective reaction, the outcome is smoother, less tense, and hostility is dissipated.

Complete Record: Demonstrates how police behavior can increase or diminish the hostility potential in everyday occurrences in law enforcement. Sequences illustrate such typical problems as a street corner gang, a speeding car, a barroom brawl, and a campus demonstration. CCM Films; [made by] Vision Associates; produced in cooperation with the International Chiefs of Police., Police training film whose theme is that the policeman's attitude or apparent attitude toward people he is confronting on the street can increase or decrease their hostililty, particularly in a crowd. Gives dramatizations of three typical situations, showing two ways of handling each--one in which the policeman is beligerant and aggressive, the other in which he is relaxed, not threatening. When the officer seems to be avoiding a subjective reaction, the outcome is smoother, less tense, and hostility is dissipated., Demonstrates how police behavior can increase or diminish the hostility potential in everyday occurrences in law enforcement. Sequences illustrate such typical problems as a street corner gang, a speeding car, a barroom brawl, and a campus demonstration. CCM Films, [made by] Vision Associates, produced in cooperation with the International Chiefs of Police.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.