IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Internationally Known Author, Martial Artist, Speaker, Professional Consultant and Expert Witness on Matters Pertaining to:
Self-defense - Use of Force - Physical Restraint - Therapeutic Restraint - Behavior Management - Crisis Intervention
Bruce Chapman - Expert Witness
Bruce offers expert technical assistance and customer support to every Handle With Care client-agency on Handle With Care’s verbal and physical program. He regularly provides consultation, answers and advice on the entire spectrum of related use-of-force and restraint policy questions free of charge. His services include:
- Confidential critical incident review
- Video analysis
- Civil, administrative and criminal case evaluation and review
- Deposition testimony
- Expert testimony for civil, administrative and criminal proceedings
Background and Experience
Bruce is an expert in the fields of behavior management, unarmed use-of-force and the use of both physical and therapeutic mechanical restraints. Throughout his 34 year career, he has developed five separate proprietary training programs to help specialized agencies that care for children as young as three years old to geriatric facilities caring for the elderly to maximum security forensic and correctional facilities dealing with the highest risk levels. Bruce created Handle With Care® technology from 1973 through 1984 on the locked psychiatric unit of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, where he was regarded as the hospital’s authority on the prevention and management of aggression and suicide. Bruce created PLUS™ in 1995, a standalone defensive tactics training program developed in response to the unique use-of-force challenges of the law enforcement and correctional environments. Bruce created SoftCircle products in 1999 earning him 11 U.S. Patents for his “modular” therapeutic restraint system and other products. Bruce Chapman-created training programs and products are currently taught and used in over 1000 agencies in 47 States, Puerto Rico, the UK and Europe. He has personally produced nearly 100 Master Instructors and many thousands of HWC Certified Instructors and HWC users working across the broad spectrum of human services.
Bruce has been described as a true innovator in the field of physical and mechanical restraint. In 2001, Handle with care’s proprietary PRT® holding method was given the distinction of being the first and only physical technique in the history of the U.S. Patent Office for its integrated safeguards to prevent positional asphyxiation during a prone hold (“Apparatus and Method for Safely Maintaining a Restraining Hold on a Person”). He has a reputation for conceiving ‘out of the box’ solutions and for presenting agencies with concise expert analysis and use-of-force testimony. He can assist any agency in crafting and shaping behavior management and restraint policies that conform with and exceed the minefield of applicable state and federal laws and regulations including JACHO, COA, CMS, CWLA, OJJDP, ACA and Pediatric Standards.
Consulting Services and Expert Witness Services
Bruce Chapman has testified as a use of force, behavior management, physical restraint and mechanical restraint expert at depositions, criminal trials, administrative hearings, a Native American Tribal Court (Paute) and various state and federal court proceedings. Bruce is a qualified expert on such topics as self-defense and unarmed use-of-force, the proper and improper use of physical and therapeutic (mechanical restraint), negligence matters involving allegations of misconduct and excessive use-of-force. He has worked for both Plaintiff and Defense counsels as a consultant and expert witness at a ratio of 60/40.
Bruce is able to bring Handle With Care’s extraordinary research capabilities and legal resources to every project.
Environments Serviced
Mental Health and Social Service Agencies, including: psychiatric centers serving children, adults and seniors, general hospitals, EMT and EMS, residential treatment facilities, developmental centers, substance abuse, in-patient and out-patient treatment programs, detoxification centers, head injury centers, group homes and foster homes.
Schools and Special Education, including: nursery, grammar, middle and high schools, alternative schools, teachers, school administrative staff, paraprofessionals and school resource officers.
Juvenile Justice, including: detention, juvenile probation, correctional facilities, court officers, hostage negotiators and security.
Event and Concert Security, including: stadiums, arenas and convention centers.
Law Enforcement and Adult Corrections, including: detention, probation, correctional facilities, court officers, hostage negotiators and security.
Professional Affiliations (Past and Present)
Associate Member of the New Jersey Hospital Safety and Security Directors Association, The American Correctional Association (ACA), the American Jail Association (AJA), the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel (IACTP), the National Juvenile Detention Association (NJDA), the Juvenile Justice Trainers Association (JJTA) and the Association of Juvenile Detention Centers of New York State. He has been an exhibitor, presenter and topic panelist at most of the above associations’ regional and national conferences and has been featured on the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN). He is a 6th Dan and “Forms Technical Advisor” for the American Moo Duk Kwan Federation.
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