THREE LAWS SAFE

Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics Program

WHAT IS THREE LAWS SAFE?

Law Enforcement is one of the most physically dangerous professions in the world. One moment you are on routine patrol or filing a report — the next you are facing an aggressive, armed, or non-compliant subject in conditions that are never fully anticipated and never fully controlled. The techniques you deploy in that moment must be immediate, reliable, legally defensible, and calibrated precisely to the situation in front of you. A response that is too weak fails to control the threat. A response that is too much creates liability, injury, and career consequences.

Three Laws Safe is the Force Continuum training program of Cali Combat Systems — a comprehensive law enforcement defensive tactics curriculum designed for Police Officers, Sheriff's Deputies, Security Officers, Bodyguards, Corrections Officers, Special Guards, and Military Personnel. It is built on the same Israeli Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do, Kali, and Grappling curriculum taught in every CCS program, scaled and organized specifically around the legal and operational requirements of professional use of force.

The program covers every level of the Force Continuum — from basic verbal presence and de-escalation through joint locks and come-alongs, defensive strikes and takedowns, the Vascular Neck Restraint system, and full combatives for exigent circumstances where life is at genuine risk.

Three Laws Safe. Three levels of force. One integrated system.

THE INSTRUCTOR LINEAGE BEHIND THE PROGRAM

Three Laws Safe at Cali Combat Systems is not a seminar program cobbled together from a training manual. It is the product of 30+ years of training and 30 years of teaching across multiple systems — each contributing a distinct and essential dimension to the force continuum framework.

Israeli Krav Maga — the official hand-to-hand combat system of the Israel Defense Forces, adopted by the FBI, CIA, DEA, and law enforcement agencies worldwide. Sifu Jeramiah holds a Brown Belt in Israeli Krav Maga and his Law Enforcement Control Tactics (LECT) certification under Master Alain Cohen, 5th Dan, authorized by the Wingate Institute — the Israeli national sports and physical education authority and the official IDF Krav Maga certification body. He received specialized training under Darren Levine (Krav Maga Worldwide, certified personally by Imi Lichtenfeld, the creator of Krav Maga) and also trained in HAGANAH — the Israeli military combat system of Mike Lee Kanarek.

Rapid Assault Tactics / PFS — the hand-to-hand combat system developed by Sifu Paul Vunak for US Navy SEAL Team 6, subsequently adopted by the FBI, CIA, DEA, and dozens of law enforcement agencies worldwide. Sifu Jeramiah is a PFS/DOM Full Instructor certified directly by Sifu Paul Vunak and served as Vunak's assistant instructor from 2018 through 2022, teaching his IPTPs as Vunak's health required it.

Inosanto-LaCoste Kali — the Filipino weapons and empty-hand system transmitted through Guro Dan Inosanto — providing the weapons awareness, defanging methodology, environmental weapons consciousness, and mass attack principles that make the Three Laws Safe curriculum complete for real operational environments.

Integrated Ground Fighting Systems / JFJKDGA — the grappling curriculum of Sifu Larry Hartsell and the Jun Fan JKD Grappling Association, supplemented by Black Belts in Shorinji Ryu JuJitsu and Combat JuJitsu under Professor David Tice (Black Belt under Gokor Chivichyan and Gene LeBell). Ground control, takedowns, restraint, KinaMutai, and the Vascular Neck Restraint system — all sourced from the same lineage behind the most effective grappling-based law enforcement programs available.

THE FORCE CONTINUUM FRAMEWORK

The law does not permit law enforcement officers to use excessive force. It also does not permit officers to allow a threat to escalate unchecked because the appropriate tool was not applied in time. The Three Laws Safe Force Continuum framework gives officers a clear, legally defensible structure for every level of subject resistance — from verbal non-compliance through lethal force circumstances.

Basic — Verbal De-escalation and Command Presence: Before any physical response, presence, posture, and voice control are the primary tools of law enforcement confrontation management. Three Laws Safe begins here — with the ability to project authority, de-escalate tension, and resolve situations without physical force when possible. The best fight is the one that never happens. Training topics include: command presence, tone and volume control, body language reading, conflict de-escalation, confrontation management, and the recognition of behavioral pre-attack indicators.

Level I — Law Enforcement Control Tactics (LECT): When the subject is non-cooperative but not yet physically threatening — resisting escort, refusing handcuffing, verbally hostile without physical assault. Control without unnecessary damage. Level I covers:

Joint locks from Small Circle JuJitsu, Aikido, and BJJ — maintaining control over subjects who become uncooperative
Come-Along techniques from Filipino Dumog — using the body's natural choke points for pain-compliance control and escort
Pressure Point Control Tactics — maximum control with minimum effort; as little as 2 pounds of finger-touch pressure applied to nerve motor points creates immediate compliance without connective tissue damage
Tactical Speed Handcuffing — immediate subject control reducing resistance risk; studies show 67% of resisting arrests occur after the first handcuff is applied; tactical speed handcuffing eliminates that window
Escort and transport techniques — moving non-cooperative subjects in and out of squad cars, cells, and confined spaces
Searching and arresting techniques — maintaining control while performing necessary law enforcement functions

Level II — Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics (LEDT): When the subject initiates physical force that does not yet represent a lethal threat — throwing punches or kicks, actively resisting takedown, physically assaulting an officer. Defend without excessive force. Level II covers:

Defensive strike defenses — reflexive reaction to physical attack when impact weapons or firearms are not appropriate; blocks, punches, and kicks calibrated to stop the assault
Clinch entries and standing control positions — managing the fighting range between striking and grappling
Takedowns and ground control — removing the subject from the fighting position and establishing ground dominance
The Vascular Neck Restraint (VNR) system — the only medically researched and approved neck restraint system in use today, offering officers an alternative to more damaging control methods and deadly force; adapted for both standing and ground fighting positions; easily learned and retained; this system is taught from the JFJKDGA curriculum lineage
Impact Weapon Combatives (Straight Baton) — employing the straight baton against nerve motor points rather than bone and connective tissue, dramatically reducing injury liability while maintaining effective control
Defenses against impact weapons, edged weapons, and firearm threats at Level II intensity

Level III — Law Enforcement Combatives / Termination Tactics (LEC/LETT): When the subject represents a genuine lethal threat — armed, attacking with intent to kill, or creating a situation where the officer's life or the life of another person is at immediate risk. Exigent circumstances. Level III covers:

The complete First 2 Fight Retzev Combatives toolkit applied within the law enforcement use-of-force framework: RAT entry, forward pressure, and termination
KinaMutai ground fighting — the asymmetrical grappling system (biting, eye attacks, pressure points) for ground survival when a subject has weapon access or size advantage
Weapon retention — defending against attempts to take the officer's own firearm
Weapon disarm and control — removing weapons from armed subjects using Kali-based defanging principles and Krav Maga disarm methodology
Handgun threat defense — all positions: front, side, rear, hostage scenarios, close contact
Long gun threat defense — shotgun, assault rifle, submachine gun
Exigent circumstances combatives — the techniques that apply when the alternative is death; full RAT formula applied at maximum force authorization

THE RANGES OF COMBAT IN LEO CONTEXT

Three Laws Safe trains officers across all three combat ranges — and the ability to recognize and manage range is one of the most critical skills in law enforcement confrontation management:

Long Distance — Defang the Snake Range: Projectile Weapons Range (gun), Blunt Weapons Range (baton, impact weapon), Edged Weapons Range (knife, sharp objects). This is where weapons awareness, threat identification, and defanging principles operate. Officers learn to recognize weapon deployment before it becomes an attack, to create distance when possible, and to address weapon threats using the Kali OCR (Offense-Counter-Recounter) game plan.
Middle Distance — Sumbrada Range: Kicking Range and Hand Range. Where the defensive strike curriculum of Level II operates. Officers drill reflexive responses to common attack patterns — the haymaker, the shove, the tackle attempt — with appropriate-force responses calibrated to the situation.
Close Quarter — Hubud Range: Close-Quarter Trapping Range, Clinch Grappling Range, and Ground Fighting Range. The most common range of law enforcement confrontations. This is where joint locks, come-alongs, takedowns, the VNR system, KinaMutai, and ground control operate. Most dangerous. Most important. Most trained.

CURRICULUM TOPICS

Three Laws Safe covers the following topics across all three levels:

Confrontation Management and De-Escalation: Command Presence | Verbal De-escalation | Conflict Resolution | Body Language Reading | Creating Compliance Before Contact

Defensive Tactics (Level II): Evade and Escape Tactics | Defensive Strikes: Blocks, Punches, Kicks | Aggressive Attack Defense | Clinch Entry and Control | Takedowns (Single Leg, Double Leg, Dumog, Judo) | Ground Control (Mount, Side Control, Back Mount) | Vascular Neck Restraint (Standing and Ground Adapted) | Impact Weapon Combatives (Straight Baton — Nerve Motor Point Targeting) | Defenses Against Impact Weapons | Defenses Against Edged Weapon Threats | Defenses Against Firearm Threats

Combatives / Termination Tactics (Level III): Unarmed Combatives — Ballistic Attacks to Neutralize Lethal Threats | Retzev Constant Forward Pressure | KinaMutai Ground Fighting Combatives | Submissions and Control from Ground Positions | Weapon Retention | Handgun Disarms — All Positions | Long Gun Defenses (Shotgun, Rifle, Submachine Gun) | Defenses Against Knives and Edged Weapons | Ground Fighting Tactics for LEO | Improvised Weapons Use and Defense | Use of Gun, Baton, Knife, and Shield as Cold and Hot Weapons

Operational and Special Situations: Mass Attack / Multiple Assailants | Team Tactics | Hostage Situations | Active Shooter Response (integrating the ASRT curriculum) | Anti-Terrorism | Suicide/Homicide Bomber Awareness | Stress Inoculation — Simulated Scenarios for Adrenal Stress Conditioning | Environmental Weapons — using furniture, vehicles, and everyday objects as defensive tools | Ambidextrous Technique Development

PROGRAM CURRICULUM: DETAILED MODULES

Analyzing Use of Force: Separates the use of force into six recognized categories. Situational recognition of these levels helps determine proper force response to the situation in front of the officer. Includes exercises showing officers how to use the continuum for report writing and courtroom testimony — critical in the current legal and political environment around law enforcement use of force.

Control Tactics Development: An instructor-development block on attack management and subject control. Concepts include long-term memory retention, biomechanical control principles, relative positioning, and motor skill employment under stress. The emphasis throughout is on Simple Movements — utilizing the body's natural instincts and reflexes in a fight-or-flight situation and transforming them into effective, legally defensible technique.

Handcuffing: A recent study showed that 67% of all resisting arrests occurred after the first handcuff was applied. Tactical speed handcuffing provides immediate subject control and reduces risk to the officer. The Three Laws Safe handcuffing curriculum covers tactical speed application from standing, seated, prone, and ground positions — and from positions where the subject is actively resisting.

Pressure Point Control Tactics: Maximum control with minimum effort. As little as 2 pounds of finger-touch pressure at specific nerve motor points creates immediate compliance without bone fractures or connective tissue damage. Effective regardless of the officer's physical size or strength relative to the subject. Highly retainable — principle-based rather than technique-dependent.

Joint Locks: The ability to maintain control over subjects who were cooperative, then become uncooperative. Joint lock applications from Small Circle JuJitsu, Aikido, and BJJ, with Dumog come-alongs providing the Filipino wrestling dimension of choke-point control. Control is maintained and evolved fluidly into transport or handcuffing position.

Vascular Neck Restraint: The Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint System — the only medically researched and approved neck restraint methodology in use in law enforcement today. Adapted for ground fighting as well as standing application. Offers officers a critical alternative between empty-hand control and deadly force. Taught from the JFJKDGA curriculum lineage through the Combat JuJitsu and Shorinji Ryu JuJitsu Black Belt curriculum of Professor David Tice.

Impact Weapon Combatives: Utilizing the Straight Baton using the nerve motor point targeting system — the most legally defensible impact weapon application methodology available, targeting the body's nerve centers to create compliance without the bone fractures, connective tissue damage, and excessive-force liability created by traditional baton strikes.

Defensive Tactics: Reflexive reaction to a physical attack when impact weapons or firearms are not yet appropriate. Officers drill: blocks, strikes, and kicks calibrated to stop an assault at Level II; clinch entry and control from all attack patterns; takedowns from the most common assault entries; ground control from all major positions; and the Vascular Neck Restraint from standing, clinch, and ground.

Performing Under Stress: The core challenge of all law enforcement confrontations: the ability to function when adrenaline is spiking, attention is divided, and the OODA Loop is running against you. Three Laws Safe uses the same stress inoculation methodology as the RAT and Krav Maga curricula: realistic scenario reenactments, fatigue drills, multiple attacker scenarios, sudden attack drills, and decision-making under pressure. Training methods include:

Multiple attacker scenarios
Movement through a crowd while managing a confrontation
Stress, resistance, and decision-making under exhaustion
Training drills based on overcoming resistance and bursting through obstacles to neutralize a threat
Active scenario-based training: officers perform techniques in conditions approximating real operational stress

WHY THREE LAWS SAFE

Perform Under Stress: Reality-based training improves the officer's emotional and physical response to danger. Methods develop the ability to recognize danger at the earliest stages, react without hesitation, and escalate or de-escalate with the appropriate level of force. Officers learn to operate under stress — to continue functioning under unusual and complicated situations the way RAT was designed for military operators.

Scale Use of Force: Enables officers to deal with the most violent offenders they encounter while remaining acutely aware of reasonable use-of-force and civil liability. Officers learn to use force as necessary to control, search, escort, and arrest — and to stop there, with documentation and testimony methodology that holds up under legal scrutiny.

Retention: Because the system is built on common principles and natural, instinctive movements, officers retain techniques with minimal review and practice. Training in a short period of time — in accordance with the fast recruiting and training timelines of most law enforcement agencies and security companies.

Practical: Emphasizes effectiveness and simplicity. A street-evolved fighting system provides realistic defenses against a variety of aggressive attacks, whether the assailant is armed or unarmed. Techniques can be modified to fit each jurisdiction's legal framework and each agency's use-of-force policy.

WHO THREE LAWS SAFE IS FOR

Police Officers and Sheriff's Deputies who want combatives training built specifically for the use-of-force framework they operate under — not sport martial arts adapted after the fact.

Corrections Officers who need the most effective control tactics, come-along techniques, and ground restraint methods available for the specific environments of correctional facilities.

Security Officers and Bodyguards who need force continuum tools that scale to the threat level, hold up to legal scrutiny, and work under stress against non-cooperative subjects.

Military Personnel who want to integrate the JFJKDGA and Krav Maga curriculum into their existing combatives training with the specific calibration of force continuum awareness.

Protective Detail and VIP Protection Operators who need both the combatives capability and the judgment framework that distinguishes effective protection from excessive force.

Law Enforcement Agencies and Security Companies seeking organizational training for their teams — available in group seminar format, customized to budget and time constraints.

AVAILABLE FORMATS

Individual and Small Group Training: One-on-one or small group (2-6 participants) instruction covering any or all three levels of the Force Continuum. Available at the CCS facility in 4S Ranch or at your location.

Organizational Seminar: Group training for law enforcement agencies, security companies, corrections departments, and military units. All three levels available as a single full-day seminar, a two-day intensive, or in modular format by selecting specific levels and topics. Customized to organizational timeline and budget.

Force Continuum Integration with IPTP: The Two-Day, Ten-Hour Intensive Personal Training Program (IPTP) delivers the complete RAT curriculum — the same system used to train SEAL Team 6 — and can be integrated with the Three Laws Safe Force Continuum framework for law enforcement and security personnel seeking both street-level combatives and LEO-calibrated force application. $350 per person. Official PFS certification upon completion.

Combined Three Laws Safe / Active Shooter Response Training: For agencies wanting both programs in a single organizational training deployment — the Three Laws Safe curriculum combined with the full nine-module ASRT program, including the LEO Active Shooter Response Module (Module 9). Available as a two-day or three-day intensive.

All formats available on-site at your facility nationally and internationally.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Sifu Jeramiah Giehl is a PFS/DOM Full Instructor certified directly by Sifu Paul Vunak, holding his Law Enforcement Control Tactics (LECT) certification and Brown Belt in Israeli Krav Maga under Master Alain Cohen (5th Dan, Wingate Institute), his Level 1 Instructor certification in ATA/TAC Krav Maga under Grand Master Daniel Longoria, and his Warrior Krav Maga certification under Master Anthony Landgren. He is an Associate Instructor in the Jun Fan JKD Grappling Association under Sifu John Doty, and holds 1st Dan Black Belts in Shorinji Ryu JuJitsu and Combat JuJitsu under Professor David Tice (Black Belt under Gokor Chivichyan and Gene LeBell).

He has ten years of professional security and bouncing experience — nightclubs, hotels, corporate environments — with direct real-world application of the same force continuum principles taught in this program. He has worked access control, CCTV monitoring, SOC/dispatch, roving and vehicle patrols, de-escalation, crowd control, and the moments that escalate in seconds. The Three Laws Safe curriculum is not theory. It is drawn directly from tested application.

BOOK YOUR THREE LAWS SAFE TRAINING

Contact Sifu Jeramiah Giehl to schedule your Three Laws Safe training, request a customized organizational program quote, or discuss how to integrate Three Laws Safe with the Active Shooter Response Training program for your agency:

Text: 760-575-4389

"The Law Enforcement Officer's job is to enforce the Laws of the Land — to serve and protect. While a Soldier has the right to kill under their Rules of Engagement, the Law Enforcement Officer serves to protect the people and the law. Our program gives you the tools to do that job — at every level of force required." — Sifu Jeramiah Giehl

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