The Squad Group

09/06/2026

Senior Leaders.

48,888 Police Officers assaulted in a single year.
10,142 assaults on prison staff.

Behind every number is a member of your workforce.

An officer.
A colleague.
A parent.
A husband or wife.
Someone who trusted their organisation to provide the best protection available.

The question is not whether violence exists.
The question is whether we are doing enough to reduce it.

The Glove is proven to stop violent close-contact encounters in under 3 seconds.

Less struggle.
Less injury.
Better outcomes.

If you are responsible for officer safety, staff welfare, operational performance, or public protection, perhaps it's time to ask a simple question:

What more can we do?

Arrange a demonstration:

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08/06/2026

48,888 Police Officers were assaulted in a single year.

That's 134 officers every day.

One officer assaulted roughly every 10 minutes.

Yet when these incidents are discussed, the focus is often on what happened afterwards.

The investigation.
The body-worn video.
The use of force review.
The media coverage.

What receives far less attention is where many of these assaults happen at touching distance, arm's length or close quarters.

The point where officers have the fewest options and the greatest risk of injury.

Every prolonged struggle creates risk.

Risk to officers.
Risk to subjects.
Risk to colleagues.
Risk to public confidence.

The Glove was specifically designed for these environments.

Used operationally around the world and proven to stop violent encounters in under three seconds, it provides officers with a close-contact option designed to reduce the need for prolonged physical force.

Less struggle.
Less injury.
Better outcomes.

If almost 49,000 assaults a year is not enough to force a conversation about close-contact officer safety, what is?

If your force, prison, custody suite or training department would like to see The Glove in action, contact us for a demonstration.

[email protected]

Protect officers.
Protect subjects.
Reduce injuries.

05/06/2026

Everyday, a Chief Constable, Prison Director, Commissioner, Governor, Minister, or senior leader receives a phone call.

An officer has been seriously injured.
A routine encounter became violent.
A confrontation escalated.
A struggle lasted longer than it should have.

The officer is in hospital.
Their family is on the way.

Questions will follow.

What happened?
Could it have been prevented?
Was the officer properly equipped?
Did we do everything possible to protect them?

Those questions are always asked after the event.

Rarely before it.

Across policing and prisons, we invest millions investigating assaults, managing sickness, replacing staff, defending complaints, and supporting injured officers.

Yet the most important question remains unanswered.

Are we doing enough to stop those injuries from happening in the first place?

Every officer assaulted is someone's son.
Someone's daughter.
Someone's husband.
Someone's wife.
Someone's mum.
Someone's dad.
Someone waiting at home.
Someone who simply went to work and expected to return safely.

Violence at close quarters remains one of the greatest risks faced by Police and Prison Officers.

Not because they lack courage.
Not because they lack training.
Not because they lack commitment.

Because they are often forced to deal with violent individuals using options that were designed decades ago.

Meanwhile, technology continues to transform almost every aspect of modern life.

The question for senior leaders is simple.

If a technology exists that has the potential to reduce injuries, shorten violent encounters, and improve outcomes for both officers and subjects, do we have a duty to explore it?

Or do we wait until the next officer is injured and ask the same questions all over again?

Leadership is not measured by how well we react after tragedy.
Leadership is measured by what we do to prevent it.

If you are responsible for officer safety, public protection, operational policing, custody, prisons, use of force, or workforce wellbeing, ask yourself one question.

If it were your son.
Your daughter.
Your husband.
Your wife.

Would you be satisfied that everything possible had been done to protect them?

Because for thousands of officers walking into work today, that answer matters.

And so does the decision.

Check it out here www.the-squad.co.uk and to book your demonstration, [email protected]

05/06/2026

Prison Officers do not come to work expecting to be assaulted.

They come to work to maintain order, keep people safe, and help manage some of the most challenging individuals in society.

Yet every day across the prison estate, officers face violence at close quarters.

A routine conversation.
A welfare check.
A cell search.
A movement around the prison.

Any one of these interactions has the potential to escalate in seconds.

When violence erupts inside a prison, there is often little room to create distance. Officers are forced to deal with incidents face-to-face, in confined spaces, where the risk of injury to everyone involved increases with every second a struggle continues.

Nobody benefits from a prolonged confrontation.

Not the officer.
Not the prisoner.
Not the colleagues who have to respond.

The safest outcome is one where control is gained quickly, proportionately, and with the least amount of force necessary.

That should always be the objective.

Prison Officers deserve equipment, tactics, and support designed for the reality of the environments they work in every day.

Because reducing violence is not simply about protecting staff.

It is about reducing harm across the entire prison environment.

Less struggle.
Less injury.
Less disruption.
Safer staff.
Safer prisoners.

Better outcomes for everyone.

Prison Officers put themselves between order and chaos every single day.

They deserve every opportunity to go home safely at the end of their shift.

Check it out here www.the-squad.co.uk and to book your demonstration for your facility, [email protected]

04/06/2026

Imagine for a moment that your son, daughter, husband, wife, brother, or sister is a Police Officer or Prison Officer.

They arrive at work.
They put on their uniform.
They start their shift.

A few hours later, they are involved in a violent confrontation.

The individual they are dealing with is bigger.

Stronger.
Possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Maybe experiencing a mental health crisis.

The confrontation becomes a prolonged struggle.

Several officers pile in to gain control.

Someone gets injured.
Perhaps it's the officer.
Perhaps it's the subject.
Perhaps it's both.

Now put yourself in the position of a Chief Constable.

A Prison Governor.
A Commissioner.
A Director of Operations.
A Head of Officer Safety.
A Use of Force Lead.
A decision-maker responsible for the safety of the people under your command.

Ask yourself one simple question.

If there was equipment available that had been used operationally thousands of times, brought violent confrontations under control in seconds, reduced the need for prolonged physical force, and helped protect both staff and subjects from injury, would you want your own family member to have access to it?

Or would you be content for them to continue relying on physical strength, pain compliance, and luck?

This is not a conversation about politics.
It is not a conversation about procurement.
It is not a conversation about optics.
It is a conversation about people.

Real people.
Real injuries.
Real families waiting for their loved ones to come home.

Every year, tens of thousands of assaults are committed against Police Officers across the UK.

Thousands more take place within our prisons.

Yet much of the discussion takes place after the injury has occurred.

After the officer has been punched.
After the restraint has taken place.
After the sickness absence has started.
After the investigation begins.

Perhaps the better question is this:

What are we doing to stop these injuries from happening in the first place?

The best outcome is not a successful restraint.
The best outcome is a confrontation that never develops into a prolonged struggle.

One that ends quickly.
One that ends safely.
One where the officer goes home uninjured.
One where the subject avoids unnecessary harm.

Leadership is not measured by how we respond after people get hurt.
Leadership is measured by what we do to prevent those injuries in the first place.

For those in positions of responsibility across policing and prisons, what more should we be doing to reduce injuries at close quarters?

Check it out here www.the-squad.co.uk and to book your demonstration, [email protected]

04/06/2026

THE BEST FIGHT IS THE ONE THAT ENDS QUICKLY
Less struggle, less force, less injury and better outcomes for everyone

When an officer is assaulted, the conversation often starts after the incident.

Questions are asked.
Footage is analysed.
Use of force is scrutinised.

What is rarely discussed is how the incident could have been prevented in the first place.

Every year, thousands of Police Officers are assaulted at close quarters while trying to protect the public.

Many of these incidents involve officers grappling with violent subjects at arm's length, often for prolonged periods.

The longer the struggle continues, the greater the risk.

Risk to the officer.
Risk to the subject.
Risk to colleagues.
Risk to members of the public nearby.

Good policing is about gaining control quickly, safely, and proportionately.

It is not about force for force's sake - it is about creating the safest outcome for everyone involved.

That is why the conversation around close-contact officer safety matters.

The Glove offers officers an option designed specifically for those moments when distance has disappeared and a physical confrontation has already begun.

The objective is simple.

End the struggle sooner.
Reduce the likelihood of injury.
Reduce the need for prolonged force.
Protect the officer.
Protect the subject.

Because fairness works both ways.

Police Officers deserve to go home without injuries.

Members of the public deserve an encounter that is resolved with the minimum force necessary.

Better equipment leads to better outcomes.

For officers.
For subjects.
For policing.

Check it out here www.the-squad.co.uk and to book a demonstration for your service, [email protected]

03/06/2026

We live in a world where technology makes almost every aspect of life safer, faster, and more efficient.

Technology parks our cars.
Technology detects cancer earlier.
Technology prevents aircraft collisions.
Technology helps surgeons perform complex procedures with greater precision.

So why, in 2026, are Police and Prison Officers still being forced into prolonged physical struggles with violent individuals at close quarters?

Why are officers still having to strike people with batons?
Why are officers still having to spray PAVA into someone's eyes?
Why are officers still wrestling on the ground with subjects for minutes at a time while everyone involved faces an increasing risk of injury?

The answer is not because officers want to.

The reality is that when violence erupts, officers must work with the equipment available to them.

But technology has moved on.

The Glove was developed specifically to address the challenge of close-contact violence.

Unlike equipment designed for use at distance, The Glove is already on the officer's hands when the confrontation begins.

There is no need to draw it.
No need to create distance.
No need to transition between tactics.

When activated, The Glove delivers a localised conductive distraction effect at the point of contact, rapidly gaining compliance and bringing the confrontation under control.

Across tens of thousands of operational uses worldwide, the average compliance time is measured in seconds.

In many cases, the fight is over in under three seconds.

Think about what that means.

Three seconds instead of a prolonged struggle.
Three seconds instead of multiple officers piling into a restraint.
Three seconds instead of punches being thrown.
Three seconds instead of injuries to officers.
Three seconds instead of injuries to subjects.

Every second a confrontation continues, the risk increases for everyone involved.

The Glove changes that equation.

The objective is not to use more force.
The objective is to use less.

Less force.
Less pain.
Less injury.
Less risk.

More control.
More safety.

Better outcomes.

For officers.
For subjects.
For prisons.
For policing.

If technology exists that resolves violent encounters faster, reduces the likelihood of injury, and has been proven operationally around the world, then the question is no longer whether we should explore it.

The question is why we haven't already.

Check it out here www.the-squad.co.uk and to book a demonstration for your service/prison, [email protected]

03/06/2026

Nobody joins the Police to fight people.

Police Officers do not come to work looking for confrontation. Their job is to protect the public, resolve incidents safely, and return home uninjured at the end of their shift.

The public wants exactly the same outcome.

Yet every day, officers across the UK find themselves in prolonged close-contact struggles with violent individuals. These incidents often end with injuries to officers, injuries to subjects, and significant risk to everyone involved.

The reality of modern policing is that many assaults happen at arm's length.

Once an officer is in physical contact with a violent subject, their options become limited. At that point, incidents often turn into lengthy physical confrontations involving multiple officers attempting to gain control while trying to minimise harm.

Nobody wins in those situations.
The officer gets injured.
The subject gets injured.
The public sees another video of a violent struggle and questions why it escalated.

The Glove was designed to address this challenge.

Its purpose is not to increase force. Its purpose is to reduce the need for it.

By achieving compliance quickly at close quarters, officers gain control sooner, physical struggles are shortened, and the likelihood of injury to both the officer and the subject is reduced.

Less wrestling.
Less force.
Less injury.
Better outcomes for everyone involved.

If policing is serious about reducing assaults on officers while improving safety for subjects, then we need to be willing to explore equipment designed specifically for the environments where most assaults occur.

The conversation should not be about optics - it should be about outcomes.

Fewer assaults.
Fewer injuries.
Safer officers.
Safer subjects.
Better policing.

Check it out here www.the-squad.co.uk and to book your demo for your service, [email protected]

31/05/2026

19/05/2026

One teacher.
One receptionist.
One member of staff.

That’s all it takes.

When an emergency happens, nobody has time to search for numbers, unlock radios, or run through corridors shouting for help.

Across the US, schools, colleges, churches, stadiums and public venues are now using SaferWatch to change how emergencies are managed.

Real-time panic alerts.
Anonymous threat reporting.
Mass notifications in seconds.
Live video and GPS location sharing.
Direct integration with emergency responders.

This isn’t “future technology”.

It’s already being used by:

• Universities achieving national safety accreditation
• Major public events including Miami New Year’s Eve celebrations
• Sports stadiums
• Churches and places of worship
• Law enforcement agencies

One button press sends critical information instantly.

No delay.
No confusion.
No relying on someone hearing an alarm.

The reality is simple.

Time costs lives during critical incidents.

SaferWatch helps organisations react faster, communicate better, and protect people when seconds matter most.

Find out more here:
www.the-squad.co.uk/saferwatchatthesquad

To arrange a demo:
[email protected]