Retired Army Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, the director of Killology Research Group, a company that specializes in police training, will no longer speak at a training session for Detroit officers at a May session after members of the community complained in response to videos of Grossman speaking that resurfaced online.
Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police Robert Stevenson said he canceled the upcoming training session for Detroit officers scheduled for May 26 and 27, which was set to feature 64-year-old Grossman as a speaker, after the association and the church where the event was set to be held received complaints.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is the director of Killology Research Group, a company that specializes in police training. Photo: The New Yorker/ YouTube screenshot.
Police chiefs assoc. cancels Killology speaker after criticism is sparked on social media
A controversial event from a speak who trains police about Killology has been cancelled after a backlash.
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NOVI, Mich. (WXYZ) â When leadership at the Oak Pointe Church in Novi agreed to host a training event for police officials next month, they had no idea that one of two guest speakers for the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police was so controversial. We ve never really questioned or looked into the details of the content and that s on us, said Bob Shirock, the church s lead pastor who told 7 Action News that they support police and have hosted police conferences for many years.
Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police cancels training over controversial speaker
Novi The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police has canceled a two-day training session and an Oakland County church where the event was to be held is apologizing after controversy emerged about the teachings of one of the scheduled trainers.
The words of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, one of the scheduled speakers at the event, sparked the controversy. In one video, Grossman describes sex at home, after the bad guy s down, as one of the perks of a law enforcement job.
Grossman is director of the Killology Research Group, which he defines on his website as the scholarly study of the destructive act, just as sexology is the scholarly study of the procreative act.
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The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police cancelled an event with controversial police trainer Dave Grossman.
This comes after video resurfaced of him telling a group of cops that killing people can lead to having great sex.
Grossman, director of the Killology Research Group, made the comment in 2015 as part of a training session.
The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police cancelled an event with controversial police trainer Dave Grossman after video resurfaced of him telling a group of cops that killing people can lead to having great sex.