>> that was just under a year. i was there just under a year and during that time, i had the opportunity to also take on a lead role as a defensive tactics instructor. when i was recruited by the city of jupiter, i started and immediately began being presented with opportunities to bring the skills and things that i had learned from riviera beach to the jupiter police department and began training with some of their other lead trainers on tactics and dealing with defensive tactics. >> in layman terms then, defensive tactics is how somebody would defend themselves against somebody else. >> it's fighting. layman terms is it's fighting. >> fighting in a way that minimizes injury to yourself. >> absolutely. >> initially termed defensive tactics in law enforcement when you utilize force, it's in response to another person's actions. became defensive in nature. even though there are offensive techniques. the whole goal in law