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   - Keep safe   - Keep safe
- +      * The most important priority in the face of a confrontational and hostile individual is to protect yourself. If you don't feel comfortable with a situation, leave. Seek help and support if necessary, by leaving property and contact 6IP and request police to attend.
-The most important priority in the face of a confrontational and hostile individual is to protect yourself. If you don't feel comfortable with a situation, leave. Seek help and support if necessary, by leaving property and contact 6IP and request police to attend. +
   - Keep your distance, and keep your options open   - Keep your distance, and keep your options open
- +    * Not all confrontational and hostile individuals are worth negotiating with. Your time is valuable, and your happiness and well-being important. Unless there's something important at stake, don't expend yourself by trying to negotiate with a person who's negatively entrenched. keep a healthy distance and avoid engagement unless you absolutely must.
-Not all confrontational and hostile individuals are worth negotiating with. Your time is valuable, and your happiness and well-being important. Unless there's something important at stake, don't expend yourself by trying to negotiate with a person who's negatively entrenched. keep a healthy distance and avoid engagement unless you absolutely must. +
   - Keep your cool and avoid escalation   - Keep your cool and avoid escalation
- +    * One of the most common characteristics of confrontational and hostile individuals is that they project their aggression to push your buttons and keep you off balance. By doing so, they create an advantage from which they can exploit your weaknesses. If you are required to deal with a difficult individual, one of the most important rules of thumb to keep your cool. The less reactive you are to provocations, the more you can use your better judgement to handle the situation.
-One of the most common characteristics of confrontational and hostile individuals is that they project their aggression to push your buttons and keep you off balance. By doing so, they create an advantage from which they can exploit your weaknesses. +
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-If you are required to deal with a difficult individual, one of the most important rules of thumb to keep your cool. The less reactive you are to provocations, the more you can use your better judgement to handle the situation. +
   - Contact Police   - Contact Police
     - If persons at incident are acting in a hostile or aggressive manner     - If persons at incident are acting in a hostile or aggressive manner