Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint (LVNR) - The Safe and Legal Encirclement

The LVNR does not restrict a person's breathing, thus state and federal laws regulating respiratory chokes does not apply to this technique. In fact, the LVNR is not at all a choke and was specifically designed to increase the length of the arm encircling the neck and to protect the subject's neck and body during the use of the LVNR System.

The LVNR is a System, NOT a technique and is registered and protected by the Latham Act and other International Laws. 

 

Though many agencies have placed the vascular type restraints higher on their Use of Force/Response to Resistance hierarchy in recent years, it is still a very effective equalizer for smaller officers. Often confused with the RNC (Rear Naked Choke), it is indeed not a choke and this course certifies instructors in the complex understanding of the issue. This course gives Instructors the knowledge they need to testify as to its safe use, both in court rooms across the U.S., but also to police boards, Mayors, city counsels, civic groups, and other third parties who have naive perceptions of the system and its techniques. Many states recently have begun requiring DT instructors to obtain a certification in these techniques, even if the agency has placed it higher in the hierarchy. Instructor's will receive the tools they need to defend its use, including numerous documented studies and presentation material.

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The LVNR is the number one law enforcement system of neck restraint - standing, kneeling or on the ground. If your agency is now using or considering the use of neck restraints for officer safety and subject control, then the NLETC/KCMO PD LVNR is the one method you need to assess. It has been extensively field and medically tested and has proven to be safer, more effective, and less controversial than any other known neck restraint method. That is why the NLETC/KCMO PD LVNR is the predominant method of neck control, and is now being adopted nationwide by those law enforcement agencies that teach ground defense/control systems.

Agencies and instructors should avoid the use of single-level, or time limit approved neck restraint methods since their use has resulted in all the claims of excessive force, death, and resultant litigation involving neck restraint use. Combined arm, neck and body controls are not as effective for most officers as the direct, rear, side neck-specific compression which requires minimum physical effort for LVNR vs. maximum physical exertion for other methods. Our statistics show that 50% of all subjects will cease resistance at Level One with low-level compression on the sides of the neck; 25% will comply at Level Two with medium compression on the neck; and the other 25% will comply at Level Three or be rendered unconscious in 4 to 7 seconds. Result: No death, injury or successful litigation for excessive use of force since 1970 against agencies using the certified Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint (LVNR) System!

The NLETC is the sole-source provider for the LVNR System. No other training provider is entitled to teach the LVNR System to user agencies or to include the term LVNR as their own when teaching other neck restraint systems. Contact the NLETC if you plan to adopt the LVNR System.

 

This Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint System, is the only system of neck restraint to have over a 56-year history of causing no death or serious injury. The LVNR System has never been the subject of successful civil litigation and has been used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies in the United States and around the world. 

Equipment needed: Casual or athletic clothing, footwear, and handcuffs.
Materials provided: Online Text.