About Dynamic Control Tactics
Dynamic Control Tactics are de-escalation training experts in Ontario, providing scenario-based training for EMS, police, military, healthcare, and security professionals. Our team has decades of combined experience delivering practical skills to manage conflict safely and prevent workplace violence.
Why DCTactics exists
Most defensive-tactics training still relies on outdated drills that don’t match real first-responder environments. Teams end up with inconsistent techniques and avoidable injuries.
DCTactics exists to give agencies safer, simpler, and policy-aligned control options built around real scenarios, not theory, so teams can operate confidently and professionally under pressure.
How We Teach
Our methodology focuses on simple, reliable mechanics tested under realistic pressure:
- Static Foundations: Build base, positioning, framing, and safe disengagement habits before adding resistance.
- Constraint-Led Drills: Controlled, low-risk drills that develop problem-solving, balance, and control without overwhelming the team.
- Scenario Labs: Policy-aligned, medically-aware scenarios that build articulation, teamwork, and safer decision-making under real-world stress.
- The entire process emphasizes de-escalation first, safer contact, and strong documentation habits that protect both staff and the organization.
We prioritize communication, situational awareness, and risk reduction. Defensive control is only used when necessary, reinforced through realistic scenario-based training. Our programs are designed to teach professionals how to de-escalate conflicts safely, reduce stress, and maintain safety for themselves and others. Studies show scenario-based training reduces workplace incidents (*PubMed).
Meet Jake!
Jake Charette is the founder of Dynamic Control Tactics and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt with over 20 years of martial arts experience. As a long-time coach at Limitless Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he has worked with students of all ages and experience levels, developing a coaching style centered on simplicity, safety, and real-world problem solving.
Before launching DCTactics, Jake spent years working in group homes for behavioural youth and in a wide range of security roles. These environments made de-escalation, crisis intervention, and safe physical control a daily reality. The work required calm decision-making under pressure and helped shape his practical, people-first approach to defensive training.
Today, Jake applies those same principles to first-responder settings. He has experience training paramedics and front line teams, with a focus on non-weapon, position-based control, medical awareness, and defensible decision-making. His instruction is designed to reduce injuries, build confidence, and ensure techniques align with operational policy and real-world demands.
Meet Your De-Escalation Training Experts
These are the professionals behind how DCTactics’ training is developed and delivered. As de-escalation training experts in Ontario, each instructor brings frontline operational experience and plays a direct role in shaping course content, scenario design, and delivery standards.
Rob Woollard – Instructor
Rob is a seasoned Advanced Care Paramedic with 20 years of experience delivering high-acuity pre-hospital care in demanding and dynamic environments. His career has spanned roles as an Advanced Care Paramedic, Tactical Paramedic, and Paramedic Supervisor, reflecting both clinical excellence and trusted leadership in the field. As a Tactical Paramedic, Rob has supported operations in high-risk settings, integrating advanced medical care with scene safety, threat awareness, and coordinated responses alongside law enforcement and other emergency services. In his frontline roles, he has been responsible for mentoring paramedics, and fostering a culture of professionalism, and accountability. Clinically, Rob is experienced in advanced life support, and complex decision-making under pressure, consistently prioritizing patient safety, and clear communication, . Outside of his paramedic practice, Rob is a dedicated Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and holds a purple belt, a discipline that reinforces his focus, resilience, and composure under stress. He draws on the principles of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to enhance situational awareness, de-escalation skills, and personal safety in the field.
Aaron Crawford – Instructor
Aaron brings over 10 years of frontline law enforcement experience to DCT Tactics, with extensive real-world exposure to high-risk and crisis-driven encounters. He is a trained Crisis Negotiator through the Ontario Police College and has significant experience managing individuals in emotional distress.
Aaron has been practicing grappling for over seven years and holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He also helped develop and instruct his police service’s defensive tactics program, ensuring training was practical, effective, and grounded in operational reality. His instruction is informed by firsthand experience applying DCT techniques in real-world situations, with a strong emphasis on control, safety, and decision-making under stress.
Bradford Brassington – Instructor
Bradford brings over 16 years of distinguished service in the Canadian Armed Forces to the DC Tactics team, including 11 years operating in high-tempo environments with CANSOFCOM. His background reflects elite tactical execution and a deep understanding of the pressures faced by frontline professionals. A dedicated husband and father of two, a personal foundation that underscores his commitment to providing first responders and military personnel with the skills necessary to return home safely to their own families.
A Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt, Bradford serves as Head Instructor of the children’s program at Limitless BJJ in Trenton, Ontario, where he developed an innovative curriculum rooted in Ecological Dynamics and the Constraints-Led Approach. His expertise in human movement and performance ensures training that is both scientifically grounded and operationally applicable.
He is also the founder of Warrior Wellness: A BJJ Journey for Healing and Resilience, a trauma-informed program supporting veterans and first responders navigating PTSD and mental health injuries. Through DC Tactics, Bradford integrates this perspective with high-level defensive training to promote resilience, longevity, and sustainable performance for those who serve.
Dave Giles – Associate Instructor
Dave Giles is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran with over two decades of operational experience spanning infantry service and advanced medical roles as both a Combat Medic and Physician Assistant. Since retiring from full-time military service, Dave has remained active in the fields of tactical and emergency medicine, supporting both civilian and operational environments through his extensive real-world experience. Dave contributes specialized insight in trauma care, operational medicine, and medical decision-making in high-risk and dynamic settings. His involvement with Dynamic Control Tactics is in an independent, collaborative instructional capacity, providing subject-matter expertise when appropriate. In addition to his medical background, Dave is a dedicated Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and holds a purple belt. His training reinforces principles of control, situational awareness, and composure under pressure, which complement his operational and medical experience.
Ready to Strengthen Your Team?
DCTactics training is tailored to your agency’s policies, environment, and goals. Request a training intake or contact us directly to design a program that keeps your team safe, confident, and operationally prepared. We look forward to working with you!