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The lack of trust the public has in law enforcement is at an all-time low. That lack of trust effects everything in law enforcement including liability, recruiting, retention, and their ability to do their jobs in the community. In order to rebuild the public trust, law enforcement needs the public to see them enforcing the laws in an ethical and constitutional manner. In this course, Commander Jason Meier will discuss what constitutional policing is and how it should encompass all we do in law enforcement.

A lack of trust between a community and a law enforcement agency can prevent collaboration and relationship building. To be good at community engagement and community policing, you have to put in the work every single day to build trust with your community. In this course, Jill Lees will discuss the key components of community policing, how to use the SARA model to analyze what your community needs, and how to recognize and take opportunities to engage with your community and build trust.

A significant part of an officer’s job is working around individuals in crisis or with mental illnesses. It is vital for officers to be able to define trauma, know what it looks like, and how to respond to it. In this course, Becky Haas will discuss how trauma effects the brain, the prevalence of trauma, and best practices for reducing trauma on scene.

Human trafficking is one of the most prevalent crimes, yet it's very infrequently prosecuted on a daily basis. There are thousands of victims across our country who are being exploited that deserve better in life. The success of human trafficking cases is going to be directly dependent on how we treat our victims. In this course, James Isaacs will discuss the signs and indicators of trafficking, some best practices for conducting human trafficking investigations, and how trauma influences behavior of victims.

Digital evidence is more prevalent than DNA and fingerprints in most cases nowadays, and they say on average, a person is captured on video surveillance at least 75 times a day. It's hard for criminals to do anything now without some kind of digital evidence being left behind. In this course, James Isaacs will discuss the difference between long-term vs. short-term storage, how to collect digital evidence, and how to isolate devices from their network.

In the law enforcement profession, an ethical mishap at one agency can impact agencies around the country. Now more than ever, officers need the moral courage to intervene when they see fellow officers are starting to go down the wrong path. Officers need introspection on their own code of ethics as well as group discussions to identify issues that officers and agencies are facing. In this course, Neal Rossow will help encourage those introspections and discussions by explaining ethical frameworks, an officer’s duty to intervene, and ethical conduct in the police organization.

Officer safety and survival is essential for officers to successfully get through their career in one piece, mentally, emotionally, and physically. In this course, Duane Wolfe will discuss the strategies of officer survival basics, the benefits of time, distances, and cover, action vs. reaction, cover and concealment, and other officer safety strategies to help officers perform their jobs professionally and safely.

In this course, Jana Kemp will teach students how they can reclaim their day through time management. We will discuss being realistic about your use of time, how to say no when needed, and how to identify what we can do as individuals and what maybe we can team up with someone else to delegate but not dump the task.

Responding to special needs individuals is a very frequent occurrence for law enforcement and it's important to understand the differences, not just in how they see the world, but how they interact with it. In this course, Dr. Davis, PhD, will explain the difference between mental disorders and developmental disorder, the calls for service that might involve special needs subjects, and de-escalation methods to be employed with special needs subjects who may be in crisis.

The American Psychological Association estimates that approximately half of all Americans will qualify as having a mental health issue or a mental disorder in their lifetime. When that much of the population has an ongoing issue, it's important for law enforcement to not just understand that the issue is there, but also to understand more about it and how to respond to it. In this course, Dr. Davis, PhD, will discuss the importance on focusing on behaviors, not labels or diagnoses, how to be A-PART of the solution, and the value of proactively responding to community members with mental disorders.

In this course, Sgt. Dan Greene will be talking about the changes law enforcement training needs to make in order to thrive in today’s world. He will discuss how training needs to be malleable, meaningful, and mission-focused and explain the ten cornerstone concepts that training should be rooted in.

Performance management helps officers align their own goals and objectives with those of their agency. In this course, Victor Lauria will cover the core concepts of performance management and how first line supervisors can use these concepts along with coaching to help their agency and officers better serve the community.

Suicide by cop has been a phenomenon for years and it is becoming more and more prevalent. In this course, Chief Bobby Blankenship (retired) will help prepare officers for these situations by discussing indicators to recognize suicide by cop and discuss tools that can be used to help have a positive outcome for everyone involved.

In this course, Victor Lauria will be discussing basic interview techniques, focusing on how to determine if a suspect is being deceptive. This course will cover the difference between open-ended and direct questions, types of questions to avoid during interviews, and the types of responses suspects might give and if they indicate deceptiveness.

In this course, Victor Lauria will be discussing basic interview techniques, focusing on how to effectively gain information from witnesses, victims, and suspects. This course will cover the difference between interviews and interrogations, the three important questions that should be asked in every interview, and how to interview nervous suspects, angry suspects, and suspects acting superior.

Law Enforcement is a noble profession, but it is a profession that continues to be under intense scrutiny. No part of the profession has escaped criticism, from our records section, 9-1-1 Centers, patrol, investigations, and administration.

This highly interactive course will address the basis of missteps made by our professionals. Too many agencies focus on “things” as the remedy. While there is tremendous value to be found in these “things” emphasis must shift to the “think.” We must equip our personnel with the necessary skills to think critically and be adaptive in their decision making.

In this course, Michael Warren will talk about effective report writing. During this presentation, he will give you simple tools to help improve the quality of the reports you write including identifying the why of your report, determining your primary, secondary, and unintended audience, and discussing common mistakes to avoid when writing.

In this course, Dr. Mike Pittaro discusses stress, work-life balance, and negative coping strategies and how officers can break those negative cycles. He will explain the negative effects of cortisol and techniques to reduce stress and increase both physical and mental wellness.

Interpersonal communication skills are vital for policing; however, little emphasis is put on how those skills can be used to improve communication with family and friends. In this course, Dr. Mike Pittaro will address the issue of work-family conflict and the added stress of ineffective communication with family and friends. He will discuss how interpersonal communication can improve your relationships and outline techniques that can be used to reduce stress and improve relationships.

In this course, Retired Chief Tim Christol will discuss how to create and execute a career development plan. This course will cover the importance of defining your personal mission, vision, and values, knowing your agency’s mission, vision, and values, and some techniques that can help you get to where you want to go.

In this course, Retired Police Chief Tim Christol will explain how mission, vision, and values affect the culture of the organization and how agencies can blend personal, professional, and social mission, vision, and values to provide effective community service, build trust, and provide the transparency the community expects.

Emotional intelligence is vital for building trust and connections, which leads to effective and clear communication. In this course, Carl Smith will explain how to use emotional intelligence to better communicate and engage with people to achieve mutual respect and understanding. He will cover the emotional intelligence model, communication factors, and assertive communication.

This course covers the Four R’s of Emotional Intelligence and discusses how we can slow down and recognize our biases before we act on them.

This unique training allows officers to test their perceptions and better understand the unintentional biases that we all have.

This course discusses how to better understand yourself and others by using the DISC personality assessment. In this one-hour session, Tracy Eldridge identifies and discusses the four main DISC personality types and how understanding these types can allow you to build better connections with others.

This course covers financial planning as it applies to law enforcement, including common mistakes and how to avoid them. Over the course of two hours, Bob Harris and Travis George discuss the importance of a sound financial plan and the necessary tools for comprehensive financial management.

Nearly 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss, which means that it is critical for first responders to be culturally competent in working safely, effectively, and legally with the Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and hard of hearing communities. In this one hour course, Mike Helms covers topics such as types of hearing loss, the language and culture of the Deaf community, and practical strategies to best serve the Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and hard of hearing communities.

This course provides officers with an overview of proper techniques for the operation of rifles. Over the course of one hour, Zach Gayden will explain and demonstrate proper sight alignment and sight picture, reload and carry techniques, and other important considerations such as proper grip and stance.

This course provides officers with an overview of proper techniques for the operation of pistols. Over the course of two hours, Zach Gayden will explain and demonstrate proper sight alignment and sight picture, draw and reload techniques, and other important considerations such as proper grip and stance.

This course gives a general overview of the fundamentals of marksmanship for both pistols and rifles. Zach Gayden demonstrates proper sight alignment and sight picture, grip, stance, and trigger control.

This course is a continuation of Introduction to Human Trafficking and delves deeper into investigative and legal considerations, along with discussing the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.

This course covers the definition, history, and stages of human trafficking to help law enforcement better understand how to recognize and address this worldwide issue.

The Internet has allowed child sexual offenders to identify and groom victims online prior to ever having physical contact with them, creating a world of issues for those who investigate these crimes. This course explores the changing trends in online child sexual abuse, including how an offender grooms a victim online and elements that can help strengthen a case against these offenders.

Unbiased, transparent, and consistent use of force investigations are the key to building the public’s trust. This course is a high-level overview of use of force investigations that will cover the procedures for use of force investigations and what an officer can do to ensure a transparent and consistent investigation.

Officer involved shootings are worst-case scenario situations that no officer wants to face, but when they occur, what happens after? In this course, Sam Causey provides the student with valuable knowledge about how to survive and thrive post-trauma based on his own firsthand experience with an officer involved shooting.

If you suspect a more serious crime is happening at a residence but you lack the evidence to obtain a search warrant, utility crimes may provide you access to the residence. This course teaches officers how to recognize and investigate utility crimes as well as how to work with utility workers to ensure successful prosecution.

This course is intended to help officers develop practical skills to empower them to operate emergency vehicles in a safe manner. The course will demonstrate drills that will provide students with tactics they can practice every day to increase driving efficiency.

This course offers a unique look at Pierce Brooks’ ten deadly errors of policing through the lens of mental health and wellness. Anjuli Thompson relates each of the ten errors to mental health topics such as stress, trauma, mental wellness, and healing as it relates to law enforcement. Students will learn principles and methods for effectively managing their own mental health.

This course is designed to help prepare officers for interactions with individuals in crisis. Joe Rittner will cover how to recognize the symptoms of an individual who may be suffering from a mental condition, some options other than jail for an individual in crisis, and ways to help reduce the chance of officer and/or contact injury.

Everyone has implicit biases. Unfortunately, implicit biases can prevent officers from interacting effectively with people who are different from themselves. The focus of this course is to give officers tools to help recognize, reduce, and prevent their own implicit biases in order to help strengthen their relationships with the communities they serve and protect.

This course gives patrol officers a detailed look at proper response techniques for death investigations. Particular emphasis is placed on the two main types of death investigations: suspicious undetermined deaths and apparent natural deaths.

This course is designed to help law enforcement and first responders better understand mental illness, mental disorders, and mental crisis. Through understanding and knowledge, law enforcement officers can more effectively handle calls for service which involve those in crisis. This course will provide communication skills and resources to better assist law enforcement when responding to calls for service.

This course explores racial profiling and aims to assist law enforcement officers in navigating appropriate traffic and field stops. Topics covered include legal aspects of racial profiling, logical and social arguments against racial profiling, and elements of inappropriate and appropriate traffic stops.

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety in relation to the operation and maintenance of the Springfield Armory XD pistol.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia & Texas

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety in relation to the operation and maintenance of the Smith & Wesson 49 J Frame Revolver.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia & Texas

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety in relation to the operation and maintenance of the Smith & Wesson M&P9 pistol.

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety in relation to the operation and maintenance of the Sig Sauer P228 pistol.

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety in relation to the operation and maintenance of the Sig Sauer P225 pistol.

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety in relation to the operation and maintenance of the Ruger LC9s pistol.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia & Texas

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety in relation to the operation and maintenance of the M1911A1 pistol.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia & Texas

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety in relation to the operation and maintenance of the KAHR Arms CT9 pistol.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia & Texas

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety as it relates to the operation and maintenance of the Glock 22 pistol.

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety and knowledge of the operation and maintenance of the Beretta Model 92FS series pistol.

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety in relation to the operation and maintenance of the Remington 870 Shotgun.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia & Texas

This course is designed to provide officers with a working knowledge of basic firearms safety as it relates to the operation and maintenance of the AR-15 Rifle.

This course will cover an overview of the issue of child abuse covering topics such as the nature of child abuse, family dynamics, characteristics of abusive parents, theories of child abuse, and possible effects of abuse.

Child Sex Abuse 2020 provides an overview of child physical and sexual abuse. This course will discuss family dynamics, factors that potentially lead to abuse, and characteristics of abusive and neglectful parents. It will also cover characteristics of pedophiles.

This course exposes the attendee to various thoughts and considerations on their initial response to the scene and the gravity that evidence plays in making their investigation better. It also explores the pitfalls or “most common” errors that officers make during their investigation. Different terms and concepts will be addressed to enable the officer to have a clearer view of potential evidence.

EVOC: 2020 is a course that teaches officers how to drive more professionally. The course starts in the classroom to cover the basics of Emergency Vehicle Operations, covering topics like liability, types of law enforcement driving, and vehicle dynamics. Then, the course will go out to a driving track where the trainers demonstrate driving drills that will push the limits of an officer’s driving ability such as 180s, Slalom Event, and Evasive Drills.

This course is designed to re-acquaint law enforcement officers with the characteristics and possible problems associated with interacting with persons with mental impairments.

The less lethal force process is more philosophy than technology. The focus of this course is to give the student an overview of less lethal impact projectiles with an emphasis on the different technologies available, likely operational scenarios, and best practices for reducing the probability of a serious injury or death when using these technologies.

This course will provide a refresher on how to correctly administer Field Sobriety Tests according to NHTSA standards. A non-graded pre-test will be given prior to the instruction to test officer’s knowledge and help refresh the initial training received on FST’s.

This course will provide basic knowledge about Clery Act reporting, educating officers in what to include and how to report Clery mandated criminal activity.

There is a saying in law enforcement, “Practice officer safety; make sure you go home at the end of your shift.” However, making it home is just the beginning. “Watch Your Six: Mental Wellness Resiliency” encourages and equips all law enforcement officers and their families to guard the six most vulnerable areas of life to promote health and well-being. The course talks about the issues facing law enforcement to create awareness of the problems and to offer officers resources needed to ensure every part of their lives is healthy.

This course is an abbreviated edition of the Command Presence four-hour training on use of force, including evidence-based factors affecting decision-making under stress and vital Supreme Court cases addressing deadly force by law enforcement.

Everyone loves dogs and can become enamored when K-9 teams arrive on scene. Understanding the key role officers play in contact and cover is crucial to the success of each K-9 deployment. This course is designed to prepare police officers for how to better assist K-9 teams with tracking, detection, and area searches. Setting up containment areas and practicing the key principle of contact and cover enable K-9 teams to become more efficient and effective.

This course will discuss the importance of emotional intelligence in staying calm in the field as well as an officer’s duty to intervene when they witness another officer losing control.

This course will cover the basics of de-escalation and techniques that can be deployed to help officers defuse volatile situations.

This course focuses heavily on understanding the need to accept and manage diversity, understanding law enforcement culture, understanding how to self-assess and recognizing hidden biases and how to develop a process of continuously becoming culturally competent.

This course focuses on First Amendment rights, proper response to peaceful public assembly, and effective two-way interaction reflecting the community the officer serves.

This course is a one-hour primer for Leading Without Rank presented by Command Presence. Leading Without Rank was designed to inspire officers in all ranks to seek out leadership opportunities within organizations and provide the skills and motivation to influence the behaviors of those around them and influence the culture of their organization.

Statistically, officers will encounter an individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder. It is imperative for officers to know how to handle these calls to receive a positive outcome. This course explains the common characteristics and behavior of individuals with ASD and discusses best practices for officers on Autism calls to ensure positive outcomes.

This course discusses tactical emergency medical response for law enforcement based on standards from the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care. The class will discuss the preventable deaths that occur during combat and emergency equipment law enforcement officers should carry, focusing heavily on tourniquets and the proper way to apply them.

This course is designed to train law enforcement officers to recognize harassment and discrimination in their department. Hatfield teaches officers how to recognize harassment, how they should respond to harassment, and how to create a respectful workplace.

Does this object provide cover or concealment? That question can only be answered at the most critical moment. This course will dissect the 4 Elements of Cover, revealing the truth about what constitutes true cover and how we can maximize our environment in order to end the threat more quickly. Students will experience how to quickly assess what assets are available in a given environment. This course will utilize live fire demonstrations, exploring considerations of how first responders can leverage their environment in order to increase their survivability when facing a hostile threat.

The purpose of this course is to increase officer safety by improving the quality officer and citizen encounters through five key aspects called the Think CLEAR Approach.

This course is designed to provide law enforcement and corrections officers with knowledge to recognize, prepare for, and react to encountering blood and other potentially infectious materials in common law enforcement and corrections workplaces. This course will familiarize officers with common elements of exposure control plans, different types of personal protective equipment (PPE), and some of the common bloodborne and airborne pathogens that officers may be exposed to in their work environments.

On average, one in every three households that officers respond to have a dog present. This course provides officers with best practices to follow when encountering dogs on the job. Some of the topics discussed are the types of aggression that dogs exhibit, problems officers face during dog encounters, and writing reports involving dogs. The course will also demonstrate tools of the trade that offer less-lethal options for dogs.

All law enforcement officers will be required to testify regularly during their careers. Whether a seasoned veteran, a rookie fresh out of the academy, or somewhere in between, officers will receive instruction, tips, and techniques to help prepare them for their courtroom experiences. This helps officers feel more comfortable in the witness chair and become more effective witnesses.

This course teaches what a law enforcement officer’s responsibility is in a hazardous materials incident as awareness-level personnel. This course will cover how to detect the presence of hazardous materials, how to survey the scene from a safe distance, and how to use the Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook to gain vital information about hazardous materials.

This short course is designed to give law enforcement an understanding of basic commands in Spanish.

This course explores terrorism in the modern world and explains terrorism response procedures, scene awareness of professional responders, and requirements for OPSEC and site security.

Wellness can be defined as “the state of being in good physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual health, especially as an actively pursued goal." Police literature related to wellness tends to focus on what needs to do be done within a broad mental or physical scope to minimize the threat of injury or death among law enforcement officers of all ranks. These dimensions are made up of five “domains” which are critical to surviving the cumulative effect of living the police life. Getting too far out of balance in these domains damages our overall wellness and can increase our risk for injury, on-duty death, and suicide.

This course is designed to train first responders in proper tactics and techniques when responding to an active shooter event. How to park upon arrival, vital equipment, and traveling and bounding to the building are all demonstrated. In addition, communication, clearing and searching rooms, and one to three officer team formations are covered in detail.

This course will provide personnel with conflict prevention and conflict resolution techniques. Officers will learn how to make themselves a tactical communicator and keep themselves physically safe. Verbal de-escalation conflict management training involves using posture and body language, tone of voice, and choice of words for calming a potentially volatile situation before it escalates into violence.

This course is specifically designed to address critical problems in today’s law enforcement when it comes to training on violence prediction, threat recognition, and de-escalation. It addresses these key issues with the aim of saving lives, building community trust, and enhancing compliance on patrol.

From the first line to senior staff, law enforcement officers use communication skills to direct, inform, and persuade others to behave in a certain manner. These techniques help to keep our citizens safe so we can complete our overall mission to “serve and protect.” Understanding how we communicate with others while considering emotions, experiences, and levels of understanding allows us to confer clearer messages and engage in more effective use of our words, actions, and emotions.

This course is designed to address close-range knife attacks against officers. The phenomenon is becoming increasingly more common today and is often seen in warrant services, domestic calls, and other officer/subject interactions. Our focus will be on teaching training methods, tactics, and techniques that are simple and direct.

This course is intended to give officers the knowledge to perform a safety and security assessment for any religious facility in their jurisdiction. In the U.S. almost 58% of places of worship have less than 100 members in attendance during a regular worship service. There are many vulnerabilities, besides shootings, that a place of worship may have without realizing it.

The course is specifically designed to address critical problems in today’s law enforcement when it comes to training on violence prediction and threat recognition. It addresses these key issues with the aim of saving lives, building community trust, and enhancing compliance on patrol.

This course explores racial profiling and aims to assist law enforcement officers in navigating appropriate traffic and field stops. Topics covered include legal aspects of racial profiling, elements of inappropriate and appropriate traffic stops, and profiling as it relates to reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.

This course explores racial profiling and aims to assist law enforcement officers in navigating elements of inappropriate and appropriate traffic stops and profiling as it relates to reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, especially drug couriering.

Students will integrate an understanding and application of the following measures into their professions: prevention, response, and survival in the face of a new kind of domestic and international terrorism as represented by the attacks in New York City, Littleton, Oklahoma City, and Jonesboro.

This training uses tactical breath work, physical drills, and cognitive behavioral therapy to achieve optimal functioning of the entire psychophysiological system, including increasing mental toughness, enhancing tactical skills, preventing injury, practicing self de-escalation, and more. Participants will learn techniques to use right away along with resources to continue their training.

This course will give the learner specific targets and goals to increase/enhance the safety and security of their court operation. It is designed for the court officer as well as the supervisor to promote continuing awareness of threats and assessments of courthouses.

This course will assist law enforcement officers in recognizing indicators of child abuse. The course will cover physical abuse and neglect, emotional abuse and neglect, and sexual abuse.

This course will identify the legal justifications for using force, explain the constitutional legal standard used to evaluate force, discuss the purpose of a force continuum, identify the primary factors used to determine the reasonableness of force, identify the levels of subject resistance and corresponding force options, and identify the criteria for using deadly force.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia

This course will discuss the most common theories and practices of the sovereign citizen movement and provide vital information about this growing challenge. Additionally, it will discuss the movement’s ever-changing tactics and techniques, ways to better identify and recognize the sovereign citizen, and what to do when encountering a sovereign citizen.

This course will cover basic premises of the Koga Institute related to the police role in arrest, emotional control, the concept of control, and the use of pain compliance and leverage. Specific, humane, and effective basic control holds will be demonstrated and explained in detail. The control holds demonstrated are a small part of the Koga system which is a more comprehensive system of arrest control, baton, crowd control, and police tactics.

This course explores the many issues and problems police officers commonly face with stress in their careers. The first hour outlines the traps into which many officers fall, the difference between stress and trauma, and how critical incidents and cumulative stress can shorten a career. In the second hour, students will learn several easy steps by which they can avoid the impacts of chronic stress.

This course takes a psychological look at a very real phenomenon within the ranks of law enforcement from lessons learned in military conflict concerning the psychology of killing. Although every police officer will not face the reality of taking a life in the line of duty, we owe it to our officers to prepare them for the potential in terms of psychological processes involving remorse, rationalization, isolation, and social tolls. This course contains important insights to apply in managing the aftermath of officer-involved shootings.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia

This one-hour training course is taken from the book On Combat and produced with the author Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. This course examines the psychological and physiological effects of fight related stress on the body and mind of those engaged in potentially lethal conflict.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia

Law enforcement agencies have generally ignored officer-involved domestic violence and allowed batterers to continue wearing a badge, enforcing domestic violence laws that they violate themselves. This program encourages law enforcement officials to adopt zero tolerance for this. The program also describes the many stressors of a law enforcement career and how to deal with those stressors.

This course is intended as an introduction to issues related to responding to and investigating missing and exploited children cases.

This course focuses on procedures and communication techniques when interacting with drivers who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Preparing for the range is just as important as preparing for courtroom testimony and working a shift. This course will give officers important information on how to obtain the most benefit from live fire range training by providing a simple plan for success.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia & Texas

A proactive response by law enforcement to domestic violence incidents is key to a successful case. Knowing the state statutes, understanding the victim’s plight, using your training to read a crime scene, and conducting a thorough and complete interview will enhance the chances of the case.

Not currently available in these states: Georgia

In May 2015, the United States Department of Justice released the comprehensive findings of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. That report summarized six primary findings related to nearly every facet of criminal justice, including training and education. This course satisfies multiple areas covered in the task force report and consists of two primary modules designed to expand participant knowledge in the areas of implicit bias, cultural diversity, mental illness, emotional intelligence, effective de-escalation strategies, and community policing.

This course examines intrinsic bias, specifically how bias influences our lives, how to develop strategies to be aware of our hidden bias, and a framework for us to apply in not only our professional but personal lives to identify when negative bias may be providing influence. We will look at what intrinsic bias is (both the positive and negative side of it), how it influences the decision-making process, and how EQ (specifically empathy) helps us identify our bias and gain an understanding of those we work with and serve.

This course is designed to increase the law enforcement community's awareness of the issue of human trafficking through the exposure of information including: victim identification, investigation, rescue and prosecution considerations, referral and service providers' availability, the critical need for development of a coordinated community response, and the interconnectivity of state, federal, and global human trafficking concerns.

This is an introductory course in the use of the computer, the use of the Internet for research, and the use of computer/business application software within a Windows environment using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. This course is geared toward those with little or no knowledge of computer use.

This course will provide tools to increase awareness of behaviors that might indicate an autism spectrum disorder or closely associated cognitive disability. The course aims to increase the likelihood that officers will respond more safely and effectively by having a basic understanding of why certain persons behave the way they do.