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21st century policing: Implementing the final report of the President's Task force
This course is designed for Chiefs/Sheriffs and their Command Staffs, as well as Mayors, Councils and other government leaders who have an interest in law enforcement, public relations and fostering a safer, more civil community.
The Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing is a guiding document now in use by the Federal Government and others to help law enforcement agencies embrace the communities which they serve. The document is an integral part in gaining Federal grants and making sure that Departments achieve legitimacy by following ‘best practice’ standards as set forth by the Commission.
When critical events occur, one of the first questions that will be asked is if the Agency has implemented Task Force recommendations, making sure that you know what those are, and aren’t, can make the difference between an event and a crisis.
Course content:
Instructor: Captain Scott Oldham, Bloomington, IN Police Department, is a 28 year veteran of law enforcement and oversees operations within his agency. Captain Oldham was a founding member of the Indiana SWAT Officers Association and has had over 125 articles published in magazines such as S.W.A.T., Tactical Response, Law and Order, Special Operations Report and others. Captain Oldham has been a guest lecturer at the University, Corporate and Federal level on many occasions and now trains agencies on 21st Century Policing implementation and many other police-related courses.
The Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing is a guiding document now in use by the Federal Government and others to help law enforcement agencies embrace the communities which they serve. The document is an integral part in gaining Federal grants and making sure that Departments achieve legitimacy by following ‘best practice’ standards as set forth by the Commission.
When critical events occur, one of the first questions that will be asked is if the Agency has implemented Task Force recommendations, making sure that you know what those are, and aren’t, can make the difference between an event and a crisis.
Course content:
- Registration
- Introductions
- The Current state of Policing
- Community Policing or Broken Windows
- The great divide, Perception v Reality
- Understanding and Implementing the Pillars
- Pillar 1 Building Trust and Legitimacy
- Pillar 2 Policy and Oversight
- Pillar 3 Technology and Social Media
- Pillar 4 Community Policing and Crime Reduction
- Pillar 5 Officer Training and Education
- Pillar 6 Officer Safety and Wellness
- Where do we go from here and how can the Final Report take us there
- Conclusion and Final Questions
Instructor: Captain Scott Oldham, Bloomington, IN Police Department, is a 28 year veteran of law enforcement and oversees operations within his agency. Captain Oldham was a founding member of the Indiana SWAT Officers Association and has had over 125 articles published in magazines such as S.W.A.T., Tactical Response, Law and Order, Special Operations Report and others. Captain Oldham has been a guest lecturer at the University, Corporate and Federal level on many occasions and now trains agencies on 21st Century Policing implementation and many other police-related courses.
ALl lives matter
The events in Ferguson, Mo., triggered the slogan, “BLACK LIVES MATTER”, which has developed into the untrue implication of racism by law enforcement. Does your agency have an effective response to today’s hottest topic? Are you prepared for of a hostile or peaceful community response? What’s your department’s plan if an officer has to use force or a death occurs at the as a result of that use of force? Those who complete this course, will have many new ideas, solutions and strategies to better understand and manage the void between reality and community perception and to bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement.
Who should attend: Police, Other Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Administrators, Supervisors, Community Policing Officers, Public Information Officers, and Prosecutors
Who should attend: Police, Other Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Administrators, Supervisors, Community Policing Officers, Public Information Officers, and Prosecutors
armed suspect recognition and firearm seizure training
With the proliferation of firearm related crimes permeating more communities each day, coupled with the recent increase in gun-related deaths of our nation’s officers, it is far more necessary than ever to be able to identify and apprehend armed suspects and take illegal guns off the streets. This training course will instruct all law enforcement officers how to recognize the many characteristics of armed suspects as well as providing a variety of proactive and innovative tactics for effecting the apprehension of armed suspects and other firearm violators. Skills taught in this course include recognizing armed suspects, uncovering guns in vehicles, tactically developing information on gun violators, obtaining gun search warrants, approaching armed suspects, and other methods that have been highly successful in increasing law enforcement’s ability to seize guns, apprehend armed suspects, increase officer safety, and decrease gun violence in any community.
Who should attend: All law enforcement officers and military personnel.
Topics of instruction will include:
INSTRUCTOR: Detective Eric Van Allen, Kingston (NY) Police Dept. is one of the nation’s leading experts on identifying and apprehending armed suspects and armed gang members. He is a certified StreetCOP Tactics and Armed Suspect Recognition instructor for Homefront Protective Group’s Law Enforcement Training Division and has extensive street experience with armed suspect recognition and uncovering firearms in vehicles.
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Who should attend: All law enforcement officers and military personnel.
Topics of instruction will include:
- Characteristics of Armed Suspects
- Methods of Patrol to Identify Armed Suspects
- Gangs and Guns
- Drugs and Guns
- Characteristics of Armed Suspects in Vehicles
- The 8 Point Vehicle Search System©
- Tactics to effect more apprehensions of gun violator
- Obtaining intelligence on illegal guns and gun violators
- Safer apprehensions of armed suspects
- Practical exercises for identifying armed suspects and seizing firearms
INSTRUCTOR: Detective Eric Van Allen, Kingston (NY) Police Dept. is one of the nation’s leading experts on identifying and apprehending armed suspects and armed gang members. He is a certified StreetCOP Tactics and Armed Suspect Recognition instructor for Homefront Protective Group’s Law Enforcement Training Division and has extensive street experience with armed suspect recognition and uncovering firearms in vehicles.
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arson investigation and fire scene examination
animal issues for acos and patrol officers
This 8 hour class provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges that Animal Control Officers and law enforcement officers face on a daily basis across our country. Many times, ACOs and patrol officers are sent on the uneventful “barking dog” complaint. Most of the time, officers find just that, a barking dog, but many times, beyond that bark, there may be a link to evidence of animal abuse or connection to a crime. To the trained officer, that discovery may lead to the intrinsic relationship between animal cruelty and violence towards human victims that may only be a closed door away. This course enters into the world of domestic violence, gangs, narcotics, animal cruelty and most importantly, officer safety upon encountering such evidence.
Workshop Content:
Workshop Content:
- · Animal Cruelty: Why bother? It’s only an animal!
- · Why should you care?
- · Why we do care about animals
- · What is animal cruelty?
- · Body Condition Scoring
- · How to recognize the signs of animal abuse or neglect
- · Animal’s Behavior
- · Dangerous Dog Laws – Generic
- · Procedures and Pitfalls
- · Duty of an ACO or any LEO
- · The Cycle of Violence
- · Hoarders
- · Ritualistic Animal Abuse Investigations
- · Law Enforcement vs. the Occult
- · Animal Sacrifices and Deaths
- · The Animal as Evidence
- · Blood Sports – Dog fighting, Cockfighting
- · Evidence Collection
- · Criminal Investigation
- · Approaching and Controlling the Animal Crime Scene
- · Photographing the Scene
- · When Your Evidence is an Animal
- · A Word about Veterinarians
- · A Quick Guide to Saving Your Hide – Officer Safety: Or, How Not to Get Hurt
- · Recognizing Aggressive or Dangerous Breeds
- · Learn to “Read” the Animal
- · Handling Animals Safely
- · Avoiding the Bite
- · Why People Get Hurt
- · Special Handling of Other Types of Animals
- · Absolutes of Animal Rescue
blue on blue confrontations
Armed confrontations between law enforcement officers, both on and off duty, pose a special problem to all involved. The last thing any officer wants to do when he/she sets out for duty is to get into an armed confrontation, especially with a fellow law enforcement officer. The tragedy and devastation from such an incident resulting in an officer's death is insurmountable to all those involved and to the many other people associated with those involved. Blue on Blue Confrontations are common, problematic and often unavoidable BUT they can be handled properly to avoid the use of deadly physical force. They do not need to end in a horrible tragedy. The number one reason for these tragedies is the lack of consistent and standardized training among all types of law enforcement officers. In this training class, a veteran police supervisor, experienced in handling, avoiding and surviving armed confrontations with fellow law enforcement officers will be providing proven information and tactics to avoid and handle such issues.
Who should attend: This course is designed for Police Officers, Corrections Officers, Federal Agents, Probation Officers, Parole Officers, Military Officers and other Law Enforcement Officers.
Instructor: Sgt. Lou Savelli, (Ret.) NYPD retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. Twice named Supervisor of the Year and named as one of the top ten most effective leaders in his agency, Savelli has performed a variety of duties from street patrol, plainclothes patrol, undercover, narcotics investigations, decoy operations, gang enforcement/investigations and terrorist investigations. He himself has been involved in a variety of blue on blue confrontations, on both ends of those situations and will be providing common sense effective advice and tactics for avoiding, handling, and surviving armed and unarmed confrontations with fellow law enforcement personnel.
Who should attend: This course is designed for Police Officers, Corrections Officers, Federal Agents, Probation Officers, Parole Officers, Military Officers and other Law Enforcement Officers.
Instructor: Sgt. Lou Savelli, (Ret.) NYPD retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. Twice named Supervisor of the Year and named as one of the top ten most effective leaders in his agency, Savelli has performed a variety of duties from street patrol, plainclothes patrol, undercover, narcotics investigations, decoy operations, gang enforcement/investigations and terrorist investigations. He himself has been involved in a variety of blue on blue confrontations, on both ends of those situations and will be providing common sense effective advice and tactics for avoiding, handling, and surviving armed and unarmed confrontations with fellow law enforcement personnel.
Combating, Investigating and Preventing the Scourge of heroin in your community
Heroin is affecting so many communities, youth and adults alike, across the US with no indicators of slowing down. Law Enforcement is having a difficult time balancing their enforcement and investigative responsibilities while being tasked to administer medical life-saving treatments in the street. A lack of resources, knowledge and innovation has left law enforcement, communities and their medical personnel desperately attempting to combat the scourge of heroin as it affects many members of their communities. This training class provides answers to the Heroin problem and provides strategies for combating, investigating and preventing the scourge of heroin and the devastation it is causing across the US.
Course Outline:
INSTRUCTOR: Detective First Grade Wilford Pinkney, NYPD, Jr. is a retired narcotics investigator with extensive narcotics investigation and undercover experience. He is a nationally sought after Heroin Investigation instructor and has provided heroin-related training across the US. Wilford Pinkney spent over 20 years as a member of the New York City Police Department. He recently served as Chairperson of the School of Criminal Justice at Monroe College where he was responsible for the management, development, planning, and implementation of the academic curriculum for a program consisting of approximately 2000 students and over 100 faculty members. During his career, he was the undercover and lead investigator in over 100 wiretap investigations involving multiple agencies and jurisdictions. He has testified in federal and state courts from Puerto Rico to New York. The investigations involved subjects engaged in trafficking narcotics from Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and numerous states in the U.S.
Course Outline:
- Why is there a Heroin resurgence across the US? Why is Heroin so addictive?
- How has Heroin permeated so many communities across the US?
- Heroin Drug Recognition, Understanding, Manufacture (DRUM) - Signs, Symptoms,etc.
- Combating heroin importation into your jurisdiction
- Heroin Analysis Template: Trends, Hospitals, Pharmacies, Arrests, Reporting
- Patrol Response to the Heroin problem
- Targeting drug dealers: Yours, Adjoining Jurisdictions and Transients
- Hotel/Motel Interdiction, Bar/Nightclub Enforcement, Rap Concerts/Gang members, etc
- Combating heroin sales in the streets, schools and elsewhere
- Investigating Heroin Trafficking: A Local to National Approach
- Preventing heroin use and addiction
- Preventing Heroin Deaths: Recognizing the signs of addiction, the signs of overdose
- Naloxone: Dilemma and Treatment
- Analysis of drug trends to determine the Heroin/Drug problem and developing a strategy.
INSTRUCTOR: Detective First Grade Wilford Pinkney, NYPD, Jr. is a retired narcotics investigator with extensive narcotics investigation and undercover experience. He is a nationally sought after Heroin Investigation instructor and has provided heroin-related training across the US. Wilford Pinkney spent over 20 years as a member of the New York City Police Department. He recently served as Chairperson of the School of Criminal Justice at Monroe College where he was responsible for the management, development, planning, and implementation of the academic curriculum for a program consisting of approximately 2000 students and over 100 faculty members. During his career, he was the undercover and lead investigator in over 100 wiretap investigations involving multiple agencies and jurisdictions. He has testified in federal and state courts from Puerto Rico to New York. The investigations involved subjects engaged in trafficking narcotics from Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and numerous states in the U.S.
conducting officer involved shooting investigations
Every year, most agencies receive specialized training in the proficiency of firearms. Why? Liability is obviously one reason, but the main reason is the fact that in any given situation, there is a possibility that an officer may have to resort to the use of deadly force. What happens following this use of discretion depends a great deal on what circumstances led up to the officer discharging his/her weapon, the findings of investigators and the determinations of the courts, both criminal and civil. Yet, how many agencies have had the opportunity to provide specialized training into the investigation of what we believe may possibly happen? How proficient are we at investigating what we have trained our officers annually to do?
The purpose of this 2-day course is to provide attendees with a basic investigative model that is applicable to all officer involved shootings incidents, regardless of the size of their department. Police officer involved shootings are vastly different from any other type of investigation. The stakes for the shooting officer and his department are so high that it is imperative that the investigation be conducted in a prescribed manner. This course will provide those in attendance with the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to handle any deadly force incident or in custody death event.
Entry Level Standards:
This course is intended for those investigators who are specifically assigned to the criminal investigation of officer involved shooting. It is also appropriate for those detectives or uniform personnel who may be required to assist in these types of investigations. Crime scene technicians, medical examiner/coroner investigators, supervisors, military investigators, criminal analysts, and prosecuting attorneys would also benefit from the training.
Course Content:
The purpose of this 2-day course is to provide attendees with a basic investigative model that is applicable to all officer involved shootings incidents, regardless of the size of their department. Police officer involved shootings are vastly different from any other type of investigation. The stakes for the shooting officer and his department are so high that it is imperative that the investigation be conducted in a prescribed manner. This course will provide those in attendance with the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to handle any deadly force incident or in custody death event.
Entry Level Standards:
This course is intended for those investigators who are specifically assigned to the criminal investigation of officer involved shooting. It is also appropriate for those detectives or uniform personnel who may be required to assist in these types of investigations. Crime scene technicians, medical examiner/coroner investigators, supervisors, military investigators, criminal analysts, and prosecuting attorneys would also benefit from the training.
Course Content:
- Definitions of Deadly Force / Model Use of Force Policies
- The Use of Force Matrix
- In-depth Examination of Notable Cases (Amadou Diallo, Russell Weston, Ruby Ridge, etc.)
- Landmark Court Decisions (Garner v. Tennessee, Graham v. Connor, Garrity v. New Jersey, etc.)
- Lethal Force Statistics
- Why Is the Investigation So Important?
- Who Should Conduct the Investigation?
- Fait Accompli
- The Shooting Team Concept
- The Three Phases of a Lethal Force Investigation
- Proper Procedures at Police Shootings
- How to Handle the Shooting Officer
- The Role Of Internal Affairs
- The Police Shooting Checklist
- Interviewing Witnesses and Witness Officers
- The Police Shooting Crime Scene (Mincey vs. Arizona )
- Perceptual Distortions
- How Subjects Are Shot in the Back
- How to Prepare for the Grand Jury or the Inquest
- Multi-jurisdictional Investigations
- In-depth Examination of Gunshot Wounds (Contact, Intermediate & Distant)
- The Autopsy (Pattern Injuries, Coup / Contra Coup, Surrender wounds, Defensive Wounds, Supported Wounds, etc.)
- Suicide By Cop
- In Custody Deaths (SICDS, Cocaine Psychosis, Excited Delirium, etc.)
- The Dark Side of Officer Involved Shootings
- Dealing With the Media
- Post Shooting (Post Traumatic Stress disorder)
- Shooting at Moving Vehicles, the Mentally Ill and Officers who Commit Murder
Confidential Informants: Effective, Ethical And Safe Informant Management
For Law Enforcement Only
Host Agency:NESPIN
Location of Training:124 Grove Street Suite #105
Franklin, MA 02038
Dates: December 15-16, 2016
Registration/Check-in:Thursday, December 15, 2016
7:30AM - 8:00AM
Class Hours:8:00AM - 4:00PM
Recommended Hotel:TBA
Directions:Please use www.mapquest.com
Confidential Informants are necessary investigative tools used by law enforcement but can be a ticking time bomb for inexperienced, overzealous, lazy or untrained officers. The truth is, law enforcement officers who maintain efficient control of their informants, set stringent guidelines, and utilize proven ‘handler rules, seldom have any problems controlling their informants. This training course will instruct new and experienced officers in the efficient, ethical, safe and legal protocols for developing, managing, and deploying confidential informants.
Officers will be taught to identify and avoid potential ‘problem’ informants and integrity issues. Developing and utilizing a variety of informants, such as informants working off a new arrest, a sentence reduction, jail and prison inmates, probationers, parolees, paid informants, other officer’s informants, and other categories will be covered in this class. Briefing, training, debriefing and interviewing informants will be instructed. The registration process, cooperation letters, informant contracts, payment paperwork, informant testimony, corroboration, and other topics will be discussed. Officer safety, informant safety and informant integrity will be emphasized in this dynamic training class which includes practical scenarios designed to alert student officers to the pitfalls present during dealings with informants.
Class Outline
1. The difference between informants, confidential informants and sources of information
2. Understanding the value of using confidential informants
3. The many ways confidential informants are utilized in investigations
4. Identifying Potential informants
5. Cultivating informants
6. Effectively Vetting and Evaluating Potential Informants
7. Ethics, Informants and Law Enforcement Officers
8. The Rachel Hoffman Incident and others
9. Deploying informants during narcotics and other investigations
10. Tactical operation plans for informant-involved operations
11. Protect the integrity of tactical operations and investigations involving informants
12. Managing confidential informants
13. Avoiding Pitfalls with Informants
14. Training Informants
15. Funding, buy money and paying informants
16. Controlled buys
17. Undercover officer introductions by the informant
18. Insulating the informant
19. Corroborating informant information and activities
INSTRUCTOR: Detective First Grade Wilford Pinkney, NYPD, Jr. is a retired narcotics investigator with extensive narcotics investigation and undercover experience. He is a nationally sought after Heroin Investigation instructor and has provided heroin-related training across the US. Wilford Pinkney spent over 20 years as a member of the New York City Police Department. He recently served as Chairperson of the School of Criminal Justice at Monroe College where he was responsible for the management, development, planning, and implementation of the academic curriculum for a program consisting of approximately 2000 students and over 100 faculty members. During his career, he was the undercover and lead investigator in over 100 wiretap investigations involving multiple agencies and jurisdictions. He has testified in federal and state courts from Puerto Rico to New York. The investigations involved subjects engaged in trafficking narcotics from Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and numerous states in the U.S.
Special NESPIN pricing
Host Agency:NESPIN
Location of Training:124 Grove Street Suite #105
Franklin, MA 02038
Dates: December 15-16, 2016
Registration/Check-in:Thursday, December 15, 2016
7:30AM - 8:00AM
Class Hours:8:00AM - 4:00PM
Recommended Hotel:TBA
Directions:Please use www.mapquest.com
Confidential Informants are necessary investigative tools used by law enforcement but can be a ticking time bomb for inexperienced, overzealous, lazy or untrained officers. The truth is, law enforcement officers who maintain efficient control of their informants, set stringent guidelines, and utilize proven ‘handler rules, seldom have any problems controlling their informants. This training course will instruct new and experienced officers in the efficient, ethical, safe and legal protocols for developing, managing, and deploying confidential informants.
Officers will be taught to identify and avoid potential ‘problem’ informants and integrity issues. Developing and utilizing a variety of informants, such as informants working off a new arrest, a sentence reduction, jail and prison inmates, probationers, parolees, paid informants, other officer’s informants, and other categories will be covered in this class. Briefing, training, debriefing and interviewing informants will be instructed. The registration process, cooperation letters, informant contracts, payment paperwork, informant testimony, corroboration, and other topics will be discussed. Officer safety, informant safety and informant integrity will be emphasized in this dynamic training class which includes practical scenarios designed to alert student officers to the pitfalls present during dealings with informants.
Class Outline
1. The difference between informants, confidential informants and sources of information
2. Understanding the value of using confidential informants
3. The many ways confidential informants are utilized in investigations
4. Identifying Potential informants
5. Cultivating informants
6. Effectively Vetting and Evaluating Potential Informants
7. Ethics, Informants and Law Enforcement Officers
8. The Rachel Hoffman Incident and others
9. Deploying informants during narcotics and other investigations
10. Tactical operation plans for informant-involved operations
11. Protect the integrity of tactical operations and investigations involving informants
12. Managing confidential informants
13. Avoiding Pitfalls with Informants
14. Training Informants
15. Funding, buy money and paying informants
16. Controlled buys
17. Undercover officer introductions by the informant
18. Insulating the informant
19. Corroborating informant information and activities
INSTRUCTOR: Detective First Grade Wilford Pinkney, NYPD, Jr. is a retired narcotics investigator with extensive narcotics investigation and undercover experience. He is a nationally sought after Heroin Investigation instructor and has provided heroin-related training across the US. Wilford Pinkney spent over 20 years as a member of the New York City Police Department. He recently served as Chairperson of the School of Criminal Justice at Monroe College where he was responsible for the management, development, planning, and implementation of the academic curriculum for a program consisting of approximately 2000 students and over 100 faculty members. During his career, he was the undercover and lead investigator in over 100 wiretap investigations involving multiple agencies and jurisdictions. He has testified in federal and state courts from Puerto Rico to New York. The investigations involved subjects engaged in trafficking narcotics from Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and numerous states in the U.S.
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Counter-Terrorism for Local Law Enforcement
This course is unlike other courses that teach responding to terrorist attacks, this course teaches proactively preventing them from occurring. Taught by former members of the NYPD Terrorist Interdiction Unit (TIU) and the New York/New Jersey Port Authority TIU, you will receive information from individuals that were actually at the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and the attack on the World Trade Centers on 9/11 and investigated both incidents.
This training program will provide a wealth of information and intelligence coupled with ‘proactive’ tactics that can be easily deployed by local law enforcement agencies, as well as state and federal agencies, to become effective in identifying and interdicting terrorists in any jurisdiction.
Not many people can say they have actually investigated a terrorist attack in the United States, these instructors have. Not many people have interviewed and interrogated suspected terrorists, these instructors have. Not many instructors can say, "I was there", these instructors can. If you had a choice, who would you like to learn from, these instructors, or someone else?
Who should attend: This course is designed for Police Officers, Corrections Officers, Federal Agents, Probation Officers, Parole Officers, Military Officers and other Law Enforcement Officers.
Instructor: Sgt. Lou Savelli, (Ret.) NYPD retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. He was the Detective Squad Commander of the Terrorism Interdiction Unit (TIU) which was formed on 9/11/01. It's mission: investigate the attacks on the World Trade Center and seek out Al Qaeda sleeper cells operating in the United States. Following his retirement, his former unit, the NYPD Terrorism Interdiction Unit (TIU), was responsible for uncovering the New York Subway System Terror Plot in 2004. The TIU is now the model for proactive counter-terrorism units in major cities across the United States.
Instructor: Det. Sgt Peter Caram, (Ret.) Port Authority Police Department of New York/New Jersey (PAPD), former commander and creator of the PAPD Counter-terrorism Unit. This unique unit was responsible for conducting vulnerability studies throughout the Port of NY/NJ district and was responsible for investigating terrorism and target hardening for the PAPD and its vast properties, bridges, tunnels, airports, buses, trains and related ports and transportation systems in the NY/NJ region. The unit collected terrorist information and conducted proactive counter-terrorist investigations in conjunction with the FBI’s Joint Terrorist Task Force and affiliated law enforcement agencies. Sgt. Caram retired after 25 years of service that were primarily spent in the counter-terrorism intelligence field developing intelligence operations and training programs for the Port Authority Police Department.
This training program will provide a wealth of information and intelligence coupled with ‘proactive’ tactics that can be easily deployed by local law enforcement agencies, as well as state and federal agencies, to become effective in identifying and interdicting terrorists in any jurisdiction.
Not many people can say they have actually investigated a terrorist attack in the United States, these instructors have. Not many people have interviewed and interrogated suspected terrorists, these instructors have. Not many instructors can say, "I was there", these instructors can. If you had a choice, who would you like to learn from, these instructors, or someone else?
Who should attend: This course is designed for Police Officers, Corrections Officers, Federal Agents, Probation Officers, Parole Officers, Military Officers and other Law Enforcement Officers.
Instructor: Sgt. Lou Savelli, (Ret.) NYPD retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. He was the Detective Squad Commander of the Terrorism Interdiction Unit (TIU) which was formed on 9/11/01. It's mission: investigate the attacks on the World Trade Center and seek out Al Qaeda sleeper cells operating in the United States. Following his retirement, his former unit, the NYPD Terrorism Interdiction Unit (TIU), was responsible for uncovering the New York Subway System Terror Plot in 2004. The TIU is now the model for proactive counter-terrorism units in major cities across the United States.
Instructor: Det. Sgt Peter Caram, (Ret.) Port Authority Police Department of New York/New Jersey (PAPD), former commander and creator of the PAPD Counter-terrorism Unit. This unique unit was responsible for conducting vulnerability studies throughout the Port of NY/NJ district and was responsible for investigating terrorism and target hardening for the PAPD and its vast properties, bridges, tunnels, airports, buses, trains and related ports and transportation systems in the NY/NJ region. The unit collected terrorist information and conducted proactive counter-terrorist investigations in conjunction with the FBI’s Joint Terrorist Task Force and affiliated law enforcement agencies. Sgt. Caram retired after 25 years of service that were primarily spent in the counter-terrorism intelligence field developing intelligence operations and training programs for the Port Authority Police Department.
Detecting Fraudulent documents to fight drugs, crime and terrorism
Fraudulent documents are the most frequently used mechanism to facilitate the operations of drug traffickers and terrorists. In fact, fraudulent documents and/or fraudulently obtained legitimate documents were used by the 9-11 Hijackers, The Oklahoma City Bombers, The Beltway Snipers, and the largest drug trafficking organization in the world operating in the US: The Cali Colombia Cartel. In fact, it is common practice to use such documents to travel freely across the US and evade apprehension because over 90% of all law enforcement officers and Transportation Security Agents have had no formal training on identifying fraudulent documents. This course will instruct the students on identifying driver's licenses, birth certificates, passports, Visas, alien cards, refugee documents, Military IDs, International Driving Permits, state ID cards, credit cards, and a host of other commonly used documents. Students will be taught the skills and techniques necessary to conduct efficient field interviews to assist in the identification of fraudulent documents and illegal activity. Sufficient resources, official secret codes (unavailable to the average law enforcement officer), research material, continual update information, and tools will be provided for each student. Practical exercises and tabletop exercises will be utilized to insure mastering of necessary skills.
Developing And Operating A Terrorist Interdiction Unit
The bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 signaled the beginning of a new phase in the global fight against terror: for the first time, a terrorist attack was brought to American soil from another country.
Fortunately for all of us, terrorists have not struck the United States, on our soil, since September 11, 2001. This is partly the result of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security having undertaken crucial initiatives to protect our borders and our citizens. However, American law enforcement and intelligence agencies face threats of unprecedented terrorism and criminal extremism on a daily basis. Proper training is essential in the war on terror and for the day-to-day dangers faced by law enforcement and military personnel alike.
Can these events happen again? We all know the answer to that question and that is why the most important training is in identification and interdiction, not in response and cleanup. Stopping terrorists before they board the next plane, bus, train, or boat is critical and assigning officers to departmental or regional terrorist interdiction units is essential. How we develop those types of units is the focus of this course.
Workshop Content:
Fortunately for all of us, terrorists have not struck the United States, on our soil, since September 11, 2001. This is partly the result of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security having undertaken crucial initiatives to protect our borders and our citizens. However, American law enforcement and intelligence agencies face threats of unprecedented terrorism and criminal extremism on a daily basis. Proper training is essential in the war on terror and for the day-to-day dangers faced by law enforcement and military personnel alike.
Can these events happen again? We all know the answer to that question and that is why the most important training is in identification and interdiction, not in response and cleanup. Stopping terrorists before they board the next plane, bus, train, or boat is critical and assigning officers to departmental or regional terrorist interdiction units is essential. How we develop those types of units is the focus of this course.
Workshop Content:
- Creating a Counter Terrorism Unit: Considerations and Purpose
- Advantages and Necessity of a CT Unit:
- Understanding the Current Terrorist Threat
- Analysis of the Future Terrorist Threat
- Investigating Terrorist Leads
- Counter-Terrorist Interdiction
- Interdicting Crimes and Funding Mechanisms of Terrorists in the United States
- Identifying Local Terrorist Plots
- Resources for Related Terrorist Data
- Understanding Intelligence (HUMINT, OSINT, SIGINT, IMINT, etc...)
- Developing your Own Intelligence
- Developing a JTTF liaison
- Personnel Selection
- Confidentiality, Secrecy, and Classified
- Top Secret Clearances
- Understanding Vulnerabilities
- Overview of Vulnerability studies
- Deployment of TIU
- Utilization of Undercover Officers and Confidential Informants
- Target Hardening
- Infrastructure Protection
- Interagency Cooperation
- Multi-jurisdictional Investigations and deployment
- Contemporary Homeland Security
- Before Ground Zero (TM)
- Suicide Bomber prevention
- The Proactive Debriefing of Suspected Terrorists
East Coast Gangs: Identification, Understanding, Interdiction And Investigation
Gangs across the US are ever increasing and gang related violence is proliferating in cities, towns, suburban and rural areas at a rapid and alarming rate. The East Coast region is no different. East Coast Gangs have been influenced by the extensive drug trade as well as other influences from across the country and overseas gangs. A major concern now facing law enforcement is the business like infrastructure of many gangs. Originally established for the movement of illegal drugs, these same networks, for the right price, could easily traffic terrorists and weapons into and throughout our country.
The simplicity of neighborhood gangs has given way to internationally based gangs who illegally cross our borders to establish footholds in major cities across the United States. Funded by associates in their home country, their purpose is to move drugs throughout their newly claimed strongholds and return the money to organizational leaders in their homeland. If they are challenged, they resort to a vicious, deadly resolution.
In this 2 day dynamic training course, we will expose East Coast Gangs, Outlaw Biker Gangs, Ethnic gangs such as MS-13, Sureno and Nortenos, Asian gangs, Latin Kings, Los Solidos, People Folk Gangs, Prison gangs, Bloods and Crips and other gangs menacing the East Coast and New England communities.
East Coast Gang Experts will share their knowledge, experience and successful tactics for Understanding, Identifying, Interdicting and Investigating gangs with an emphasis on Officer Safety and Survival.
Workshop Content:
Sgt. Lou Savelli (Ret.)
Lead Instructor: Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. He was the Detective Squad Commander of the Terrorism Interdiction Unit (TIU) which was formed on 9/11/01. It's mission: investigate the attacks on the World Trade Center and seek out Al Qaeda sleeper cells operating in the United States. Prior to the TIU, Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad. This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit. The CAGE Unit was created by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States. Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders. Prior to supervising the CAGE Unit, Sgt. Savelli worked narcotics as a member of the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force where he specialized in money laundering cartels and international drug trafficking organizations such as the Cali Columbian Drug Cartel. In fact, during his time in narcotics, he and his unit made the Largest Cash Seizure in World History: $20 million dollars. It has since been surpassed, but the standards he set in place and the professionalism of the unit still remain. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association and the author of numerous books on law enforcement, especially those for street cops.
The simplicity of neighborhood gangs has given way to internationally based gangs who illegally cross our borders to establish footholds in major cities across the United States. Funded by associates in their home country, their purpose is to move drugs throughout their newly claimed strongholds and return the money to organizational leaders in their homeland. If they are challenged, they resort to a vicious, deadly resolution.
In this 2 day dynamic training course, we will expose East Coast Gangs, Outlaw Biker Gangs, Ethnic gangs such as MS-13, Sureno and Nortenos, Asian gangs, Latin Kings, Los Solidos, People Folk Gangs, Prison gangs, Bloods and Crips and other gangs menacing the East Coast and New England communities.
East Coast Gang Experts will share their knowledge, experience and successful tactics for Understanding, Identifying, Interdicting and Investigating gangs with an emphasis on Officer Safety and Survival.
Workshop Content:
- Understanding and Identifying East Coast Gangs
- Gang Identification System
- Gang Graffiti
- East Coast Gangs
- New England Gangs
- Prison Gangs
- Outlaw Biker Gangs
- Influences by Other Regions
- Gang Interdiction
- Gang Investigation
- Gang Prevention
- Officer Safety and Survival for Dealing with Gangs
- Current Area Gang Situation and Intel by Local Area Gang Task Force Members
Sgt. Lou Savelli (Ret.)
Lead Instructor: Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. He was the Detective Squad Commander of the Terrorism Interdiction Unit (TIU) which was formed on 9/11/01. It's mission: investigate the attacks on the World Trade Center and seek out Al Qaeda sleeper cells operating in the United States. Prior to the TIU, Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad. This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit. The CAGE Unit was created by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States. Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders. Prior to supervising the CAGE Unit, Sgt. Savelli worked narcotics as a member of the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force where he specialized in money laundering cartels and international drug trafficking organizations such as the Cali Columbian Drug Cartel. In fact, during his time in narcotics, he and his unit made the Largest Cash Seizure in World History: $20 million dollars. It has since been surpassed, but the standards he set in place and the professionalism of the unit still remain. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association and the author of numerous books on law enforcement, especially those for street cops.
Forensics And The First Line Supervisor
The role, and expectation, of the first line supervisor and/or initial investigator has changed dramatically in recent years. No longer is placing yellow tape around the perimeter of a crime scene and keeping bystanders at bay sufficient enough to secure a crime scene. Collecting evidence is much more than just photographing it and placing it in a paper bag and dusting for fingerprints. In today’s world, because of popular television shows focusing on forensic investigations, there is a greater expectation, and assumed knowledge on the part of private citizens, that an investigation will be conducted in a certain way beginning with the first responding officer. Known as the ‘CSI effect’ in courtrooms across the country, this phenomena has juries wanting more evidence. How that is satisfied usually begins with the actions of the first patrol supervisor on the scene.
While many individuals have taken courses related to crime scene investigation and evidence collection, this course focuses on the operation of a Forensics Unit and the added responsibilities of the first line supervisor and/or investigator.
While many individuals have taken courses related to crime scene investigation and evidence collection, this course focuses on the operation of a Forensics Unit and the added responsibilities of the first line supervisor and/or investigator.
- Polices and Procedures – Things as a Supervisor You Need to Know
- Critical Initial Elements for Which Every First Line Supervisor Must Be Responsible
- Taking Charge
- Controlling Fire and Rescue Personnel
- Evidence Technicians and Technician Assignments
- Issued Equipment
- Forensic Training – Basic and Advanced
- Forensic Laboratory
- Medical Examiner
- Types of Scenes and Evidence Processing
- Scene Control and Processing
- Violent Death, Suicides, DOA and Accidental Death Scenes
- Death Scene Checklist
- Major Case Scenes
- Exterior Crime Scenes
- Crime Scene Security
- Fire and Arson Scenes
- Vehicle Processing
- Documentation, Collection and Photographing
- Defining Search Methods and Finished Sketches
- Photographic Documentation
- Evidence Packaging/Documentation
- Case File Documentation
- Automated Data Banks
- Computerized Forensic Programs
- Blood Splatter Analysis
- Forensic Facilities
- Forensic Equipped Vehicles and Necessary Forensic Equipment
- After Incident Critiques
Forensics And Sexual Assault Investigations
In the United States, over 683,000 women are forcibly raped each year, 1,781 per day, 78 per hour, more than 1.3 women (age 18 and over) every minute.
Kilpatrick, D.G., Edmunds, C.N. & Seymour. A. Rape in America: A Report to the Nation. Arlington, VA: National Victim Center. 1992.
Yet despite these staggering statistics, sexual assault is considered to be perhaps the most underreported crime in our Nation. Part of the problem is that no victim wishes to be placed in a position where, "It is their word against the suspect's." Clearly, one of the greatest benefits in the field of forensics, is the ability to indisputably prove guilt or innocence in sexual assault investigations. Now, it is up to law enforcement to do their part.
This is a fast paced class. It is NOT a class that will teach basic photography, but will concentrate on photographic technique. Students should be aware of this ahead of time. Attendees should bring their own digital cameras (required) and should know how to use them before they get to class. This class is designed to teach students the essentials of what must be done at all sexual assault scenes. The course is NOT designed to be an overall basic crime scene processing class. Students should have at least a basic knowledge of crime scene processing. This course provides students with “hands on” opportunities to learn how to search, locate, document and properly recover and collect critical pieces of forensic evidence in multiple disciplines that are often extremely important to the case. It is designed to teach students how to “tell the story” of what happened based on the physical evidence found at the scene.
Students will be required to submit a specific number of items correctly documented, collected and packaged items for review by the instructors. The required items must be kept to a reasonable number for each student and can be altered depending on class size and number of instructors.
The instructors will be available for guiding and assisting students with hands on training all of the below listed techniques which were discussed the first day.
Day One
1). Crime Scene Search & Documentation- including use of mini-blue light,
sketch & detailed notes on scene
2). Photography - Overall scene, midrange, close-ups footwear, point of entry, tool marks, 35mm, digital
3). DNA - search - documenting - packaging, types of items, touch DNA, swab collection, buccal swabs, CODIS, cross contamination, gloves, mask, Alternate Light Sources (ALS)
4). Latent Print Recovery – regular powder dusting, magnetic
powder, Ninhydrin, super gluing
5). Mikrosil & Electrostatic Dust Lifter – tool marks, prints, bite marks, footwear impressions
6). Laboratory Exercise instructions and preparations
Day Two
(Laboratory/Scene Work)
1). Photography of specific types of items
2). DNA – utilizing a mini-blue light, proper swabbing techniques, identifying, collecting & packaging items
3). Latent Print Development of numerous items using assorted, powders, Ninhydrin development
4). Mikrosil development & collection of items
5). Electrostatic Dust Lifter development *optional
Kilpatrick, D.G., Edmunds, C.N. & Seymour. A. Rape in America: A Report to the Nation. Arlington, VA: National Victim Center. 1992.
Yet despite these staggering statistics, sexual assault is considered to be perhaps the most underreported crime in our Nation. Part of the problem is that no victim wishes to be placed in a position where, "It is their word against the suspect's." Clearly, one of the greatest benefits in the field of forensics, is the ability to indisputably prove guilt or innocence in sexual assault investigations. Now, it is up to law enforcement to do their part.
This is a fast paced class. It is NOT a class that will teach basic photography, but will concentrate on photographic technique. Students should be aware of this ahead of time. Attendees should bring their own digital cameras (required) and should know how to use them before they get to class. This class is designed to teach students the essentials of what must be done at all sexual assault scenes. The course is NOT designed to be an overall basic crime scene processing class. Students should have at least a basic knowledge of crime scene processing. This course provides students with “hands on” opportunities to learn how to search, locate, document and properly recover and collect critical pieces of forensic evidence in multiple disciplines that are often extremely important to the case. It is designed to teach students how to “tell the story” of what happened based on the physical evidence found at the scene.
Students will be required to submit a specific number of items correctly documented, collected and packaged items for review by the instructors. The required items must be kept to a reasonable number for each student and can be altered depending on class size and number of instructors.
The instructors will be available for guiding and assisting students with hands on training all of the below listed techniques which were discussed the first day.
Day One
1). Crime Scene Search & Documentation- including use of mini-blue light,
sketch & detailed notes on scene
2). Photography - Overall scene, midrange, close-ups footwear, point of entry, tool marks, 35mm, digital
3). DNA - search - documenting - packaging, types of items, touch DNA, swab collection, buccal swabs, CODIS, cross contamination, gloves, mask, Alternate Light Sources (ALS)
4). Latent Print Recovery – regular powder dusting, magnetic
powder, Ninhydrin, super gluing
5). Mikrosil & Electrostatic Dust Lifter – tool marks, prints, bite marks, footwear impressions
6). Laboratory Exercise instructions and preparations
Day Two
(Laboratory/Scene Work)
1). Photography of specific types of items
2). DNA – utilizing a mini-blue light, proper swabbing techniques, identifying, collecting & packaging items
3). Latent Print Development of numerous items using assorted, powders, Ninhydrin development
4). Mikrosil development & collection of items
5). Electrostatic Dust Lifter development *optional
First Responders and Crime Scene Investigations
The largest crime scene in the world was created on September 11, 2001, by the attacks on our Nation when two airliners were intentionally flown into the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City. What followed was a search and rescue effort for survivors and then a recovery effort for victims. During this time, members of numerous law enforcement agencies began processing a crime scene unlike any other in our history. The vivid memories of truck after truck leaving Ground Zero, filled with debris, all 1.5 million tons of potential evidence, had to have their contents painstakingly sorted, categorized, photographed and secured for future prosecution. Detective Joe Blozis, the former commander of the NYPD's elite Crime Scene Unit (CSU) who directed the post 9/11 evidence collection efforts at Ground Zero shares his knowledge in this class as the lead instructor for Crime Scene for First Responders.
Course Content
Any first responder, especially all law enforcement officers, military personnel, other first responders and selected security professionals that may have the opportunity to respond to, or provide security for, any type of crime scene or important incident
Instructor:
Det. Sgt. Joe Blozis, (Ret.), spent 20 years with the New York Police Department (NYPD) and 13 years as a senior sergeant in the Crime Scene Unit (CSU). He was Supervisor of CSU Detective Squad, where he supervised the search, collection, preservation, and documentation of all types of physical and trace evidence. Det. Sgt. Blozis has managed in excess of 2,500 crime scenes, including more than 1,000 homicide investigations and the creator of the NYPD's DNA Investigations Unit.
In 1993 and 2001 he oversaw both crime-scene investigations involving the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, he was on scene as both towers collapsed and was immediately assigned to “Ground Zero” until May 2002.
Prior positions include supervising the criminalistics, narcotics, questioned documents, serology, and polygraph units for NYPD’s Police Crime Laboratory, as well as working as a patrol sergeant, in a detective squad, as plainclothes anti-crime, and as a uniformed patrol officer.
Det. Sgt. Blozis is one of the most sought after crime scene instructors in the Nation.
Course Content
- proper methods of responding to a crime scene,
- summoning appropriate assistance,
- identifying a crime scene,
- evaluating crime scene,
- establishing an inner perimeter and outer perimeter,
- identifying victims, witnesses, and suspects,
- identifying potential suspect identification devices at at or near a scene,
- sketching a crime scene,
- photographing a crime scene,
- search a crime scene,
- identifying and gathering evidence,
- maintaining the integrity of a crime scene,
- note taking,
- documenting a crime scene,
- sealing a crime scene,
- closing a crime scene and
- additional pertinent information, techniques and methodologies.
Any first responder, especially all law enforcement officers, military personnel, other first responders and selected security professionals that may have the opportunity to respond to, or provide security for, any type of crime scene or important incident
Instructor:
Det. Sgt. Joe Blozis, (Ret.), spent 20 years with the New York Police Department (NYPD) and 13 years as a senior sergeant in the Crime Scene Unit (CSU). He was Supervisor of CSU Detective Squad, where he supervised the search, collection, preservation, and documentation of all types of physical and trace evidence. Det. Sgt. Blozis has managed in excess of 2,500 crime scenes, including more than 1,000 homicide investigations and the creator of the NYPD's DNA Investigations Unit.
In 1993 and 2001 he oversaw both crime-scene investigations involving the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, he was on scene as both towers collapsed and was immediately assigned to “Ground Zero” until May 2002.
Prior positions include supervising the criminalistics, narcotics, questioned documents, serology, and polygraph units for NYPD’s Police Crime Laboratory, as well as working as a patrol sergeant, in a detective squad, as plainclothes anti-crime, and as a uniformed patrol officer.
Det. Sgt. Blozis is one of the most sought after crime scene instructors in the Nation.
Advanced Gang and Drug Investigations
Every gang in the United States is involved in the movement and possession of illegal drugs. The sale of these items and the money associate with those sales is the lifeblood of these groups. Getting in the way of their efforts could and does cost lives.
Besides other rival gangs, the only group of individuals willing to intercede is law enforcement. How we proceed in our investigations and ultimate interdiction must be carefully planned, organized and carried out with officer safety being paramount.
Advanced Gang and Drug Investigations is designed for Law Enforcement Officers involved in the investigation, incarceration and monitoring of gangs. Innovative investigative and interdiction techniques will be illustrated from a synergistic approach for maximum results. Specific street cop tactics will be discussed and shared with attendees to obtain maximum effectiveness when dealing with gang members. Student officers (regardless of their agencies discipline and authority) will be empowered and motivated to work in a coordinated collaborative environment with all available resources and agencies to combat gangs and their illegal operations within their own jurisdictions
Course Contents
- Targeting a Gang or Drug Organization
- Coordination and Deconfliction
- Team Synergy and Investigations
- Proactive Investigative Techniques
- Innovative Investigative Techniques
- Gang and Drug Search Warrants
- Undercover Operations Involving Gang Members Selling Drugs
- Informant Cultivation and Utilization
- Interview and Interrogation of Gang Members and Drug Suspects
- The Tactical Debriefing Method
- Prosecution Strategies (RICO, Conspiracy, Hobbs Act, etc…)
- Judicial Issues Dealing with Gangs and Drug Organizations
- Testifying as Gang or Drug Expert
- Legal Issues
- Computer Investigation and Database Resources
- Tactical Operation Planning
- Case Presentation to Command Level Personnel
- Utilization of PowerPoint and other Computer Programs
- Investigative Resources to Aid Investigations
Instructor: Sgt Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad. This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States. Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association and one of the most sought after speakers on gangs in the Nation
Instructor:. Sgt Anthony Mottola, is from a large Northeastern metropolitan police agency where he is his agency's gang intelligence commander. He is currently engaged in proactive gang investigations on violent street gangs. Sgt Mottola has trained countless street officers, detectives, other law enforcement officers and civilians on gangs as well as the narcotics that they sell. His extensive knowledge into conducting investigations in relation to gangs and drugs will be shared in this class as well as the utilization of confidential informants.
Graffiti Deciphering, Interdiction, and Investigation
This 2-day course provides in depth training into the sub-culture of graffiti. The training will detail graffiti from the local vandal, to gang graffiti and it's ramifications on the communities that officers protect. This course will also detail how to monitor and interview graffiti vandals, while solving other crimes using this complex deciphering system.
Attendees will learn how to decipher graffiti, determine who actually created and/or spray painted the graffiti, learn what tagging crews or gangs the tagger is a part of, proactively attacking graffiti by proposing local ordinances prohibiting graffiti, develop cases for the prosecution to bring to court, create a graffiti data base for sharing with other law enforcement agencies and solve cases from assault and battery to homicide just by knowing how to “read” the graffiti and using it as an investigative tool.
This highly interactive course has led to a hundreds of arrests across the country and solved cases involving hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage. Never again will attendees just look at graffiti, they will decipher it.
Testimonials:
"I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the work that you put into training Law Enforcement personnel. It is GREATLY appreciated. The graffiti course is the first SRR training course that I've had the pleasure to attend. Every instructor from this point on has some very big shoes to fill. SGT. Mattola was, by far, the best instructor I've had in my 10 years on the job. The knowledge that I have gained in the last 2 days will no doubt have a great impact on, not only myself, but the CT DOC as well."
Officer Chris Sweet, CT Department of Corrections
“I thought it would be similar to other training that I have had. It was not, it was excellent.”
Lt. John Goodwin, Revere, MA PD
“One of the best classes I have attended in 18 years on the job.”
Off. Tim Stanton, Gang Unit Boston, MA PD
“This is the best graffiti course in the area.”
Off. Michael Rae, MBTA Transit Police
"Enjoyed all instructors. Tony kept the class interesting. Very funny instructor. Really enjoyed the class." Debra Creasy, Albemarle/Charlottesville Regional Jail, VA
“Very informative. Learned a lot. Did not realize that you could learn so much info from a tag. Would like to attend more classes offered by this group.”
Jason Sullivan, Culpeper PD VA
"Excellent class! I hope to get you guys to Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy."
Detective Ray Betts, Fairfax County Police Department, VA
"Great experienced street investigator with the proper “street smarts” that students should be exposed to."
Detective Roberto Beruvides, Clearwater Police Department, FL
Sgt. Mottola is any cop’s cop – been there, done that style of teaching. Very useful and instantly applicable technique based curriculum. I will definitely keep his card handy.
Detective Brian Munoz – Clearwater Police Department, FL
Who should attend: This course is designed for Police Officers, Probation Officers, Corrections Officers, Federal Agents, Parole Officers, and other Law Enforcement Officers.
Instructor:. Sgt Anthony Mottola, is from a large Northeastern metropolitan police agency where he is assigned to the intelligence unit and his agency's expert on Graffiti. He is currently engaged in proactive gang investigations on violent street gangs. Sgt Mottola has trained countless street officers, detectives, other law enforcement officers and civilians on gang identification and deciphering. He has trained gang investigators and street enforcement officers on graffiti enforcement and interdiction. He trains law enforcement officers on the techniques of using graffiti to solve crimes.
Attendees will learn how to decipher graffiti, determine who actually created and/or spray painted the graffiti, learn what tagging crews or gangs the tagger is a part of, proactively attacking graffiti by proposing local ordinances prohibiting graffiti, develop cases for the prosecution to bring to court, create a graffiti data base for sharing with other law enforcement agencies and solve cases from assault and battery to homicide just by knowing how to “read” the graffiti and using it as an investigative tool.
This highly interactive course has led to a hundreds of arrests across the country and solved cases involving hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage. Never again will attendees just look at graffiti, they will decipher it.
Testimonials:
"I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the work that you put into training Law Enforcement personnel. It is GREATLY appreciated. The graffiti course is the first SRR training course that I've had the pleasure to attend. Every instructor from this point on has some very big shoes to fill. SGT. Mattola was, by far, the best instructor I've had in my 10 years on the job. The knowledge that I have gained in the last 2 days will no doubt have a great impact on, not only myself, but the CT DOC as well."
Officer Chris Sweet, CT Department of Corrections
“I thought it would be similar to other training that I have had. It was not, it was excellent.”
Lt. John Goodwin, Revere, MA PD
“One of the best classes I have attended in 18 years on the job.”
Off. Tim Stanton, Gang Unit Boston, MA PD
“This is the best graffiti course in the area.”
Off. Michael Rae, MBTA Transit Police
"Enjoyed all instructors. Tony kept the class interesting. Very funny instructor. Really enjoyed the class." Debra Creasy, Albemarle/Charlottesville Regional Jail, VA
“Very informative. Learned a lot. Did not realize that you could learn so much info from a tag. Would like to attend more classes offered by this group.”
Jason Sullivan, Culpeper PD VA
"Excellent class! I hope to get you guys to Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy."
Detective Ray Betts, Fairfax County Police Department, VA
"Great experienced street investigator with the proper “street smarts” that students should be exposed to."
Detective Roberto Beruvides, Clearwater Police Department, FL
Sgt. Mottola is any cop’s cop – been there, done that style of teaching. Very useful and instantly applicable technique based curriculum. I will definitely keep his card handy.
Detective Brian Munoz – Clearwater Police Department, FL
Who should attend: This course is designed for Police Officers, Probation Officers, Corrections Officers, Federal Agents, Parole Officers, and other Law Enforcement Officers.
Instructor:. Sgt Anthony Mottola, is from a large Northeastern metropolitan police agency where he is assigned to the intelligence unit and his agency's expert on Graffiti. He is currently engaged in proactive gang investigations on violent street gangs. Sgt Mottola has trained countless street officers, detectives, other law enforcement officers and civilians on gang identification and deciphering. He has trained gang investigators and street enforcement officers on graffiti enforcement and interdiction. He trains law enforcement officers on the techniques of using graffiti to solve crimes.
Gangs, Guns and Drugs: Partners in Crime
Gangs, Drugs and Guns! You just can’t separate the three of them. Today, it is rare for any law enforcement officer to come across one without the others. With law enforcement agencies and government resources carefully tracking gangs, drugs and guns like never before, it is still bewildering that more resources are not dedicated to the these three partners as a singular commingled problem.
If we examined the total amount of drugs being sold on the street and the guns being used and seized in crimes, then why hasn’t the law enforcement community totally dedicated adequate resources to combating gangs?
Gangs are the main sellers of street-level retail drugs across the United States and they are reported to be responsible for the majority of violent crime in most jurisdictions, yet they are largely not taken seriously by most law enforcement agencies. Sadly, gang members are consistently the number one killers of law enforcement officers! This training class will show the connections and provide proven strategies for identifying and seizing guns and drugs from gang members.
Who should attend: This course is designed for Police Officers, Probation Officers, Corrections Officers, Federal Agents, Parole Officers, and other Law Enforcement Officers.
If we examined the total amount of drugs being sold on the street and the guns being used and seized in crimes, then why hasn’t the law enforcement community totally dedicated adequate resources to combating gangs?
Gangs are the main sellers of street-level retail drugs across the United States and they are reported to be responsible for the majority of violent crime in most jurisdictions, yet they are largely not taken seriously by most law enforcement agencies. Sadly, gang members are consistently the number one killers of law enforcement officers! This training class will show the connections and provide proven strategies for identifying and seizing guns and drugs from gang members.
Who should attend: This course is designed for Police Officers, Probation Officers, Corrections Officers, Federal Agents, Parole Officers, and other Law Enforcement Officers.
Gang Identification and Interdiction for Hospital Police and Security Departments
Gang violence is a real and prominent threat in any health care environment. According to the Department of Justice, 24,500 known gangs exist in the United States, with approximately 770,000 members. It goes without saying that violence associated with gangs will result in injuries needing medical attention and most of that treatment will take place in hospitals. No longer is the role of hospital security that of just door checkers on assigned rounds. Their roles have expanded to protecting patients, staff and hospital property. In order to effectively do so, they must be thoroughly educated on gang activity, including how to recognize and deal with escalating violence. To not be trained in these areas is placing the very people they are charged with protecting at risk.
Across our country, gang violence has become commonplace in many of our major city hospitals. The threat of gang violence has forced some Emergency Departments (ED) to reevaluate the way that they triage and subsequently treat their patients. ED throughout the country are seeing first-hand the debilitating and often deadly effects of youth gang violence. Unfortunately, many of their personnel and staff are being caught in the middle.
No hospital or health care facility is immune from gang violence. The key is preparation, recognition and implementation. The goal is to maintain a workplace that is free of violence. This course will offer numerous strategies to do just that.
This course includes many topics, such as:
Who should attend: Hospital Police and Security Personnel, Doctors and Nurses, Hospital Administrators, ER personnel, EMT's, Ambulance Personnel and Law Enforcement Officers.
Across our country, gang violence has become commonplace in many of our major city hospitals. The threat of gang violence has forced some Emergency Departments (ED) to reevaluate the way that they triage and subsequently treat their patients. ED throughout the country are seeing first-hand the debilitating and often deadly effects of youth gang violence. Unfortunately, many of their personnel and staff are being caught in the middle.
No hospital or health care facility is immune from gang violence. The key is preparation, recognition and implementation. The goal is to maintain a workplace that is free of violence. This course will offer numerous strategies to do just that.
This course includes many topics, such as:
- Introduction to Today’s Gang Philosophies
- Recognizing Gang Members
- Gang Influences and Their Activities
- Gang Awareness and Understanding
- Sociological and Psychological Factors Contributing to Gang Membership
- Hospital Safety and Legal Issues
- Hospital Security when Dealing with Potential Gang Issues
- Minimizing the Risk of Gang-Related Problems within a Hospital Setting
- Are Staffing Levels Appropriate?
- Interdiction and Investigation Methods
- Developing a Plan with Local Police to Deal with Gang Violence
- Has your Hospital Unknowingly Hired Gang Members?
Who should attend: Hospital Police and Security Personnel, Doctors and Nurses, Hospital Administrators, ER personnel, EMT's, Ambulance Personnel and Law Enforcement Officers.
Introduction To Internet Cases Involving Child Exploitation
“Preferential sex offenders no longer need to lurk in parks and malls. Instead, they can roam from chat room to chat room, trolling for children susceptible to victimization.”
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention June 4, 2003
Tomorrow's police officer, will inevitably be involved with more and more crimes involving the Internet. Perhaps one of the most hideous uses of a computer is one in which pedophiles seek interaction with young victims, online, in the safety of the child’s own home. Unfortunately, some of these chat room conversations lure children into the hands of someone who is anything other than what they portray online.
Learn from one of the foremost experts in the nation as to what you need to know so that you can inform the citizens of your community the dangers that may exist within the confines of their own homes. If a situation is brought to your attention, where do you begin? What do you need to know before you go undercover, online yourself? How do you work with an Internet Service Provider (ISP)? What special verbiage should be included in your affidavit? What exactly should you attempt to seize via your search warrant? What challenges may you face when you attempt to take the pedophile down?
"I have had dozens of cyber-crime training classes. Hands down this was the best instructor!"
Officer Joe Zanghetti, Walpole, MA Police Department
"Very good information from an experienced investigator."
Special Agent Bob Blackmore, FBI, Boston Office
"Very fluid. Instructor kept classes attention. The course was an eye-opener."
Officer Michael Joslyn, Holden, MA Police Department
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention June 4, 2003
Tomorrow's police officer, will inevitably be involved with more and more crimes involving the Internet. Perhaps one of the most hideous uses of a computer is one in which pedophiles seek interaction with young victims, online, in the safety of the child’s own home. Unfortunately, some of these chat room conversations lure children into the hands of someone who is anything other than what they portray online.
Learn from one of the foremost experts in the nation as to what you need to know so that you can inform the citizens of your community the dangers that may exist within the confines of their own homes. If a situation is brought to your attention, where do you begin? What do you need to know before you go undercover, online yourself? How do you work with an Internet Service Provider (ISP)? What special verbiage should be included in your affidavit? What exactly should you attempt to seize via your search warrant? What challenges may you face when you attempt to take the pedophile down?
- Introduction to the phenomena.
- Who are these offenders?
- What is child pornography?
- Where and how do these offenders operate?
- Associated sexual deviance.
- Email, list serves and chat rooms.
- Subpoenas, search warrants and statutes.
- Establishing an undercover persona.
- Online strategy.
- Case examples.
- Online tour and demonstration.
"I have had dozens of cyber-crime training classes. Hands down this was the best instructor!"
Officer Joe Zanghetti, Walpole, MA Police Department
"Very good information from an experienced investigator."
Special Agent Bob Blackmore, FBI, Boston Office
"Very fluid. Instructor kept classes attention. The course was an eye-opener."
Officer Michael Joslyn, Holden, MA Police Department
Introduction To Contemporary Criminal Investigations
The goal of this 4-day training program is to acquaint the new detective, as well as provide a refresher for experienced investigators, to the latest investigatory techniques and practices being utilized here in New England as well as across the Nation.
The course is designed to enable the investigator to readily interpret what he or she sees within a crime scene and to derive from that knowledge an analytical approach to the investigation. All areas of the investigative process crucial to the successful conclusion of the case will be examined and discussed thoroughly.
Course Topics:
The course is designed to enable the investigator to readily interpret what he or she sees within a crime scene and to derive from that knowledge an analytical approach to the investigation. All areas of the investigative process crucial to the successful conclusion of the case will be examined and discussed thoroughly.
Course Topics:
- Criminal Investigation: Overview and Analysis
- The New Paradigm
- Documenting the Crime Scene: Note Taking, Sketching and Photographing
- Forensics and Physical Evidence
- Reporting Process: A detective's nightmare
- Interviewing victims and witnesses
- Cultivating informants
- Intelligence collection
- Intelligence dissemination
- Identifying and Arresting Suspects
- Assault, Domestic Violence, Stalking and Elder Abuse
- Sex Offenses
- Surveillance
- Crimes Against Children
- Robbery
- Burglary
- Larceny/Theft, Fraud and White-Collar Crime
- Motor Vehicle Theft
- Arson, Bombs and Explosives
- Drug-related Crimes and Organized Crime: The Common denominator
- Gangs and other Dangerous Groups
- Internet and Social Media
- Crime scene management
- Culture of interview and Interrogation
- Developing Partnerships and Force Multipliers
- Social Networking
- Internet investigations.
- Investigation Responsibilities
- Investigative Safety
- Case preparation
- Court testimony
Narcoterrorism: The Mexican/Latino Connection
The presence of a Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) in New England represents an organization attempting to evade detection by centering its operations outside of the mainstream, out of the more traditional points of distribution, larger more populated metropolitan areas. In addition, the organization's membership in the Mexican Mafia, or La Familia, represents the migration of that criminal organization into an area already plagued by violent street gangs. The organization in question, gone unchecked, will continue their ever surging supply of cocaine, marijuana and other narcotics to dealers in New England. Furthermore, the organization could supply, and possibly, recruit members of violent street gangs operating in New England. These gangs are involved in the lower level wholesale and retail distribution of narcotics and the violence associated to that distribution. The national impact of the DTO is clear. Those criminal activities continue to have a disparate impact on the quality of life in affected cities, and an increase in the flow of illegal narcotics will only work to increase the referenced violence.
The objectives of these investigations are to arrest, prosecute, convict members of these conspiratorial DTO’s, and seize narcotics and the narcotic proceeds. In addition, investigators are seeking to seize all assets accumulated from their criminal enterprise. In doing so, we will ultimately disrupt and dismantle these DTO’s from the local level, all the way up to the source country, Mexico.
Who should attend: Narcotic officers, investigators, supervisors, correctional officers, patrol, probation and parole officers
Lead Instructor:. Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad. This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit. The CAGE Unit was created by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States. Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association.
Instructor: Det. Alfredo Kulian, NYPD, retired, Terrorist Unit
The objectives of these investigations are to arrest, prosecute, convict members of these conspiratorial DTO’s, and seize narcotics and the narcotic proceeds. In addition, investigators are seeking to seize all assets accumulated from their criminal enterprise. In doing so, we will ultimately disrupt and dismantle these DTO’s from the local level, all the way up to the source country, Mexico.
Who should attend: Narcotic officers, investigators, supervisors, correctional officers, patrol, probation and parole officers
Lead Instructor:. Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad. This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit. The CAGE Unit was created by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States. Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association.
Instructor: Det. Alfredo Kulian, NYPD, retired, Terrorist Unit
OPERATION GUN STOP
Illegal Firearms: Access and Use by Arrestees, a study funded by the National Institute of Justice of 7,000 arrestees in 11 major urban areas revealed the ease in which arrestees could obtain a firearm. More than half of the arrestees, 55%, said that guns are easy to obtain, 37% indicated they could obtain a gun in less than a week and 1 in 5 suggested they would need only 1 day or even less time, adding credibility to the notion that the urban firearms market is quite accessible.
Violent crime, through the use of firearms, is more prevalent here in the United States than any other country in the world and is a major public concern. Despite tough gun control laws, the illegal sale of firearms is a prosperous business and closely related to gangs and the illicit narcotics trade. It goes without saying that guns are the tools of those who prosper in these venues and are used to bring about intimidation, control and in many cases death. How these weapons make their way into the hands of these individuals, and how these same individuals are exposed and arrested is the focus of this course. While another individual may just take their place, law enforcement’s goal should be to remove not only the weapons, but the street dealers as well who may constitute the single greatest method of illegal firearms distribution.
Operation Gun Stop, created by the NYPD, has removed literally thousands of guns from the streets of New York, caused hundreds of arrests to have been made and filled prison cells with criminal gun dealers and users. Any community that has gangs and drugs have illegal guns. Based upon Operation Gun Stop, this course provides command staff, detectives, special units and patrol officers the opportunity to aggressively attack the illegal firearms problem from a number of multifaceted approaches. As no city can solve this challenge by themselves, a regional, as well as local approach is stressed including Federal, state and municipal agencies along with community leaders.
This course includes many topics, such as:
Who should attend: Command staff, detectives, gang units, narcotics units, community police officers, school resource officers, patrol officers, corrections officers, parole officers, probation officers, Federal Agents and any law enforcement officer who wants to learn effective operations to use against street level gun dealers and gun users.
Instructor(s):
Lead Instructor: Det. Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad. This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit. The CAGE Unit was created by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States. In its first full year of existence, the CAGE Unit, focusing on illegal guns and consisting of only ten officers under the supervision of Lou Savelli, executed 100 Search Warrants, and seized 500 illegal guns. Sgt Savelli now teaches advanced gun apprehension and seizure techniques to street crime units, gang units, and street cops across the US and Canada. Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association.
Instructor: Detective Joseph Rosario, is a 14 year veteran of the NYPD. He has excelled in proactive street units such as the NYPD’s elite Street Crime Unit, the Citywide Anti Gang Enforcement (CAGE) unit, and the Organized Crime Control Bureau’s Manhattan North Narcotics Unit and Bronx Narcotics Unit. Detective Rosario was a member of the Firearms Investigation Unit (one of the only units doing long-term firearm trafficking operations in the nation). He has trained numerous members of the NYPD in firearms investigations, concealed compartments in vehicles, and street tactics. He is a highly decorated officer receiving both the Combat Cross and the Medal of Valor by the NYPD as well as numerous commendations from the DEA, ATF and U.S Attorney’s office. He is currently investigating robberies, shootings and homicides. Detective Rosario has been the lead investigator in many successful firearms trafficking, international drug trafficking, money laundering, counterfeit money, RICO and CCE investigations with many local, state and government agencies.
Violent crime, through the use of firearms, is more prevalent here in the United States than any other country in the world and is a major public concern. Despite tough gun control laws, the illegal sale of firearms is a prosperous business and closely related to gangs and the illicit narcotics trade. It goes without saying that guns are the tools of those who prosper in these venues and are used to bring about intimidation, control and in many cases death. How these weapons make their way into the hands of these individuals, and how these same individuals are exposed and arrested is the focus of this course. While another individual may just take their place, law enforcement’s goal should be to remove not only the weapons, but the street dealers as well who may constitute the single greatest method of illegal firearms distribution.
Operation Gun Stop, created by the NYPD, has removed literally thousands of guns from the streets of New York, caused hundreds of arrests to have been made and filled prison cells with criminal gun dealers and users. Any community that has gangs and drugs have illegal guns. Based upon Operation Gun Stop, this course provides command staff, detectives, special units and patrol officers the opportunity to aggressively attack the illegal firearms problem from a number of multifaceted approaches. As no city can solve this challenge by themselves, a regional, as well as local approach is stressed including Federal, state and municipal agencies along with community leaders.
This course includes many topics, such as:
- Guns & Gangs, Drugs and Terrorists
- Street Sales
- Straw Purchases
- Concealed Weapons
- Hidden Compartments
- Search Warrants for Illegal Firearms
- Successful Investigation Strategies
- Working with Informants
- Multi-jurisdictional Investigations
- Undercover Buy Operations
- Tracing Seized Weapons
- Apprehension of Firearms Perpetrators
- Regional Firearm Tracking Units
- Officer Safety and Survival
Who should attend: Command staff, detectives, gang units, narcotics units, community police officers, school resource officers, patrol officers, corrections officers, parole officers, probation officers, Federal Agents and any law enforcement officer who wants to learn effective operations to use against street level gun dealers and gun users.
Instructor(s):
Lead Instructor: Det. Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad. This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit. The CAGE Unit was created by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States. In its first full year of existence, the CAGE Unit, focusing on illegal guns and consisting of only ten officers under the supervision of Lou Savelli, executed 100 Search Warrants, and seized 500 illegal guns. Sgt Savelli now teaches advanced gun apprehension and seizure techniques to street crime units, gang units, and street cops across the US and Canada. Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association.
Instructor: Detective Joseph Rosario, is a 14 year veteran of the NYPD. He has excelled in proactive street units such as the NYPD’s elite Street Crime Unit, the Citywide Anti Gang Enforcement (CAGE) unit, and the Organized Crime Control Bureau’s Manhattan North Narcotics Unit and Bronx Narcotics Unit. Detective Rosario was a member of the Firearms Investigation Unit (one of the only units doing long-term firearm trafficking operations in the nation). He has trained numerous members of the NYPD in firearms investigations, concealed compartments in vehicles, and street tactics. He is a highly decorated officer receiving both the Combat Cross and the Medal of Valor by the NYPD as well as numerous commendations from the DEA, ATF and U.S Attorney’s office. He is currently investigating robberies, shootings and homicides. Detective Rosario has been the lead investigator in many successful firearms trafficking, international drug trafficking, money laundering, counterfeit money, RICO and CCE investigations with many local, state and government agencies.
SRO's: The First Line of Defense Against Gang Violence in Our Schools
With the proliferation of gangs and their violence, School Resource Officers are the first line of defense in any community. Gangs are rapidly spreading to cities and towns everywhere and schools have become their most common recruiting ground and, sad to say, a frequent battle ground.
This 2-day training course will provide SRO’s with the knowledge they need to recognize gang activity, tell-tale signs of a gang’s presence, awareness of gang ideologies and preventive augmentation measures utilizing probation, corrections and regional gang task forces. It will provide SRO’s with unique approaches that can be implemented immediately in regard to student and school safety. SRO’s will also learn how to enhance the exchange of information from students in regard to potentially dangerous situations that may occur in the future, both on or off school property, how to obtain the information you are looking for from gang members in interviews and interrogations, tactics to enhance officer safety and much more from one of the most knowledgeable gang instructors in the Nation.
If you are a law enforcement officer or an educator and you have a concern about the possibility of gang activity in or around your school, this is the class for you.
This course includes many topics, such as:
Who should attend: SRO's, DARE Officers, Detectives, Supervisors, Teachers, School Administrators
Lead Instructor: Det. Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad. This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit. The CAGE Unit was created by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States. Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association.
This 2-day training course will provide SRO’s with the knowledge they need to recognize gang activity, tell-tale signs of a gang’s presence, awareness of gang ideologies and preventive augmentation measures utilizing probation, corrections and regional gang task forces. It will provide SRO’s with unique approaches that can be implemented immediately in regard to student and school safety. SRO’s will also learn how to enhance the exchange of information from students in regard to potentially dangerous situations that may occur in the future, both on or off school property, how to obtain the information you are looking for from gang members in interviews and interrogations, tactics to enhance officer safety and much more from one of the most knowledgeable gang instructors in the Nation.
If you are a law enforcement officer or an educator and you have a concern about the possibility of gang activity in or around your school, this is the class for you.
This course includes many topics, such as:
- Understanding and Identifying East Coast Gangs
- Gang Identification System
- Gang Graffiti in and on School Property
- East Coast Gangs
- Gang Enforcement & Interdiction
- The SRO and Gang Investigations
- Gang Prevention
- What Educators Need to Know When Gangs Come Recruiting
- S.O.S. (SRO Officer Safety)
- Cultivating Informants and Sources of Information
- East Coast Gang Investigators’ Association
Who should attend: SRO's, DARE Officers, Detectives, Supervisors, Teachers, School Administrators
Lead Instructor: Det. Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history. Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad. This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit. The CAGE Unit was created by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States. Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association.
Targeting MS 13: One of Our Most Dangerous Street Gangs
Until recently Mara Salvatrucha was not a gang that was on law enforcement's radar scope on the East Coast. The reason being is that they were not very well organized and operated under small loosely knit groups. Not any longer though as Mara Salvatrucha has become organized and takes many of their orders from El Salvadorian leaders.
Their approach to anything, including law enforcement, is through violence. In general, Mara Salvatrucha members show no fear of law enforcement. They are not easily intimidated, frequently act defiantly and have been responsible for the execution of three federal agents and numerous shootings of law enforcement officers across the country.
This comprehensive, two-day course will focus on one gang and one gang only, MS 13. It has been designed to provide the TRUTH about MS 13 and provide effective methods to target and combat MS 13 in any jurisdiction. We’ll show the many resources available and provide aggressive, proactive, and innovative techniques that have worked in the past to use against MS 13. Local gang experts will provide explicit intelligence on this gang in their respective areas.
This course includes many topics, such as:
Who should attend: Any law enforcement officer who wants to learn the truth about MS 13 and learn effective operations to use against MS 13 and other gangs. (Police Patrol, Crime Prevention, Gang Units, Narcotics Units, Community Policing, Detectives, Investigations, Traffic, Federal Agents, Corrections, Parole, Probation, Investigators, etc…)
Instructor(s): Det. Tony Avendorph
Tony Avendorph retired December 29, 2009 after forty years in Law Enforcement, serving with the Illinois Department of Corrections, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and the past twenty years with the Prince George’s County Police Department (MD). Det. Avendorph was assigned to the Gang Intelligence Unit since its inception in 2005, and was the Gang Unit’s liaison to the Prince George’s County School System, County Jail, and State Prison Systems. Det. Avendorph also worked in the Intelligence Unit, Training and Education Division, and Community Oriented Policing. While with the Illinois Department of Corrections Apprehension Unit, he returned over 1,000 parole violators/escapees on extraditions without incident. He has been conducting law enforcement training since 1977, and was assigned as training deputy inside the Hall of Justice Jail, while employed with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (1987), and has been provided training classes for the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission from 1996-2008, the Regional Counter Drug Training Academy in Meridian, Mississippi since 1998, and the New Hampshire State Police Training Academy since 2000. He also conducts training for the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center, Northeast Counterdrug Training Center, Rocky Mountain HIDTA (2003), and has spoken at numerous gang conferences since 1992. Tony also offers training in Proactive Gang Intervention and Prevention, Defensive Tactics (Utilizing the Principles of Judo), Community Policing, and a Proactive Approach to Interviewing and Debriefing Gang Members. Tony is the President of Tony Avendorph Associates LLC, a Law Enforcement Training and Consultant business, which also provides Investigative Services.
Tony Avendorph brings a passionate, no nonsense and thorough approach to training. Tony has consulted other law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities on numerous gang issues. Tony is also a court recognized expert on several major street gangs, and has appeared on the Gangland television series on two occasions.
Their approach to anything, including law enforcement, is through violence. In general, Mara Salvatrucha members show no fear of law enforcement. They are not easily intimidated, frequently act defiantly and have been responsible for the execution of three federal agents and numerous shootings of law enforcement officers across the country.
This comprehensive, two-day course will focus on one gang and one gang only, MS 13. It has been designed to provide the TRUTH about MS 13 and provide effective methods to target and combat MS 13 in any jurisdiction. We’ll show the many resources available and provide aggressive, proactive, and innovative techniques that have worked in the past to use against MS 13. Local gang experts will provide explicit intelligence on this gang in their respective areas.
This course includes many topics, such as:
- MS 13: What is the Mara Salvatrucha gang?
- The truth and the myths
- Historical perspective
- National Perspective: Present and Future
- Terrorism and MS 13
- International Perspective
- Local MS 13 problem and effective Criminal Interdiction and Investigations
- The role of ICE in proactively targeting MS 13
- Proactive Innovations in Gang investigations
- Safety and Survival
Who should attend: Any law enforcement officer who wants to learn the truth about MS 13 and learn effective operations to use against MS 13 and other gangs. (Police Patrol, Crime Prevention, Gang Units, Narcotics Units, Community Policing, Detectives, Investigations, Traffic, Federal Agents, Corrections, Parole, Probation, Investigators, etc…)
Instructor(s): Det. Tony Avendorph
Tony Avendorph retired December 29, 2009 after forty years in Law Enforcement, serving with the Illinois Department of Corrections, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and the past twenty years with the Prince George’s County Police Department (MD). Det. Avendorph was assigned to the Gang Intelligence Unit since its inception in 2005, and was the Gang Unit’s liaison to the Prince George’s County School System, County Jail, and State Prison Systems. Det. Avendorph also worked in the Intelligence Unit, Training and Education Division, and Community Oriented Policing. While with the Illinois Department of Corrections Apprehension Unit, he returned over 1,000 parole violators/escapees on extraditions without incident. He has been conducting law enforcement training since 1977, and was assigned as training deputy inside the Hall of Justice Jail, while employed with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (1987), and has been provided training classes for the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission from 1996-2008, the Regional Counter Drug Training Academy in Meridian, Mississippi since 1998, and the New Hampshire State Police Training Academy since 2000. He also conducts training for the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center, Northeast Counterdrug Training Center, Rocky Mountain HIDTA (2003), and has spoken at numerous gang conferences since 1992. Tony also offers training in Proactive Gang Intervention and Prevention, Defensive Tactics (Utilizing the Principles of Judo), Community Policing, and a Proactive Approach to Interviewing and Debriefing Gang Members. Tony is the President of Tony Avendorph Associates LLC, a Law Enforcement Training and Consultant business, which also provides Investigative Services.
Tony Avendorph brings a passionate, no nonsense and thorough approach to training. Tony has consulted other law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities on numerous gang issues. Tony is also a court recognized expert on several major street gangs, and has appeared on the Gangland television series on two occasions.
Gangs: Understanding latino gangs
Who should attend: This course is designed for Police Officers, Probation Officers, Corrections Officers, Federal Agents, Parole Officers, and other Law Enforcement Officers.
Course Content:
This 2-day specialized training course for law enforcement will familiarize individuals with the major categories of Latino gangs operating in the United States as well as their ongoing activities. Students will also learn important cultural differences between Latino races and how awareness of these differences will impact their investigations and contacts. They will also leave with an understanding of Mexican Drug Cartels, their current methods and operations, and the connections between Latino gangs and Cartels in the United States, especially on the East Coast.
Day OneIntroduction: Understanding Latino Gangs
Historical Perspective of Latino Gangs in the United States, Important Terms and Definitions
Cultural Differences in Latino Races
Dynamics and Structure of a Latino Gang
West Coast Latino Gangs (Surenos, Nortenos, Independents, NF, Eme)
Day TwoEast Coast Surenos and The Program
Latin Kings
Neta and Trinitarios
Mexican Drug Cartels
The Latino Gang and Cartel Connections
Officer Safety, Questions and Intelligence Sharing
Instructor: Andrew Eways has been a sworn law enforcement officer since 1994 when he joined the Maryland State Police. During a period of nearly two decades, he served as both a patrol officer and criminal investigator. He also worked both overt and covert assignments in specialized fields including Criminal Intelligence, Homeland Security, Organized Crime, and Anti-Gang Enforcement.
Since 1998, Eways has been involved in anti-gang efforts including street-level gang enforcement and major, multi-jurisdictional investigations of criminal gangs, drug organizations and organized crime groups. Although he has worked with and become knowledgeable with a wide array of criminal gangs and organized crime groups, Eways has developed a level of expertise in both Crip gangs and Sureño gangs on the East Coast and nationwide. He has been recognized by the courts as an expert witness in criminal gangs and has testified as such in multiple court proceedings. He has also provided training in gang recognition and effective anti-gang methods to law enforcement personnel throughout the country.
Eways is a Board Member for International Latino Gang Investigators Association and currently a sworn police officer with the Aurora Police Department, a municipal department in the Denver Metropolitan area.
Course Content:
This 2-day specialized training course for law enforcement will familiarize individuals with the major categories of Latino gangs operating in the United States as well as their ongoing activities. Students will also learn important cultural differences between Latino races and how awareness of these differences will impact their investigations and contacts. They will also leave with an understanding of Mexican Drug Cartels, their current methods and operations, and the connections between Latino gangs and Cartels in the United States, especially on the East Coast.
Day OneIntroduction: Understanding Latino Gangs
Historical Perspective of Latino Gangs in the United States, Important Terms and Definitions
Cultural Differences in Latino Races
Dynamics and Structure of a Latino Gang
West Coast Latino Gangs (Surenos, Nortenos, Independents, NF, Eme)
Day TwoEast Coast Surenos and The Program
Latin Kings
Neta and Trinitarios
Mexican Drug Cartels
The Latino Gang and Cartel Connections
Officer Safety, Questions and Intelligence Sharing
Instructor: Andrew Eways has been a sworn law enforcement officer since 1994 when he joined the Maryland State Police. During a period of nearly two decades, he served as both a patrol officer and criminal investigator. He also worked both overt and covert assignments in specialized fields including Criminal Intelligence, Homeland Security, Organized Crime, and Anti-Gang Enforcement.
Since 1998, Eways has been involved in anti-gang efforts including street-level gang enforcement and major, multi-jurisdictional investigations of criminal gangs, drug organizations and organized crime groups. Although he has worked with and become knowledgeable with a wide array of criminal gangs and organized crime groups, Eways has developed a level of expertise in both Crip gangs and Sureño gangs on the East Coast and nationwide. He has been recognized by the courts as an expert witness in criminal gangs and has testified as such in multiple court proceedings. He has also provided training in gang recognition and effective anti-gang methods to law enforcement personnel throughout the country.
Eways is a Board Member for International Latino Gang Investigators Association and currently a sworn police officer with the Aurora Police Department, a municipal department in the Denver Metropolitan area.
Identifying And Interdicting Suicide Bombers And Active Shooters
Between the current threat from ISIS and the ever-looming threat from Al Qaeda, especially in the wake of the Paris attacks, coupled with the potential of mass killings, it was never more important to be able to Identify and Interdict Suicide Bombers and Active Shooters. This dynamic and unique training class will instruct law enforcement to be proactive in the endeavor to identify, prevent and interdict such incidents.
This 2-day class brings highly experienced experts in the field of Suicide Bombings and Active Shooters together into one highly sought-after training event designed for proactive law enforcement officers.
This class will cover Suicide Bomber topics, such as:
Det. 1st Grade (Ret.) Mordecai Dzikansky, NYPD Intelligence Division (retired). From January 2003 through September 2007 Detective Dzikansky was posted in Israel as the first NYPD Intelligence Division Overseas Liaison to the Israel National Police. His main focus was intelligence gathering and the immediate relay of key information back to NYC to enhance the Department’s ability to recognize, react to and prevent or recover from terrorist acts. He responded in person to and analyzed 21 bombing scenes in Israel and several attacks globally, including events in Turkey, Russia, Spain and Egypt. Detective Dzikansky worked with senior members of the Israeli intelligence community on joint investigations which connect NYC and the State of Israel. In 2009, his works The Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings in Israel: Lessons Learned and Transportation System Vulnerabilities were published in Countering Terrorism, National Academy of Sciences. In October, 2010 his memoir Terrorist Cop: The NYPD's Jewish Cop Who Traveled the World to Stop Terrorists was published by Barricade Books. In October, 2011 his textbook Terrorist Suicide Bombings: Attack Interdiction, Mitigation, and Response, was published by Taylor and Francis Group/CRC Press.
Investigator Matthew J. Cresta, Delaware County PA District Attorney’s Office
Matt Cresta is currently an investigator with the Delaware County, PA Criminal Investigations Division and a former 15 year veteran police officer/detective with the Lower Merion Township Police Department. He has served in a variety of assignments including Patrol Division, Special Investigations Unit, Emergency Response Team (SWAT), and Special Operations Unit. He possesses instructor certifications in firearms, less lethal weapons, and ‘Active Shooter’ tactics. Matt has been a police instructor for High Risk Entry Tactics, Active Shooter Tactics and Undercover Operations. Matt has a total of 20 years police experience. He has three years active duty service with the U.S. Army as an Airborne Infantryman, which included two years of deployment overseas with participation in the Persian Gulf War and the reunification of Germany. Matt is an Assistant Professor with Harcum College and is currently teaching Criminal Justice in his off-duty time.
Who should attend: Law Enforcement Only
This 2-day class brings highly experienced experts in the field of Suicide Bombings and Active Shooters together into one highly sought-after training event designed for proactive law enforcement officers.
This class will cover Suicide Bomber topics, such as:
- Suicide Bomber Case Studies (Paris, Mumbai, Israel, etc...)
- Behavioral Pattern Recognition (BPR),
- Best Practices developed in Israel but Modified for the US,
- Situational Personal Cultural and Third Party (SPCT) Techniques
- Profiling terrorists for behavior and cause
- Casualty Mitigation
- Potential Target Fortification
- Case Studies of Active Shooters (Terrorists, School Shooters, Workplace Killers, etc...)
- Preventive Countermeasures
- Recognizing Behavioral Indicators of Active Shooters
- Proactive Active Shooter Interdiction and Response (PASIR) tactics
- Minimizing Casualties
- The importance of training
- Aftermath actions
Det. 1st Grade (Ret.) Mordecai Dzikansky, NYPD Intelligence Division (retired). From January 2003 through September 2007 Detective Dzikansky was posted in Israel as the first NYPD Intelligence Division Overseas Liaison to the Israel National Police. His main focus was intelligence gathering and the immediate relay of key information back to NYC to enhance the Department’s ability to recognize, react to and prevent or recover from terrorist acts. He responded in person to and analyzed 21 bombing scenes in Israel and several attacks globally, including events in Turkey, Russia, Spain and Egypt. Detective Dzikansky worked with senior members of the Israeli intelligence community on joint investigations which connect NYC and the State of Israel. In 2009, his works The Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings in Israel: Lessons Learned and Transportation System Vulnerabilities were published in Countering Terrorism, National Academy of Sciences. In October, 2010 his memoir Terrorist Cop: The NYPD's Jewish Cop Who Traveled the World to Stop Terrorists was published by Barricade Books. In October, 2011 his textbook Terrorist Suicide Bombings: Attack Interdiction, Mitigation, and Response, was published by Taylor and Francis Group/CRC Press.
Investigator Matthew J. Cresta, Delaware County PA District Attorney’s Office
Matt Cresta is currently an investigator with the Delaware County, PA Criminal Investigations Division and a former 15 year veteran police officer/detective with the Lower Merion Township Police Department. He has served in a variety of assignments including Patrol Division, Special Investigations Unit, Emergency Response Team (SWAT), and Special Operations Unit. He possesses instructor certifications in firearms, less lethal weapons, and ‘Active Shooter’ tactics. Matt has been a police instructor for High Risk Entry Tactics, Active Shooter Tactics and Undercover Operations. Matt has a total of 20 years police experience. He has three years active duty service with the U.S. Army as an Airborne Infantryman, which included two years of deployment overseas with participation in the Persian Gulf War and the reunification of Germany. Matt is an Assistant Professor with Harcum College and is currently teaching Criminal Justice in his off-duty time.
Who should attend: Law Enforcement Only
Previously Offered Courses - Crash Investigation
CRASHSTAT
"CRASHSTAT" (a combination of the words CRASH & STATISTICS) is not a program that depends on grants or extra resources to accomplish a goal. "CRASHSTAT" is a paradigm. In this course you will learn how efficiency can be improved, and how resources should be maximized.
This workshop is designed for State, County, and Local Law Enforcement Officials, Department of Transportation/Public Works Administrators, Educators, Data Collection/Analysis or Researchers, who are interested in enhancing and developing a comprehensive traffic safety program to serve as an effective means to reduce crashes, their related injuries and fatalities. The program is easily adaptable to fit in with state, county, or municipal governments and individual police department policies and procedures. Implementation of similar programs have served to not only positively motivate personnel, but to help agencies that never talked to one another before, became partners in public safety. When this type of a program gets started within multiple jurisdictions, it can present a win-win scenario to any and all of the agencies that become involved.
One of the challenges for law enforcement administrators these days is to find a way to successfully allocate traffic enforcement resources in light of competing demands and decreasing funds. Traffic enforcement is often viewed in direct competition with criminal enforcement. However, as traffic stops increase so does the probability that an officer will identify other criminal activity. Recent practices show that these two roles can be combined to produce significant results in both areas in a highly cost-effective manner. This course discusses ways to to use traffic enforcement as a foundation upon which agencies may help to reduce crashes.
Following implementation of a "CRASHSTAT" program, law enforcement commanders, department of transportation/public works administrators, educators, data collection/analysts or researchers will be able to show that:
Sgt. Paul W. Thompson, Natick, MA Police Department
"Instructors had an unbelievable level of knowledge. Excellent information, great training! "
Officer Paul McNamara, Fitchburg, MA Police Department
"This was one of the best classes ever sponsored by SRR. These guys are for real! I really liked this class. I will use things I learned from them. Great job!"
Officer Bernie Schipelliti, Burlington, MA Police Department
This workshop is designed for State, County, and Local Law Enforcement Officials, Department of Transportation/Public Works Administrators, Educators, Data Collection/Analysis or Researchers, who are interested in enhancing and developing a comprehensive traffic safety program to serve as an effective means to reduce crashes, their related injuries and fatalities. The program is easily adaptable to fit in with state, county, or municipal governments and individual police department policies and procedures. Implementation of similar programs have served to not only positively motivate personnel, but to help agencies that never talked to one another before, became partners in public safety. When this type of a program gets started within multiple jurisdictions, it can present a win-win scenario to any and all of the agencies that become involved.
One of the challenges for law enforcement administrators these days is to find a way to successfully allocate traffic enforcement resources in light of competing demands and decreasing funds. Traffic enforcement is often viewed in direct competition with criminal enforcement. However, as traffic stops increase so does the probability that an officer will identify other criminal activity. Recent practices show that these two roles can be combined to produce significant results in both areas in a highly cost-effective manner. This course discusses ways to to use traffic enforcement as a foundation upon which agencies may help to reduce crashes.
Following implementation of a "CRASHSTAT" program, law enforcement commanders, department of transportation/public works administrators, educators, data collection/analysts or researchers will be able to show that:
- Traffic enforcement is primarily a crime-fighting tool. But proper and targeted enforcement at selected locations can make an impact on reducing crashes, and related injuries and fatalities.
- Traffic enforcement is every officer's responsibility, even if there is a dedicated traffic unit in your command; agencies don't have to rely solely on these specialized units. Every member of an agency must be an equal partner in order to help reduce traffic crashes.
- Traffic Enforcement is Law Enforcement
- Introduction
- Crash Reporting
- Crash Data Analysis
- Enforcement Analysis
- The Traffic Safety team
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Safety Plan
- Traffic Intelligence Reports
- Crash Reduction Strategies
- Traffic Safety Resources
- "CRASHSTAT" Overview & Preparation
- "CRASHSTAT" Meeting
- "CRASHSTAT" Critique
- Conclusion
Sgt. Paul W. Thompson, Natick, MA Police Department
"Instructors had an unbelievable level of knowledge. Excellent information, great training! "
Officer Paul McNamara, Fitchburg, MA Police Department
"This was one of the best classes ever sponsored by SRR. These guys are for real! I really liked this class. I will use things I learned from them. Great job!"
Officer Bernie Schipelliti, Burlington, MA Police Department
CRASH DATA RETRIEVAL TECHNICIAN LEVEL 1 AND 2
This 2-day course is taught by a Collision Safety Institute (CSI) certified instructor who will bring attendees through two levels of instruction ultimately leading to a CDR Technician Certification.
The two classes are the most advanced courses available and will cover the latest technology available for crash investigators.
Who Should Attend: CDR Level 1 is best suited for police crash investigators, insurance adjusters and investigators and fleet managers with crash investigation oversight and responsibility and is a requirement for CDR Level 2 and Advanced Training beyond these two courses.
Level 1 CDR Technician (Basic CDR Technician) This level of training exposes the CDR System user to the basics of the function of the CDR system so that, at a minimum, the new user can confidently image data from supported vehicles using the standard OBD II port and, in most cases, directly from the in-vehicle module(s).
Level 2 CDR Technician (CDR Technician Certification)
This level of training is the “hands-on” extension follow up to the Basic CDR Technician course offering individual or small group instruction in (1) in-vehicle DLC imaging, (2) module location and identification and direct-to-module data imaging, (3) practical booster and adapter applications and (4) “back-powering” in-vehicle systems to enable DLC data imaging.
The two classes are the most advanced courses available and will cover the latest technology available for crash investigators.
Who Should Attend: CDR Level 1 is best suited for police crash investigators, insurance adjusters and investigators and fleet managers with crash investigation oversight and responsibility and is a requirement for CDR Level 2 and Advanced Training beyond these two courses.
Level 1 CDR Technician (Basic CDR Technician) This level of training exposes the CDR System user to the basics of the function of the CDR system so that, at a minimum, the new user can confidently image data from supported vehicles using the standard OBD II port and, in most cases, directly from the in-vehicle module(s).
Level 2 CDR Technician (CDR Technician Certification)
This level of training is the “hands-on” extension follow up to the Basic CDR Technician course offering individual or small group instruction in (1) in-vehicle DLC imaging, (2) module location and identification and direct-to-module data imaging, (3) practical booster and adapter applications and (4) “back-powering” in-vehicle systems to enable DLC data imaging.
CREATING, FUNDING, AND MAINTAINING REGIONAL CRASH INVESTIGATION TEAMS
As budgets get smaller and funding is not as plentiful as it once was, government agencies are moving towards the concept of regionalization in regard to many areas of our jobs such as regional dispatch, holding facilities, SWAT teams and crash investigation units. This one day course is designed to assist agencies that are considering creating a regional crash team by covering many of the following areas:
- Where do we start?
- Obtaining Administrative Support
- Memorandums of Agreement
- Politics
- Call out Procedures
- Responsibilities
- Access Procedures for Shared Equipment
- Personnel Selection
- Training and Experience Levels for Team Members
- Job Assignment
- Funding
- Grant Writing
- Equipment Purchases
- Media and Public Relations
- Community Education
Crush Damage Analysis, an Introduction to
This course is designed to demonstrate the techniques of collecting basic crush data for analysis. Officers contemplating enrollment in this 5-day course should have taken as a minimum, SRR’s Basic Crash Investigation or its equivalence. The class will provide guidance, direction and “hands-on” training for officers on how to determine speed from structural damage to vehicles utilizing crush defamation measurements and energy conservation. Officers, by conducting actual field exercises, will transform evidentiary data into mathematical calculations that will translate energy into speed. This introductory course will be followed in succession as well as complexity for those who wish to enhance their knowledge of this investigatory technique.
Subjects to be covered in this course will be:
Subjects to be covered in this course will be:
- Damage Overview;
- Damage Identification;
- Basic Damage Measurement;
- Damage Map (Hand Drawing);
- Damage Map (Computer Aided); and
- Basic Analysis.
- Template and/or Engineering Scale
- Scientific Calculator
- Laptop Computer (Optional)
- Appropriate Apparel for Outdoor Activities
- 25 Foot Steel Retractable Tape measure
Human factors and visibility for crash investigators
ACTAR CEU's are Being Sought for This Course
What Causes 90% of All Automobile Crashes?
The answer is human error, primarily in perception.
This course is designed to assist the student in understanding the various aspects of a broad
range of human factors and the specific role they may play in motor vehicle crashes. Both
psychological and physiological aspects will be explored and discussed.
Special topics will include discussion and study of perception and reaction times. A more
detailed analysis will be conducted as various aspects of perception and reaction details are
explored.
The student will be given reference materials relative to the topic, specifically with regard to
foundation for human factor based opinions.
Entry Level Standards:
Students should have completed at minimum SRR's Advanced Crash Investigation or SRR's Crash Reconstruction or their equivalent.
Tools Required
• Pen and Notebook Suitable for Recording Field Notes
Reference:
• The Human Factor
• Human Factors in Safety
• Vehicle Crashes, The Response
• Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction Perception and Reaction
• NHTSA, Safety Studies
Topic Basis:
1. Accident (Crash) Cause
2. Visibility
3. Determining Visibility
4. Driver Reaction Time
5. Driver Perception Time
6. Pedestrian Visibility
7. Pedestrian, Bicycle, Motorcycle Action/Perception and Reaction
8. Human Error
9. Human Error vs. Design Error
10. Inattentional Blindness and Conspicuity
11. Lighting and Vision
12. Nighttime Issues
13. Visual Forensics
14. Weather
15. Attitude
16. Physical Condition
17. Emotional Conditions
18. Road Rage
19. Experience
20. Age
21. How the Eye Works
22. Summary and Conclusion
23. Tips
24. Discussion
Instructor: Assistant Chief Bobby E. Jones, Jr. Knox County Sheriffs Department, Knoxville, TN, ACTAR #678, is an accredited accident reconstructionist with over 20 years of FULL TIME experience in accident reconstruction and formerly worked with the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. By 1988, he had investigated well over 2,500 motor vehicle collisions. Chief Jones has received multiple degrees in Criminal Justice and Engineering and studied surveying as part of his minor for his engineering degree. His on-the-job experience combined with his formal training in surveying has made him one of the best forensic mapping specialists in the country.
What Causes 90% of All Automobile Crashes?
The answer is human error, primarily in perception.
This course is designed to assist the student in understanding the various aspects of a broad
range of human factors and the specific role they may play in motor vehicle crashes. Both
psychological and physiological aspects will be explored and discussed.
Special topics will include discussion and study of perception and reaction times. A more
detailed analysis will be conducted as various aspects of perception and reaction details are
explored.
The student will be given reference materials relative to the topic, specifically with regard to
foundation for human factor based opinions.
Entry Level Standards:
Students should have completed at minimum SRR's Advanced Crash Investigation or SRR's Crash Reconstruction or their equivalent.
Tools Required
• Pen and Notebook Suitable for Recording Field Notes
Reference:
• The Human Factor
• Human Factors in Safety
• Vehicle Crashes, The Response
• Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction Perception and Reaction
• NHTSA, Safety Studies
Topic Basis:
1. Accident (Crash) Cause
2. Visibility
3. Determining Visibility
4. Driver Reaction Time
5. Driver Perception Time
6. Pedestrian Visibility
7. Pedestrian, Bicycle, Motorcycle Action/Perception and Reaction
8. Human Error
9. Human Error vs. Design Error
10. Inattentional Blindness and Conspicuity
11. Lighting and Vision
12. Nighttime Issues
13. Visual Forensics
14. Weather
15. Attitude
16. Physical Condition
17. Emotional Conditions
18. Road Rage
19. Experience
20. Age
21. How the Eye Works
22. Summary and Conclusion
23. Tips
24. Discussion
Instructor: Assistant Chief Bobby E. Jones, Jr. Knox County Sheriffs Department, Knoxville, TN, ACTAR #678, is an accredited accident reconstructionist with over 20 years of FULL TIME experience in accident reconstruction and formerly worked with the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. By 1988, he had investigated well over 2,500 motor vehicle collisions. Chief Jones has received multiple degrees in Criminal Justice and Engineering and studied surveying as part of his minor for his engineering degree. His on-the-job experience combined with his formal training in surveying has made him one of the best forensic mapping specialists in the country.
Investigating the cruiser crash for supervisors
According to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, from 2004-2013, 548 officers who were killed in the line of duty were shot to death, 504 were killed in motor vehicle crashes. As of August 16, 2014, 28 more were killed in motor vehicle crashes, including 2 in Massachusetts.
The task of investigating these tragedies, and similar non-fatal ones, fall on departmental members. It is no easy task and one that will be highly publicized and later scrutinized. While crash investigators and reconstructionists will perform the necessary investigation into causation, it will be a supervisor, perhaps unskilled in this area, who will be assigned the overall task of making a report to the Chief or Sheriff. To rely solely on the crash investigator's report is unacceptable as the investigations are separate and unique. This class will guide supervisors through the process as completeness is the only option.
Entry Level Standards:
This course is designed to assist those individuals that may be responsible for investigating a departmentally involved vehicle crash. It is not a reconstruction course. It will provide guidelines and common practices that will assist supervisors in performing a complete investigation.
Tools Required:
The task of investigating these tragedies, and similar non-fatal ones, fall on departmental members. It is no easy task and one that will be highly publicized and later scrutinized. While crash investigators and reconstructionists will perform the necessary investigation into causation, it will be a supervisor, perhaps unskilled in this area, who will be assigned the overall task of making a report to the Chief or Sheriff. To rely solely on the crash investigator's report is unacceptable as the investigations are separate and unique. This class will guide supervisors through the process as completeness is the only option.
Entry Level Standards:
This course is designed to assist those individuals that may be responsible for investigating a departmentally involved vehicle crash. It is not a reconstruction course. It will provide guidelines and common practices that will assist supervisors in performing a complete investigation.
Tools Required:
- Scientific Calculator (Required)
- Photographing vehicle damage and personal injuries;
- Gathering physical evidence from the roadway;
- Gathering physical evidence from the vehicle;
- Skid Marks vs Yaw Marks;
- Establishing drag factors;
- Determining speed estimates;
- Perception-reaction times;
- Crash avoidance
- Crash Data Recorder (CDR) retrieval from cruiser
- Structural damage observations;
- Media Relations
- Departmental Policies
- Group discussion
- Hands on activities and table top exercises
The Complete traffic Stop
Course Overview:
Traffic stops are often considered to be some of the most dangerous actions a law enforcement officer can undertake. This course focuses on preparing an officer for the unexpected and provides the tactical survival skills necessary to address what may be encountered. If you are going to be conducting motor vehicle stops, this is the course you must take! The main objective is to survive. Unfortunately, some of us don't.
Who should attend this course:
Patrol officers, supervisors, narcotics officers, detectives and those interested in drug and criminal interdiction.
Course Content:
Corporal Bruce Parent is a twenty year veteran of Law Enforcement, and is currently employed by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office since May of 2001. He is assigned to the Traffic Division, Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit. He is one of three Deputies from Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office that are cross trained as acting agents for Florida Department of Transportation Office Motor Carrier Compliance. He is responsible for enforcing all State, and Federal laws pertaining to Commercial Motor Vehicles as well as regular duties as a Deputy Sheriff. Parent is a State certified instructor, Field Training Officer (FTO) and adjunct instructor for the Training Division; duties include all high liability areas, firearms, driving, first responder.
Prior to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Parent was employed by the State of Florida as an Officer for the Department of Transportation, Motor Carrier Compliance for fourteen years in the Miami area. This is where his passion for criminal patrol began. In the late 80’s and early 90’s he began making large seizures (cocaine, marijuana, meth, and money) in tractor trailers.
In 1999, his teaching partner (Robbie Bishop) from Georgia was shot in the head on a traffic stop. The shooter was a small time drug dealer from upstate New York. Parent now devotes most of his time to training other officers in vehicle stops and looking beyond the traffic infraction. He has trained thousands of Federal, State, and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers throughout United States.
Note: If you wish to learn more about Captain Robbie Bishop, or if you would like information about the National Criminal Enforcement Association that began in 1999 as a tribute to Captain Bishop go to http://ncea314.com/index.asp Membership is open to all law enforcement.
Traffic stops are often considered to be some of the most dangerous actions a law enforcement officer can undertake. This course focuses on preparing an officer for the unexpected and provides the tactical survival skills necessary to address what may be encountered. If you are going to be conducting motor vehicle stops, this is the course you must take! The main objective is to survive. Unfortunately, some of us don't.
Who should attend this course:
Patrol officers, supervisors, narcotics officers, detectives and those interested in drug and criminal interdiction.
Course Content:
- Developing the Proper Mindset
- Recognizing the Levels of Threat on Criminal Patrol
- Focusing on Criminal Patrol rather than Routine Patrol
- Recognizing and Developing Articulable Suspicion
- Successfully Gaining Entry to a Vehicle
- Strategies to Obtain Consent to Search
- Awareness of Auditory Clues and Deception
- Capturing Physical Clues
- Money Seizures
- Commercial Motor Vehicles
- Narcotics
Corporal Bruce Parent is a twenty year veteran of Law Enforcement, and is currently employed by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office since May of 2001. He is assigned to the Traffic Division, Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit. He is one of three Deputies from Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office that are cross trained as acting agents for Florida Department of Transportation Office Motor Carrier Compliance. He is responsible for enforcing all State, and Federal laws pertaining to Commercial Motor Vehicles as well as regular duties as a Deputy Sheriff. Parent is a State certified instructor, Field Training Officer (FTO) and adjunct instructor for the Training Division; duties include all high liability areas, firearms, driving, first responder.
Prior to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Parent was employed by the State of Florida as an Officer for the Department of Transportation, Motor Carrier Compliance for fourteen years in the Miami area. This is where his passion for criminal patrol began. In the late 80’s and early 90’s he began making large seizures (cocaine, marijuana, meth, and money) in tractor trailers.
In 1999, his teaching partner (Robbie Bishop) from Georgia was shot in the head on a traffic stop. The shooter was a small time drug dealer from upstate New York. Parent now devotes most of his time to training other officers in vehicle stops and looking beyond the traffic infraction. He has trained thousands of Federal, State, and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers throughout United States.
Note: If you wish to learn more about Captain Robbie Bishop, or if you would like information about the National Criminal Enforcement Association that began in 1999 as a tribute to Captain Bishop go to http://ncea314.com/index.asp Membership is open to all law enforcement.
Writing and obtaining search warrants for crash investigators
This comprehensive one day course covers a number of issues that face every crash investigator whenever they respond to a serious crash. Is a warrant required before any evidence can be seized? If so, was the evidence gathered correctly? Will the findings be allowed in court? Will your actions or inactions place the investigation in peril?
This class focuses on proper and formal application of search warrants related to motor vehicle crashes and is designed for any law enforcement officer who is charged with investigating them. You usually only get one chance to get it right and when you get to court, there are people hoping you didn't.
.This course includes many topics, such as:
This class focuses on proper and formal application of search warrants related to motor vehicle crashes and is designed for any law enforcement officer who is charged with investigating them. You usually only get one chance to get it right and when you get to court, there are people hoping you didn't.
.This course includes many topics, such as:
- Types of collision concerns
- Chain of custody issues
- Writing an affidavit
- Format and terminology considering the type of warrant
- Search warrant application
- What to seize as evidence
- Trace evidence and how you should document this process
- Event Date Recorder (EDR) removal and data retrieval
- Avoiding the administrative pitfalls of noncompliance with Department Policies and Procedures and involvement by the local District Attorney's Office.
- Case law and court rulings regarding search warrants
- Plus much more!
Previously Offered Courses -Dispatch
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This class has been approved by the State 911 Department in Massachusetts
This 8-hour course challenges dispatchers to prepare for that phone call that goes beyond the basic call of just receiving information and forwarding it to units in the field, to one you didn’t see coming and weren’t prepared for. The ability to quickly shift gears when seconds count is critical. This course steps outside of critical thinking skills and moves more towards the new training paradigm, “forward thinking”. Thinking past the basic Q&A and getting relevant information when there just isn’t anymore time becomes a high skillset that is desperately needed.
This course involves class interaction with some historic call tapes to promote the mindset of forward thinking and finding the intel goldmine in a millisecond.
Workshop Content:
This course is designed to promote forward thinking skills beyond basic call-intake skills.
This 8-hour course challenges dispatchers to prepare for that phone call that goes beyond the basic call of just receiving information and forwarding it to units in the field, to one you didn’t see coming and weren’t prepared for. The ability to quickly shift gears when seconds count is critical. This course steps outside of critical thinking skills and moves more towards the new training paradigm, “forward thinking”. Thinking past the basic Q&A and getting relevant information when there just isn’t anymore time becomes a high skillset that is desperately needed.
This course involves class interaction with some historic call tapes to promote the mindset of forward thinking and finding the intel goldmine in a millisecond.
Workshop Content:
This course is designed to promote forward thinking skills beyond basic call-intake skills.
- New Place in History
- Critical Thinking vs Forward Thinking
- Traditional vs Non-traditional Call Taking
- WWWWWH
- Under 20 seconds
- Q&A Logical Sequence
- Hell and Hand Baskets
- Caller Circumstances
- Event Circumstances
- Caller Led and Managed
- Liability
- Duty
- General Duty
- Special Duty
- Proximate Cause
- Breach of Duty
- Verbal Clues
- Class Interaction
- Historic Audiotapes
- What Can I Do?
- ECC SOPS
- EMD Compliance
- Moral Courage
Crimes in progress
Course Description:
Police, firefighters, EMS and dispatchers soon learn that the job is not "hot" calls all the time. Dispatchers handle many more calls than they dispatch, and those calls that are dispatched, are usually "See the lady at ......" However, when the call is a crime in progress, dispatchers possess much more information than the responding officers and their safety may very well depend on the information you provide. Your success in this depends on how quickly you can ascertain and transmit what the first responders need to know. Remember, these may be the most dangerous types of calls as the suspect is still on scene.
This class is not a sit and listen seminar, but is an interactive workshop. You will be provided the opportunity to work with, and share your knowledge with, other professionals on how to better handle these types of situations. The course will cover the following topics and more.
face-to-face contact with involved parties.
Police, firefighters, EMS and dispatchers soon learn that the job is not "hot" calls all the time. Dispatchers handle many more calls than they dispatch, and those calls that are dispatched, are usually "See the lady at ......" However, when the call is a crime in progress, dispatchers possess much more information than the responding officers and their safety may very well depend on the information you provide. Your success in this depends on how quickly you can ascertain and transmit what the first responders need to know. Remember, these may be the most dangerous types of calls as the suspect is still on scene.
This class is not a sit and listen seminar, but is an interactive workshop. You will be provided the opportunity to work with, and share your knowledge with, other professionals on how to better handle these types of situations. The course will cover the following topics and more.
- Basic call handling review
- Call priorities
- Rules of response
- Call times classifications
- Person and vehicle descriptions
- Handling multiple calls
- Hands on exercises
- Case studies
face-to-face contact with involved parties.
Critical Incident Stress Management/Peer Debriefer Certification Course
This is an approved course by the MA State 911 Office
Critical Incident Stress Management, or CISM, is an intervention protocol developed specifically for dealing with traumatic events. As public safety officers, we see our fair share of these incidents. They take a toll, sometimes the job itself can be overwhelming. How we deal with these issues, or how our colleagues deal with them, can be as unique as each one of us are. CISM is a nationally recognized, highly structured process for helping each of us deal with critical incidents that we have had a direct role in regardless of the extent of that involvement. Some of us just have to vent, some of us have to cry, but all of us need to accept that playing the role of the "tough guy" or "super woman" is not healthy and in some cases, has led to leaving the profession, psychological breakdowns and suicide.
Intiated first with combat veterans and then first responders, CISM is internationally recognized wherever traumatic incidents are experienced and the impact affects peoples lives.
This course certifies debriefers for internal peer support teams, and recertifies any existing members who need updates.
Who Should Attend:
Law enforcement officers, firefighters, correctional officers, dispatchers, EMTs, chaplains, volunteers
Workshop Content:
Critical Incident Stress Management, or CISM, is an intervention protocol developed specifically for dealing with traumatic events. As public safety officers, we see our fair share of these incidents. They take a toll, sometimes the job itself can be overwhelming. How we deal with these issues, or how our colleagues deal with them, can be as unique as each one of us are. CISM is a nationally recognized, highly structured process for helping each of us deal with critical incidents that we have had a direct role in regardless of the extent of that involvement. Some of us just have to vent, some of us have to cry, but all of us need to accept that playing the role of the "tough guy" or "super woman" is not healthy and in some cases, has led to leaving the profession, psychological breakdowns and suicide.
Intiated first with combat veterans and then first responders, CISM is internationally recognized wherever traumatic incidents are experienced and the impact affects peoples lives.
This course certifies debriefers for internal peer support teams, and recertifies any existing members who need updates.
Who Should Attend:
Law enforcement officers, firefighters, correctional officers, dispatchers, EMTs, chaplains, volunteers
Workshop Content:
- Identifying critical incident stress crisis management
- Occupational warning signs
- Conducting debriefings & defusings
- Team selection-development-management
- Writing SOP’s
- Starting/refreshing internal teams
- Chaplains' programs
- Family/significant other support programs
- Logistics
- Practical exercises
- Much more.
COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING OFFICER (CTO)
This class has been approved by the State 911 Department in Massachusetts
Course Description:
Training is a challenge even for the best instructors, and a challenge it should be so that those we are training, are receiving the most informative, current, and professionally applicable knowledge they need for the task they are assigned to. This course includes Adult Learning Principles, Instructional Techniques and Liability, Creating and Implementing Lesson Plans, Utilizing Testing Devices, Correctly Writing Evals and DORs, writing and referencing a SEG, and more.
( NOT APCO – but meets CALEA & APCO standards )
Workshop Content:
Day 1
Introduction
a. Instructor
b. Expectations
History of CTO
Why do We Need Certified CTOs
Standardizing your CTO program?
What do Your Trainees Expect?
Understanding Training Jargon
Instructor Ethics
Liability of Instructors
Training and the American Disabilities Act
Principles of Learning
a. Adult Learning Concepts
b. How Adults Learn
c. Bloom's Taxonomy
d. Kinesics
e. How You Say It
Generations in the Classroom
a. Generations Gaps
b. Generation Problems in Training
c. 10 Biggest Trainer's Sins
Day 2
Mastering Clear Instruction
CTO Handbook
a. Rapport
b. Respect
c. Trainee Needs
d. Enthusiasm
e. Communication Skills
f. Be a Role Model
g. Information Flow
h. Mentoring
i. Feedback
j. Defusing Skills
k. Rewards
Is this the Same Person We Hired?
a. There are Issues with My Trainee!!
b. Toolbox for Problem Solving
Lesson Plan Development 101
a. The Elements
b. Cover Sheet
c. Schedule (Hour by Hour)
d. Outline
e. Lesson Plan
f. Objectives
g. Perfomance Base Training
h. Testing Devices
Day 3
The Standardized Evaluation Guidelines (SEG)
The Daily Observation Report (DOR)
a. The Basic Form
b. The Standardized Guideline Blocks
c. The Charting Form
d. Narrative Report of the DOR
e. The Error of Central Tendency
f. The Back of the DOR
g. Signatures
h. Completion of the DOR
i. Trainees Refusal to Sign
Changing Behavior
a. Two Basic Premises of Change
b. Learning and Behavior
c. Behavior Modification Theory
d. Rules of Reinforcement
e. Motivation
f. Critiquing the Trainee
The Rating Scale (The Lichert Scale)
Practical Exercises
Written Testing
Evaluations and Certificates
Course Description:
Training is a challenge even for the best instructors, and a challenge it should be so that those we are training, are receiving the most informative, current, and professionally applicable knowledge they need for the task they are assigned to. This course includes Adult Learning Principles, Instructional Techniques and Liability, Creating and Implementing Lesson Plans, Utilizing Testing Devices, Correctly Writing Evals and DORs, writing and referencing a SEG, and more.
( NOT APCO – but meets CALEA & APCO standards )
Workshop Content:
Day 1
Introduction
a. Instructor
b. Expectations
History of CTO
Why do We Need Certified CTOs
Standardizing your CTO program?
What do Your Trainees Expect?
Understanding Training Jargon
Instructor Ethics
Liability of Instructors
Training and the American Disabilities Act
Principles of Learning
a. Adult Learning Concepts
b. How Adults Learn
c. Bloom's Taxonomy
d. Kinesics
e. How You Say It
Generations in the Classroom
a. Generations Gaps
b. Generation Problems in Training
c. 10 Biggest Trainer's Sins
Day 2
Mastering Clear Instruction
CTO Handbook
a. Rapport
b. Respect
c. Trainee Needs
d. Enthusiasm
e. Communication Skills
f. Be a Role Model
g. Information Flow
h. Mentoring
i. Feedback
j. Defusing Skills
k. Rewards
Is this the Same Person We Hired?
a. There are Issues with My Trainee!!
b. Toolbox for Problem Solving
Lesson Plan Development 101
a. The Elements
b. Cover Sheet
c. Schedule (Hour by Hour)
d. Outline
e. Lesson Plan
f. Objectives
g. Perfomance Base Training
h. Testing Devices
Day 3
The Standardized Evaluation Guidelines (SEG)
The Daily Observation Report (DOR)
a. The Basic Form
b. The Standardized Guideline Blocks
c. The Charting Form
d. Narrative Report of the DOR
e. The Error of Central Tendency
f. The Back of the DOR
g. Signatures
h. Completion of the DOR
i. Trainees Refusal to Sign
Changing Behavior
a. Two Basic Premises of Change
b. Learning and Behavior
c. Behavior Modification Theory
d. Rules of Reinforcement
e. Motivation
f. Critiquing the Trainee
The Rating Scale (The Lichert Scale)
Practical Exercises
Written Testing
Evaluations and Certificates
DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE
This class has been approved by the State 911 Department in Massachusetts
This 8 hour class provides a comprehensive understanding of why callers act the way they do, and provides some positive strategies to handle those callers. Providing dispatchers with better tools to do their job helps prevent liability issues, speeds up the call-taking process, and provides a safer, effective, accurate, and more efficient Emergency Communications Center.
It’s not always the callers from the outside that are difficult to deal with. Dispatchers are trained to deal with the challenges of emergency calls, but sometimes their greatest challenges come from within. An overly aggressive supervisor, a co-worker intent on getting ahead at anyone’s expense, a public safety officer that still doesn’t approve of civilian dispatchers, effects the daily effectiveness of any dispatcher.
Like most public safety professionals, dispatchers can go from a sedentary moment to all out in matter of seconds. To add additional stress from the public or from one of their own can at times be overbearing. Each agency owes it to their employees to reduce these impactual occurrences and to also provide those same employees with coping mechanisms so they can help themselves. Their well being depends on it.
Workshop Content:
• Why do callers act the way they do?
• Psychology 101
• What are they thinking?
• Hey, Operator!! Did you get that?
• Listening to Understand
• Adjusting Attitudes: Theirs and Yours
• Do you have dispatchers that cop an attitude on the radio?
• Do you have officers that cop an attitude with dispatchers?
• The challenge of technology
• Eight Steps of Good Telephone Communication
• It’s all about being flexible
• Tips for suicidal callers
• Taking care of YOU
This 8 hour class provides a comprehensive understanding of why callers act the way they do, and provides some positive strategies to handle those callers. Providing dispatchers with better tools to do their job helps prevent liability issues, speeds up the call-taking process, and provides a safer, effective, accurate, and more efficient Emergency Communications Center.
It’s not always the callers from the outside that are difficult to deal with. Dispatchers are trained to deal with the challenges of emergency calls, but sometimes their greatest challenges come from within. An overly aggressive supervisor, a co-worker intent on getting ahead at anyone’s expense, a public safety officer that still doesn’t approve of civilian dispatchers, effects the daily effectiveness of any dispatcher.
Like most public safety professionals, dispatchers can go from a sedentary moment to all out in matter of seconds. To add additional stress from the public or from one of their own can at times be overbearing. Each agency owes it to their employees to reduce these impactual occurrences and to also provide those same employees with coping mechanisms so they can help themselves. Their well being depends on it.
Workshop Content:
• Why do callers act the way they do?
• Psychology 101
• What are they thinking?
• Hey, Operator!! Did you get that?
• Listening to Understand
• Adjusting Attitudes: Theirs and Yours
• Do you have dispatchers that cop an attitude on the radio?
• Do you have officers that cop an attitude with dispatchers?
• The challenge of technology
• Eight Steps of Good Telephone Communication
• It’s all about being flexible
• Tips for suicidal callers
• Taking care of YOU
DISPATCHER PURGATORY: 10 YEARS POST HIRE
Course Description:
This 8-hour course addresses every one of us that has been on any job for 10 or more years. Do I stay? Or do I leave? Am I in for the long haul? Or do I leave now? For all of us that love our job, we need to feel motivated, appreciated and challenged. If not, we are going to leave, or go through the motions every day until retirement, regretting what we have got ourselves into, a dead end job that becomes a chore that we regret everyday.
Workshop Content:
This 8-hour course addresses every one of us that has been on any job for 10 or more years. Do I stay? Or do I leave? Am I in for the long haul? Or do I leave now? For all of us that love our job, we need to feel motivated, appreciated and challenged. If not, we are going to leave, or go through the motions every day until retirement, regretting what we have got ourselves into, a dead end job that becomes a chore that we regret everyday.
Workshop Content:
- Has the world gone mad?
- Is this what I signed up for?
- Am I just marling time for retirement?
- I love this job, but ……..
- Do you see the world the same way that you did 10 years ago?
- Do you feel as optimistic as you once did?
- What is your primary focus each and every day?
- What do you put first in your life?
- Do you feel like you have “me” time?
- Do you feel “brain dead” much of the time?
- Do you feel fatigued much of the time?
- Do you always put others in front of yourself?
- What is your biggest gripe about work?
- What is your biggest gripe about your private/family life?
- Attitude IS Everything!
- Terror Management Theory
- Self control and Self-Healing
- The 5 T’s to Recovery
- What About Stress?
- Four Stages of Life
- Reinvent Yourself: 23 Traits of Emotionally Strong People
- Thriving in 911: The Silent Epidemic Wreaking Havoc on Your Comm Center
- Reinvent Yourself
- 9 Secrets of People Who Are Always in a Good Mood
Dispatcher's Role in Search and Rescue for alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
This class has been approved by the State 911 Department in Massachusetts
A person with Alzheimer's may feel anxious or agitated. They may express anger and aggression. He or she may become restless, causing a need to move around or pace, or become upset in certain places or when focused on specific details.The symptoms do not get better as this progressive disease is the 4th leading cause of death in adults.
This 8 hour course provides a comprehensive overview of the dangers of Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients who are missing. We define Alzheimer’s and different Dementias, as well as address signs and symptoms, problematic behaviors, “sun-downing”, wandering, correct questions to ask the reporting party, where to look, and why knowing the elements of these diseases are so important in the response process. How you respond as a dispatcher, may very well lead to the help these individuals need with a disease they have no control over.
Workshop Content:
A person with Alzheimer's may feel anxious or agitated. They may express anger and aggression. He or she may become restless, causing a need to move around or pace, or become upset in certain places or when focused on specific details.The symptoms do not get better as this progressive disease is the 4th leading cause of death in adults.
This 8 hour course provides a comprehensive overview of the dangers of Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients who are missing. We define Alzheimer’s and different Dementias, as well as address signs and symptoms, problematic behaviors, “sun-downing”, wandering, correct questions to ask the reporting party, where to look, and why knowing the elements of these diseases are so important in the response process. How you respond as a dispatcher, may very well lead to the help these individuals need with a disease they have no control over.
Workshop Content:
- Definitions and Symptoms of Alzheimer's and Dementia
- Diseases/Conditions that cause Dementia
- Alzheimer's 101
- Alzheimer's Facts
- Signs and Symptoms
- The Four A's of Alzheimer's Disease for Responders
- Alzheimer's Behavioral Patterns
- Problem Behavior Examples
- Initial 9-1-1 Call Intake
- Communicating with AD Patient - Whether Dispatcher or Officer
- The Search
- Wandering Stats
- Wanderer Profile
- Search Stats
- Night Searches
- Immediacy of Search & Rescue Needs
- Safety at Home
- 7 Stages of Alzheimer's
- Resources
Life Management, Not Just Stress Management
This class has been approved by the State 911 Department in Massachusetts
“9-1-1 what is your emergency?” Familiar words repeated thousands of times annually in any PSAP in the Nation. Units are dispatched, people are called, radio transmissions occur and then the silence sets in until more personnel are needed or the unit clears. So what happened? Rarely, are dispatchers informed of what takes place, but, a study conducted by researchers from Northern Illinois University “… found that the 911 dispatchers still experienced the emotional distress associated with PTSD, even though they were not directly in the traumatic event”. Dispatchers normally don’t have the same support circles police and fire personnel have to discuss “the job” so they take it home and that is where the problem begins. This course is not just about stress management, it is primarily focused on how a dispatcher manages their life. When an individual is not in control of their life, there is no way they can control stress. Life management skills, are critical to surviving in the workplace, especially to those in the Comm Center. This course is not about dealing with, and overcoming, stress, it is about managing your life and remaining in your profession. With dispatcher retention being one of the largest challenges facing communications managers and supervisors, this training could be another “tool” in their tool box.
Course Contents:
This course discusses:
“9-1-1 what is your emergency?” Familiar words repeated thousands of times annually in any PSAP in the Nation. Units are dispatched, people are called, radio transmissions occur and then the silence sets in until more personnel are needed or the unit clears. So what happened? Rarely, are dispatchers informed of what takes place, but, a study conducted by researchers from Northern Illinois University “… found that the 911 dispatchers still experienced the emotional distress associated with PTSD, even though they were not directly in the traumatic event”. Dispatchers normally don’t have the same support circles police and fire personnel have to discuss “the job” so they take it home and that is where the problem begins. This course is not just about stress management, it is primarily focused on how a dispatcher manages their life. When an individual is not in control of their life, there is no way they can control stress. Life management skills, are critical to surviving in the workplace, especially to those in the Comm Center. This course is not about dealing with, and overcoming, stress, it is about managing your life and remaining in your profession. With dispatcher retention being one of the largest challenges facing communications managers and supervisors, this training could be another “tool” in their tool box.
Course Contents:
This course discusses:
- Generalizing Stress
- Dispatchers are Different
- The "JOB" and THAT Stress
- Attitude is Everything
- A New Tool Box
- Anger & Conflict
- Your "Junk Drawer"
- Learn to Say "No"
- "Happy Place"
- Exercise
- Dealing with Survivor's Guilt
- 10 Things to Hate About Sleep Loss
- Sleep Research
- Sleep and the Night Shift
- What Lack of Sleep Does to Your Mind
- A Healthy Life Balance
Supervision and Management skills for emergency communications supervisors
Course Description:
"Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with
people who attempt too much than with those who try too little."
- Lee Iacocca
This 2-day course for current supervisors and managers, and those moving into a supervisory or managerial role now or in the future, would benefit from this course taught by by an individual that has both police and communications supervisory experience. Many people believe that they can do the job better than their supervisor, but do little to prepare themselves to take over should that supervisor leave. If they are promoted, they may soon find themselves being accused of doing the same things their former bosses did, because no one trained them to take over. In this course, you will be guided through what may have seemed challenging prior to the course, but you will feel confident after completing it. This course covers some of the basic elements such as defining the differences in management and supervision, the core skills needed in management and supervision, and decision making vs problem solving.
Workshop Content:
"Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with
people who attempt too much than with those who try too little."
- Lee Iacocca
This 2-day course for current supervisors and managers, and those moving into a supervisory or managerial role now or in the future, would benefit from this course taught by by an individual that has both police and communications supervisory experience. Many people believe that they can do the job better than their supervisor, but do little to prepare themselves to take over should that supervisor leave. If they are promoted, they may soon find themselves being accused of doing the same things their former bosses did, because no one trained them to take over. In this course, you will be guided through what may have seemed challenging prior to the course, but you will feel confident after completing it. This course covers some of the basic elements such as defining the differences in management and supervision, the core skills needed in management and supervision, and decision making vs problem solving.
Workshop Content:
- Planning Phases
- How to Effectively Delegate
- Effective Communication
- Conducting Productive Meetings
- How to Manage SELF
- Developing a Winning Organization
- Developing the Exceptional Staff
- Teamwork Development
- Training: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Employee Performance
- Motivating the Troops
- Terminations, and more
Supervisor's Guide to Truth and Deception
This 1 day course is geared specifically for Emergency Communications Officers (Dispatchers) Trainers (CTOs), Leads, and Supervisors to provide a proactive tool for reading basic body language to assist you in spotting truth and deception. Traditionally you are shown how to ask questions and conduct various types of interviews by asking a given set of questions in a given order. These tools are the basic elements introducing reading body language for hiring interviews, evaluations, citizen complaints, ethical and disciplinary interviews, quality assurance, and promotional interviews. Being able to successfully read the behavioral indicators of truth and deception makes a more effective and efficient workplace.
Course Contents
Course Contents
- Why do we need to understand deception?
- Was his/her statement the truth, deception or a lie?
- Actions lie louder than words
- Reasons for Deceit Signals
- Body Language
- Verbal and Non-verbal Deception Indicators
- Consistency and Contradiction
- Contrived Emotions
- Megawatt Smiles
- “Actors”
- The 11 Rules of Human Behavior
- Emotions and Decisions
- Good news/Bad news
- Understanding what is happening when they change their story
- Why are they introducing new information?
- Comfort Zones
- Pleasure-Pain Equation
- Tricks of the Trade
- Much More!
Supervisor's Refresher: Getting Evals Right
This class has been approved by the State 911 Department in Massachusetts
Performance evaluations are one of the most dreaded job requirements that employees and supervisors experience. They are often conducted poorly with little guidance as to how they are to be done or why? Rarely are objectives explained to the evaluator with the exception perhaps of telling them to fill out a form and evaluate a subordinate. The employee doesn't know what the supervisor is looking for except it seems like they are either critical, praiseworthy or somewhere in between. They walk away feeling it was a negative experience, but at least it doesn't have to be done for another year. The evaluator walks away feeling they just made an enemy out of a co-worker, but maybe the employee will get over it before they have to enter into the same situation next year, if they are still here. This course works through these scenarios and talks about what is right and what is wrong about evaluations, their purpose, their expected outcome and why things usually don't go the way the administration things they should.
Course Contents:
Performance evaluations are one of the most dreaded job requirements that employees and supervisors experience. They are often conducted poorly with little guidance as to how they are to be done or why? Rarely are objectives explained to the evaluator with the exception perhaps of telling them to fill out a form and evaluate a subordinate. The employee doesn't know what the supervisor is looking for except it seems like they are either critical, praiseworthy or somewhere in between. They walk away feeling it was a negative experience, but at least it doesn't have to be done for another year. The evaluator walks away feeling they just made an enemy out of a co-worker, but maybe the employee will get over it before they have to enter into the same situation next year, if they are still here. This course works through these scenarios and talks about what is right and what is wrong about evaluations, their purpose, their expected outcome and why things usually don't go the way the administration things they should.
Course Contents:
- Everyone hates writing evals
- Stigma portrays the writer as the
- Are your evals constructed to be fair?
- Sre your evals setting your dispatchers up to succeed or fail?
- How to eliminate the attitude towards evals
- Why do we need annual reviews
- Merit raises
- Skill levels reached
- Liability
- 3 lessons learned ...without going to court
- Documenting poor performance
- Negative vs glowing reviews
- Getting your agencies strategies straight
- 10 Strategies for Winning Performance Reviews
- Review of Student Agency Evaluations
- Supplemental Material
- Truth vs Deception
Quality (Not just customer) service
As soon as you pick-up the phone in the Comm Center, like it or not, you are the Department! What you say, and more importantly, how you say it, plays a large role in forming the opinion the caller has of your agency. Like they say, “perception is reality.” How you respond, and knowing how to respond, will not only put your agency in a different light, but it may also reduce your stress level and at the same time boost your self-confidence under stressful situations. We all know dispatching can at times be a stressful profession, but providing quality service is the sign of a true professional.
Here is a simple but powerful rule: always give people more than what they expect to get. ~ Nelson Boswell
Course Contents:
Here is a simple but powerful rule: always give people more than what they expect to get. ~ Nelson Boswell
Course Contents:
- Benefits of High Quality Service
- The DON’Ts of High Quality Service
- Understanding Fundamentals
- Caller’s Mindset
- Things to Avoid
- Best HQ Skills
- Positive Attitude
- The Human Factor
- Key Phrases that Work!
- Interpersonal Quality Service
- Dealing with Angry and Upset Callers
- Handling Requests You Can’t Fulfill
- Winning Theories
- Telling the Customer What To Expect
- Memory Muscle
World of liability
This 1-day course covers the world of liability in the 9-1-1 Center. “Because it’s a liability” is the normal phrase often heard through Supervisors and Trainers, however the extent of the liability issues are never fully explained. This course looks at Federal and State interpretations, negligence, vicarious liability, torts, “immunity”, social networking, ADA, courtroom testimony, record keeping, training, accountability, and more. Case overviews are used to reinforce the importance of understanding liability. If you don't understand liability, you are a liability to yourself.
Workshop Content:
Workshop Content:
- The 3 Levels of Accountability
- Negligence
- Three Categories of Tort Law Affecting Resonders
- Areas of Potential Liability
- Failure to Train
- Relationship Between Managers and Trainers
- Responsibility of Trainers
- Measures That Prevent or Reduce CTO Liability
- Training and the American with Disabilties Act
- How Training is Affected by the ADA
- Federal, and State Laws, Local Ordinances, Rules and Regulations that Govern Dispatch Operations
- Legal Issues
- Damages
- Proximate Cause
- Performance Liabilities
- Supevisor Liability
- Vicarious Liability
- New Technology
- Dispatcher's Rights
- Court Testimony/Depositions
- Basic Preparartion for Court Testimony
- Professional Testimony
- Standardizing Your CTO Program
- Choosing Your CTO's
- Overview of Liability
Domestic violence handbook for emergency communications officers
This class has been approved by the State 911 Department in Massachusetts.
The public safety dispatcher’s role is extremely important in the handling of domestic violence calls. There is a call for help and you, the public safety dispatcher, may be the only person between the victim and the batterer. Your actions, or lack of actions, may be the difference between life and death for the person on the other end of the phone. Your conversations and directions on a 911 call may prove to be vital evidence in a later prosecution of a batterer. You just may break the cycle of violence.
The victim is not the only person at risk here, so are your officers. The information you provide them with has a direct impact on the outcome of the situation because many times what the dispatcher says or does is crucial to everyone involved. While you are not on the scene, your actions are. The safety of the victim, their children if any and your officers may just depend on you, the public safety professional.
Workshop Content:
• Who are the victims?
• Statistics
• Common Myths
• Recognizing the Physical Signs of Violence
• Types of Domestic Abuse
• Familicide
• The Cycle of Violence
• Child Abuse
• Domestic Violence in the Law Enforcement Family
• Police Family Violence Fact Sheet
• Failure of Departmental Policies
• Female Officers
• Police Domestic Violence Action Profile
• Police Domestic Violence Victims
• The Dispatcher’s Role
• Steps for an Effective Plan
• Policies and Regulations
• Bottom Line: DO YOUR JOB!
The public safety dispatcher’s role is extremely important in the handling of domestic violence calls. There is a call for help and you, the public safety dispatcher, may be the only person between the victim and the batterer. Your actions, or lack of actions, may be the difference between life and death for the person on the other end of the phone. Your conversations and directions on a 911 call may prove to be vital evidence in a later prosecution of a batterer. You just may break the cycle of violence.
The victim is not the only person at risk here, so are your officers. The information you provide them with has a direct impact on the outcome of the situation because many times what the dispatcher says or does is crucial to everyone involved. While you are not on the scene, your actions are. The safety of the victim, their children if any and your officers may just depend on you, the public safety professional.
Workshop Content:
• Who are the victims?
• Statistics
• Common Myths
• Recognizing the Physical Signs of Violence
• Types of Domestic Abuse
• Familicide
• The Cycle of Violence
• Child Abuse
• Domestic Violence in the Law Enforcement Family
• Police Family Violence Fact Sheet
• Failure of Departmental Policies
• Female Officers
• Police Domestic Violence Action Profile
• Police Domestic Violence Victims
• The Dispatcher’s Role
• Steps for an Effective Plan
• Policies and Regulations
• Bottom Line: DO YOUR JOB!