Leadership Principles in Law Enforcement
From a very early age, each of us has been taught that it is important to live a life full of principles. As we matured, we understood that principles are basic assumptions that represent an important underlying law or belief. Eastern religions describe principles as a beginning, foundation, source, or essence from which things proceed. Principles are thus the fundamental essences out of which and from which all things are and exist. These fundamentals can apply to every aspect of our lives, both personal and professional. But what about leadership? What is the underlying law of leadership that guides how we should act and react in order to be successful as leaders?
Leadership entails advancing change, taking risks, and accepting responsibility for making change happen. This course examines the principles and underlying laws of leadership, what makes successful leaders, and leadership challenges facing law enforcement today.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9545;
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Liability Management in Law Enforcement
In today’s society, the importance of protecting yourself and your agency from claims and lawsuits cannot be overestimated. As we all know, lawsuits are time consuming, stressful and, of course, expensive. Funds expended on defense and related costs can reduce money available for equipment and needed programs. This course examines numerous practical ways in which you can reduce your risk through effective liability management.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9551;
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Mentoring Skills in Law Enforcement
It is widely assumed that all the basic skills a new law enforcement officer needs are taught in the academy, and any agency-specific training is accomplished during the field-training process. While this may be true to some degree, officers must learn much more in order to become motivated, well-rounded police professionals.
Officers learn many valuable skills during academy and agency-specific field training. After the field training process is over, new officers no longer have the benefit of training officers looking over their shoulders. However, the training process must not stop there. This is where supervisors take over and become mentors to new officers.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9546;
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Personnel and Training in Law Enforcement
In today’s society, the importance of protecting yourself and your agency from claims and lawsuits cannot be overestimated. As we all know, lawsuits are time consuming, stressful and, of course, expensive. Funds expended on defense and related costs can reduce money available for equipment and needed programs. This course examines practical ways in which you can reduce your risk through effective liability management of personnel.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9552;
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Servant Leadership
While leadership theories have been studied by researchers for years, one style, called servant leadership, is becoming increasingly popular in the field of law enforcement. As the name implies, in servant leadership, it is your job as leader to serve those under your management.
This course will discuss and analyze the servant leadership philosophy and its application in law enforcement. Proper application of this philosophy empowers both managers and their subordinates. It can improve a supervisor’s leadership skills while increasing subordinate confidence, morale, and productivity.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9559; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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The Art of Effective Communication
This course will discuss effective communication skills: what they are and how to achieve them. Emphasis will be given to skills that you, as a patrol officer, can use to be effective in your communication with others: including victims, witnesses, suspects, the community, or even your supervisors.
Effective communication is one of the most important “tools” that a public safety practitioner can have on their “tool belt.” Every public safety official needs to be able to communicate effectively with the people that they deal with on a daily basis.
This course will discuss the mindset, techniques, and best practices used to achieve effective communication while policing. You will learn ways to speak to people that will allow you to effectively accomplish important tasks—whether your tasks involve placing someone under arrest, rerouting traffic, gaining appropriate crime details, or some other policing objective. Special consideration and emphasis will be on techniques to allow you to actively listen and gain compliance in difficult situations.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9344; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Con Games in Jail and Prisoner Transport
In any correctional facility, law enforcement officers are surrounded by people who have lost control of their environment. Inmates will do whatever it takes to regain control, including con games. Lieutenant Glenn Revell of the San Diego County, Calif., Sheriff's Department explains how inmates will try to con you, the dangers of being conned, and how you can keep from being taken in.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9313;
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Control, Verbal Judo and Defensive Tactics
A key element of law enforcement is control. Whether officers are controlling inmates, controlling suspects, or controlling situations, losing control means losing the advantage. In this course, verbal judo creator Dr. George Thompson shows how an officer's mouth may be their best weapon, and Lt. Gary Klugiewicz outlines a disturbance resolution model that will keep officers in control.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9314;
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Jail Gangs
Do you have the inside information on gangs in your correctional facility? Do you know how to recognize the signs of gang organization? In this course, Thomas R. Barry examines the role of gangs behind bars, gang rules, how to combat the gang, gathering information on gangs, and psychological tactics for dealing with gangs.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9369;
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Professional Communications Skills
Why is there a need for law enforcement officers to have professional communications skills? Studies show that over 97 percent of situations that officers find themselves in are verbal, and yet the majority of training officers participate in is physical. In this course, Milwaukee County jail staff discusses and then demonstrates the importance of communication in the penal environment, including initial contact, disturbance resolution, physical intervention, and debriefing skills.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9328;
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Calls From the Hearing Impaired
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Department of Justice standards require telecommunicators, 9-1-1 operators, and call takers to effectively recognize and process TTY calls to emergency telephone services. This course identifies methods of TTY call recognition; explains the proper procedures for handling TTY, voice carry over (VCO), hearing carry over (HCO), and telecommunications relay service calls; identifies the elements of effective TTY call processing; and describes procedures for receiving and initiating TTY calls.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9367;
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Stress Management
Stress comes in many forms. Dispatchers and officers often feel their stress is related to departmental policies. However, Detective Sgt. Duane Fredricksen believes stress starts within. This three-part course examines how to recognize the signs of stress, the warning signals, and what supervisors and dispatchers can do to prevent excessive stress. It also introduces the “triangle of life” – diet, exercise, and thought as the keys to identifying and handling intensive stress and stress-related problems.
Duration: 1.5 hour; SKU: 9363;
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The AMBER Alert System
America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response system, or AMBER Alert system, is named after Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl from Arlington, Texas, who was abducted and brutally murdered. It is a nationwide system organized under state or regional plans for the purpose of assisting the recovery of abducted or endangered children. The system was developed to get information quickly out to the public about these children and to aid law enforcement in their speedy recovery. This course examines the role of the dispatcher in the alert system, and how they are often critical in the quick deployment of personnel and, in some cases, in the actual entering of information into the system to initiate the AMBER Alert.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9361;
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Accidents & Emergencies
This course provides guidance for police officers who drive vehicles on the job, describing post-accident procedures such as who to call, what information to provide and collect, and what forms to complete. Information is also provided regarding what officers can expect to be carried out by their department during the accident investigation and which corrective actions could be recommended to prevent similar accidents in the future. Likewise, the course also discusses strategies for responding safely to unexpected vehicle emergencies, such as a mechanical failure. Equipping a vehicle with an accident kit and emergency supplies is also part of the recommended preparation strategies, as well as some tips on preventing the major causes of accidents and emergencies.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9016;
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Adjusting to Changing Driving Conditions
In 2005, 848,000 crashes in the U.S. occurred under rain, sleet, or snow conditions, and although there are far fewer vehicles on roadways at nighttime, over half of all vehicle crashes involving fatalities occurred in dim or dark lighting conditions. Certainly, environmental conditions play a significant role in vehicle crashes. The most unfortunate aspect of such collisions is that oftentimes they are entirely preventable. The main culprit in such crashes is not the effect of the environment but the drivers who failed to recognize the hazardous conditions and drive appropriately.
Environmental conditions that can affect driving include weather, visibility, and road surface quality. All of these require drivers to be able to respond appropriately and adjust their driving performance to make sure the vehicle handles safely under the conditions present. This course reviews these environmental conditions and explains the required driver responses to ensure safe vehicle operations.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9006;
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Defensive Driving Strategies
A worker is more likely to suffer fatal injury while operating a vehicle than any other job activity. The need for enhancing safety when driving cannot be understated. Unfortunately, improving one's own driving ability does not guarantee safety on the roadway. No matter how safe a driver is trained to be, he or she cannot control the behavior of other vehicle operators. Encountering unsafe drivers is an inevitable part of every driver's experience.
This course is aimed at preparing drivers for encountering potential hazards on the roadway. It follows a three-fold approach by encouraging drivers to anticipate, recognize, and respond to driving hazards. Within this framework, topics covered include principles of defensive driving, the need for driving defensively, practical instruction on how to drive defensively, instruction on maintaining a safety zone perimeter around the driver's vehicle, and effective stopping distance.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9009;
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Distracted Driving
A brief glance at a new billboard, a turn of the head to look into the backseat, a routine cell phone conversation -- these all have the potential to cause a deadly motor vehicle accident. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 6 million to 8.3 million drivers crashed in the past five years as a result of being distracted.
Distracted driving is receiving increasing attention from both the media and legislators, but there is still a long way to go before drivers are fully aware of the hazards involved. On average, drivers require about 3/4 of a second to react. When a driver's attention is diverted from the roadway, that reaction time can be drastically increased, and traumatic injury or fatality can be the tragic result.
This course examines the problem of distracted driving and offers solutions and prevention measures for avoiding accidents due to distracted driving. Recent case studies are also presented along with a discussion of the lessons that can be learned from each.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9578;
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Emergency Vehicle Operations
This course aims to review the fundamentals of driving law enforcement vehicles. Using contemporary examples and statistics, the need for training on this subject is emphasized. Factors to consider in route planning are also reviewed. Special attention is given as well to proper start-up procedures, fundamentals of safe driving, defensive driving, and pursuit driving.
For optimum effectiveness, this course should be used in conjunction with real-world behind-the-wheel training and should not be considered a substitute for actual driving experience.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9020;
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Impaired Driving
The purpose of this course is to encourage safe driving practices among police officers, reduce departments' costs due to incidents caused by impaired driving, and educate drivers on the factors that contribute to impaired driving. Driving is a common task required of many people nationwide and even a small increase in safe driving practices can reduce the number of accidents and, most importantly, save lives. Due to the widespread nature of the alcohol-impaired driving problem in particular, special attention has been given to this problem.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9002;
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Legal Considerations for Police Drivers
This course reviews legal aspects of police emergency vehicle operations, including appropriate vehicle procedures based upon federal, state, local, and organization regulations. It also reviews the need for compliance with traffic laws and appropriate conditions for exemption. Legal terms and principles discussed include due regard, true emergencies, negligence, and liability.
Because each state is different and each department's protocols may vary, personnel are encouraged to seek competent legal advice concerning any questions regarding these issues. This material is provided as general information and does not constitute legal advice. Consult an attorney for advice concerning specific matters.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9019;
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Pursuit Driving
Every day a person dies as a result of a police pursuit, and that number could be even higher. The full number of police pursuits nationwide and of their associated damages, injuries, and fatalities is difficult to determine. Regardless, it is clear that pursuits present a high degree of risk to officers, to those being pursued, and to the general public. To mitigate these risks, officers must receive proper training on safe pursuit driving.
This course focuses on increasing awareness of the risks inherent in pursuits and pursuit driving. It also suggests ways of minimizing these risks. The various legal precedents and criteria for pursuing and terminating a pursuit receive prominent attention. Tactical maneuvers, strategies, and methods are also covered.
The material in this course is not intended as a replacement for behind-the-wheel training. Rather, the material is best used in conjunction with such training, as it can provide a context where the course content can be directly applied.
Duration: 1 hour;
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Vehicle Inspection & Maintenance
Regularly inspecting a vehicle for problems and following a schedule of routine maintenance are critical to ensuring safety and prolonging the life of the vehicle. Unfortunately, however, the majority of vehicles on the road are not properly inspected or maintained. A recent national survey found that at least 80% of vehicles are not adequately maintained and have at least one component needing attention (Car Care Council, 2007). This not only means that most vehicles on the roadway are not operating under optimally safe conditions, it also suggests that drivers do not recognize the need for following a regular schedule of inspecting and maintaining their vehicles.
A vehicle that is not regularly inspected and maintained will gradually degrade in performance, use more gasoline or diesel, and increase the chances that future repairs will be more costly. An inadequately maintained vehicle also produces more pollution, which can reflect negatively on the organization owning the vehicle.
This course focuses on the responsibility of police officers to inspect their vehicles and maintain them in good working condition. Critical and pertinent topics are covered such as what to inspect, how to document inspections, the cost-saving benefits of properly maintaining a vehicle, how to check tire pressure, and how to identify common vehicle problems before they contribute to costly major mechanical failures
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9014;
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Vehicle Safety and Security
An unfortunate reality that every police officer has to deal with is the security and protection of patrol vehicles. According to the FBI, a vehicle is stolen in the U.S. every 26.4 seconds, and law enforcement vehicles are not exempt from theft. In addition to vehicle theft, a surprising amount of other causes of damage and loss of property, as well as injury and fatality to law enforcement personnel, is sustained every year due to patrol car incidents. Greater attention to security and safety measures of protection should be implemented to effectively curb this trend, contain the losses, and save lives.
This course is dedicated to educating law enforcement officers and improving patrol vehicle safety and security. Receiving particular emphasis in this course are the areas of preventing vehicle theft and enhancing the personal safety of vehicle occupants. Regarding vehicle security, topics covered include, among others, how to secure a vehicle safely when parking, what security devices can be installed to enhance protection, and how to follow a comprehensive "layered" approach to vehicle security. Vehicle safety is also featured prominently in this course, and topics such as safety tips for protecting vehicle occupants from injury in a collision and properly using vehicle-equipped safety devices are discussed. The lessons in this course provide safety measures officers can use to protect themselves whether they are on or off duty.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9012;
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Arrest Procedures
Making arrests is one of the primary tasks of law enforcement officers. Lawful arrests help to reduce crime, protect communities, and remove offenders from society. To carry out this critical responsibility, law enforcement officers need to know when arrests are lawful and how to carry out arrests safely and effectively.
This course provides a general overview of arrest procedures. It discusses various aspects of arrests, including the legal justifications, limitations, and requirements of the powers of arrest invested in law enforcement officers. Procedures discussed in the course include those for handcuffing, investigative on-scene searching, and unique arrest scenarios such as mass arrests, juvenile arrests, and the arrest of non-US citizens.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9107;
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Bloodborne Pathogens Safety
Blood and other potentially infectious material pose a serious threat to employees who are exposed to them. To reduce the health risks for workers whose duties involve exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material, OSHA issued the Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Standard. This course explains the requirements for complying with this standard as well as provides practical information on the various diseases and protection strategies associated with bloodborne pathogens.
In addition to federal OSHA standards, some state agencies have developed additional guidance on bloodborne pathogens. The State of California, for example, provides additional guidance and requirements pertaining to bloodborne pathogen regulations. Throughout this course, we will use the California regulations as an example of differences between state and federal regulations.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 6002p;
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Computer Security Awareness in Law Enforcement
Due to the rapid growth of computer technology and the increase in potential online threats, computer security must be understood by every user. Failure to fully comprehend these issues can lead to loss of data and theft of personal and financial information. The increasing importance of computer technology and the information contained and transmitted by computers used both at work and at home make it essential for every computer user to learn about computer security, the problems computer usage can present, and the actions that can prevent breaches in computer security.
This training is specifically designed to increase computer safety awareness, ensure online security, and protect all valuable information stored on computers. Remember -- security is every computer user's responsibility!
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9213;
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Constitutional Law
This course will review the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights as it relates to the field of law enforcement. Emphasis will be given to amendments of the constitution that specifically target the way law enforcement carries out their job duties, including the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth. This course will concentrate on the amendment that most defines our profession: the fourth amendment. Special consideration and emphasis will be on relevant court cases and case law that has defined and shaped the profession, both traditionally and in modern society.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9556; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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CPR Academic
Each year approximately 250,000 people die of sudden cardiac arrest in the United States. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions delivered to victims thought to be in cardiac arrest. During cardiac arrest, the heart stops pumping blood, blood pressure falls to zero, and the pulse stops. Within 10 seconds a victim may lose consciousness and become unresponsive. CPR helps circulate blood that contains oxygen to the brain and other vital organs and can help "buy time" until help arrives. This course highlights how to recognize the signs of cardiac arrest, how and when to perform CPR, and how to use an AED to help a person in cardiac arrest.
This course is meant to supplement CPR training conducted by the American Heart Association. It is not to be used as the primary guide for patient care. Please contact the American Heart Association for the hands-on class information.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9619; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Crime Scene Investigation
Effective, thorough crime scene investigation (or CSI) can produce valuable evidence and information to resolve a crime. The investigator should have a clear understanding and thorough knowledge of their tasks, various types of CSI equipment, scene safety procedures, and scene assessment procedures. Ineffective or inadequate investigation, however, can hinder a case and prevent just conviction or sentencing. The goal of crime scene investigation training should be to eliminate human error. Unfortunately, the potential for human error can be significant. A recent federal government study documented nearly 150 potential sources of human error in the analysis of crime scene fingerprints (NIST, 2012). Extra precaution should be taken when locating, collecting, and documenting evidence.
This course provides a general overview of crime scene investigation. It discusses the types of equipment used in CSIs and safety considerations for mitigating risks. Topics that receive substantial focus are documenting, locating, and collecting evidence.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9109;
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Cultural Competency in Law Enforcement
Cultural competency is defined as the ability to understand, appreciate, and interact with people of different cultures or belief systems from one’s own. It is not a matter of if, but when, you will need to engage a citizen with a different culture or belief system.
Through diversity, you can integrate your strength of experience, skills, perspectives, and understanding into progress. This can lead to more efficient communication with the citizens you serve.
The purpose of this online course is to open discussion on this vital topic and to aid you in increasing your own awareness and understanding of the multiple and diverse cultures that our country is made up of.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9603; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Discrimination and Harassment in Law Enforcement
Understanding the laws regarding discrimination and harassment is a critical component in any liability management effort. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended is the basis for all current laws regarding workplace discrimination. The Supreme Court stated that Title VII affords employees the right to work in an environment free from discriminatory intimidation, ridicule, and insult, based on sex, race, religion, or national origin. Although this course focuses primarily on sexual harassment and discrimination, law enforcement agencies must also address discrimination based on gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, and protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9550;
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Dispatch
Public safety dispatchers play a vital role in law enforcement. Serving as the voice between the citizen and the officer, public safety dispatchers ensure that individuals receive proper assistance when in danger. The fast-paced and unpredictable nature of a dispatcher’s job demands great responsibility and forces dispatchers to always work at the highest efficiency possible. Dispatchers must be able to make split second decisions while managing multiple tasks at once, with little room for error.
This course reviews the ways in which a dispatcher can be as effective as possible at serving the needs of the public, including how to obtain information quickly from callers in potentially life-threatening situations, how to relay that information to officers, and how to monitor the incident through its completion.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9108;
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Domestic Violence
Severe physical violence has been used by an intimate partner against one in four women in the United States. Domestic violence is a significant problem in society and presents a unique set of challenges to law enforcement. Abusers can be threatening and unpredictable at the scene. Officers need to protect the victim, any children, and themselves. To do so they need to understand the unique factors that contribute to domestic violence and the psychological and emotional influences that impact behavior in such incidents.
This course provides a general overview of domestic violence. Topics covered include understanding the psychologies of abusers and victims, breaking the cycle of violence, and identifying crimes commonly associated with domestic violence. Discussion also focuses on scene safety, conducting the on-scene investigation, criteria to determine whether to make an arrest, and strategies for protecting the victim.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9105; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Drug Investigation
Narcotics investigation is one of the most dangerous activities in law enforcement. The stakes are high and the consequences are severe. Drug criminals are often armed and willing to use violence to protect themselves and their drug business. The challenging task of law enforcement officers is to uncover vital intelligence, apprehend all suspects, and stay safe during all aspects of the operation. This course provides an overview of drug investigation with an emphasis on conducting operations in an effective manner while mitigating the inherent risks involved. The course discusses aspects of search and seizure laws that apply to drug investigations and prepares officers to be able to identify drugs and drug lab operations as well as understand undercover operations. It also reviews the importance of listening, recognizing body language, analyzing vehicles and drug-related sites, and recognizing when the drugs are not likely there.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9113; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Evidence-Based Policing
When evidence-based policing is used, administrators can make more informed choices or diagnoses of problems in their jurisdictions. When data is used to provide a basis for police action in the community, the result is a safe and effective policing program to combat crime. This course will discuss important aspects of evidence-based policing, such as the definition of evidence-based policing, the value of research in evidence-based policing, how to measure performance, identifying problems with evidence-based policing, and how to evaluate new practices and test alternatives.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9614; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Excessive Force
Law enforcement personnel are frequently confronted with the decision to use force to apprehend a suspect. Often, there is only a split second in which to choose the proper course of action. Although a decision may be required immediately, officers do not often have the luxury of knowing all the information upfront. Is the suspect armed? Is anyone in danger? Is the suspect hiding anything? Hindsight may be 20/20, but will the officer's actions be compelling enough to convince a jury in the peaceful chambers of a judge's courtroom? The limitations to time and knowledge make any use of force decision a challenge. Through extensive training and experience, making the right decision is expected to become nearly instinctive to the officer. And in the overwhelming majority of cases, law enforcement personnel do make wise and effective use-of-force decisions.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9101; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Gang Identification
In the most recent survey of law enforcement, the U.S. Department of Justice found that there are nearly three-quarters of a million gang members in the U.S., representing nearly 30,000 different gangs or sets (2009). Gangs are found in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories. Law enforcement data show a continued migration from urban areas to suburban and even rural communities. Due to the pervasiveness of gangs and their propensity for criminality, detecting the presence of gangs and identifying gang members is critical for protecting citizens and preventing crime.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9102;
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Rapidly Evolving Challenges, Perspectives and Responsibilities of Law Enforcement
This course encourages you to pause, reflect, and re-evaluate the purpose of public safety, and where the greatest opportunities for a successful relationship with the community exist. What challenges are inhibiting success? How is success defined? What other agencies within local government also have an integral and dependent role? Much, if not most, of public safety is reactive. The goal of this course is to take a pause from being reactive and, instead, evaluate the challenges so public safety can be addressed by identifying root causes.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9604; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Understanding Fatigue for Law Enforcement
Law enforcement officers' job requirements are challenging in many ways, but one obstacle that is often overlooked is officer fatigue. Police officers work around the clock, and these hours, along with the already dangerous job tasks they must perform, can lead to sleep loss. Loss of sleep leads to decreased alertness, deterioration of performance, health issues, and ultimately compromised safety on the job.
Law enforcement officers must always maintain the highest level of performance and personal safety possible while on duty; therefore, it is essential that officer fatigue be examined closely and on multiple levels.
This course will focus on officer fatigue by examining the causes and effects of fatigue, the physiological factors that underlie fatigue, the ways that fatigue can impair officers as they perform certain tasks, and fatigue management strategies that officers and departments can implement in order to improve performance. It will also look at how police officers can identify core fatigue factors as part of an investigation.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9187; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Workplace Violence in Law Enforcement
Workplace violence has emerged as an important safety and health issue in today's workplace. Its most extreme form, homicide, is the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. On average, workplace violence accounts for 1.7 million injuries and 800 deaths per year [Bureau of Justice Statistics 2005; BLS 2005]. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, assaults and violent acts represented 18% of all fatal work-related injuries in 2009. Death or injury should not be an inevitable result of one's chosen occupation, nor should these staggering figures be accepted as a cost of doing business. By recognizing the signs of potentially violent behavior and taking steps to protect yourself, you can help prevent violence in your workplace.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9620;
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Critical Infrastructure Protection (3 modules)
Module 1: In recent years, it has become increasingly evident that public safety organizations are vulnerable to a variety of threats – natural, accidental, and manmade. The critical infrastructures first responders depend upon are also vulnerable. Applying countermeasures is the key to protecting critical infrastructures such as personnel and cyber property. Hear what experts say about the importance of applying countermeasures to critical infrastructures and how to do it in your community.
Module 2: During the past two decades, several events have exposed the fragility of the critical infrastructures that U.S. citizens and businesses depend upon. From catastrophic accidents and natural disasters to acts of domestic and international terrorism, America's vital resources are continuously under the threat of damage and disruption. This course provides a basic description of how you should conduct a vulnerability analysis on the critical infrastructures your agency depends upon to accomplish its organizational mission, including critical infrastructures (CIs) that may be outside your agency's span of control.
Module 3: Disaster! The word invokes images of chaos, devastation, and sorrow. First responders throughout the country are summoned every year to countless disaster scenes. During the past few years alone, the ruin left in the wake of many high-profile incidents has left vivid memories in our national consciousness.This course provides an overview of the second and fourth steps of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Process (CIPP). Specifically, you will learn how to determine threats that may jeopardize agency/community critical infrastructures (CI) and key assets and you will learn how to assess risk.
Duration: 1.75 hour; SKU: 9306, 9307, 9308;
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Homeland Security Awareness (6 modules)
The September 11, 2001 attacks against the U.S. have forced both the citizens of this country and the public service agencies that serve them to confront the possibility of a terrorist attack involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). A chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear, or explosive/incendiary attack would pose unprecedented challenges for police, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), and emergency management personnel.This course prepares the student from law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) to understand the coordination requirements and importance of an integrated emergency management and incident command system when responding to hazardous materials and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats and occurrences.
Duration: 6 hour; SKU: 9300, 9301. 9302, 9303, 9304, 9305;
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Weapons of Mass Destruction Overview (2 modules)
Since the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in September 2001, agencies are increasingly realizing the threats posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Understanding the basics of WMDs, including their categorization, detection, effects, and the incident command system employed to combat them is important for line-level officers in every agency. This two-part course provides the officer with a context within which to understand weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). It also focuses on pathogens and toxins, the two major categories of biological weapons, providing an overview of the weapons/agents that fall into each category.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9420, 9421;
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Bloodstain Evidence Analysis
When Darlie Routier awoke during the night to find herself confronted by an intruder and two of her children dead of multiple stab wounds, she roused her husband and called the police. In a separate incident, Martin Dillon is killed by a blast from his best friend's shotgun, and the death was ruled accidental. But there was more to each case than the eye could see. In this course, investigators use ballistics, blood spatter analysis, behavioral profiling, and computerized analysis of a 911 call to determine that the tragedies were inside jobs.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9429;
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Building Search Essentials
As you enter the fatal funnel, are you prepared for the rigors of a thorough building search? In this course, Sgt. Joe Robinson of the Orlando Police Department takes you through the door to deal with multiple areas of responsibility, prioritizing problem areas, moving in tandem with a partner, and the "Israeli Lean."
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9400;
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Crimes Against Children
As a law enforcement officer, you will face few incidents that will leave a mark on you the way responding to the death of a child will. Officers are trained to deal with mass shootings, decomposing bodies, and gruesome vehicle accidents, and yet many law enforcement officers find any one of those incidents more preferable than showing up on the scene where a child has died. Unfortunately, it is a reality that most officers will have to face at some point in their career. These types of calls are certainly traumatic for all involved and are often less straightforward than other types of homicides or unexplained deaths.
Because of the emotion and confusion involved in child death cases, law enforcement officers, even well-meaning and well-educated ones, often make mistakes that can affect the outcome of an investigation. As such, it is important to review law enforcement responses to child fatality cases. This course discusses the nature of these cases, reviews the different types of child fatalities that you may come across, explains why child fatalities are unique and require special care during initial response and investigation, describes injuries that are common among the victims of child fatalities, and gives guidelines for first responders.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9522;
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Elder Abuse
Elder abuse is a crime that is often unnoticed, neglected, or sometimes even condoned. It is important that law enforcement officers recognize the beginning signs or evidence of elderly abuse, as this type of situation involves adults who can make choices and decisions. This course examines how recognize elder abuse, the various types of abuse, possible signs of abuse, and the police response to elder abuse.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9461;
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Home Seizures: Illinois v. McArthur
On February 20, 2001, the United States Supreme Court, in Illinois v. McArthur, ruled that it is reasonable for the police to briefly seize a house and prevent unaccompanied entry into the house until a search warrant is obtained. This course discusses the reasons provided by the Court for its ruling, and describes the impact of the Illinois v. McArthur decision on law enforcement practices.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9444;
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Large Vehicle Bombs: Post-Blast Investigation
The purpose of any crime scene investigation is to figure out what happened, identify who committed the offense, and present evidence at trial that results in a conviction. In the event of a large vehicle explosion like the one that killed 168 people at the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, you must manage a massive crime scene. Part 3 of this multi-part series examines proper crime scene documentation, diagrams and sketches, and recording and collecting evidence. Part 4 covers all aspects of investigation involved with a simulated vehicle bomb in an urban center including evidence recovery, photography, and a discussion of scene access and document processing.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9339;
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Mail Bombs
When a Federal Judge and an NAACP attorney are killed by mail bombs, it triggers one of the largest investigations in FBI history. This course discusses the investigation that included the combined expertise of numerous specialized units, interviews of 6,000 people, and the examination of more than one million documents. In the end, investigators identified the culprit.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9430;
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Post-Blast Investigation
Bombing is basically like any other crime scene. There is still the same search for general classes of evidence: fingerprints, DNA, tool marks, fabric matches. What happens with a bombing investigation is that the search for answers takes on a James Bond-like form when most of them are just common sense. Part one of this course examines the types and effects of the most common bomb-making materials, how to identify what was used in a crime, and logistics and safety issues as related to investigations of explosions. Part two focuses on actual field exercises as officers learn post blast analysis by investigating a wide range of events in an effort to determine what type of explosive was used and what triggered the device.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9340;
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Slow and Deliberate Searches
Stealth movement can be critical during a building search. In this course, the Orlando (FL) SWAT Team demonstrates some of the techniques used in this maneuver, including good communication, utilizing available cover, and “the Groucho walk,” or bending the knees and rolling the foot heel to toe.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9414;
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Toxicology
When Bobby Curley was brought to the hospital hallucinating and in extreme pain, doctors could not find the cause. At first, they diagnosed a neurological problem, but his condition deteriorated. Something he was given in the hospital wasn't curing him – it was killing him. In this course, doctors, police investigators and forensic scientists use toxicology and chemical analysis to solve a crime as clever as it was vicious, which led, five years later, to a plea-bargained conviction.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9443;
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Active Shooter Preparation and Response
On April 20, 1999, two students at Columbine High School located in Columbine, Colorado, committed one of the worst mass killings in the history of the United States. The students, later identified as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed twelve students, one teacher, and wounded twenty-one others. At the time, the Columbine massacre was the deadliest high school shooting in United States History. Harris and Klebold fired over 180 rounds and detonated multiple homemade bombs during the shooting spree.
Columbine may be the initial incident to change law enforcement response to a mass killing in progress but, with every mass killing, law enforcement agencies continue to work on prevention and preparation for potential future incidents.
Duration: 2 hour; SKU: 9606; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Firearm Retention and Disarming
When an officer is present, at least one firearm is present – the officer’s. Most officer contacts with the public are close up, and the officer’s firearm is usually visible. Every year, officers are killed with their own firearms or an offender’s firearm. Firearm retention and disarming needs to be a part of the skill set of every law enforcement officer. This course examines different scenarios and techniques for disarming suspects carrying firearms, how to minimize injury in highly dangerous situations, and the proper steps of the standard weapon retention technique.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9470;
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Firearm Safety in the Home
While they are working, police officers understand their responsibility to protect their duty handguns from negligent or improper use. Many officers, however, often seem to forget or ignore these lessons once they arrive home from work and cross the threshold into the safety of their homes; occasionally, tragedy is the result. The purpose of this course is to assist officers in keeping themselves and the people around them safe, both on the streets and in their homes.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9473;
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Less Lethal Force
Since 1923 and the creation of the first civilian chemical munitions company, law enforcement has sought methods, tools, tactics, and techniques to assist them with subduing violent individuals through “less than deadly” force. This course examines both the historical and contemporary uses of oleoresin capsicum (OC-Pepper) spray, 12-gauge impact projectiles, and electro-muscular disruption systems (M26 and X26 TASERS).
Duration: 1.5 hour; SKU: 9505;
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No Regard for Human Life (2 modules)
Module 1: Even though conducting a traffic stop is a routine part of an officer's job, an officer should never treat it as routine. Even traffic stops that start out as "low risk" can quickly escalate to a deadly encounter. As a result, officers need to be on their guard every time they initiate a traffic stop. Forgetting that cardinal rule can cost an officer their life. This course examines some of the attitudes that can contribute to dangerous traffic stops and the possible risks associated with them.
Module 2: Gun battles involving both traditional handguns and automatic assault rifles are on the rise in many cities. The same is true of car chases occurring during heavy traffic. This makes it critical that officers wear their vests at all times, understand strategies for surviving a gun battle, and know how to conduct a car chase as safely as possible.
Duration: 2 hour; SKU: 9538, 9539;
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Physiokinetics and Time Framing
Physiokinetics is what makes the human body function, specifically in terms of power, balance, and mobility. The concept of time framing is for every piece of time officers have, offenders have an equal piece of time. This course discusses counterattack techniques to a variety of situations without having to rely on memorizing numerous techniques, as well as making maximum use of time during a violent encounter to prevent wasted time, motion, and energy.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9477;
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Use of Deadly Force: Garner v. Tennessee
The use of deadly force is a complex, emotional, and ultimately a very personal issue. The decision on when to use deadly force puts not only you and the subject at risk, but also the agency. The wrong decision can take a human life, leave emotional scars, and subject a department to huge financial claims. This course reviews some of the changes in the rules that govern police use of deadly force.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9503;
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Use of Force Decision Making
Choosing the level of force appropriate to a given situation is a split-second decision making process. In this two-part course, Dave Smith and renowned defensive tactics expert Ed Nowicki examine everyday situations and appropriate responses. They look at the rule of plus one, reaction time, and triangulation. They also discuss the importance of coordinating departmental policy with use of force training, officer safety, and the communications process.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9512;
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Approach: Buildings
Law enforcement is a dangerous profession and survival is often predicated on preparation and survival tactics. This is especially true when approaching a building, as the officer is typically unaware of what is going on inside and the potential dangers within. Due to the fact that many of these approaches occur while a crime is in progress or the suspect is still on the scene, building approaches present a variety of situations where an officer’s life may be at stake. This course focuses on presenting strategies and precautions to increase officer safety both before and during a building approach.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in determining potential threats and which tactics to use to avoid surprises while in the disadvantageous position of approaching a building.
This course provides an overview of the building approaches while considering the totality of the situation and your safety. It aims to provide a better understanding of the arriving officers objectives before an approach, the benefits of a stealth approach, safe approach tactics, and how to avoid the “fatal funnel” and kill zone.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9581;
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Approach: People
Law enforcement can be a dangerous profession and survival is often predicated on proper preparation and survival tactics. Where many officers go wrong is that they assume a call is inconsequential and approach on auto pilot thereby disregarding their survival mindset. This course focuses on maintaining that survival mindset when approaching potentially dangerous people by emphasizing safe approaches, legal justifications to approach, and approach priority.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in identifying potentially dangerous approaches and how planning can help you when dealing with a dangerous suspect.
This course provides an overview of the proper way to approach people by considering the totality of the situation and your safety. It aims to provide a better understanding of the when/then mentality, the three legal justifications for approaching people, approach priority, and the duties and responsibilities of the contact and cover officers.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9579;
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Approach: Vehicle
Law enforcement is a dangerous profession and survival is often predicated on preparation and survival tactics, especially when approaching a vehicle. During an average year, approximately 12% of officers murdered in the line of duty are killed making vehicle contacts, and with the majority of these stops, potential danger cannot be known in advance. This course focuses on maintaining a survival mindset when approaching potentially dangerous vehicles and the tactics needed to be aware of potential hazards prior to approach.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in identifying potentially dangerous vehicle approaches and how to protect yourself in these scenarios.
This course provides an overview of the proper way to approach vehicles while considering the totality of the situation and your safety. It aims to provide a better understanding of the circumstances for approaching vehicles, observations conducted before an approach, the types of approaches, and officer positioning upon arrival.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9580;
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Body Language: Analysis of Deceptive Behavior
One of the greatest tools a law enforcement professional possesses is the ability to influence the overall outcome of interactions. This course focuses on today’s law enforcement professionals and their ability to effectively evaluate people’s behaviors to analyze and identify deception through speech, facial expressions, and body language.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and a wide array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in developing techniques for detecting deceptive behavior and identify various cues that someone may be lying.
This course provides an overview of the indicators of deceptive behavior and techniques to determine truthfulness. It aims to provide a better understanding of the signs of deception, conducting statement analysis, Freudian slips, and body language cues that convey hidden meanings. It is essential for law enforcement professionals to be able to determine deception and to be able to detect and interpret meaning across a wide spectrum of communication types.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9575;
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Body Language: Analysis of Pre-Attack Indicators
One of the greatest tools a law enforcement professional possesses is the ability to influence the overall outcome of interactions. This course focuses on today’s law enforcement professionals and their ability to effectively evaluate and identify people’s potentially dangerous behaviors.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and a wide array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in developing techniques for detecting pre-attack indicators and body cues that can indicate danger to law enforcement professionals.
This course provides an overview of the indicators of attack and techniques to determine potentially dangerous human behaviors. It aims to provide a better understanding of danger cues through body language, unconscious indexing, verbal threats, and physical behavior that can indicate micro-aggressions. It is essential for law enforcement professionals to be able to identify pre-attack indicators as the safety of all involved is paramount in all situations.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9576;
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Body Language: Reading People 101
One of the greatest tools a law enforcement professional possesses is the ability to influence the overall outcome of interactions. This course focuses on today’s law enforcement professionals and their ability to effectively evaluate others through non-verbal communication and body language to make informed decisions and inferences.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and a wide array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in developing techniques for reading people’s unconscious thoughts and actions via body language cues and responses.
This course provides an overview of the six main non-verbals used by law enforcement professionals to determine underlying messages and unconscious communication. It aims to provide a better understanding of the types of non-verbal communication, methods of reading another person’s body language, meaning behind various facial expressions, and learned versus innate behavior.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9573;
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Body Language: Reading People 201
One of the greatest tools a law enforcement professional possesses is the ability to influence the overall outcome of interactions. This course focuses on today’s law enforcement professionals and their ability to effectively evaluate others through non-verbal communication and body language to make informed decisions and inferences.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and a wide array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in developing techniques for reading the totality of people’s body language, spoken words, and behavior in any given situation.
This course provides an overview of all types of unconscious communication to allow law enforcement professionals to be aware of subtle changes in behavior and body language that can convey essential information.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9574;
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Distracted Driving
A brief glance at a new billboard, a turn of the head to look into the backseat, a routine cell phone conversation -- these all have the potential to cause a deadly motor vehicle accident. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 6 million to 8.3 million drivers crashed in the past five years as a result of being distracted.
Distracted driving is receiving increasing attention from both the media and legislators, but there is still a long way to go before drivers are fully aware of the hazards involved. On average, drivers require about 3/4 of a second to react. When a driver's attention is diverted from the roadway, that reaction time can be drastically increased, and traumatic injury or fatality can be the tragic result.
This course examines the problem of distracted driving and offers solutions and prevention measures for avoiding accidents due to distracted driving. Recent case studies are also presented along with a discussion of the lessons that can be learned from each.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9005;
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Emotional Survival in Law Enforcement
Law enforcement is a dangerous profession and survival is often predicated on preparation and both external and internal survival tactics. Due to the demands that exist in a law enforcement career, ensuring your own wellbeing and emotional survival can be daunting. This course focuses on presenting strategies to manage those demands and provides skills that can be immediately and easily put into practice to assist in your emotional survival.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life situations are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in managing the demands that are inherent in a career serving and protecting a community, as well as the demands in your own home and family-life.
This course provides an overview of police culture and the negative effects of ignoring your emotional wellbeing, physical health, and coping skills. It aims to provide a better understanding of the stressors law enforcement professionals deal with every day, the results of those stressors, and how to start winning the battle against stress. Managing stress in an inherently dangerous profession is key to your emotional survival.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9584;
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Guardians and Warriors: Seeking Balance
With law enforcement professionals today under increasing amounts of scrutiny in an already dangerous profession, the right mindset is key in managing everyday situations. Many officers have adopted a “warrior” mindset in order to physiologically deal with the stressors of their jobs, but they are also “guardians” in the way they protect the public. This course focuses on how to balance these two mindsets in order to maintain public trust, perform your duties at a high-level, and prevent crime and disorder.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life situations are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist with channeling both the warrior and guardian mindsets and how they are applied to a wide range of circumstances.
This course provides an overview of Sir Robert Peel’s Nine Principles of Policing and how they tie into the guardian and warrior mindsets. It aims to provide a better understanding of how these mindsets can be mutually exclusive and how effective training can be used to increase public trust. It also explores the phrase “Guardian Heart, Warrior Spirit” and the training aspects of knowing when to switch from one mindset to the other.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9586;
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Guardians on the Grounds: Police-Fire Relations and Securing Facilities
In the case of an active threat or active shooter situation, it is essential to ask yourself, what is your mission? As this question may stir many answers, the goal must always conclude to working together as public safety— Fire and EMS working under the protection of the police will make entry for assessment, triage, and quickly coordinate an evacuation plan. Time to the wounded is lives saved.
Moving forward from such tragedies, public safety professionals must learn from the research linked to certain stressors experienced by active shooters. The community plays a vital role in acting as the eyes of Law Enforcement and in what actions may be necessary to keep the community safe.
This course provides an overview of the perspective behind the active shooter, the victims, and the first responders involved in active threat situations. We will be looking into current events involving active shooters and what, as a unit, can be accomplished with a common understanding of our on-going mission.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9583;
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Implicit Bias: Facts & Myths
With law enforcement professionals today under increasing amounts of scrutiny and many of their actions caught on camera, charges of bias have become more frequent. In these instances, many officers are depicted as having a racial bias or prejudice against various segments of the population, but often they don’t show the entirety of the situation. However, this does not mean that implicit bias doesn’t exist in law enforcement; it merely emphasizes that not all biases are illicit or racial. This course focuses on understanding the four types of bias and how preconceived opinions can have a negative impact on your job performance and public trust.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life situations are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist with identifying the inherent issues with explicit, implicit, illicit and racial biases and how they can be applied unconsciously to a potential suspect.
This course provides an overview of implicit bias and the differences between bias and prejudice. It aims to provide a better understanding of the four types of biases and how bias influences situations in law enforcement. It also explores the rise of implicit bias and how both confirmation and observational biases can affect job performance.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9587;
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Interaction Principles for De-Escalation Success
One of the greatest tools a law enforcement professional possesses is the ability to influence the overall outcome of interactions. This course focuses on today’s peacekeeper and their ability to effectively evaluate others – and by means of interaction – make sound decisions that result in safe and successful resolutions.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and a wide array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in developing techniques for dealing with people during all types of interactions to de-escalate potentially volatile situations.
This course provides an overview of the interaction skills needed by law enforcement professionals to successfully de-escalation situations. It aims to provide a better understanding of the seven principles of interaction, de-escalation and conflict stages, and potential pitfalls to avoid during any human interaction.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9572;
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Kinesics Interviewing: Reading the Suspect & Detecting Deception
One of the greatest tools a law enforcement professional possesses is the ability to read a suspect and detect deception during interviews. This ability allows the interviewer to detect unconscious thoughts and actions from the suspect that they would rather keep hidden. This course focuses on the ability to effectively read people’s behaviors, speech, facial expressions, and body language in order to conduct effective interviews.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and a wide array of videos of real-life scenarios are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in developing techniques for reading human communications, both verbal and non-verbal, and detecting deceptive behavior.
This course provides an overview of what to watch for when you’re reading people and the indicators of deceptive behavior. It aims to provide a better understanding of how to effectively interview and interrogate a potential suspect, including how body language can reveal unconscious thoughts and feelings that can convey hidden meanings. It is essential for law enforcement professionals to be able to determine deception and to be able to read and interpret meaning across a wide spectrum of communication methods.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9589;
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Leadership: Personal Agenda or Mission Success
Law enforcement is a dangerous profession, and exceptional leadership is essential to ensure department safety and success. To be an effective leader, you must understand the people you intend to lead and ensure that the vision you represent is effectively communicated. This course focuses on finding the leader within yourself and the necessary leadership skills required to excel in accomplishing your department’s goals.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life situations are utilized to offer training scenarios to identify the skills all great leaders need to have, and the training necessary to ensure your leadership principles are not compromised by stress.
This course provides an overview of leadership skills in law enforcement and the three principles of legitimacy. It aims to provide a better understanding of how stress can affect decision making and the difference between diverted and focused stress. It also explores how to balance citizen service and officer/citizen safety through extensive training. With leadership in law enforcement always evolving, it is crucial to understand the training required to be an effective leader.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9588;
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Motivation and Bureaucratic Roadblocks
Law enforcement is a demanding profession, and a positive organizational culture is essential to creating a motivating environment that enforces a sense of purpose. To effectively motivate a group of officers, you must have their trust and recognize that they are your greatest resource for creating a successful department. This course focuses on how to effectively foster a motivating environment while being aware of bureaucratic roadblocks that may hinder your efforts.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life situations are utilized to offer training scenarios that identify how the right culture is essential to motivation, and the obstacles that bureaucracy creates which can sap an officer’s motivation to be their best.
This course provides an overview of what is needed to motivate a group and how the right culture can make or break a department. It aims to provide a better understanding of the bureaucratic roadblocks that can affect law enforcement professionals and how they can be used to beat the desire and motivation out of an officer. It also explores the three (3) basic drives of the workforce and how self-determination theory can be applied to law enforcement. Motivation is a key factor in any successful organization, and it becomes even more important with the difficult job law enforcement professionals have to perform every day.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9590;
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Roadway Dangers
Studies have found that more law enforcement officers are killed and injured in and around their vehicles than by felonious assaults. To drastically reduce these numbers, a cultural shift must occur when it comes to roadway activities. This course focuses on roadway dangers that include everything from operating motor vehicles on patrol, pursuits and emergency responses to positioning on stops, directing traffic and assisting on accident scenes.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and an array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that assist in developing techniques for identifying roadway dangers and how to prevent unnecessary injury or even death.
This course provides an overview of the various roadway dangers a law enforcement professional will encounter over the course of their careers. It aims to provide a better understanding of your responsibilities behind the wheel of a vehicle, pursuit policy, and appropriate decision making while on the roadway.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9577;
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Shoot/Don't Shoot: The Jesse Kidder Incident
In law enforcement one of the most difficult and consequential decisions an officer has to make is whether or not to use lethal force. These decisions are often made under intense stress and need to be made in the blink of an eye but carry long-lasting effects. This course focuses on situations where officers needed to make a shoot or don’t shoot decision and the consequences of their actions.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and a wide array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios that show situations where officers need to make lethal force decisions and how the perspective of the officer affects the outcome of these encounters.
This course provides an overview of the limitations of body cameras in these situations and how effective training can prepare an officer when these encounters occur. It aims to provide a better understanding of potential danger cues, such as micro-gestures and facial expressions that can indicate that an officer may need to use lethal force. It also explores the responses officers can have in these situations and how they select the response that works best for them in the moment.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9593;
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The Essential Component of De-Escalation and Conflict Resolution
One of the greatest tools a law enforcement professional possesses is the ability to influence the overall outcome of interactions. This course focuses on today’s peacekeeper and their ability to effectively evaluate others – and by means of communication – make sound decisions that result in safe and successful resolutions.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and a wide array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios with the goal of understanding improving your de-escalation techniques and conflict resolution skills.
This course provides an overview of the essentials of de-escalation and conflict resolution. It aims to give law enforcement professionals a better understanding of the importance of effective communication skills to defuse potentially volatile situations.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9570;
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The Fatal Four
Law enforcement is a demanding profession, and the job can take a toll on any law enforcement professional, both mentally and physically. This course focuses on the potentially fatal dangers police officers face every day in the form of felonious assaults, roadway incidents, lack of physical conditioning, and not addressing mental health issues.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life situations are utilized to offer training scenarios that identify potentially fatal situations, how being aware of your surroundings in these situations can help minimize the dangers you could potentially face, and how to prepare yourself to deal with potentially fatal encounters.
This course provides an overview of the four major areas that put officers at risk of injury or death and how to minimize exposure to those fatal dangers. It aims to provide a better understanding of the importance of physical fitness and the impact poor physical health can have on the life expectancy of police officers. It also explores the prevalence of officer suicide, the indicators of potential suicide that may be presented, and how to help. Due to the nature of the job, potentially fatal encounters are an inevitable part of being a law enforcement professional, and it’s essential to understand how best to approach these situations.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9594;
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The Fundamentals of Stress 101
Law enforcement is a demanding profession, and the stressors of the job can take a toll on any law enforcement professional. To effectively manage stress, you must understand what stress looks like, what triggers your stress, and the difference between acute and chronic stress. This course focuses on the fundamentals of stress, how you feel when you’re stressed, and how stress can affect you on the job.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life situations are utilized to offer training scenarios that identify the difference between good stress and bad stress, how stress can affect your fight or flight response, and how you can practice for stress to use it to your advantage.
This course provides an overview of the stress response in humans and how it is designed to deal with threats. It aims to provide a better understanding of the biological factors of stress and how it can affect your body. It also explores the four (4) “F’s” of the flight or fight response and how your biology can trump training in these moments. Due to the nature of the job, stress in an inevitable part of being a law enforcement professional, and it’s essential to understand what triggers your stress and how it can affect you.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9591;
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The Fundamentals of Stress 201
Law enforcement is a demanding profession, and the stressors of the job can take a toll on any law enforcement professional. To effectively address stress, you must understand the phases of stress, and how to prepare and work through both acute and chronic stressors. This course focuses on how to mitigate stress through the three phases of stress, the circle of control, and what your body needs after stressful events.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life situations are utilized to offer training scenarios that identify how to stack the deck in your favor against stress, how fatigue greatly impacts decision-making, and how to move forward after stressful events.
This course provides an overview of how to mitigate stress and how to recover both mentally and physically after stressful events. It aims to provide a better understanding of the circle of control and the difference between control and influence. It also explores how physical fitness and fatigue can directly affect how you handle stress and the devastating effects of chronic stress on an officer’s health. Due to the nature of the job, stress in an inevitable part of being a law enforcement professional, and it’s essential to understand how to effectively deal with stress in order to minimize or mitigate its negative effects.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9592;
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The Graham Standard
The ability to conduct swift yet constructive decision-making is essential to executing any action taken against individuals who may appear to be acting suspiciously. Police are often forced to make split second judgements in circumstances that are tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving about the amount of force that is necessary dependent on the situation. In the case of Graham v. Connor 490 us 386 (1989), we witness the officer’s use of force analyzed under the Fourth Amendment “objective reasonableness” standard and the incapability of providing precise definition or mechanical application when considering the opposing party.
This course provides an overview of this specific case that not only supports the warrior aspect an officer must possess but understand the significance of the guardian aspect and the balance between the two characteristics— surrounding the decision to apply force and post incident.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9582;
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Truths of Human Interaction
One of the greatest tools a law enforcement professional possesses is the ability to influence the overall outcome of interactions. This course focuses on today’s peacekeeper and their ability to effectively evaluate others – and by means of communication – make sound decisions that result in safe and successful resolutions.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, and a wide array of videos of real-life encounters are utilized to offer training scenarios with the goal of understanding the various types of human interactions and how being aware of these “truths” can further your overall professional goal.
This course provides an overview of human interactions and the importance of truly understanding what these interactions intimate. It aims to give law enforcement professionals a better understanding of the types of interactions, meaning behind verbal and non-verbal cues, the importance of making people feel valued and the avoidance of career-ruining mistakes.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9571;
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Women in Leadership
Law enforcement is a dangerous profession and exceptional leadership is integral to ensure department safety and success. In the past, men have traditionally held the leadership roles in law enforcement, but with more women entering the profession every day it is essential and beneficial to have more female leadership. This course focuses on presenting qualities that women possess that makes them superb leaders and the necessary leadership skills to excel in the law enforcement profession.
Numerous case studies, scientific research, statistics, and an array of videos of real-life situations are utilized to offer training scenarios to identify the skills all great leaders need to have, and the qualities women possess that set them apart from their male colleagues.
This course provides an overview of leadership qualities in law enforcement and the difference in leadership qualities between men and women. It aims to provide a better understanding of the strengths of female leadership, the power of appreciation, and how to maintain a positive communal spirit. Law enforcement is always in need of excellent leadership and women possess qualities to successfully lead the way.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9585;
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Basic Principles of Active Shooter Response
Lessons learned from the Columbine High School incident among others included patrol officers can no longer stand around and wait for tactical units to arrive. In an active shooter situation, officers must be trained, equipped, and willing to intervene. This course discusses dynamic marksmanship, or the ability to hit what you want while in volatile circumstances, as well as the general advantages of patrol rifles.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9334;
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Conducting Traffic Stops
The routine, everyday traffic stop is the foundation of crime control. Traffic stops can generate enforcement contacts, create a heightened state of public awareness, and deter crime in general. This course provides information on what can be expected during a traffic stop, with emphasis on how to detect criminal activity, current legal issues, officer safety, and the broad importance of traffic stops as a function of law enforcement.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9497;
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Domestic Violence (2 modules)
Severe physical violence has been used by an intimate partner against one in four women in the United States. Domestic violence is a significant problem in society and presents a unique set of challenges to law enforcement. Abusers can be threatening and unpredictable at the scene. Officers need to protect the victim, any children, and themselves. To do so they need to understand the unique factors that contribute to domestic violence and the psychological and emotional influences that impact behavior in such incidents.
This course provides a general overview of domestic violence. Topics covered include understanding the psychologies of abusers and victims, breaking the cycle of violence, and identifying crimes commonly associated with domestic violence. Discussion also focuses on scene safety, conducting the on-scene investigation, criteria to determine whether to make an arrest, and strategies for protecting the victim.
Duration: 2 hour; SKU: 9352, 9353;
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Emergency Vehicle Pursuit Operations
The goal of this course is to ensure you understand that you have in your care, custody, and control, a responsibility to limit liability and operate your vehicle in the most professional and safe manner possible. Furthermore, you must understand the specifics of case law, policies, and procedures as they pertain to emergency-vehicle operation.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9612; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Foot Pursuits
As a law enforcement officer, at some point in your career you will find yourself in a foot pursuit. It could happen while responding to a burglary, or a routine traffic stop. In the heat of a chase, it's not uncommon for a person to become so zoned in on a suspect they forget the basics of officer safety. This course examines foot pursuits and the dangers associated with them including communications, positioning, use of the environment, use of back-up officers, and strategic pre-event planning.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9355;
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Officer Training Techniques
Split-second decisions are a fact of life in law enforcement, and can mean the difference between life and death. This course examines several scenarios with multiple outcomes based on the actions law enforcement officers take and the reactions of the suspect. Part one allows the students to visualize what they would say, how they would react, how they would use cover, and what they would be observing. Part two continues by asking students to examine using and maintaining distance, using time as an advantage, engaging and disengaging, and using non-lethal or lethal force.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9460; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Patrol Strategies and Tactics
Knowing exactly what you're looking for and going after it can be very productive. If you drive around aimlessly, you miss crime. In part one of this course, three different types of patrol tactics are examined, including order maintenance policing, aggressive patrol, and crackdown. Part two continues with five tactics to use as an advantage: high visibility patrol, saturation patrol, directed patrol, foot patrol, and hotspots.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9409;
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Protection of Potential and Actual Crime Scenes
A gunman opens fire at a major, international airport. Could this be the beginning of another large-scale attack? How do you control the perimeter, secure witnesses, and preserve evidence when your crime scene is LAX? This course examines a July 4th terror attack at Los Angeles International Airport, and the lessons learned by first responders on the scene including how to protect a crime scene from unauthorized access, preserving potential evidence found on scene, dealing with potential witnesses, and a detailed description of the federal government's response and its role in crisis management and consequence management.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9310;
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Pursuit Driving
Every day a person dies as a result of a police pursuit, and that number could be even higher. The full number of police pursuits nationwide and of their associated damages, injuries, and fatalities is difficult to determine. Regardless, it is clear that pursuits present a high degree of risk to officers, to those being pursued, and to the general public. To mitigate these risks, officers must receive proper training on safe pursuit driving.
This course focuses on increasing awareness of the risks inherent in pursuits and pursuit driving. It also suggests ways of minimizing these risks. The various legal precedents and criteria for pursuing and terminating a pursuit receive prominent attention. Tactical maneuvers, strategies, and methods are also covered.
The material in this course is not intended as a replacement for behind-the-wheel training. Rather, the material is best used in conjunction with such training, as it can provide a context where the course content can be directly applied.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9490;
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Tactical Response to Snipers and Mass Shootings
On Oct. 2, 2002, the Washington D.C. and surrounding areas were thrust into a period of shock and terror when victims began falling to an apparent sniper. The period came to an end 3 weeks later with the arrest of two suspects: John Allen Muhammad, 42, and John Lee Malvo, 17. This most recent example of a sniper attack is a terrible reminder of what officers must plan on in the course of their duties. This course provides responders insight into what to expect when encountering a sniper attack and attacks where there are mass casualties. Tactical methods of scene approach will be reviewed, comparing the first widely known mass casualty sniper attack, the University of Texas Tower in 1966, to the more recent sniper attacks in Montgomery County, Va.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9446;
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Understanding Hate Crimes
Those who commit hate crimes do so with the intent of hurting and intimidating people based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religious, sexual orientation, or disability. This course offers an overview of hate crimes and extremism in the U.S., with emphasis on helping law enforcement officers identify hallmarks of extremism and react appropriately to the commission of a hate crime.
Duration: 0.5 hour; SKU: 9445;
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Use of Force
Law enforcement officers in the United States are mandated by the citizens they serve, with a broad variety of functions to include fighting crime, maintaining order, providing service to others, solving community problems and – where necessary – dispensing of force. Arguably the most defining characteristic of police work is an officer’s ability to use force when enforcing the law.
While occurrences of this nature may be rare, relative to the overall number of interactions between citizens and the police, incidents involving use of force occur daily in towns and cities throughout the country.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9103; Accreditation: IADLEST;
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Vehicle Searches
Thousands of traffic stops occur each day in the United States. Some of these stops end with the vehicle being searched by police. This two-part course examines why it is essential for officers to be familiar with the types of vehicle searches as well as the legal requirements and permissible scope of each. Part 1 focuses on three types of vehicle searches: frisk, search incident to arrest, and consent. In Part 2, other types of vehicle searches are discussed, including plain-view seizures, motor vehicle inventory searches, and searches involving abandoned vehicles.
Duration: 1 hour; SKU: 9498;
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