First responder In-Person Training

This class aims to help law enforcement officers manage the stress that comes with their job. Topics include the anatomy and physiology of stress, its effects on health and relationships, practical stress management skills, and long-term strategies to increase resilience. This class can also be customized for first responders.

This is a course that teaches supervisors how to effectively manage employee performance. The course covers topics such as effective communication, performance improvement planning, use of performance management tools, and progressive steps of discipline. The course is designed to enhance employee effectiveness and is taught by instructor Adam Gormely, who has over 26 years of law enforcement experience. By the end of the course, students will understand the importance of proper performance management and the consequences of poor or no performance management.

This course will provide attendees with the knowledge and skills to market and recruit candidates, conduct thorough and legally sustainable background investigations, and document the investigative findings in a comprehensive report. Topics covered include interviewing techniques, legal aspects of hiring practices, and assisting the polygraph examiner and psychologist in their assessments.

You can’t stop what you don’t know.
Tall Cop Says Stop™ was created by Officer Jermaine Galloway, an Idaho law enforcement officer since 1997. Regarded as one of America’s top experts in various drug and alcohol trends, he has specialized in underage drinking and drug enforcement for more than 15 years.

Since 2009, Officer Galloway has won four national awards and one international award for his work. In addition to his numerous talks at conferences and other events, he has personally trained more than 105,000 people nationwide.

Officer Galloway’s many years of experience have taught him one thing above all else. In his words, “You can’t stop what you don’t know™.”

To promote public confidence and to protect officers from being victimized, a police accountability system must implement the checks and balances that were designed to avoid unjust results in personnel matters, as well as those best practices that are followed in every investigation that may have serious consequences. This interactive class will examine the entire spectrum of conducting internal affairs investigations in the context of police accountability principles—including from the perspectives of the officer who is a subject of a complaint, the union delegate, the officer’s attorney, the internal affairs investigator, the reviewing official, the deciding official, and the governmental oversight authorities who are responsible for validating that the disposition is evidence-based and fair-minded.

This training is designed to support law enforcement with the most effective response to those exhibiting mental health, substance use, trauma and challenging behaviors. Topics include but are not limited to identifying potential related issues, most effective de-escalation skills, assessing risk, identifying least restrictive stabilization for individuals’ safety, officer safety and community safety.

These trainings are designed to be most applicable to the law enforcement perspective, appreciating and building from the unique experience of law enforcement expertise.

Each training module also includes a wellness component as well, for taking care of ourselves and each other.

Do you find employment issues taking more and more of your time? That is true for many managers these days and that is why this class was created. This class focuses on important employment laws you need to know and will provide you with valuable information and tools you can use to effectively handle employment matters, increase employee morale, and avoid those liability landmines when it comes to personnel management. We hope you will come away from this class armed with practical knowledge and tips to address even the most difficult workplace situation.

Understand your expectations as a supervisor which will help you avoid the liability landmines.

This course is focused for new and existing Police Officers, Supervisors, and Department Public Information Officers to deliver effective public information. The course helps promote legal police transparency and how to improve existing police/media relations. A live interview with a reporter to ask them candid questions and to learn more about the media is featured as well as a chance to participate in a simulated press conference.

Vehicle operation is one of the most common yet dangerous things an officer does. Unfortunately, police liability resulting from vehicle operation is not uncommon. This class is an awareness training for officers and law enforcement agencies that is designed to increase their understanding of the liability and legal concerns arising out of and around vehicle use in police operation. This is an area where officers can help control their exposure to risk by better understanding the dangers.

This training is intended to provide the resources necessary to achieve a basic working understanding of the Freedom of Access Act and the statutes that restrict public access to certain records and information. The training is designed to assure compliance with our legal obligation of transparency while protecting the legitimate privacy interests of individuals and the integrity of investigations. Achieving this balance is particularly difficult when processing FOAA requests for law enforcement records where the laws governing access to such records are inherently discretionary and subjective.

This training will provide the tools needed to accomplish the appropriate analysis of what is public and what is confidential. Brian MacMaster, the instructor for this training, is very well-versed in the laws governing public access to law enforcement records. He is a principal architect of sound law enforcement policy and practices and is recognized as highly skilled in the practical application of legal standards applicable to law enforcement agencies and officers in the execution of their duties.