Leadership is often thought to be something we acquire with a title, but we really can lead from wherever we are. Being a great leader doesn’t depend on a title or status, but on one’s ability to support and guide those around them. In this webinar we’ll discuss how to lead from wherever you are, with or without the title. The live webinar event is free to attend.

The Core Values Index (CVI) for criminal justice professionals is a detailed look at the most transformational solution currently utilized by police and sheriffs’ departments across the country — solutions that give law-enforcement leaders the ability to step towards their communities and rebuild trust while at the same time upholding justice. You will learn what faulty and failed solutions are trying to become standard, and see a...

Can police be trained to treat people in fair and respectful ways, and if so, will this influence evaluations of the police, and crime? To answer these questions, we randomly allocated 120 crime hot spots to a procedural justice (PJ) and standard condition (SC) in three cities. 28 officers were randomly assigned to the conditions. The PJ condition officers received an intensive 5-day training course in the components of procedural justice (giv...

This talk will discuss concepts and tools for addressing secondary trauma and burnout with an emphasis on the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. A strong emphasis will be placed on the CE-CERT (Components for Enhancing Clinician Experience and Reducing Trauma) model and how this specific trainer applied the principles and tools with himself and his team. Other related models (e.g., TARGET and CBT) will also be discussed, but the central discu...

Though de-escalation is considered a cornerstone of policing, there is little research on how it is defined, applications in the field, and the impact of de-escalation training on officer behavior. The Tempe (AZ) Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) project attempted to fill this gap through the development, delivery, and evaluation of a customized de-escalation training program for sworn field personnel. The curriculum, rooted heavily in the local...

The Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) of 2017 was signed into law in January 2018, acknowledging the need to support agencies in their efforts to provide employees the mental, emotional, and physical health resources they deserve. As a result, agencies are looking for ways to implement wellness programming. This class will address the implementation of “wellness tactics” in all areas of the agency to help faci...

Immediate response to natural disasters relies on our criminal justice professionals to be part of the emergency response team. As shown with more intense hurricanes impacting coastal areas, ice storms in Texas, fires in California, heatwaves in the Northeast and Midwest with many of these communities further stressed from other threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of attention has been focused on issues pertaining to infrastruc...

We’ve seen the memes, and heard it directly from officers, “employees don’t leave the organization because of the work, they leave because of their bosses”. Officers are leaving their agencies because due to a lack of support or appreciation. This disillusionment is a direct result of poor leadership. Police and Corrections officers will tolerate a lot, but not being thrown under a bus or hung out to dry. Join us as we...

We all have stories. Some more than others but remember, it isn’t a competition, and we are all in this together. If you are in a helping profession, you have a story or more than likely, A LOT of stories. Wendy Hummell, Darren Ivey, and Brenda Dietzman will give you tools and tips for a more resilient life and answer your questions during this resilience-building discussion panel. The panelists have over 75 years of combined law enforce...

Advances in forensic technology confirm that traditional interviewing and interrogation techniques that rely on overly coercive tactics and clever psychological tricks can generate false confessions, alienate juries, or lead to premature termination of the interview due to emotional or legal shutdowns. The Inductive Interview System is designed and proven to overcome these pitfalls of other interviewing techniques and produce credible confessi...