IL – Use of Force Investigation and Analysis for Police Leaders

Naperville Police Department  – Illinois
Hosts
Use of Force Investigation and Analysis for Police Leaders
March 4 – 5, 2025   0830 – 1630 Hours

It was both an honor and a pleasure to present our Use of Force Analysis for Law Enforcement Leaders course hosted by the Naperville IL Department on March 4-5, 2025. The training brought together officers from multiple law enforcement agencies in the surrounding areas, fostering a collaborative and engaging learning environment.

The course was exceptionally well received, with all participants demonstrating enthusiasm, professionalism, and a strong commitment to the training. Their active participation greatly contributed to the success of the program. A review of the course evaluations revealed overwhelmingly positive feedback, reflecting the value and impact of the training.
A special thank you to Commanders Jason Stubler and Bill Barret for their outstanding efforts in coordinating and promoting the training.

What the team had to say!
• The presenter and material strong, good content and delivery
• Good use of videos
• KD’s material is more relevant and critical than ever.
• High energy, great insight, and invaluable takeaways
• Quality PowerPoint. Good supporting videos. Qualified and passionate instructor
• Engaging, practical content.
• Instructor has a great background, very experienced and highly knowledgeable
• Very energetic.
• Very relevant to the job and the appropriate amount of videos to slides.
• Great course, gained several pieces of information we will implement at our department.
• Instructor was great
• Good amount of real-life examples.
• Excellent presentation. The only thing to consider is going through, breakdown and entire use of force incident. Officer testimony and video and report.
• Plenty of video and case studies to explain and reinforce the presented concepts.
• Up-to-date video and data was excellent with lots of material. Good resources relevant to current police issues
• The two-day presentation was excellent. The quality was outstanding, and the information was both insightful and highly informative.
• The course material and everything was fantastic A+++

Today every use of force incident is scrutinized frame by frame and judged by untrained individuals  creating distrust and false narratives. Use of force  analysis, investigation, and training is a complex continually evolving  issue.   This 2-day training session is designed for Police Leaders who, review, report,  instruct, or investigates police use of force incidents. The training will examine the most recent and up to date issues that specifically impact Leaders, IA investigators, and trainers concerning police use of force incidents. This course breaks down  multiple issues ranging from curriculum design, use of force reporting, tracking and trending, and  investigation involving police use of force encounters. Instruction uses  lectures, case studies, and  demonstrations.  “One improper technique changed the county!”    

• Legal applications of use of force – What is being reported
• Early intervention tracking for use of force
• Reducing liability in use of force by deploying de-escalation strategies and documentation
• Quantification of force mitigation tactics and de-escalation
• Strategies on responding to individuals that are considered special populations
• Identify 5 steps to of reviewing use of force incidents.
• How to avoid an “Eric Garner or George Floyd Incident”
• What steps have you taken to identify foreseeable incidents?
• Define and categorize sixteen definitions pertaining to police use of force
• Discuss human performance factors that occur under stressful encounters
• What to look for when tracking police use of force
• Training curriculum selection and review
• Grounding subjects
• Officer-associated prone restraint sudden deaths myths
• Coordination and strategies dealing with multiple officer engagements
• Training measurements and performance – You can’t manage what you don’t measure.
• Video recording issues regarding viewing and reporting
• Immediate press release strategies… Plus more.

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ONLY $395.00
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Naperville Police Department
1350 Aurora Ave. Naperville, IL 60540
Contact Commander Bill Barrett 
barrettw@naperville.il.us / 630-305-5479

Use of Force Analysis and Investigation
for the Law Enforcement / Correctional Leader
Knox County Sheriff’s Office – TN
Jan 30-31, 2024

Please assess the quality of this presentation.
Comments
• K.D. (Lt. Dillon) did an excellent job explaining the importance of keeping data to mitigate lawsuits. He was very entertaining and made the two days enjoyable.
• Theatrical! Very good. Enjoy, applicable, practical, current.
• Very informative
• Material was current and applied to corrections and patrol equally.
• The presentation was very informative and interactive Lieutenant Dillon has a well-balanced presentation PowerPoint, videos, experience.
• Great videos, Kevin did a great job, sometimes it was difficult to hear when facing away from the class.
• Video presentation went along well with the training.

Please assess the instructors of this program. Lieutenant Kevin Dillon (Ret)
Comments
• Quality, knowledgeable, experienced
• KD was very enjoyable, and it is obvious he knows from experience what he is talking about.
• Knowledgeable and kept the class active
• Instructor was proficient in relating material to real world
• Instructor did a great job he was very knowledgeable and personable.
• Nothing short of amazing! The best I’ve seen in a very long time
• Extremely knowledgeable
• Very knowledgeable
• Very knowledgeable and great energy

Please explain how this training will enable you to change or improve your present assignment.
Comments
• It’s an eye opener for me. I learned a lot of material that I was ignorant to. I can now take what I’ve learned and share and expose to my officers.
• This drills and information I have been taught, but from a different standpoint. We are quantifying the proper information. 
• I am going to keep better stats, for my assigned facility on use of force. I am also going to work with our frontline supervisors in getting staff to write more efficient reports.
• It will improve our policy and practices to better serve our officers and community.
• Allow students to analyze actual use of force incidents. Provide scenarios for students to review and provide feedback.
• This training will allow me to help facilities to better documentation and training officers on use of force.