NJ – L.E.A.D.S. and Use of Force Coaching for the Field Training Officer

Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik
Passaic County Sheriff’s Department
Presents
L.E.A.D.S. – Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies and Use of Force Analysis and Coaching  for Field Training Officers

It was a pleasure and honor to be able to present our professional development program on L.E.A.D.S. – Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies and Use of Force Coaching for Field Training Officers to the attending officers Dec. 15 – 16, 2022 hosted by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department.  The training was extremely well received, and all the officers participated actively during the entire presentation. They displayed high levels of enthusiasm, dedication, and professionalism throughout the two-day program. A review of the course evaluations revealed an overwhelmingly high satisfaction rating from the attending students of the course.

This what the students had to say:

Please rate the overall presentation. 100% of attending students rated this course presentation at the highest level – (5) Excellent.

• Great class, helps understand the science behind some behavior and our responses
• Attention grabber. I will provide more scenario training and debriefings with trainees
• To look at situations from a different view
• Relevant to policing in 2022
• Yes, extremely relevant
• By being able to explain human responses to high stress incidents in an easy to understand manner
• Real scenarios on how to de-escalate and the brain response to stress will allow me to de-escalate situations as well as teach other officers how to use these techniques as well as document it in their reports
• Very knowledgeable in all aspects of law enforcement and in the law in general. Good tactics on when, where and how to act in escalating situations
• Peer-to-peer relatable, practical video and visual aids from a basic standpoint in order to psychologically reset reactions. Good physiological reasoning in order to use different words and mannerisms. Handwritten and video aids provided a better understanding
• I feel I have learned a lot of clarification for questions I had. Dynamic and very useful
• As always, excellent information and presentation by the instructor. This training will assist in improving our recruit training and agency use of force and DT training. Thank you!
• Good job making it exclusive to corrections and streets. Allows us to bring practical, real life tactics to use of force and de-escalation
• Absolutely. The de-escalation in much more realistic to use than any other trainings have taught
• A lot of information, sometimes gone over too quick this should be a 3/4 day class

Would you recommend this training to other officers? 100% recommended this course to their peers.

Please assess the instructors of this program. Instructor – Lt. Kevin Dillon (ret)
100 % of attending student rated this category at the highest level – Excellent. 

• Very knowledgeable and well versed
• Incredibly knowledgeable, and instilled confidence in my approach to FTO training and report writing
• Enthusiastic and entertaining, very passionate
• Instructor didn’t rely solely on slides from the class and frequently cited case law supporting class material
• Very knowledgeable on all aspects of law enforcement and law in general
• Kevin was extremely relatable and explained things from a L.E.O perspective as well as civilian perspective
• Absolutely great. Knowledge of the material and great examples and inclusion
• Excellent and dynamic instructor that grabs your attention and keeps it. I have always looked forward to the Lieutenants’ sources

Today every use of force incident is scrutinized frame by frame on a video and judged by untrained individuals creating distrust and false narratives. Our Field Training Officers are our PRIMARY coaches and INSTRUCTORS but are often not any more trained in de-escalation and use of force than the recruit they are training. De-escalation strategies, use of force mitigation, analysis, investigation, and training is a complex continually evolving issues. This   2-day training session is designed for Field Training Officers. The training will examine how to apply de-escalation strategies in the real world, how to document those de-escalation tactics, and force mitigation strategies. How to make use of force decisions, select appropriate actions and report accurately.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

• Understand how implicit biases can affect perceptions and behavior.
• Develop skills and tactics to reduce the influence of bias on police practice.
• Learn and understand the value of tracking services in law enforcement
• Learn how to avoid communications that may be negative and make positive
• Learn methods of effective verbal de-escalation strategies
• Understanding physiological changes during aggression
• Learn to use cognitive limitations for active diffusion
• Learn methods to re-direct the thought process in positive direction
• Learn the importance of emotional intelligence in law enforcement
• Identifying Agitated Chaotic Events
• Learn methods of motivational interviewing skills
• Learn the use of force definitions and proper terminology
• Three essential steps in the use of force decision making
• Discuss officer behavior and accountability issues
• Discuss de-escalation strategies and how to report it
• Discuss human attention and how it relates to use of force
• Discuss the use of force tracking, trending, reporting, and analysis
• To apply force application to police report writing
• Discuss training issues and voids
• Discuss Quantum of force and how it applies to force options
• Discuss factors needed for analysis of a use of force incident
• Quantifying use of force deployments
• Coaching de-escalation techniques

“I personally benefitted from this training and I would highly recommend it for officers, police managers and attorneys who defend officers. Thank you for including me and my    fellow litigators in this valuable training.”   Judith A. Hanson Assistant City Attorney – City of Saint Paul

ONLY $395.00

LOCATION OF TRAINING:

The Passaic County Safety/ Fire Academy
300 Oldham Rd. Wayne NJ 07470
Kyra Deegan – Training Division
Phone: 973-304-6020 / kdeegan@pcsheriff.org

REGISTER HERE

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