NJ – SOLD OUT! L.E.A.D.S. Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies Certification

Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik – Passaic County Sheriff’s Department SOLD OUT!
Presents
L.E.A.D.S. Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies Certification
May 3, 2021
0800 to 1630

Congratulations to the officers who attended and successfully completed SOLD OUT 8-hour L.E.A.D.S. Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies course hosted by Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, Wayne NJ. The officers actively participated throughout the entire training session.

This is what the attending student had to say about the presentation:

• High quality, effective, demonstrations and appropriate humor.
• Was enlightening and educational. PowerPoint was excellent.
• The course exceeded my expectations.
• My entire Police Department should attend this class.
• Very good, KD (Lt. Dillon) is a wealth of knowledge and experience.
• All the training made sense.
• Very well prepared and informative.
• I would recommend this to my command staff as well.
• I think this training will force me to think and reconsider my initial feelings and reactions.
• Will assist me in patrol assignments due to dealing with people better.
• Training will improve my ability to hit on the topic of de-escalation with staff.
• Better communication with officers and inmates.
• Unlike any other training because it is broken down to the science of it.
• Yes! Should be mandated for all administration and rookies.
• Excellent presentation.
• It should be mandated to officers, especially administration.
• As a supervisor, I will bring this to my Department for some positive changes.
• Very dynamic and engaging presenter.
• Very good, kept the entire class engaged.
• This training should become mandatory training for every agency.
• It had become an additional tool on my duty belt for the rest of my career.
• Very knowledgeable, fact-based information. The presentation is engaging and interesting.
• The importance of words, their use of them, and the implementation of them to empower others. Can be implemented in every aspect report and calls for service.
  Instructor – Lt. Kevin F. Dillon (ret)
• The instructor was entertaining and engaging while delivering important and vital information.
• Engaging entertaining and very well presented.
• Very personable and kept my attention.
• Very animated and passionate about his work.
• Excellent program. (Lt. Dillon)  instructor is incredibly engaging keeps the attention of all classroom attendees.
• Very good. Well-spoken in a master of the material.
• it is a good basis to understand human responses and emotional responses.
• K.D. Was amazing, very interesting and knowledgeable, and funny. Has a lot of experience and it shows.
• Lt. Dillon has a true passion to teach and pass on his personal experience which has made the whole class intrigued and willing to learn.
• Lieutenant Dillon kept me interested the entire class. Excellent instructor very Knowledgeable. Very entertaining did not want to miss anything that he was teaching.

De-escalation Certification for the Law Enforcement Professional!

This is a nationally recognized conflict resolution de-escalation certification course.  The program is instructed within a classroom setting how to recognize aggression and not stimulate aggression.  Students learn Active De-escalation Strategies that can avoid escalating situations or resolve interactions by employing verbal influence techniques,  de-escalation, and communications methods. Officers learn how to influence behavior by deploying techniques that are proven to work in the “real world”. Officers are also instructed on how to document the de-escalation strategies. If it’s not in the report, it didn’t happen!  Instruction uses lectures, scenarios, and demonstrations to facilitate retention.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

· Risk management for officer safety
· Anger management and control techniques
· How complaints are used against officers in litigation
· Learn principles of emotional intelligence for law enforcement
· Identify professional benefits of active diffusion strategies
· 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
· Identity different communications styles with appropriate response tactics
· Learn methods of motivational interviewing skills
· Learn methods of distraction to obtain tactical advantages
· Learn communication and physical strategies to de-escalate situations…plus more!

REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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 $149.00
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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

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