SOLD OUT! RI – L.E.A.D.S. ™ Plus T – Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies Instructor Training

Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy SOLD OUT!
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L.E.A.D.S. – Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies
3 Day – Instructor Training
March 30 – April 1, 2022 0800 – 1630

Congratulations to the officers of Rhode Island who attended and successfully completed the three-day L.E.A.D.S. – Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies Instructor Program. The students actively participated in the classroom discussions, presentations, and role-playing exercises. The officers are now qualified  L.E.A.D.S. Instructors who will be able to instruct the agencies and academies of Rhode Island. This is what the students had to say;

23 out of 23 students 100% of the evaluations collected rated the course presentation at the highest level – Excellent!                 

Instructors Lt. Kevin Dillon (ret) Lt. Dave Bissonnette

Please rate the overall presentation

• Blended visual aids, PowerPoint flipchart and drawings. Using war stories that emphasize and give examples of PowerPoint bullets.
• The material and stories kept me engaged
• Great material. A good combination of anatomical and practical information
• Excellent was applicable to my everyday job responsibilities
• Top-notch
• One of the best training I have been to
• Excellent presentation. Very applicable to everyday patrol
• In support videos, we’re well prepared
• Excellent, good relatable skills
• Presentations were clear and easily understood

Was this program relevant to your work assignment?

• The program was definitely relevant for a patrol officer who experience EDP’s and as an instructor who is going to instruct the course
• I strongly believe this course should be given to all officers in the state like CIT
• Yes I see more use in patrol but has a great value in investigations more specifically interviews and confessions
• Yes, I am on the road as a first-line supervisor
• Yes, I am in community police as well as a member of the mental health crisis response team
• Deal with it everyday fits in perfectly with the use of force initiative
• Provided information of previous training and the need to consistently train knowledge is power
• Yes, with an increase in mental health response this program will help me with helping those in need
• Great job with interactive learning 

Other Comments

• Raw conversation on implicit bias and fairness subject. Lieutenant Bissonnette did a phenomenal job with the content. He was real honest and open on the topic
• Both instructors Lieutenant Dillon and Lieutenant Bissonnette have extensive knowledge and experience and it shows in their teaching
• Highly reduced incidence of contempt of cop use of force incidents
• Excellent presenters good time, movement, and use of humor
• As a part of the cadre at the Police Academy, I can provide the knowledge gained in this course to future police officers
• Excellent job on conveying knowledge
• Lieutenant Dillon was very dynamic, Lieutenant Bissonnette was rooted in his experience, provided the Rhode Island touch. Fantastic instructors well worth the time
• This training taught me some great tactics that I can share with other members of my Police Department when handling these types of calls for service
• I am going to bring this into our interpersonal communications training for our next Academy
• This program is cutting edge

This is a nationally recognized conflict resolution de-escalation certification course. The L.E.A.D.S. ™ Plus T – Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies Training was developed in 2007 and is being used throughout the United States.

Through lectures, demonstrations, role play, and practical scenario applications, this course is an instructor-level program designed to qualify students in the L.E.A.D.S. ™ Plus T – Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies and Tactical Options Program. The course is classroom-based to educate and train instructors in positive communications skills, effective de-escalation techniques, anger management, and combat confrontation avoidance techniques. The course teaches how to recognize aggressive behaviors and keep them from escalating. Students learn Active De-escalation Strategies that can avoid or resolve negative interactions by employing effective de-escalation methods. This course also discusses tactical responses to use when diffusion tactics are inappropriate or ineffective and teaches distraction techniques that promote the success of tactical applications.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

• learn how to turn negative communication into positive
• identify professional benefits of respect
• learn anger management techniques
• learn effective verbal de-escalation strategies
• community empowerment and partnership strategies
• understand physiological changes during aggression
• learn to use cognitive limitations for active diffusion
• learn methods to redirect thought processes through the positive direction
• communicate and respond to special populations; (ex.-mental illness, autism, disabilities)
• learn methods of motivational interviewing skills
• learn tactically relocation strategies to delay confrontations
• concepts of fair and impartial policing
• learn to build community partnerships through daily interactions
• learn to conduct breakout sessions for role playing exercises
• teaching methodologies and adult learning principles and classroom and scenario facilitation.
• learn communication and physical strategies to de-escalate situations
• learn how de-escalation and or the lack of is used in litigation plus more!

Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy
1762 Louisquisset Pike – Lincoln, RI 02865
Contact – Stephen A. Lombardi – Director of Continuing Education
stephen.lombardi@risp.gov       401-205-1678 

ONLY $595.00

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