RI- Use of Force Concepts and Analysis for Police Leaders

Cranston Police Dept. RI
Presents
Use of Force Concepts and Analysis for Police Leaders
“You can’t manage what you don’t measure.”
March 9 – 10, 2021   0800 – 1600 Hours

Congratulations to the officers of Rhode Island that successfully attended and completed the 2-day Use of Force Concepts and Analysis for Police Leaders. Law enforcement leaders from throughout Rhode Island and the Office of Attorney General actively participated in this two-day seminar addressing current issues pertaining to law enforcement use of force incidents.

The two-day program reviews numerous concepts and analysis techniques for use of force concepts. This is what the attending students had to say.

• Absolutely necessary seminar for all commanding officers, exposes different ways of use of force evaluation.
• Perfect mix of professionalism in comedy!
• Really opened my mind to different ways of evaluating the use of force yet still being fair to the officers involved.
• Multimedia was excellent.
• Outstanding as usual!
• This course should be mandatory for all supervisors and administration.
• The change will be difficult in my particular agency. However, the information is important, helpful and pertinent. It will be a lot of work but it is necessary change and growth.
• I have been attempting to keep track of our statistics based on what we use in what we train. This course should help me bring back the importance to the Department.
• The material was presented well and can be used.
• Command staff needs to hear this content.
• Will help design A proper trend/ tracking system.
  (Instructor – Lt. Dillon)
• He is great! Keeps attention and entertains makes learning fun and can relate.
• As always, K.D.’s (Lt. Dillon) presentations are engaging, relevant an well informed.
• K.D. is top quality and extremely thorough.
• I would recommend this to anyone who reviews use of force incidents.
• The instructor kept pace with the PowerPoint presentation. Related presentation to actual incidents and case law.
• Made me aware of many aspects of use of force, internal affairs investigations that I thought I knew but didn’t.
• I have written down approximately 10 items that I am planning to introduce for review and possible implementation of our policy in training.
• Extremely engaged, passionate about the subject matter allows participants to truly understand/ assimilates to topics in concepts.
• Gives me the credibility to present ideas with confidence.
• There were several points which can be used to enhance or evaluate training and use of force.

Today every use of force incident is scrutinized frame by frame on a video and judged by untrained individuals creating distrust and false narratives. The 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, instructor 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 daily officer citizen complaints, 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!”

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

• 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
• Reducing liability and increasing officer safety by deploying tactical strategies
• Strategies on responding to individuals that are considered special populations
• How to avoid an “Eric Garner Incident”
• What to look for when tracking police use of force
• Training curriculum selection and review
• 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.

Cranston Police Department
493 Phenix Ave. Cranston, RI 02920
Contact: Lt. James Jennings
Email:  jjennings@cranstonpoliceri.com / Phone (401) 477-5073

ONLY $395.00
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