While verbal tactics like crisis intervention and de-escalation have been around for decades, few people have unpacked these practices to master them. As such, these concepts often get reduced to buzzwords. But when these skills are utilized in a meaningful and systematic way, the outcomes speak for themselves. Not only do these tactics promote safety and reduce liability, but if taught properly, they also improve all aspects of our lives. Joi...

We must acknowledge that staff wellness in Corrections can be one of the heaviest burdens of them all, yet one of the most difficult challenges to overcome. We also must recognize that heavy burdens only get lighter as we increase the number of hands that are lifting them as a team. This webinar is focused on the often-enormous task of improving staff wellness in Corrections. Learn how to break the barriers of stigma and lack of resources, by...

Agencies can face a crisis of faith and trust at any given moment – it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. But how do you build back trust and connection with your community? In this webinar, instructors will share best practices based on their “Pathways to Trust” article to highlight ways to measure community sentiment, what to do when there is a critical incident resulting in a loss of trust, and more.

For any team to succeed, there must be a significant degree of trust which allows them to perform at their highest level. Most leaders want a well-functioning and high-performing team. But the process to get a team to that level involves a common denominator for any high-performance team: trust. Without creating a culture of trust, a team and organization will not reach it highest potential. Let’s consider Abraham Maslow’s hierarch...

When the term “Next Generation 911” is heard, we often think about changes in technology. What isn’t thought about is how the Next Generation of 911 is not only about adapting to new technology, but new practices and models of training, retention, hiring, and other personnel-related matters in the center and the shifts we’ve seen so far. In this webinar, we’ll take a look at how personnel systems put in place duri...

Security assessments are an important process in determining the value and importance of an organization’s assets and the cost and impacts should they be compromised. Assets are not only technological and can span networks, devices, data, intelligence and even materials, equipment, inventories and human workers and the workforce. Every organization sector has a different reliance on assets and the security controls for them will differ,...

The ability of law enforcement agencies to respond to emerging threats and future goals depends on the implementation of new operational initiatives, policies, and programs based on leveraging community resources and evidence-informed practices. The purpose of this webinar is to discuss strategies for establishing collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and academic institutions and researchers. Law enforcement personnel have an obl...

In recent years, sharp criticism and scrutiny have occurred on high-profile use-of-force cases by the police. Law enforcement is asked to reimagine police response to reduce the incidents of force and mitigate violent confrontations with the community. The critical goal of every law enforcement interaction with the community is to have voluntary compliance and when this does not occur, to de-escalate the situation as quickly as possible while...

This webinar addresses many of the opportunities and challenges that law enforcement personnel may face in their specific and unique careers. This presentation will cover key areas of building basic knowledge in fun, engaging, and visual ways to empower you to make sound financial decisions according to your personal goals and objectives. Through discipline and the application of these easy-to-understand topics, you will immediately begin deve...

Community Corrections is tasked with enforcing conditions of supervision and working with individuals to change harmful behaviors. Within that scope, we work with individuals, their families, criminogenic domains, and trauma. Whether you are an Administrator, line staff or rookie, you can play a role in changing the culture of your agency to do trauma-informed and effective work. What does Trauma look like with individuals on supervision servi...