Courses & Descriptions

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Organizational Cultural Competency     (Course#LS1913)

  • Broaden ideas about culture and competency as it relates to promoting respect, healthy core values , and it’s relationship to employees, clients, and the community.

The Art of Writing Effective Reports (Course#LS193)

  • Master the skill of report writing by implementing the “7 essentials”

Hostage Captivity and Survival Tactics (Course#LS194)

  • Provide participants with the “do’s” and “don’ts” of hostage incidents

Code “W” for Witness: Courtroom Testimony (Course#LS196)

  • Provide participants proven techniques used to overcome anxiety leading up to the court date

Field Safety Tactics (Course#LS1910)

  • Identify ways to reduce danger, how to identify potentially dangerous situations, and the “major rules” of field safety

Characteristics of Armed Subjects: Identifying the Threat (Course#LS1911)

  • Instruction on specific movements of armed subjects, clothing, subject actions, methods used to carry/conceal firearms, bladed weapons and concealment

Intentional De-Escalation (Course #LS1917)

  • This one-day (8 hour) course will provide an in-depth perspective of the de-escalation of force. Students will learn about the history and development of de-escalation techniques, dealing with persons with mental illness, methods for de-escalating violent encounters, and the tactical aspects of de-escalation

Open Source Intelligence Investigations (Course #LS1921)

  • Have you considered the benefit of monitoring online digital activities of the offenders under your supervision? Open source intelligence can be very useful to organizations because of its inherently public nature and its ability to save resources. The latter being its most significant benefit overall.

    Regardless of whether you are new to the world of Open Source Intelligence Investigations, or if you have some experience, this course will walk you through how investigators use open source tools and techniques to gain useful insight into someone’s activities.

Shakedown: The Search for Contraband (Course#LS191)

  • Describe and demonstrate proficiency in performing various searching techniques

Office Safety: Assessing Your Vulnerability (Course#LS197)

  • Recognize potentially dangerous situations, persons and actions within your business or office

The Cooperative Interview (Course#LS198)

  • Discuss the purpose of interviews and the legal considerations involved in an interview

Criminal Street Gangs: The Most Dangerous Game (Course#LS199)

  • This course includes: classroom instruction, small/large group work, scenario-based role play exercises including handcuffing/detainment considerations and more

The Will To Survive (Course#LS1914)

  • Discuss numerous critical incidents involving Police, Probation, Parole, Community Corrections, and Jail Staff

The Spartan Academy (Course #LS1915)

  • Instruction on Field Safety, Hostage Captivity and Survival Tactics, The Cooperative Interview, Office Safety: Assessing Your Vulnerability, and Without a Warning: Case Studies in Violent Encounters

    The Psychology of Conflict (Course #1916)

  • Conflict often occurs with those of us in Criminal Justice, Law enforcement, Probation, Parole, Community Corrections and others and is a natural aspect of the job, by those whom consider authority figures to be the real problem in society. During this session, we will examine and discuss some of the root causes that lead to conflict between authority figures and those we encounter on the job and even people we engage in the general public.

Basic Defense Techniques (Course #LS1919)

  • This one day (8 hour) course is designed to equip participants with the basic defensive techniques required to protect themselves if attacked while performing there duties. Participants will learn to identify the warning signs of a potential threat and employ verbal intervention skills demonstrated in class to de-escalate the situation. Should the conflict escalate, participants will learn to defend themselves against punches/strikes, kicks, and grabs.

The Excellent Leader (Course #LS1920)

  • For criminal justice leaders, the mistakes of the past have solidified the importance of having competent, ethical, professional leaders to run our agencies. “The Excellent Leader” training will provide a solid foundation of leadership skills to the criminal justice leaders of today and tomorrow.