Conferences and Workshops

• Date and Time: Monday, July, 11, 2016, 0800 - 1600.
• Location: The Winooski Educational Center 70 Normand Street, Winooski, VT 05404
• Registration: Download the registration paperwork and fax to Ms. Tammy Lynn LaBonte, 860. 436.9822 
• Cost: 125.00 Per Student (Group Discounts Available)
• Download the Flyer

“This course is an easy to use communications class for street confrontations that will assist to de-escalate engagements, reduce complaints, and liability, as well enhance officer survival!”

This is a classroom based combat-confrontation conflict resolution avoidance course. The program instructed within a classroom setting how to recognize aggression and not stimulate aggression. Students learn Active Diffusion Strategies that can avoid escalating or resolve interactions by employing tactical de-escalation methods. Officers are instructed in officer safety tactical options when de-escalation does not work and how to deploy and coordinate successful strategies. Instruction uses lectures and demonstrations to facilitate learning.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

• Risk management for officer safety
•  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!

Date: 6/6/2016 - 6/10/2016
Location: Randolph, VT. Vermont Technical College campus, Langevin House
Registration: Register online with NTOA

Individuals who have recently been assigned to SWAT and have not received basic SWAT training will benefit from this comprehensive introduction to tactical skills. Students will be introduced to basic SWAT topics, tactics and techniques including a historical overview of SWAT, team organization and structure, resolution of barricaded suspect situations, covert individual and team movement, searches and room clearing, chemical agents, less lethal options, warrant service and multiple field training exercises. This is a hands on, high intensity course in which students practice tactics and techniques in the field.

DATE:               Monday – May 2, 2016

TIME:                 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM

LOCATION:   Brattleboro Retreat

                          1 Anna Marsh Lane

                        Education Conference Room

COST:                 FREE with food/breaks provided

Class will be limited to 35.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:         April 15th, 2016

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com

All Vermont law enforcement leaders are invited to attend a discussion session with Philip Banks III, the former Chief of Department of the NYPD. Drawing on his professional and personal experiences, he will discuss the challenges facing police agencies in terms of community outreach, crime control and diversity, with the goal of accomplishing all three as part of a unified approach to effective community policing.

Please join us this Friday, February 26^th at 1pm at the Burlington Police Department.  Space is limited so please RSVP to Corporal Kristin Olofson at kolofson@bpdvt.org.  

About Phil Banks:

In March 2013, after 27 years of service, Philip Banks III was appointed the Chief of Department of the 35,000-officer NYPD, the highest uniformed rank in the department, where he commanded its Patrol, Detective, Transit, Transportation, Community Affairs and Organized Crime Control Bureaus, and administered its CompStat program. He was the second African-American in history to hold the position. He retired from the NYPD in October, 2014.

Team Two: A Training for Law Enforcement and Mental Health Crisis Workers

Session 1

Date: September 13th, 2016
Location: State Office Complex – Main Entrance Waterbury, Sally Fox Conference Center – Cherry Rooms A, B, C (directions will be sent to participants)
Registration Deadline: August 31st, 2016
Time: 8:30AM - 3:30PM
Cost: Free with food/breaks provided

Registration

Please complete this form and return it to Kristin Chandler by email at teamtwovermont@gmail.com

Course Description

When a mental health crisis arises, whether it is within a family home, at a high school or in a public place, it is critical that the first responders are trained in mental health issues, in mental health law and in working together to resolve the crisis.  Team Two seeks to both educate the first responder and to build the relationships necessary to working together in crisis.  The training provides an overview of relevant mental health statutes and a refresher on mandatory law enforcement mental health training (ACT 80).  Three different scenarios are role played in break-out sessions with local teams of police and mobile crisis workers where specifics of response to the scenarios are discussed in detail.  Small groups report back to the entire group to hear feedback and discuss strategies.   A short video on law enforcement response to situations involving  persons with autism is shown and discussed.  Participants learn from a panel presentation which includes a person with mental illness, a family member, a crisis clinician and a law enforcement officer who all share personal stories.  Finally, in another break out session, the audience hears about resources in their particular regions. 

For more information about the training email Coordinator Kristin Chandler or call (802)236-5065

New in 2015-2016

Police dispatchers and developmental service crisis clinicians join the conversation!  Discussion on: Warrants, CHINS cases, the intoxicated individual with mental illness and practical tips comprise this scenario-based training.  

Completion of ACT 80 (Interacting with Persons with a Mental Illness) is a pre-requisite for law enforcement officers.

Police and Minority Relations

Date: February 22, 2016
Course Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Location: Winooski Educational Center 60 Normand Street Winooski, VT 05404
Cost: $125 per officer, $100 group rate for 5 or more attendees

Registeration

Register Online

Police lives matter, black lives matter, all lives matter.  Those phrases have become outcries for police officers, community members, and mainstream media in 2015.  In reality, tensions between law enforcement and minorities have been brewing for decades.  Now more than ever, police officers must learn to balance aggressive crime fighting strategies with an understanding that their actions may be perceived as racial profiling, civil rights violations, criminal offenses, or as mistreatment of citizens in the communities they are sworn to protect and serve.

Across the United States, police commanders and community leaders have engaged in numerous meetings to help heal and strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and minorities.  Although these efforts have made positive gains, it is the front line patrol officer and supervisor who are at the greatest risk of a hostile encounter.

Traditional training classes that focused on cultural diversity and policing in minority communities have been met with resistance because they were presented in a manner that lacked substance or value to the responding officer.  This is not a traditional training class.

Police and Minority relations will only improve through realistic, up-to-date training, dealing with the issues head on.  This one day course will help officers identify and understand the problem, communicate more effectively with minorities, ensure compliance with federal and state laws, prepare for hostile encounters, and continue to engage in proactive policing without jeopardizing their safety.

The instructor is a veteran of one of the largest police departments in the United States.  He spent several years working in an undercover capacity, targeting the most violent gang members and drug dealers in the community he served.  During those years, he learned invaluable information regarding not only the criminal views of law enforcement, but law abiding citizens’ views of their local police departments as well.  Sharing this unique experience with patrol officers and supervisors will put them in a better position to improve relationships in their communities.

After a critical incident occurs, training coordinators are forced to answer tough questions.  How was the officer trained?  When is the last time the officer received in-service training on the use of force, search and seizure, cultural diversity..etc?  Did the officer perform according to policy?  Information will be presented in this class dealing with the questions, and implementing more in-service training to address the common questions.

This course is not designed to create an atmosphere of passive or reactive policing.  When that approach is taken, the criminals win and wreak havoc in the community.  In addition, it creates a more dangerous environment for police officers.  This course will focus on bridging the gap between law enforcement and minorities, while maintaining smart, aggressive strategies to deal with those that choose to violate the law.

Topics Covered

• Identifying and Understanding the Problem
• Overview of Movements/Protests
• Preparation for Hostile Encounters
• Tactical De-escalation Techniques (Overview)
• Understanding DOJ Consent Decree
• Racial Profiling
• Communicating More Effectively with Minorities
• Building Community Trust
• True Officer Safety Consideration
• DOJ Principles for Promoting Police Integrity

Glock Armorer’s Class

• Length of Course: 1 day/8 hours
• Course hours:  0800 - 1700
• Date/Location: 26 April, 2016 at Vermont Police Academy Scenario Building
  • Registeration: Register at the Glock, Inc. Website. Registrations will not be accepted by the academy.
  • Contact: Jason Williams
• Tuition:  $250 paid directly to Glock, Inc.

Class Description

Student supplies safety glasses for eye protection and a small flashlight.
GLOCK provides lunch meal unless otherwise noted.
Certified Armorer Certification for all GLOCK Model Pistols (except 018/C Select-Fire models). 

Morning 8:00 -12:00

• Introduction
• Safety Rules
• Safe Action System Desigri
• Function of Safeties
• Unloading and Clearing
• Field Stripping and Reassembly
• Detail Disassembly and Reassembly of Slide 

Lunch Break 

Afternoon 13:00 - 17:00

• Detail Disassembly and Reassembly of Receiver
• Fire Control Component Configurations / Engagement
• Multiple Practice Disassembly and Reassembly of Entire Pistol
• Options / Alternate Parts Offered
• Sights / Tools
• Diagnostics / Trouble Shooting Guides
• Review
• Written Examination (Minimum Required Score 80%)
• Class Completion and Farewell

Please Note: This is a generic agenda and may be altered somewhat by the Instructor.