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2022 Mandatory Domestic Violence Training Update for VT Law Enforcement - Online

  • August 9 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • August 24 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • August 25 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • August 29 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • September 6 2:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • September 14  9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • September 26 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  • October 3 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • October 6 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • October 18 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • October 24 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

NEACOP: 2022 Annual Conference

Active Shooter Incidents for Public Safety Communications

Advanced Interview Training Course

  • Date and Time:
  • Location: South Burlington Police Department. 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington Vermont
  • Cost:   
    • For the three day course: $395.00
    • For the fours day course: $495.00     
  • Registration and Additional Course information:         

This four-day training program will provide the police officer or criminal investigator, who has basic or advanced interviewing skills, additional tools to conduct more effective interviews, resulting in greater truthful information that can assist in resolving investigations.   During this program, participants will learn to assess verbal and non-verbal behavior and become more effective at obtaining information in person, as well as, via telephonic and video contacts.  Instruction will consist of non-confrontational interview techniques and how to effectively utilize them during interview scenarios.  This instruction is for all types of interviews; victims, witnesses, and subjects. The instruction is intended to enable employees to safely and lawfully elicit the maximum amount of truthful information from witnesses and truthful admissions and confessions from subjects.

Courses, which include lectures, case studies and interactive exercises, consist of:

  • Interviewing: Strength and Weakness Forum
  • Effective Interviews: Progression to Advanced Techniques
  • Behavioral Baselines and Physical and Verbal Behaviors
  • Advanced Rapport Strategies and Administration of Warnings
  • Question Types Designed to Elicit Admissions
  • Cognitive Interviewing
  • Minimizing Denials
  • Handling Interviewee Questions
  • Advanced Evidence Presentation and Theme Development
  • Interviewing with Attorneys Present and Recorded Interviews
  • Obtaining a Detailed Written Statement
  • Subject Elimination Interview Technique
  • Practical Interviewing Laboratory Exercise
  • A Video Tour of the Essentials of Effective Interviewing

The four-day option will include all above courses.  The three-day option will include all courses with the exception of the last two entries.

ARIDE

  • December 12 - 13 at West Dover Fire Department, 253 Vermont Rte 100, West Dover 05356

Alco-Sensor FST PBT device

  • Online training, click link for more information. 

Amtrak Police Operation Rail Safe

Animal Welfare Investigation for Humane Officers:

ARIDE at Essex Police Department

  • October 27 - 28

Canine Basic Tracking

  • July 18 - August 26

Canine Patrol School

  • July 18 - November 4

Command Leadership Institute with FBI-LEEDA

Communications Training Officer Refresher

Crisis Negotiations

DRE Trainings

DUI Enforcement Certification

  • August 29 - September 2

Entrance Exam Testing dates

  • August 9, 2022
  • August 23, 2022
  • September 13, 2022
  • September 27, 2022
  • October 11, 2022
  • October 25, 2022
  • November 8, 2022
  • November 22, 2022

FBI Negotiator Course

  • September 26 - 30 at at South Burlington Police Department 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington, VT 05403
  • Contact Robert Polanco at RPolanco@fbi.gov

FBI-LEEDA Supervisor Leadership Institute

  • February 6 - 10, 2023 at Hartford Police Department 812 VA Cutoff Rd White River Junction, VT 05001
  • Register online at Fbileeda.org

For more information click here

NCIC FSTO/LFSTO - FBI National Crime Information Center

The FBI requires new or returning personnel who require access to their National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to be both NCIC and CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Services) certified. Registration for this online training experience is required, and submitted by your agency’s NCIC TACs (Terminal Agency Coordinators) to Jennifer Mucha via email at Jennifer.Mucha@vermont.gov.

Fire Service Communications, 2nd Ed., Version 1, White River Jct, VT, #63617

Fingerprinting Re-Certification

  • Police officers are required by Vermont statute to be re-certified every 3 years, following the training and certification outlined above, in order to take fingerprints from minors as part of a voluntary identification program. To be recertified, an officer must submit to VCIC a set of prints via electronic capture OR the standard ink and roll method. The prints will be examined for quality, and if acceptable, recertification will be granted. If the prints are found to be unacceptable, the officer will have to re-take the Basic Fingerprinting Certification Course. Please note: recertification is NOT required for the purposes of taking prints as part of an investigation, employment-related background checks, etc.

    Send a set of fingerprints to VCIC C/O Identification Section Supervisor, 42 State Street, Waterbury, VT 05671-1300

Fundamentals of Tactical Dispatch

Fundamentals of Tactical Dispatch

Improving Outcomes and Accountability: A Community Partnership Approach to Resilient Youth

  • August 19, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM at AHS District Offices 100 Mineral Street, Springfield, VT 05156
  • Questions? Contact Marc Wennberg- marc@communityreentry.net, 802-249-0397

What: A participatory training with police, prosecutors, and restorative justice practitioners in order to build better outcomes for Vermont’s young people.

Who: This day-long event is for formal and informal leaders in community-responsive and evidence-based policing. Trainers are both restorative justice and law enforcement professionals.

Why: Vermont’s young people face a host of risks. Many of these risks–and the resulting behaviors–reached crisis proportions during the pandemic, impacting families, schools, and communities. Working with young people poses unique challenges for law enforcement officers to find the right balance between support and accountability.  Trauma-informed restorative practices are proven to help young people learn from mistakes, make meaningful amends to the people they impacted, and move forward in an effective way. Restorative practices can also provide timely outreach and services to victims of crime. This training will help law enforcement officers better meet the needs of the communities they serve.

Learning Objectives: Participants will gain experiential insight into the core practices and effective principles of the restorative justice approach; reflect on the challenges and inequities of the current system; gain understanding in brain science and the impacts of trauma on youth development; and envision solution-oriented plans to support better outcomes for young people, communities, and police.

NHTSA LIDAR Operation Certification

  • October 18

 

NHTSA Doppler Radar Operator Certification

  • October 17

Spillman Dispatcher Training

  • Now an online event please contact Michelle Hunt for more information.

Spirit and Skills: Helping Opiate Overdosed Vermonters Toward Change (CANCELLED) (Postponed until later date)

Tac Med for the First Responder

Tac Med Instructor Training - Basic

Tactical Street Crimes Training

  • August 29 - 31 at South Burlington Police Department. 19 Gregory Drive South Burlington. VT 05403
  • Register online at www.streetcrimes.com or by phone at 773-594-0945

Use of Force Instructor School

  • July 25 - 29