911 Telecommunicators are the first responders in missing children cases, playing a critical, life-saving role as the link between a missing child and their safe return. This interactive course will equip telecommunicators with the essential skills and resources needed to manage these high-stakes situations. By analyzing real cases, learn to recognize the various types of missing children incidents and how they are reported. Through call analysis and scenario-based learning, explore optimal practices, utilizing NCIC, APCO, and ANSI systems and standards. Additionally, the course focuses on resilience-building strategies to support the telecommunicator’s mental health in these emotionally demanding cases.
The Good Road of Life is a trauma-informed, culture and resilience-based curriculum that utilizes peer support to overcome multiple risk factors including substance misuse, historical and everyday trauma, violence prevention, suicide prevention, grief-loss, forgiveness, spirituality, healthy relationships, family preservation and communications skills. The model uses Dr. Clayton Small’s dissertation study completed at Gonzaga University that focused on wellness and healing for Native people. This is an opportunity for tribal courts, law enforcement, schools, mental health, social services and treatment programs to collaborate on a less punitive approach in the healing of their communities.
Law enforcement professionals, join us to learn how to leverage digital evidence to locate missing children—whether lost, abducted, or runaway. Participants will learn how to analyze social media activity, mobile data, GPS records, online communications, and other digital traces to uncover leads, identify persons of interest, and accelerate recovery efforts. The course covers basic forensic tools, legal and ethical considerations, real-world case studies, and collaboration strategies with technology providers. Through expert instruction and hands-on exercises, officers will develop essential investigative techniques to navigate the digital landscape and bring missing children home.
This training course provides participants with practical verbal de-escalation techniques to diffuse conflicts and reduce the potential for violence. Participants will gain the skills needed to recognize the factors that contribute to anger and violence in the workplace, identify behaviors and warning signs of anger and conflict, and recognize individuals in crisis. The course emphasizes the importance of safety considerations during de-escalation and provides verbal and non-verbal communication techniques essential for effective conflict resolution. Participants will leave this training equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively de-escalate conflicts, maintain safety, and foster a more harmonious workplace.
Gain an introduction into the psychology, or mindset, of those that commit sexually motivated crimes. Learn about sex offender typologies and patterns of behavior. Explore the relationship between paraphilia such as exhibitionism, voyeurism, and fetishism and criminal acts. Review and dissect real case examples to gain insight into offender modus operandi. Knowledge obtained can be applied during interview and interrogation to help resolve sexually motivated cases.
Examine suspicious death case studies based on the experiences of a homicide detective and forensic pathologist. Identify key scene findings, review actual cases and correlate these findings to the autopsy results. This course will discuss improving case outcomes through strong relationships between investigating agencies and the medical examiner’s office. Students will gain appreciation of how unique case features can affect the direction of the investigation. The ultimate resolution of each case examined will be considered and applied lessons learned are shared during the course.
This 12-hour course includes a 2-hour self-paced training orientation, 8 hours of live instruction and up to 2 hours coaching/open office hours. Gain awareness about drug-endangered children and understand the opportunities to identify children at risk. Learn how to implement the DEC approach, uniting multiple agencies and disciplines around the common goal of improving outcomes for drug endangered children. Discuss the risks to children growing up in households where opioids, stimulants, marijuana or other drugs are misused. Discover the intersection between drug endangered children and human trafficking.
Join other law enforcement and school personnel to address school violence and youth victimization concerns through the use of crime prevention and response strategies and review lessons learned from relevant case studies. Examine the impacts of trauma on youth and effective strategies for working with students experiencing mental illness and learning disabilities. Explore the most current trends among youth relating to social media and alcohol and substance abuse. Discuss successful prevention and intervention program models.
Child sex trafficking (CST) is like no other crime. Victimization may happen hundreds of times and can be difficult to identify due to the victims being missing children coupled with the trafficker’s hold on victims. Dissect the crime of CST, its complex nature, and discover how to investigate this crime fully. Develop trauma-informed approaches to ensure your victim interview does not retraumatize and you gain critical information to identify corroborative evidence. Examine the trafficker’s profile and motivation, how they impact your suspect interview, and proven suspect interview strategies. Recognize common evidence available, legal hurdles, and common defenses of traffickers.
In the initial response to endangered missing or child abduction incidents, accurate and timely situational assessments and immediate resource deployment are critical. During this training, first responders will gain knowledge of the investigative activities that occur during an endangered missing or child abduction investigation, and how their actions influence the short- and long-term response of law enforcement. Learn the impact the missing and or abducted child incident has on the family and how this can impact your response. Examine the critical and necessary first steps for first responders, initial supervisory, and investigative response. Gain best practices strategies for search and canvass implementation.
