This 80-hour program is tailored for first-line supervisors. Participants will be introduced to: formal and informal responsibilities of a supervisor; practical approaches to strengthen supervisory skills; effective personnel management strategies and progressive discipline; direct and vicarious supervisor liability; and proven leadership imperatives that produce quality employee engagement and fulfillment of our organizational mission.

Respecting the value of all human life and dignity without prejudice to anyone is paramount for all law enforcement officials. Vesting officers with the authority to use reasonable force and to protect the public welfare requires monitoring, evaluation, and a careful balancing of all interests. This course will increase the officer’s confidence and ability to articulate and assess an individual’s behavior who may be experiencing episodic mental distress and respond with effective resolution techniques. Effective controlling force techniques will be demonstrated and drilled lightly.

This course is intended for first-line supervisors. Participants will learn how personality characteristics and behaviors impact workplace environments. Specifically, this course will cover: “The Big 5,” Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, High 5 Test, Berkeley Emotional Intelligence Quiz, and the Implicit Association Test. Participants will be provided with various performance management strategies, which will be highlighted through scenarios (discussion and debrief).

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies.  Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies.  Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

=Breathe, Think, Testify

The rise of litigation against public agencies has magnified the importance of accountability, transparency, and meaningful training programs that equip probation staff with legally sound decision-making skills in the field. In this course, attendees will be familiarized with: State and Federal law; the road to litigation; Civil vs. Criminal Liability; Immunities; and Deliberate Indifference vs. Bystander Liability scenarios.  Officers will engage an active-learning environment in which they provide legally-sound and practical approaches to liability scenarios.

The rise of litigation against public agencies has magnified the importance of accountability, transparency, and meaningful training programs that equip probation staff with legally sound decision-making skills in the field. In this course, attendees will be familiarized with: State and Federal law; the road to litigation; Civil vs. Criminal Liability; Immunities; and Deliberate Indifference vs. Bystander Liability scenarios.  Officers will engage an active-learning environment in which they provide legally-sound and practical approaches to liability scenarios.

Secure Track Offenders have arrived! Per recent legislation, this population is subject to a series of rehabilitative mandates while housed at local facilities. Recent legislation, however, does not address the ongoing safety concerns these offenders present to local probation department personnel. This course will introduce facilities staff to the following topics: officer/facilities safety, offender sophistication considerations, staff manipulation, contraband, communication, and peer-victimization tactics, and best-practice recommendations for effective supervision of this population. Content comes from custody personnel and past/recent offender populations.
Additional services include: facilities safety needs assessment, critical incident response review/recommendations, and force options training. There is a 4-hour virtual and 8-hour in-person version of this course.

Secure Track Offenders have arrived! Per recent legislation, this population is subject to a series of rehabilitative mandates while housed at local facilities. Recent legislation, however, does not address the ongoing safety concerns these offenders present to local probation department personnel. This course will introduce facilities staff to the following topics: officer/facilities safety, offender sophistication considerations, staff manipulation, contraband, communication, and peer-victimization tactics, and best-practice recommendations for effective supervision of this population. Content comes from custody personnel and past/recent offender populations.
Additional services include: facilities safety needs assessment, critical incident response review/recommendations, and force options training. There is a 4-hour virtual and 8-hour in-person version of this course.

The rise of litigation against public agencies has magnified the importance of accountability, transparency, and meaningful training programs that equip probation staff with legally sound decision-making skills in the field. In this course, attendees will be familiarized with: State and Federal law; the road to litigation; Civil vs. Criminal Liability; Immunities; and Deliberate Indifference vs. Bystander Liability scenarios.  Officers will engage an active-learning environment in which they provide legally-sound and practical approaches to liability scenarios.

The rise of litigation against public agencies has magnified the importance of accountability, transparency, and meaningful training programs that equip probation staff with legally sound decision-making skills in the field. In this course, attendees will be familiarized with: State and Federal law; the road to litigation; Civil vs. Criminal Liability; Immunities; and Deliberate Indifference vs. Bystander Liability scenarios.  Officers will engage an active-learning environment in which they provide legally-sound and practical approaches to liability scenarios.

Participants will be familiarized with criminal and civil liability considerations related to probation contacts. Specifically, this course will cover: pertinent federal and state law (civil and criminal liability); the complaint and litigation process; immunities; direct and vicarious liability considerations; third-party detentions; and performance management strategies. Participants will engage an active-learning environment in which they discuss legally sound and practical approaches to resolving scenarios in compliance with policy and the law.

In this course, participants will be introduced to Post-Release Community Supervision (PRCS) requirements under law. Specifically, this course will include the following topics: PC 3452, 3454, 3455, 3456, 1203.2; interagency collaboration (CDCR, Probation, Police/Sheriff); Supervision requirements (indoctrination, documentation, supervision periods); how different statuses impact informal, formal, mandatory supervision, and PRCS clients; and available programming.

In this course, participants will become familiar with “PEP,” our decision-making model for law enforcement officers. The first ‘P’ in the model stands for “Platform,” which requires that an officer know the applicable law/policy that affects the situation they’re dealing with. The ‘E’ stands for “Efficiency,” which refers to the best-practice/department expectation for how the situation will be managed. The last ‘P’ stands for “Proficiency,” which outlines the debrief process by which we improve our future Platform and Efficiency (what went well, where can we improve), and create consistency in every corner of the organization.

This course familiarizes officers with an overview of Federal immigration law and corresponding mandates for California peace officers.  Officers will learn to interpret the latest statues and federal/state court decisions affecting immigration enforcement, agency collaboration, and officer/agency liability.  Officers will practically apply policy-oriented approaches to a variety of immigration-related scenarios with follow-up debriefings and group discussion.

=Hotels, Motels, and Human Trafficking

This 80-hour program is tailored for first-line supervisors. Participants will be introduced to: formal and informal responsibilities of a supervisor; practical approaches to strengthen supervisory skills; effective personnel management strategies and progressive discipline; direct and vicarious supervisor liability; and proven leadership imperatives that produce quality employee engagement and fulfillment of our organizational mission.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies.  Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies. Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies. Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies. Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies. Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies. Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies. Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies. Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.

Through a vibrant and fresh approach to legal update training, this course familiarizes staff and administrators with the latest legislative enactments and case law decisions that affect probation and other law enforcement agencies. Officers will learn to interpret laws and practically apply objectives in the field.