R4138 Peer Support- Pocatello FREE

September 23-26, 2024 0800-1700

Credit Hours: 32
Course Number: R4138

Description:

Law enforcement is one of the most stressful occupations that exist. Each day, a law enforcement officer is faced with more stress than an average person faces in five years. The daily threat of death, the succession of one high stress event after another, the in-depth scrutiny of our actions by others, and the culture of denial we have created causes us to have issues no other occupation has. Our life expectancy is much shorter than average, our rate of alcohol and drug abuse is high, our suicide rate is high, and we have done very little to address these issues.

Peer Support is the best mechanism to remedy our failures in addressing the elephant in the room. Who knows more about a law enforcement officer’s life than another officer?  This thirty-two-hour course will train each attendee to “coach” fellow officers through the emotional and psychological issues they face daily.

Topics include responding to officer involved shootings and other high stress events, general job stress, suicide recognition and prevention, the recognition of mental disorders, family issues, line of duty deaths, and one-on-one ‘coaching’ of other officers.  Protocols for creating or improving peer support teams will be discussed as well as policy and confidentiality/privilege.

Attendees must be law enforcement officers, dispatchers, chaplains, or behavioral health professionals who work with law enforcement. This is a very unique class developed by law enforcement for law enforcement. The personal benefits of this course and using it to help other officers is life changing.

Instructors: Timothy Rutledge

Location:

Bannock County Sheriff’s Office

5800 S. 5th Ave.

Pocatello, ID 83204

Registration Details: To register for this course click the following link- https://portal.rcta.org/site/course.aspx?args=iEePUYPAQWqHmzJ4csjBjfCPlONrmXOGU3WM6bvTNo4= | opens 90 days prior to start

 

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R4 309 – Instructor Development – Idaho Falls

October 7-11, 2024 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Credit Hours: 40
Course Number: 309

Description:

This class is required for any person who wishes to become a POST certified instructor. The new course curriculum covers adult learning, building thinking skills in students, paralanguage, assessing student understanding of class material, and writing lesson plans. Each Student will be videotaped for self-evaluation. The participants are required to bring to this class certain equipment and presentations:

  • A laptop or other electronic media device with a USB port.
  • The Instructor development manual either as a hard copy or downloaded on a media device
  • A device equipped to video record a 2-3 minute presentation for self-evaluation (i.e. camera, iPhone, iPad etc)
  • Materials needed for your classroom presentation

Please note that POST will no longer provide printed classroom manuals to participants in this course. It is the participants responsibility to download the class instruction sheet and classroom manual, links are provided throughout this announcement.

COURSE MATERIALS DOWNLOAD LINKS ARE SHOWN BELOW.

2022-POST-Instructor-Development-Overviewdocx
Instructor-Development-Course-Agenda-2022-1
2022-POST-Instructor-Development-Student-Manual

Location:

Idaho Falls Police Department
775 Northgate Mile
Idaho Falls, ID 83204

POST Coordinator: Matt Bloodgood

Registration:

All registration applications will be vetted by POST for approval to attend this training. Once an applicant has been vetted, an e-mail will be sent to the applicant confirming registration. It is vital that the applicant provide a valid and correct e-mail address on the on-line registration form.

Pre-requisites for attendance:

      • Must be employed with an Idaho Law Enforcement Agency
        Applicants must have  three (3) years of LE experience

NOTE:   If the LE experience is with an agency out of state the following documentation is required:

      • a copy of the previous POST record which shows years of service
      • or a letter from the previous Agency Head (on Agency letterhead) verifying years of service including the hire date and separation date

Any registration request that does not meet the 3 year minimum LE experience and/or does not have a POST certification will not be approved

Registrations open 90 days before the start date of the course

R4337 Taser Instructor, Instructor Refresher- Chubbuck

June 5, 2024, 0800-1700

Credit Hours: 16
Course Number: R4337

Description:

Description: TASER X26P, X2, TASER 7 and TASER 7 CQ Instructor certification course. With the release of version 23, we have enhanced the instructor course to teach students how to develop and safely execute scenarios and isolation drills and provide more in-depth scenario training. You will be certified to instruct others on the use of the X26P, X2, TASER 7 and TASER 7 CQ energy weapons. Students will be required to complete an interactive on-line experience prior to attending the one day in-classroom training.

Click here for the My Axon training link- https://my.axon.com/s/login/?language=en_US

If you need help creating an account in My Axon, click here- https://my.axon.com/s/article/How-do-I-enroll-in-a-course-in-Axon-Academy?language=en_US

REMINDER:
All students will complete the same on-line course and attend ONE day of practical training.

• Dress – Appropriate training attire
• Department issued TASER holster – if applicable
• Duty belt and training pistol (if available)
What not to bring:
• No firearms
• No ammunition
• No TASER energy weapons (will be provided by Axon)
• No defense sprays
• No weapons of any kind

Instructors: Taser Instructor TBD

Location:

Chubbuck Police Department

5160 Yellowstone

Chubbuck, ID 83202

Registration Details: Cost of the course is $495 per student. All registrations for this course close 7 days in advance. Students wanting to access the system must first have an account and login or create a new account at MyAxon. There is a 24 to 48 hour verification approval process.

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R4227 Interview and Interrogation- Chubbuck

August 5-9, 2024, 0800-1700

Credit Hours: 40
Course Number: R4227

Description:

Click the link below for full course description

Chubbuck 40 HR Int Course Flyer 2024

Instructors: Sparks, NV Police Lt. Jason Woodard

Location:

Chubbuck Police Department

5160 Yellowstone Ave.

Chubbuck, ID 83202

Registration Details:

Click the following link for registration information- https://www.getconfessions.com/courselist/investigator-08-05-24-chubbuck-id/?

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R4 146 Calming the Fire: Principles of De-Escalation & Understanding- Chubbuck

July 8-10, 2024, 0800-1600 (0800-1200 on day three)

Credit Hours: 20
Course Number: R4146

Description:

For full course description see the following link- https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/seminars/43-calming-the-fire-principles-for-deescalation-and-understanding-people/546

Instructors:

Location:

Chubbuck Police Department
5160 Yellowstone Ave.
Chubbuck, ID 83202

Registration Details:

See above link.

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R4 227 Reid Technique of Interview and Interrogation- Pocatello

June 11-14, 2024- 0800-1700

Credit Hours: 32
Course Number: R4227

Description:

You Will Learn How To:
• Interpret verbal and non-verbal behavior to help you assess the credibility of a suspect’s
statements
• Structure the interview using open- ended and investigative questions to develop the subject’s
statement
• Use behavior provoking questions in the interview process
• Persuade a suspect to tell the truth about their involvement in criminal activity
• Develop interrogation strategies and interrogation themes
• Use an alternative question to develop the first admission of guilt
• Use tactics to handle the more defiant suspect; overcome objections and their fear of
consequences

Instructors: TBD

Location:

Bannock County Sheriff’s Office
5800 S 5th Ave
Pocatello, ID 83204

Registration Details:

Register on-line at http://www.reid.com

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