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Training Courses
COURSE INDEX
The course is divided into three parts. The first part of the course is designed to provide officers with a safe environment to discuss racial profiling and raise questions and concerns about profiling practices and perceptions. The intent of this portion of the course is to provide a baseline understanding of the issue, community perceptions, and the impacts of those perceptions. The second part of the course is designed to provide officers with the fundamental skills required to make good decisions, and to interact effectively with community members. During this portion of the course officers will review ethical decision making practices, objective vs. subjective indicators of criminal activity, cultural considerations during stops, and communication skills. The third part of the course provides officers the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge discussed in the first two sections. Participants will first apply ethical decision making skills, and use objective indicators to make good, non-biased stops. Participants will then apply cultural and communications skills to stop contacts, to help ensure that the police-community interaction is successful. Agenda and Objectives
After completion of module 1, participants will be able to:
Module 2, Racial Profiling Overview, is structured to provide an introduction to, and an overview of Racial Profiling. In addition to providing definitions, participants will discuss why this issue is so important to Law Enforcement, the Media, and Communities. This module is interactive – participants will spend a significant portion of the module in discussion. The overall goal of this module is to provide law enforcement professionals an open environment in which to discuss perceptions and concerns of the issue, while grounding beliefs in the community, media, court and government perspectives and risks engendered from the issue. After completing module 2, participants will be able to:
Module 3, Assessing the Impact, is structured to provide an introduction to the basic principles behind community-based policing, and the impacts of the practice or perception of racial profiling. In this module, participants will review the effects of racial profiling on Law Enforcement and the Community. This module is interactive – participants will spend a significant portion of the module in discussion. The goal of this module is to help participants understand how the perception of the practice has impacted communities across the country. After completion of this module, participants will be able to:
Module 4, Making Ethical Decisions, is structured to provide a basic review of ethics. Participants will define and review ethics and professionalism, and will discuss some specific theories of ethics. At the end of this module, participants will practice applying making ethical decisions. The overall goal is to provide participants with a framework for making ethical, non-biased decisions, and to consider racial profiling in ethical contexts. After completing this module, participants will be able to:
Module 5, Cultural Considerations in law enforcement, provides a description of the components of culture, and why culture is so important to Law Enforcement. Participants will discuss how cultural differences impact the quality and perception of law enforcement contact with different groups in the community. At the end of this module, participants will practice applying “cultural competency” skills to real-life scenarios. The overall goal of this module is to help participants understand how culture may affect officer’s decision-making process, and how culture may impact how citizens perceive officer conduct during stops. After completing this module, participants will be able to:
Module 6, Objective Assessment of Criminal Activity, is structured to provide an overview of the use of individual characteristics, observable behaviors and criminal indicators in identifying criminal activity. Participants will learn how these components may be used objectively or subjectively, and how the use of these components can lead to good stops or biased stops. At the end of this module, participants will practice identifying and distinguishing the objective use of these components. The goal of this module is to enable participants to identify the specific factors required to make an objective, non-biased stop. After completion of module 6, participants will be able to:
Module 7, Effective Communications, is structured to provide the fundamentals of communicating effectively. Participants will discuss why communicating effectively to communities, especially during stops, is so critical to law enforcement. Participants will discuss and practice effective listening techniques during this module. The overall goal is to equip officers with the basic communication skills to positively affect citizen perceptions during stops. After completing this module, participants will be able to:
Module 8, Managing Citizen Contacts, is structured to provide participants practice time to use the knowledge and skills developed during this course. Participants will engage in a series of role plays and critiques designed to provide them practice with establishing specific rationale for making contacts, and practice in communicating the rationale to citizens contacted. The goal of this module is to enable participants to identify and articulate the decision making process in making stops. After completion of module 8, participants will be able to:
Agenda and Objectives
Module 2, Racial Profiling Overview, is structured to provide an introduction to, and an overview of Racial Profiling. In addition to providing definitions, participants will discuss why this issue is so important to Law Enforcement, the Media, and Communities. This module is interactive – participants will spend a significant portion of the module in discussion. The overall goal of this module is to provide law enforcement professionals an open environment in which to discuss perceptions and concerns of the issue, while grounding beliefs in the community, media, court and government perspectives and risks engendered from the issue. After completing module 2, participants will be able to:
Module 3, Assessing the Impact, is structured to provide an introduction to the basic principles behind community-based policing, and the impacts of the practice or perception of racial profiling. In this module, participants will review the effects of racial profiling on Law Enforcement and the Community. This module is interactive – participants will spend a significant portion of the module in discussion. The goal of this module is to help participants understand how the perception of the practice has impacted communities across the country. After completion of this module, participants will be able to:
Module 4, Objective Assessment of Criminal Activity, is structured to provide an overview of the use of individual characteristics, observable behaviors and criminal indicators in identifying criminal activity. Participants will learn how these components may be used objectively or subjectively, and how the use of these components can lead to good stops or biased stops. At the end of this module, participants will practice identifying and distinguishing the objective use of these components. The goal of this module is to enable participants to identify the specific factors required to make an objective, non-biased stop. After completion of module 4, participants will be able to:
Module 5, Managing Staff Behavior, is structured to provide an overview of supervisor liability, and help enable supervisor’s to take a more proactive approach towards addressing officer behavior. Supervisors learn about corrective actions within their scope of control, and review corrective actions that they can take to address behavioral issues. Supervisors also learn when an issue lies outside of their scope of control, and how best to address issue of this nature. After completion of module 5, participants will be able to:
Module 6, Leadership, is structured to provide participant’s with an overview of leadership styles, characteristics and skills. The content is framed to assist front line supervisors in understanding the leadership roles they play in the department, and to provide them an appreciation of how their actions affect officer morale and perception. After completion of module 6, participants will be able to:
Module 7, Managing Organizational Change, is structured to provide participant’s with an understanding of the change process, how change affects organizations, and the roles that Supervisors can play during organizational change. The context provided is for programs targeted at addressing racial profiling issues such as data collection efforts, in which new roles and responsibilities are introduced. After completion of module 7, participants will be able to:
Module 8, Managing Racial Profiling Programs – Data Collection, is structured to provide participant’s with an overview of racial profiling programs such as data collection. In this module, the data collection program is reviewed, and all elements and roles and responsibilities for collecting data are discussed. The context provided is data collection relative to a study used to analyze the data relative to the racial profiling issue. After completion of module 8, participants will be able to:
In the afternoon, both groups are brought together in a facilitated workshop session designed to get all participants involved in developing strategies to address the issue in the agency and in the community. The deliverable of this workshop is a joint LE/Community Task Force chartered to address the issue on an on-going basis. Agenda and Objectives
Module 1B, Instructor Led Law Enforcement Session, Develop fundamental understanding of racial profiling and the issues related to racial profiling including the impact on all identified stakeholders. Module 2, Instructor Led Combined Session, Engage in discussion to focus on solutions establish a commitment to develop a task force comprised of participants from both groups with a primary focus on community solutions.
The course is divided into two parts, and can be delivered in 4 hours. The first part of the course is designed to provide police executives with an over view of racial profiling, and its impacts and effects on law enforcement, the community, governments and our courts system. The intent of this portion of the course is to provide a baseline understanding of the issue, community, government and court perceptions, and the impacts of those perceptions. The second part of the course consists of a structured discussion in which executives discuss the issue in terms of their departments, and identify and brainstorm key stakeholders to the issue, assessment and response activities, community concerns and responses and dealing with the media. During this portion of the class, participants will hear about national responses to the issue in litigation and what how departments across the country have addressed the issue. Agenda and Objectives
After completing module 1, participants will be able to:
Module 2, Developing Solutions, is structured to provide participants an opportunity to discuss, and collectively develop strategies for addressing the issue in their respective departments. A working session will be facilitated in which participants will discuss how the issue has affected their department and their community. Internal perceptions and concerns, and key stakeholder groups will be discussed and reviewed, as will litigation effects and responses from across the country. After completing module 2, participants will be able to:
The course is structured to provide a baseline understanding of why collecting stop data is necessary. The course provides an introduction to the impacts of racial profiling on the community and law enforcement, and includes dialogue on how collecting stop data is a critical part of responding to the issue. Participants will also learn the components of stop data programs, and get hands-on experience in completing and reviewing stop data forms. Module 1, Racial Profiling Introduction, is structured to provide an introduction to Racial Profiling. Participants will discuss national impacts of the issue on Law Enforcement, the Media, and Communities. The overall goal of this module is to provide law enforcement executives a perspectives on how the issue has affected law enforcement agencies across the country, and how communities, the media, and courts have dealt with the issue. Module 2, Assessing the Impact, is structured to provide an introduction to the basic principles behind community-based policing, and the impacts of the practice or perception of racial profiling. In this module, participants will review the effects of racial profiling on Law Enforcement and the Community. This module is interactive – participants will spend a significant portion of the module in discussion. The goal of this module is to help participants understand how the perception of the practice has impacted communities across the country. Module 3, Managing Racial Profiling Programs – Data Collection, is structured to provide participant’s with an overview of racial profiling programs such as data collection. In this module, the data collection program is reviewed, and all elements and roles and responsibilities for collecting data are discussed. The context provided is data collection relative to a study used to analyze the data relative to the racial profiling issue.
Participants will learn the basic kinds of traffic surveys, survey timing, surveyor positioning, data element capture, start and stop techniques, and data reduction methods. Survey team leads will learn the basics for managing a survey team, including scheduling, interacting with police liaisons, data integrity, surveyor supervision, and survey maintenance and reporting. The most critical element of the course includes hands-on surveying, in which surveyors will practice and get rated on surveying skills. |
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Providing Profiling Solutions
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Preventing Racial Profile Practices: A Course for Officers
