Use of Force

Coordinate and focus Chicago Police Department (CPD) efforts to create an organizational culture of safety and wellness. The implementation plan will focus on four areas that were identified by CPD to address the challenges facing them today that align with their current training curriculum.

1. Enhancing Peer Support
2. Enhancing Resilience
3. Increasing Suicide Awareness and Prevention
4. Enhancing Officer Safety

Polis has been directed by BJA to work closely with selected police agencies and academies across the U.S. to pilot new, evidence-based training content and methods. Building on extensive research on high-risk decision-making, ADAPT modules are based on the premise that defensive training should focus on situations, not techniques. Training officers to recognize and quickly adapt to unpredictable, dynamic situations is far superior to teaching isolated techniques.

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) presented a four-day state, local, tribal, and federal law enforcement training consortium spearheaded by the Physical Techniques Division (PTD), Core Training Operations Directorate. The PTD consortium is a unique training opportunity that builds upon personal accounts and law enforcement physical techniques training with the science, research, and academics to decipher the reasoning behind these physical encounters. Dr. Jonathan Wender and Sgt.

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) presented a four-day state, local, tribal, and federal law enforcement training consortium spearheaded by the Physical Techniques Division (PTD), Core Training Operations Directorate. The PTD consortium is a unique training opportunity that builds upon personal accounts and law enforcement physical techniques training with the science, research, and academics to decipher the reasoning behind these physical encounters.

Working as public information officers (PIOs) has never been more difficult with the COVID-19 pandemic and recent police protests and civic unrest. To assist PIOs in this difficult environment, PSP established the Public Information Officer Community of Practice (PIO CoP). IIR coordinated a PIO Roundtable discussion held on August 27, 2020 and moderated by SME Ms. Laura McElroy who led a discussion with four different police agency PIOs on the challenges and strategies they have experienced.

Polis will convene a series of three (3) national DT Summit Meetings, to which we will invite a representative group of law enforcement and academic stakeholders. The Summit Meetings will present our initial findings, elicit input to affirm or contradict our assessments, and ensure wide collaborative involvement in our subsequent program efforts. We will also use the Summit Meetings to help recruit and select pilot sites for test implementation of the ADAPT program. Because of the impact of COVID-19, these summits will be held online rather than in-person.

Polis will convene a series of three (3) national DT Summit Meetings, to which we will invite a representative group of law enforcement and academic stakeholders. The Summit Meetings will present our initial findings, elicit input to affirm or contradict our assessments, and ensure wide collaborative involvement in our subsequent program efforts. We will also use the Summit Meetings to help recruit and select pilot sites for test implementation of the ADAPT program. Because of the impact of COVID-19, these summits will be held online rather than in-person.

Polis will convene a series of three (3) national DT Summit Meetings, to which we will invite a representative group of law enforcement and academic stakeholders. The Summit Meetings will present our initial findings, elicit input to affirm or contradict our assessments, and ensure wide collaborative involvement in our subsequent program efforts. We will also use the Summit Meetings to help recruit and select pilot sites for test implementation of the ADAPT program. Because of the impact of COVID-19, these summits will be held online rather than in-person.

The New York State Police Academy requested assistance in developing an implicit bias course. BJA NTTAC denied this request.

The Delaware State Police requested an evidence-based de-escalation that combines social, tactical, and decision-making skills into a unified program. BJA NTTAC referred the request to the Community Oriented Services COPS Office.