Crisis Management

We have an over-whelming request from Sheriff's, Constable's, Chiefs, officers-deputies as well as from school district administrators to host multiple 4-hour blocks of instruction) work shops on Grant writing; specifically for federal government grants pertaining to; school safety & security; hiring of additional school resource officers; community & public safety etc.

Would like to have training on crime prevention.

BJA recognizes Crisis Intervention Team as a best practice for law enforcement jurisdictions throughout the United States. The program is designed to teach law enforcement officers the behavioral characteristics of mental illness and to provide officers with practical de-escalation skills to help them effectively mediate crisis situations involving people with mental illness while diverting those in crisis to treatment and other services instead of incarceration. BJA has been supportive of many CIT efforts, including the CIT International Conference for several years.

Blue Courage developed training for Law Enforcement members. Requesting funding to assist in a pilot training of the course.

This engagement is to provide the 40-hour training entitled “Peer Support for Public Safety” for the Montgomery County, Md. Police Department by William Hogewood of Crisis Associates LLC. The Montgomery County Police Department’s Peer Support Team has been in existence since 2001 and aids department employees and their families who are involved in traumatic personal and job-related incidents. The training is needed to provide guidance on peer support related functions such as communication techniques, reading body language, nature of trauma etc.