Briefings: Virtual Lunch and Learn - National Drug Court Institute

Briefings: Virtual Lunch and Learns

OVERVIEW

Briefings Virtual Lunch-and-Learn is four, 75-minute virtual sessions designed to address public safety's internal and external approach through law enforcement's role in treatment courts and the community. The course enables law enforcement officers to identify standard operating procedures, recognize the importance of both the multidisciplinary approach and the implementation of community policing, and the impact of vicarious trauma within the law enforcement community. It provides law enforcement professionals with tools to recognize and respond to individuals dealing with co-occurring disorders in a culturally effective, trauma-informed manner. Additionally, the curriculum provides tools for law enforcement professionals to understand secondary trauma's impact on officer wellness.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

Law enforcement departments and agencies interested in taking part in a Briefings lunch-and-learn series must submit the application form found in the key links section of this page. Upon receipt of the application, NDCI staff will follow up to schedule a conference call and choose training dates.

Participating Agencies Should:

Promote Training
The participating agency should promote the training opportunity within their jurisdiction.
Secure POST Certification
Eligibility for continuing education is the responsibility of the agency receiving training.
Provide Point of Contact
Jurisdictions should provide one point of contact for NDCI to organize training logistics.
Complete the Full Series
Jurisdictions are expected to complete all four sessions in their scheduled series.

What NDCI Will Provide:

Training Faculty
NDCI training faculty will travel and conduct each of the 75-minuite sessions at no cost to your agency.
Manage Training Registration
NDCI will provide a system for your department and partner agencies to register for the training.
Training Platform
NDCI will conduct training sessions using Zoom and provide access to your agency.
Evaluations
NDCI will conduct pre- and post-training evaluation and provide certificates of completion to participants in the training.

AVAILABLE TRAINING DATES

Lunch-and-learn training modules are presented virtually once weekly in a four-week period from 11:40 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. in the time zones identified below. After submitting your application, NDCI staff will work with you to find the appropriate training series.

Your department or agency is expected to complete the entire four-week series.

Wednesdays
September 1 - September 22
Pacific Time

Fridays
September 10 - October 1
Central Time

Mondays
October 4 - October 25
Eastern Time

Thursdays
October 7 - October 28
Pacific Time

TARGET AUDIENCE

Briefings is designed for sworn police, highway patrol, and tribal officers whose primary job function is prevention, detection, or investigation of any violation of criminal law and are authorized to carry firearms and make arrests for violations of the law.

Note: Although probation and parole officers in many jurisdictions may possess some of these authorizations, for this training, the content will focus on law enforcement officers as defined above. Probation officers may attend the training.

TRAINING MODULES

Connecting The Dots

Develop a good working relationship with team members from probation and treatment, as well as with treatment court participants.

At the end of this module, participants will be able to:

Define the roles of probation, treatment, law enforcement, and participant in treatment court.
Identify the characteristics of a good working relationship with probation.
Identify the characteristics of a good working relationship with treatment.
Identify the characteristics of a good working relationship with treatment court participants.
Identify other relationships important to LEOs in order to conduct effective community policing.
Demonstrate at least two communication skill techniques that will help build relationships.

Crisis Intervention

Examine how to use the Crisis Intervention Model as a community engagement tool, and look at its effectiveness with specialized populations such as combat veterans, trauma victims, and individuals diagnosed with a mental health disorder.

At the end of this module, participants will be able to:

State that Crisis Intervention Teams can be used as a community engagement tool.
Identify the key components of the Crisis Intervention Team Model
Describe best practices for using a Crisis Intervention Team as a community engagement tool.
Identify the benefits of using a Crisis Intervention Team as a community engagement tool with specialized populations.

Participant Interactions

Recognize the importance of engaging with treatment court participants through culturally effective and trauma-informed community interactions.

At the end of this module, participants will be able to:

Define the role of participant engagement for the law enforcement officer.
Recognize a key characteristic of law enforcement’s work is developing a relationship with participants.
Recognize the importance of cultural competency and implicit bias in engaging with participants.
List elements of trauma informed policing.

Secondary Trauma: Helping the Helpers

Gain understanding of the impact of secondary trauma and, subsequently, the importance of officer wellness systems.

At the end of this module, participants will be able to:

Define secondary trauma.
Identify the signs and symptoms of secondary trauma on law enforcement officers.
Recognize the value of peer support systems.
Identify the key elements of suicide prevention.
Define officer wellness.
Identify the ABCs of a self-care wellness model.