Advanced and Specialized Law Enforcement Courses
Upcoming Courses
These courses are designed for Florida sworn criminal justice officers. Contact your agency's training unit to register. (There is no registration form on this website for Advanced & Specialized classes). Officers outside of Hillsborough County will be placed on our waiting list and seated if possible.
This is not an annual schedule and it may change on a monthly basis as classes are requested by our local agencies, so check back with us often.
Date and Time: June 27-28, 0800-1700(16 hours)
Instructor: Scott Johnson
Location: Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building,2002 N. 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605
Enrollment: Limited to 20
Registration Deadline: June 13, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
With the support of several law enforcement associations across the state, the 2021 legislative session unanimously passed the bipartisan Police Reform Bill, HB 7051. Effective July 1, 2021, the legislation requires that the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission (CJSTC) establish standards for instruction of officers in use of force, specifically regarding an officer’s duty to intervene and render medical care at the scene.
Duty to Intervene takes an unbiased, objective look into the psychology behind intervention hesitancy, and the best practices and approaches for putting a stop to unlawful acts by fellow officers before they occur and when they happen. The course also discusses the importance of officer wellness, and how it effects their performance in the field and the lives of those they protect and serve.
The goal of the course is to:
- educate you on your duty to intervene and provide medical care, including the penalties for failing to act;
- keep you current on the use of force guidelines and the protections afforded to you;
- educate you on the cognitive barriers that hinder intervention, including the benefits for doing so;
- equip you with effective strategies to prevent unlawful acts before they occur; and
- prepare you with the skills and confidence to safely intervene and provide medical care when unlawful acts do happen.
This course is NOT authorized for salary incentive.
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the north corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. NOTE: There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: June 30 – July 1,0800-1700 (16 hours)
Instructor: Sgt. Eric Diaz, Scott Johnson
Location: Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building, 2002 N. 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605
Enrollment: Limited to 16
Registration Deadline: June 16, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
Being able to respond to an incident based on a high level of training and a solid knowledge base, rather than responding, during an incident, based on fear and a lack of training. This is the goal of any Officer and Agency. Using role play and scenario based exercises is a proven path to accomplishing this goal. Role play and scenario based exercises are important to skill development because they offer the opportunity for students to learn in a safe, structured environment and receive the benefit of constructive critiques on their performance. In order to maximize the benefit of these exercises and training, instructors need to know how to structure these exercises to maximize performance, safely and effectively induce stress during training, design and document scenarios and outcomes, and train and coach proficient role players for the scenario based training.
Topics of instruction include:
- History of scenario based training
- How to create successful scenarios for training
- Safety considerations
- Training props
- Documenting training
- Instructor and role player responsibilities
- Being an effective role player
- Conducting officer critics
This course is NOT authorized for salary incentive.
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the north corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. NOTE: There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: July 25 – 29, 2022 0800-1700 (40 hours)
Instructor: Crisis Systems Management
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 30
Registration Deadline: July 11, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
The Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Course (Level I/Basic) is an introductory course for newly assigned negotiators or negotiators having a five-years or more lapse in negotiation training. This course is the first in a series of three progressive courses. This course meets or exceeds most state and federal training requirements for crisis/hostage negotiator certification and is trained in accordance with guidelines established by the National Council of Negotiation Associations. This course is designed to prepare law enforcement and corrections personnel to mitigate threats involving barricaded subjects, suicidal subjects, hostage takers, and others presenting behaviors associated with subject precipitated homicide or suicide-by-cop with special emphasis on the drug-affected subject and those suffering from mental illness or experiencing an emotional or psychological crisis. This course explains the basic premise of crisis negotiation, types of crisis incidents, and terminology as it relates to crisis negotiation. Students will learn the fundamental requirements of a unified law enforcement response to a crisis incident, including pre-incident planning, the roles of dispatchers and first responders, containment, security, and risk management. Effective communication as a core competency will address the Behavioral Influence Stairway Model, Active Listening Skills (ALS), and the role of rapport and influence as it relates to crisis negotiation. Students will also participate as a team in well-developed practical exercises that reinforce concepts presented during lecture. This course is available for Mandatory Retraining only.
Topics of instruction include:
- Intro to Crisis/Hostage Negotiation
- Negotiating as a Team
- Effective Communication
- Pre-Incident Planning
- Law Enforcement Response to a Crisis
- Principles of Negotiation
- Intelligence and Information Management
- Suicide Intervention
- Abnormal Psychology
- Practical Exercises
This course is not authorized for salary incentive
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: July 25th – August 3rd, 2022 0800-1700 (64 hours)
Instructor: Brett Bartlett
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 20
Registration Deadline: July 11, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
This Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission Course is sixty-four (64) hours in length and is approved for mandatory retraining only. In this course, students will have an opportunity to define, explore, and develop each of the skills required of an instructor. Students will learn about the types of liability associated with instruction, their responsibility to act ethically and without bias, and how to control and document classroom activities. Students will be instructed in the use of adult learning models and facilitation skills to conduct application-based activities such as individual and group exercises, problem solving scenarios, practice demonstrations, and peer evaluations. Students will study how to design instruction, write objectives, test questions, and prepare lesson plans. In addition, students will be required to prepare and present a 30-minute presentation to the class.
Pursuant to Rule 11B-35, F.A.C., this course is a pre-requisite for applying to CJSTC to become an instructor for CJSTC certified Training Centers.
Topics of instruction include:
- Instructor Responsibilities
- Training Liability and Ethics
- Adult Learning Theory
- Principles of Instruction
- Performance Objectives
- Evaluation of Methods
- Measurement and Testing
- Lesson Plan Preparation
- Instructional Strategies, & Techniques
- Learning Aids
This course is not authorized for salary incentive
**Students are encouraged to bring their laptops with PowerPoint for use in developing their presentations.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
Date and Time: August 15 – 17, 2022 (24 hours)
Instructor: Mark Buswell / Billy Kruthers
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 24
Registration Deadline: August 1, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
This 24 hour course is designed to teach law enforcement how to skillfully recognize and properly evaluate impaired driving suspects, from the initial observation of the vehicle to the arrest and processing of the suspect. Student will learn standardized sobriety testing procedures which were commissioned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Beginning with the initial observation of the vehicle and detection of impaired driving skills, all the way to the arrest and processing of the suspect, will be covered in this course. Enforcement strategies and issues surrounding Miranda and Implied consent will also be addressed. Additionally, students will learn how to properly document their observations for courtroom presentation.
Topics Include:
• DUI visual detection
• Legal aspects of DUI enforcement
• Standardized field sobriety testing
• Proper documentation techniques
• Sobriety checkpoints (Roadblocks)
• Videotaping issues
• NHTSA drinking exercises (wet lab)
This course is not authorized for salary incentive.
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: August 18 - 19, 2022 (0800-1700)
Instructor: Force Science Institute, Ltd.
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 24
Registration Deadline: July 20, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
The goal of this program is to teach law enforcement professionals to apply the important concepts revealed in the research when responding, investigating, reconstructing, recalling, or otherwise analyzing a use of force. In addition, the incorporation of the concepts into police officer training paradigms and frontline policing is critical to enhance officer performance and safety. The application and integration of knowledge gleaned through this seminar has been proven to enhance the accuracy and thoroughness of decisions made relative to behavior and performance during the incident.
The Force Science Institute uses sophisticated time-and-motion measurements to document critical hidden truths about the physical and mental dynamics of life-threatening events. This information is applicable to individual officers to understand and counteract the effects of fear and stress, it’s necessary to properly investigate not only officer-involved shootings, but all force encounters. Its startling findings profoundly impact officer safety and training, and the public’s naive perceptions. In fact, the Institute’s findings have been directly credited with saving officer lives on the street and with preventing some officers from going to prison after being wrongly accused of the criminal use of deadly force.
Force Science researchers have destroyed myths and discovered cold facts about some of the most controversial force issues, including:
- How threatening suspects may be shot in the back by a well-trained officer who made a valid, lawful shooting decision.
- Why officers, in high-adrenalin confrontations, will continue to fire what some commentators will judge as “unnecessary” rounds.
- How to analyze video footage of force encounters and what you need to know about the limitations of cameras.
- What popular tactics used by some officers trying to reduce lag time actually put the officers at greater risk.
- How perceptual alterations and stress-induced memory gaps impact an officers’ ability to accurately recall incident details.
- How quickly suspects can launch an attack and why officers and trainers must take Force Science speed studies into account when preparing for a confrontation.
- How investigators can “mine” officers’ memories and avoid interviewing mistakes that can put the officer, the investigator, and the entire department in jeopardy.
- What the most recent Force Science studies have to say about traffic stop assault response and officer movement, threats posed by prone subjects, the impact of exhaustion on officer memory and performance, and more.
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: August 22-24, 2022 0800-1700 ( 24 hours)
Instructor: National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA)
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 20
Registration Deadline: August 8, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
This course is designed to teach students the four main methods of warm zone care during active violence incidents. Driving tactics as well as a reasonable expectation for success during active violence incidents will be discussed. This course will expose law enforcement, fire and rescue personnel, as well as other public safety partners to operating in a warm zone environment to provide point of wounding care to patients. Tactical Emergency Casualty Care lessons will be provided so that all participants can provide appropriate point of wounding care. Discussions will include command and control considerations, including the establishment of unified command, common operating language, and essential on scene functions that must be performed for the incident to be successful. This course will provide the student with ongoing training ideas for their department as well as identify some common barriers that must be overcome.
Students must use the following link to register with NTOA once approved to attend the course:
https://training.ntoa.org/CourseRegistration/default.asp?num=20223870&cost=COMP
INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS
Upon completion of this course the attendee will be familiar with:
- Four Methods of Warm Zone Care
- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)
- Unified Command
- Active Shooter Statistics
- Risk Appetite
- Reasonable Expectation of Success
- Medical vs. Tactical Driving Force
- Hot / Warm / Cold Zones
- Common Operating Language
- Essential Command and Control Functions
- NTOA Instructor Expectations
- Safety Awareness
- Lesson Plan Development
- Creating Exercises That Build Confidence and Success
- NFPA 3000 and What It Really Means
- Moving the Needle
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: August 24, 2022 0800-1700 (8 hours)
Instructor: Lyla Zeidan
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 30
Registration Deadline: August 10, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
Recent events have placed a spotlight on police practices, with many calling for enhanced training in Constitutional Policing. This full day (8-hour) course is designed to provide an introduction to the principles of Constitutional Law and Ethics that form the basis of Constitutional Policing.
Topics Covered:
• Introduction to Constitutional Policing
• Constitutional Law
• First Amendment Issues (Freedom of Speech and Press)
• Fourth Amendment Issues (Reasonable Searches and Seizures)
• Fifth Amendment Issues (Self-Incrimination and Due Process)
• Sixth Amendment Issues (Right to Counsel at Critical Stages)
• Fourteenth Amendment Issues (Equal Protection and Due Process)
• Constitutional Ethics
• Implicit Bias in Policing
• Professionalism
• Constitutional Guardianship
• Putting it all together
This course is not authorized for salary incentive.
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: September 5-6, 2022 (16 hours)
Instructor: Global Resource Services
Location: TPD Training Center, 116 S. 34th Street Tampa, FL 33605
Enrollment: Limited to 24
Registration Deadline: August 22, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
This course is designed specifically for law enforcement application and is a professional hands-on Protective Services approach to doing what it takes to get yourself and your protectee(s) immediately off the “X” and to safety. You will have the opportunity to learn about the concentric rings of Protective Intelligence, High Threat Environments, Protective Operations Planning, Transportation Configurations, AOPs, Response Options, Lead Car Recovery, Arrivals and Departures, Down Vehicle Movement/ Response, Single Vehicle Cover and Evac to Hard Point, Controlling of the principle, De-conflicting blue on blue and other essential protective skills to enhance your skills. You will learn instinctive reflexes to solve difficult threat engagement problems in a protective environment. Applicable to confined/ open-area, ground/ air transport and high-threat area movements, this is an opportunity for you to take home field-tested “bread and butter” techniques, sustainment drills and proven tactics utilized by today’s protection professionals.
Topics of instruction include:
- Threat Assessment
- Building your counter surveillance team, comm tree(s) & non-comm signals
- Attack Recognition
- Controlled & uncontrolled area movement
- Working entries & exits
- Attack scenarios, protective walking formations
- Car pick-ups/ drop-offs
- The fundamentals of Protective Intelligence
- Points of domination
- Engaging multiple threats & avoidance, defusing, de-escalation
- AIC/ Protectee linkup
- Defense against single & multiple assailants with protective movement
About your instructor: Steve Tarani was formerly employed by CIA in protective programs. He served as a US Defense Intelligence community contractor, is formerly sworn and formerly on staff at the US DOE National Security Institute (Security Force Training Dept.) and Central Training Academy (CTA) at Kirkland Air Force Base (NM). Steve served on President Trumps pre-election protective detail and remains an advisor to the US Department of Justice (USDOJ), US Department of Defense, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
Required Equipment:
- Departmental Duty gear (gun belt & holster)
- At least 3 magazines and pouches
- Hearing and Eye Protection
- 500 rounds of ammunition
**Students must bring receipts for ammunition on the 1st day of class for agency reimbursement.
This is a Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission Trust-Funded Course for Region IX. Officers in Region IX attend free of charge. In order to attend, all officers are required to process the appropriate paperwork through their respective agencies.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date: September 12 -16, 2022 0800-1700 ( 40 hours)
Instructor: Progressive Combat Solutions
Location: Hillsborough Community College, Public Service Technology Building, 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605
Enrollment: Limited to 24
Registration Deadline: August 29, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
A carefully constructed matrix of training drills and close quarter conflict methodologies designed to address a wide variety of threats currently facing law enforcement officers. It is a flexible set of applicable strategies and techniques to be used in conjunction with a proper mind-set. We understand implicitly that law enforcement officers must resolve their situations in view of the appropriate Rules of Engagement/Use of Force Policies as dictated by the reasonable application of force, if and when force is required. In today’s higher threat situations your job may not always be entirely defensive in nature. Regardless you must use the appropriate level of force required to resolve the situation, no more, no less. The basis of our approach has been formed through a constant interaction with Law Enforcement and Military individuals and teams over the past twenty years. During this extended period of time, we have sought to solve a wide variety of problems facing law enforcement. This course is the embodiment of the solutions. No curriculum can fully account for all known equipment, encompass the vast number of potential techniques, or address all the methodologies used to meet the mission requirements faced by law enforcement agencies across the country. Therefore, this course of instruction has an open architecture. It is designed from the outset to be modified, adapted, and improved upon. We are not going to suggest that you abandon working/proven solutions. This program gives you a foundation from which to build a solid structure upon. We are not going to focus in on X number of techniques, trying to stuff a confusing matrix of sequences into your operating system. It is our opinion, that viewing any confrontation as a simple matter of: “I see this, therefore I should select technique number 1, 2, or 3 and fit in here” will more than likely fail under duress. Time and time again we have asked operators to show us in a practical manner what they learned in previous defensive tactics courses. As they try to match a technique to a situation they are presented, they are often stumped when one part of the sequence they attempt to deploy is forgotten or misapplied. As techniques become increasing complicated and exotic, the likelihood of an officer using any of them successfully is proportionally diminished. We look to simplify and remove unnecessary movements and procedures. Therefore, we are going to present a way of looking at confrontations that will allow you to use the appropriate level of force whenever force is required, whatever that level of force is. We are going to present from the outset themes and variations on themes that you can adapt to your personal situation as required.
Topics of instruction include:
- Working from the Ground and Escaping Ground Attacks
- Separating Subjects from each other, victims, and other Officers
- Rifle and Pistol Retention
- Proper Striking
- Safely closing the gap with Subjects
- Applying and Preventing Joint Locks
- Weapons Takeaways
- Unlocking Resistive Positions
- Forestalling and Countering Chokes
- Redirecting Edged and Bludgeoning Weapons
- Working in Pairs and Elements
- Vehicle Extraction - Individual / Team
Recommended Equipment:
Agency issued BDU’s and duty belt.
This course is physically demanding. Please bring water and a towel.
This is a Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission Trust-Funded Course for Region IX. Officers in Region IX attend free of charge. In order to attend, all officers are required to process the appropriate paperwork through their respective agencies.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: September 19 -23, 2022 0800-1700 (40 hours)
Instructor: LEO Trainers, LLC
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 24
Registration Deadline: September 6, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
This course features the introduction of a legally defensible evaluation process that has been implemented in hundreds of police agencies across the country. Using the pure "San Jose, California" model as its core, the student will learn how to develop a field training officer (FTO) program. Since an agency's effectiveness is directly related to the quality of its personnel, a well-conceived recruit management program is an absolute must, regardless of the organization's size and geographic location. Upon completion of the course, each participant will have gained the knowledge to develop an FTO program and fulfill the role of field training officer. This program is designed for the new FTO, the FTO who has not had formal training and shift supervisors of field training officers. While managers of FTO programs will find the training of great value, the course focus is on the FTO's role. The nature of the information is that which the FTO's immediate supervisor must have to effectively monitor and evaluate FTO and recruit performances alike. This course is approved for Salary Incentive.
Topics of instruction:
- Examples of successful field training and evaluation programs
- FTO meetings
- Legal and ethical issues in recruit selection, training and evaluation
- Performance evaluation using standardized rating procedures
- The effect of the FTO style on recruit learning
- Teaching principles, methodologies and philosophies
- Remedial training and narrative reports
- 29 key elements of successful programs
- FTO program structure
- The 'hows' and 'whys' of documentation
- Recruit termination procedures
- FTO objectives, principles and goals
**Students are encouraged to bring their laptops with PowerPoint for use in developing their presentations.
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: September 21-23, 2022 0800-1700 (24 hours)
Instructor: Chris Heppenstall, HCSO
Location: Hillsborough Community College, Public Service Technology Building, 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605
Enrollment: Limited to 30
Registration Deadline: September 14, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
The techniques in the Gracie Survival Tactics (GST) program are designed to be effective for any law enforcement professional regardless of age, gender, size, or athletic ability. While most other defensive programs rely on strength, speed, and coordination of the user, all the techniques in the GST program are based entirely on leverage, timing, and efficient use of energy so they can be successfully applied by anyone against a larger, stronger, subject in the field.
The GST program consists of four modules: Surprise attack counters, survival and escape strategies, weapon retention techniques and arrest and control procedures. Course participants will be introduced to all GST techniques in a calm and cooperative setting, and they will strengthen their confidence through a series of Reflex Development Drills. On the last day the participants will be evaluated on their comprehension and execution of the techniques they learned.
This course is physically demanding. Please bring workout clothes, water and a towel.
Topics of instruction include:
- Base Get-up
- Trap and Roll Escape
- Americana Arm lock
- Positional Control (Mount)
- Take the Back (Mount)
- Straight Arm lock
- Clinch Control
- Punch Block Series
- Body Fold Takedown
- Guard Get-up
- Twisting Arm Handcuffing Procedure
- Positional Control
- Double Under hook Pass
- Elbow Escape
- Shrimp Escape
- Safe Draw
- Double Leg Takedown
- Headlock Escape
- Hidden Arm Technique
- Kimura (Gun Retention)
This is a Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission Trust-Funded Course for Region IX. Officers in Region IX attend free of charge.
In order to attend, all officers are required to process the appropriate paperwork through their respective agencies.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: September 26, 2022 0800-1700 (8 hours)
Instructor: Lyla Zeidan
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 30
Registration Deadline: August 10, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
Topics Covered:
Fourth Amendment Searches Refresher
Premises Search Warrant Application
• Search Warrant Refresher
• Establishing Probable Cause
• Affidavit - The Probable Cause Triangle
Premises Search Warrant Execution
• Knock and Announce
• The Use of Ruse for Entry
• Summers Detention
• Frisking Occupants
• Searching Occupants
Scope of Search
• In the dwelling
• Outbuildings
• Automobiles
• Containers belonging to third-parties
• Plain View Seizures
This course is not authorized for salary incentive.
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: September 26 - 30, 2022 0800-1700 (40 hours)
Instructor: Crisis Systems Management
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 30
Registration Deadline: September 12, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
Pre-Requisites: Students must have completed Basic Hostage Negotiations to register for this course.
The course begins with a contemporary look at subject precipitated homicide and suicide-by-cop as one of the most dangerous risks facing law enforcement. The presentation will focus on identifying pre-force indicators of some of these events, typologies of suicide-by-cop incidents, tactical and response considerations, as well as specific negotiation strategies. Students will learn the elements of a deliberate crisis negotiation strategy based on an established structure placing emphasis on frequent risk assessments. Situations that create unique challenges for law enforcement, such as jumpers from bridges, cell towers and overpasses, will be among the advanced concepts discussed. Practical and risk-effective techniques will be presented along with several relevant examples. Students will participate in discussion regarding the evaluation and use of third party intermediaries as well as the effective use of interpreters during crisis negotiation. Students will learn effective questioning techniques and appropriate responses based on the “clusters of five.” Students will learn how to say “no,” how to show empathy and how to develop and apply a communication strategy during a negotiation. Students will learn how to interpret the behavior of hostages while in captivity and techniques to use when dealing with them directly. Students will also learn how to conduct effective post release/escape debriefings. The collaborative effort between the crisis negotiation team and the tactical team is essential to mission success. Safety and security issues, operating in a tactical environment and developing a unified strategy are among the topics discussed. Challenging, team-oriented, scenario-driven practical exercises are an integral part of the course and will allow students the opportunity to practice and refine both individual and teambuilding skills.
NOTE: This course is trained in accordance with guidelines established by the National Council of Negotiation Associations.
Topics of instruction include:
- Subject precipitated homicide
- Developing a deliberate strategy
- Using third-party Intermediaries and interpreters
- High element negotiation
- Advanced communication techniques
- Abnormal psychology
- The hostage experience
- Tactical considerations
- Practical exercises
This course is not authorized for salary incentive.
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: October 3 - 7, 2022 0800-1700
Instructor: Jerry Herren
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 30
Registration Deadline: September 19, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
This course is designed to enhance the officer’s knowledge, skills, and abilities to conduct investigative interviews and interrogations. This course will provide the officer with a general understanding of the techniques, methods, & principles for conducting investigative interviews & interrogations. Law enforcement and correctional officers will learn practical interviewing skills to apply in every investigation. Interviewing is an important phase of an investigation because through the interview process a majority of case information is obtained and cases are solved. The purpose of this course is to teach the knowledge, skills, techniques, and attitudes that will enable an officer to conduct effective interviews. A law enforcement investigator interviewing a homicide witness, a patrol officer interviewing a witness to a traffic crash or a domestic violence incident, and a correctional officer interviewing an inmate or probationer about possession of contraband can use the same techniques with effective results. This course is approved for either Salary Incentive or Mandatory Retraining.
Topics of Instruction include:
• Interview & Interrogation Preparation
• Distinction Between Interview & Interrogation
• Proper Room Environment
• Factors Affecting a Subject’s Behavior
• Evaluating Attitudes
• Evaluating Nonverbal / Verbal Behavior
• Interviewing Juveniles
• Interviewing Victims of Sexual Assault
This is a Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission Trust-Funded Course for Region IX. Officers in Region IX attend free of charge.
In order to attend, all officers are required to process the appropriate paperwork through their respective agencies.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: October 17 – 28, 2022 0800-1700 (80 hours)
Instructor: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 24
Registration Deadline: October 3, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
The use of force instructor training program (UOFITP) is designed to give the student the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully design, develop and implement Use of Force training using static, dynamic, and interactive training principles. The UOFITP is for law enforcement professionals who train officers or agents in the principles of Use of Force, develop or revise Use of Force policy, and are responsible for review and evaluation of agency Use of Force incidents. It is not designed as an end user course which teaches an individual how to use force correctly. The UOFITP utilizes adult learning principles as well as problem based training, role-play, lecture and demonstrations to give the student the skills they need to be successful developing and teaching their own training programs related to Use of Force.
Topics of instruction include:
• Use Officer Liability
• Use of Force - Legal Aspects
• Use of Force
• Designing, Developing, and Evaluating Labs and Practical Exercises
• Instructional Use of Non-Lethal Training Ammunition
Prerequisites
• Students must be a law enforcement officer/agent with arrest authority in the prevention, detection, apprehension, detention and/or investigation of felony and/or misdemeanor violations of federal, state, local, tribal, or military criminal laws.
• Students can be a member of the military that has law enforcement responsibilities or in preparation for deployment.
• Must be able to participate in intensive training lasting up to ten hours per day.
• Must not have any medical restrictions
This course is not authorized for salary incentive
Parking is located at the Palm Avenue Garage located on the corner of 9th Ave and Nuccio Parkway. Please park on the student side of the garage. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: November 7 – 10, 2022 0800-1800 (40 hours)
Instructor: Al Danna with guest Lecturer Terry Thomas
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605, Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 30
Registration Deadline: October 24, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
This is a Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission Advanced Training Course. This 40-hour course is approved for mandatory retraining or salary incentive.
Sexual abuse is about power and control over the child. The abuser is someone that the child knows and possibly trusts so it is easy for the abuser to keep the child from telling anyone about the abuse. The abuser may say that the abuse is normal or the abuser may force or threaten the child. The child does what the abuser wants because the child loves, fears, or respects the abuser. Anyone can abuse a child. Reports indicate that 93% of children under 18 are abused by someone that they know. This person can be a parent, sibling, teacher, coach, or anyone else in the child’s life. It’s rare for a stranger to abuse a child. It can happen, but it’s not likely.
Investigators need to understand that a child doesn’t make up stories about abuse. The child is constantly trying to make sense of what happened. The trauma from the abuse sometimes causes the child to mix-up the when, where, and how. It can also cause the child to say and do things that don’t always sound “right.”
Topics of Instruction include:
- Recognizing child sex abuse
- Note taking and report writing
- Responding to the scene
- Interviewing the suspect
- Collecting evidence
- Preparing successful prosecution
- Corroborating evidence
- Reviewing Florida statutes
This course is authorized for salary incentive
Parking is located in the Fernando Noriega, Jr. Palm Avenue STUDENT PARKING GARAGE located on the north side of 9th Avenue, between Nuccio Parkway and 13th Street. You will be given a parking pass the first day of class. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: November 16-18, 2022 0800-1700 (24 hours)
Instructor: Chris Heppenstall, HCSO
Location: Hillsborough Community College Public Service Technology Building 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605
Enrollment: Limited to 30
Registration Deadline: November 2, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
The techniques in the Gracie Survival Tactics (GST) program are designed to be effective for any law enforcement professional regardless of age, gender, size, or athletic ability. While most other defensive programs rely on strength, speed, and coordination of the user, all the techniques in the GST program are based entirely on leverage, timing, and efficient use of energy so they can be successfully applied by anyone against a larger, stronger, subject in the field.
The GST level II provides Law Enforcement Officers with a complete defensive tactics solution.
This course is physically demanding. Please bring workout clothes, water and a towel.
Topics of instruction include:
- 17 additional techniques not included in Gracie level I
- Multiple officer arrest procedure
- Dynamic weapon retention
- Vehicle extractions
- Compliant handcuffing techniques for low and high risk situations
This is a Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission Trust-Funded Course for Region IX. Officers in Region IX attend free of charge.
In order to attend, all officers are required to process the appropriate paperwork through their respective agencies.
This course is for mandatory retraining only.
Parking is located in the Fernando Noriega, Jr. Palm Avenue STUDENT PARKING GARAGE located on the north side of 9th Avenue, between Nuccio Parkway and 13th Street. You will be given a parking pass the first day of class. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952
Date and Time: November 28 – December 2, 2022 0800-1700 (40 hours)
Instructor: Crisis Systems Management
Location: 2002 N 17th St. Tampa, FL 33605 Ybor Campus, Public Service Technology Building
Enrollment: Limited to 30
Registration Deadline: November 14, 2022
Course Fee: Trust funded
Pre-Requisites: Students must have completed Basic and Intermediate Hostage Negotiations to register for this course.
The third in a series of three progressive courses, Crisis Hostage Negotiation – Level III (Advanced) prepares you for the most complex and challenging aspects of crisis negotiation – leading crisis negotiation teams and managing crisis incidents. We will take you from policy development, to recruiting, selecting, and training crisis negotiator teams, to media management, managing legal risk, and conducting operational and psychological debriefings.
We will start out with an in-depth look at policy development for crisis negotiation teams and addressing a number of issues including responsibilities, procedures, training, and critical liabilities related to policy. Selecting the right personnel to serve on a negotiation team may be the most important decision a team makes; we will discuss the core competencies of effective crisis negotiators and methods for their selection.
Negotiating a crisis incident involving a fellow officer is among the most complex threats facing a law enforcement agency – you will learn about police socialization and the evolution of a crisis including pre-incident indicators and high risk factors. We will select a contemporary issue for presentation, highlighting the most current trends, technology and techniques.
In a continued discussion of abnormal psychology, you will learn how to recognize Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and techniques for negotiating with a PTSD-effected subject, specifically as it relates to combat veterans in crisis.
In keeping with the advanced nature of this course, students will plan, facilitate, and evaluate a culminating scenario-driven practical exercise. Student performance will be carefully evaluated and in-depth feedback will be provided during a comprehensive after-action debriefing.
Students will also participate as a member of a small group responsible for developing and presenting projects in one of five topic areas: Case study preparation, team selection, training facilitation, scenario writing or policy development. This course is available for Mandatory Retraining only.
NOTE: This course is trained in accordance with guidelines established by the National Council of Negotiation Associations.
This course is not authorized for salary incentive
Parking is located in the Fernando Noriega, Jr. Palm Avenue STUDENT PARKING GARAGE located on the north side of 9th Avenue, between Nuccio Parkway and 13th Street. You will be given a parking pass the first day of class. There is no free street parking.
For more information, please contact: Scott Johnson 813.253.7952