Use of Force

The January 18, 2022 LELCoP Roundtable session was hosted by Mr. Arif Alikhan and Dr. Geoffrey Alpert. This was the third and final follow-up discussion to the PSP Consent Decree and Constitutional Policing Webinar Series. LELCoP members discussed their thoughts on the series, and specifically focused on the topic of innovative ways to engage community partners to build public trust and reduce crime.

This Law Enforcement Leadership Community of Practice (LELCoP) Roundtable session was held on January 18, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., ET, and was moderated by Arif Alikhan and George Alpert. Arif Alikhan welcomed everyone to the session and introduced the topic of consent decrees and constitutional policing. The session specifically focused on feedback from the third session of the PSP Webinar, Perspective on Consent Decrees and Constitutional Policing, that was held on December 1, 2021.

As part of the overall use of force policy and training assessment, Baton Rouge PD would like PSP to conduct a comprehensive assessment of their use of force training starting with recruit and going all the way to looking at in service training. BRPD is scheduled to send to Nola Joyce and Jessica Dockstader the curriculums/lesson plans and materials and the current training schedule. Our Subject Matter Expert will then review.

The site requested IACP resources on use of force after a local incident

This Law Enforcement Leadership Community of Practice (LELCoP) Roundtable session was held on November 23, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., ET, and was moderated by Chief (Retired) Sylvia Moir. Chief Moir welcomed everyone to the session and introduced the topic of consent decrees and constitutional policing. The session specifically focused on feedback from the second session of the PSP Webinar, Perspective on Consent Decrees and Constitutional Policing, that was held on October 28, 2021.

This Law Enforcement Leadership Community of Practice (LELCoP) Roundtable session was held on October 19, 2021 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., ET, and was moderated by Chief (Retired) Sylvia Moir. Chief Moir welcomed everyone to the session and introduced the topic of consent decrees and constitutional policing. The session specifically focused on feedback from the PSP Webinar, Perspective on Consent Decrees and Constitutional Policing, that was held on September 21, 2021. The discussion was thirty minutes, and then was followed by an optional thirty minute question and answer session. Mr.

The Eastern District of Wisconsin requested information on best practices for less-than-lethal responses by law enforcement.

During this period, IIR supported the official launch of the Law Enforcement Leadership Community of Practice (LELCoP) by hosting a virtual kick-off call on March 31. The roundtable involved leadership from all active PSP sites and the discussion focused on their site’s respective violent crime issues and planning and preparations for the Virtual Violent Crime Summit LELCoP roundtable.

The Northern District of Alabama requested TTA for local law enforcement agencies on best practices on police procedures when engaging people with mental illness, and the utilization of force.

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.