Comprehensive

The problem the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is facing is trying to make a significant cultural transformation throughout the organization. The cultural change is a groundbreaking approach to focus on institutionalizing the “Whole Person” paradigm (heart, mind, body and spirit) and implementing this paradigm in all facets of the organization.

We are requesting assistance with securing Blue Courage training. We are a non-profit agency and facilitate in-service training for (56) agencies, including the City of Flint. The City of Flint Chief of Police asked us to look into this training a few months ago, however, funding the training was not possible. His agency, as well as some of our others, has been decimated by staffing cuts. Additionally, Flint has the highest homicide rate in the nation. They have right around 100,000 population and experienced (67) homicides last year.

The New York City Police Department requests 7 Habits training.

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.

We are a relatively new division and have not organized a conference previously and are seeking utilize the training expertise from BJA to help identify and provide quality trainers and presenters for our conference.