Human Relations Courses

• Combat Veteran Issues - Awareness and Response Training
• Crime Victims' Rights and Responsibilities
• Dealing with the Suicidal
• Death Notification
• Human Relations and Conflict Management
• Human Trafficking: Basic Overview
• Interacting with the Special Needs Population
• Interacting with the Special Needs Population (3 Hour)
• Law Enforcement Ethics: What's the Big Deal?

Combat Veteran Issues - Awareness and Response Training

London instructor(s): Jeff Eggleston

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Crime Victims' Rights and Responsibilities

This course provides information on the rights and responsibilities of crime victims and law enforcement respectively, typical victim reactions, the VINE victim notification system and other information that law enforcement personnel can use to encourage victims to become effective partners in the law enforcement and criminal justice system.

Featured Instructor: Ohio Attorney General's Office Crime Victims Section

London instructor(s): Ron Davitt

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Dealing with the Suicidal

This one-day course covers effective ways of handling suicide victims and families, definitions of suicide, historical perspectives,philosophical aspects, misconceptions, the officer’s response to death and the victim, intervention in suicide attempts, the phenomenon of suicide, why people choose to end their lives, suicide of the elderly, juvenile suicide, and recent trends known as “suicide-by-cop”.

Featured Instructor: Chief Ralph Portier

London instructor(s): Ron Davitt

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Death Notification

This one day program provides information and guidance to officers who must inform family members and/or friends of the death of a loved one. Topics include strategies for staying emotionally healthy as a crisis professional, coping techniques, "how-to-help" techniques, survivor issues, communication techniques, victim distress, and human behavior. This course also provides the student with resources such as crime victim services and other social services.

Featured Instructor: Cindy Kuhr

London instructor(s): Wayne Wiggins

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Human Relations and Conflict Management

This two-day course is for the patrol officers who have regular contact with citizens in crisis situations. The course fulfills a twopart mission: Patrol officers learn to identify and handle personal conflict and they learn how to reduce conflict with citizens in daily encounters. Other topics include a study of values, morals and a wide range of tools officers can use to manage conflict.

Featured Instructor: Ron Michalec

Richfield instructor(s): Drake Oldham

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Human Trafficking: Basic Overview

This five-hour class presents a basic overview of the crime(s) of Human Trafficking.  The course looks at the issue on a global, national, and state-wide scale.  Topics include Federal and State laws, victim indicators, trafficking indicators, and location indicators.

Note: The course will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Due to the free course cost, lunch is not covered and will be the responsibility of the student.

London instructor(s): Ron Davitt

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Interacting with the Special Needs Population

This one-day course is a refresher for veteran law enforcement officers who typically handle calls involving special needs persons. The course will cover topics to include recognizing observable characteristics of individuals in crisis, and basic de-escalation techniques to respond to these situations.

Note: Course hours are from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Due to the free course cost, lunch is not covered and will be the responsibility of the student.

*May 14, 2012 @ Cincinnati Police Academy, 800 Evans Street, Cincinnati, OH 45204
*June 13, 2012 @ Hilliard Police Department, 5171 Northwest Parkway, Hilliard, OH 43026
*June 18, 2012 @ Owens Community College, Law Enforcement and Fire Science Bdg., Room 145/147, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg, OH 43551

London instructor(s): Ron Davitt

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Interacting with the Special Needs Population (3 Hour)

A 3-hour refresher class for law enforcement professionals dealing with special population encounters and persons in crisis.

*The May 22, 2012 session will be held at the Sidney Police Department, 234 W Court Street, Sidney, Ohio 45365 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

London instructor(s): Ron Davitt

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Law Enforcement Ethics: What's the Big Deal?

London instructor(s): Lynnette Rodrigue
Richfield instructor(s): Lynnette Rodrigue

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