Education/Training ClassesThere are several training opportunities throughout the year for PCPA members and associates to attend. Women in Law Enforcement DiscussionEvent Description: Women in Law Enforcement Discussion
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS: This workshop will prepare officers to safely and effectively respond to situations involving persons in crisis. Learn effective communication and active listening skills to reduce the likelihood of injuries and the need for using physical force. THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON Click here to download the registration brochure: DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES FOR POLICE
"Making Excellence the Norm - Not the Deviation." PennPRIME members: Now is your chance to hear Gordon Graham live via webinar! Join PennPRIME Insurance Trust and Lexipol on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 11:00 AM ET for Gordon Graham's "Making Excellence the Norm - Not the Deviation." In case you're not familiar, Gordon Graham is 33-year law enforcement veteran and an international risk management expert. He's also co-founder of Lexipol, the nation’s leading provider for policy, training and wellness solutions serving more than 2 million public safety and local government personnel. In this free webinar, Gordon will discuss: Don't miss this opportunity: Register Now!
The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association presents Certification Class: Mon. February 28 thru Fri. March 4, 2022 (5 days/40 hours), COST $400 Recertification Class: Wed., March 2, 2022 (1 day/8 hours) COST $100 DEADLINE for registration February 21, 2022 - 4:00 PM COST includes Health and Fitness textbook, Class Manual, and body fat calipers. PREREQUISITES: Must be current law enforcement personnel or police academy instructor & current basic first aid with CPR & AED certified (Some exceptions do apply for security personnel. Call if additional information is needed). INSTRUCTOR: Michael P. Grogan, police officer and Supervisory Physical Fitness Coordinator Both classes run from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. each day with a 45 minute lunch break. The first day will be casual business attire and gym clothes attire for the rest of the week. This class is certified by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association and recognized by the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers’ Training & Education Commission. The PFCTP is designed to present the student with information pertaining to the legal issues concerning physical fitness testing and training for law enforcement personnel. This includes the development and implementation of an annual incumbent physical fitness testing program. The student will also receive instruction in regard to anatomy, bio-mechanics, exercise physiology, aerobic & strength training prescriptions, body composition, injury management, health & wellness, nutrition, and physical fitness test battery protocols & standards. All training is consistent with the American College of Sports Medicine’s Standard of Ordinary Care. This course meets the qualification criteria established by Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 37, Section 203.72(a)(2)(ii)(C) for Special Instructors working as a Physical Fitness / Conditioning Instructor in a Municipal Police Officers Education & Training Commission certified police academy. Click here to register: 2022 Physical Fitness Coordinator Class (PFCITP) (Certification and Recertification) Eastern Pennsylvania QUESTIONS?: email Mike Grogan at [email protected] CLOSEST HOTEL LOCATION: Use this link for a discounted rate at Staybridge:
The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association Presents Current Practices in Crime Scene Processing: Latent Prints and Collection of DNA at a Crime Scene DESCRIPTION: This training is designed to provide officers with the current best practices regarding the preservation and collection of evidence, with a focus on Latent Prints and DNA. This training will be accomplished through a combination of lecture and hands-on processing. COST: Free of charge (Class size is limited to 13 participants). Upon completion of training, officers will be provided with a crime scene processing kit for use at their agency. DEADLINE for registration January 3, 2022 - 4:00 PM. It is recommended to register ASAP due to the small class size. LOCATION: York County Law Enforcement Resource Center (York County) Sponsored by The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association PREREQUISITES: Must be current law enforcement personnel or civilian police employee whose job responsibilities include the identification and collection of evidence. Click here to register: Current Practices in Crime Scene Processing: Latent Prints and Collection of DNA at a Crime Scene Central Pennsylvania Location For Additional Information: email Ken Zipovsky at [email protected]
C.O.P.S. will host a virtual training alongside the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program, a section of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. You are invited to join us on: December 1st, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm ET This training will present an overview of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB) and how to apply for benefits. Hope Janke, Director of PSOB, will also dive deeper into the details of the process and explanations of benefits to surviving families after a line-of-duty death. This training is great for law enforcement liaison officers, agencies, and C.O.P.S. chapters. The deadline to register is November 26th. PSOB Virtual Training Registration Follow C.O.P.S.!
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The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association Presents Current Practices in Crime Scene Processing: Latent Prints and Collection of DNA at a Crime Scene January 18th and 19th, 2022 (2 Days, 16 Hours) DESCRIPTION: This training is designed to provide officers with the current best practices regarding the preservation and collection of evidence, with a focus on Latent Prints and DNA. This training will be accomplished through a combination of lecture and hands-on processing. COST: Free of charge (Class size is limited to 16 participants). Upon completion of training, officers will be provided with a crime scene processing kit for use at their agency. DEADLINE for registration January 3, 2022 - 4:00 PM. It is recommended to register ASAP due to the small class size. LOCATION: Lebanon City/ County Municipal Building (Lebanon County) Sponsored by The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association PREREQUISITES: Must be current law enforcement personnel or civilian police employee whose job responsibilities include the identification and collection of evidence. For Additional Information: email Ken Zipovsky at [email protected] Chris Boyle Law Enforcement Consulting, LLC Date: New one-hour of videos on the 1st of every month If you and your troops are training on only the ten “most important” cases that make it into state-mandated training every year, cases that are sometimes eighteen months old before you hear about them, you may be missing out. Every day, I review every case that comes out of the United States Supreme Court, every case in the Third Circuit, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, and every reported Pennsylvania state law case from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on down, that mentions law enforcement. I pull any case involving a change or clarification in the law, and any that my thirty-two years in, and defending, law enforcement tells me is worthy of your time. Why is it worthy? - Either because I have defended officers sued based on the same concept, or it is an area where we fall short in applying criminal law, and the guilty go free. Every month, I provide these cases to you in four, fifteen-minute videos, on the first of each month, adding relevant “check-the-box” topic discussion as the need arises through the year. The oldest case you will ever see in one of my updates? 31 days. New for 2022? Each month I will be sending Departments a test on that month’s training, to gauge “knowledge transfer”. New Departments signing up now, will receive November and December 2021’s updates at no additional cost. (Departments who have been along since the 2021 launch and renew, will receive a two month discount for 2022!) Keeping up to date on the most recent developments in the law will help keep you and your officers out of federal court as defendants, and at the forefront of professional policing. You and your officers each receive twelve hours of high quality, up to the minute training over the course of a year for less than ten bucks a month. If you head off just one federal lawsuit, the investment pays for itself many times over. I look forward to you joining the 42 Departments already taking part, and stand ready to answer any questions you might have, or to sign you up. Thanks for your time! (Ret.) Lt. Chris Boyle #125, Esq. New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police Expands Leadership Training Program into Eastern Pennsylvania! TRENTON – October xx, 2021 – What began in 1992 as a leadership training program inspired by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has resulted in more than 700 police officers across New Jersey and surrounding states receiving intensive courses in how best to lead and motivate their colleagues while fostering positive community relationships. The work of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) has not stopped at the state line. The 13-week program – known as the NJSACOP Command and Leadership Academy – initially expanded into Delaware. It is now growing again. Download the press release here: Chester County Pa - Release - FINAL.docx Download the Application here: CL Application.pdf Ivory Tower by Street Cop Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 Sgt. Justin Ottaviano Law Enforcement Red Dot Sight for Handgun Instructor Course Overview Topics Covered The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association Presents Current Practices in Crime Scene Processing: Latent Prints and Collection of DNA at a Crime Scene DESCRIPTION: This training is designed to provide officers with the current best practices regarding the preservation and collection of evidence, with a focus on Latent Prints and DNA. This training will be accomplished through a combination of lecture and hands-on processing. COST: Free of charge (Class size is limited to 16 participants). Upon completion of training, officers will be provided with a crime scene processing kit for use at their agency. DEADLINE for registration November 1, 2021 - 4:00 PM. It is recommended to register ASAP due to the small class size. LOCATION: Wayne County Park Street Complex (Wayne County) Sponsored by The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association PREREQUISITES: Must be current law enforcement personnel or civilian police employee whose job responsibilities include the identification and collection of evidence. Click here to register: Current Practices in Crime Scene Processing: Latent Prints and Collection of DNA at a Crime Scene Northeast PA Location2 For Additional Information: email Ken Zipovsky at [email protected] IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR WIRETAP CLASS “A” CERTIFICATION HOLDERS Any person who holds a Class “A” certification issued prior to 2021 is required to complete a recertification course in order to maintain their current certification. This training needs to be completed prior to December 31, 2021. It can be accessed on the PAVTN www.pavtn.net under the Roll Call Section. The course is limited to law enforcement officers who currently hold a Class “A” certification. The interactive training module should take approximately 20 minutes to complete, and covers wiretap topics such as the law, consensual and non-consensual intercepts, hostage/ barricaded persons, mobile communication and tracking information, and the Kelsey Smith Act. Once your training is completed, you will have the option to print out your certificate of completion. Documentation of your course completion will automatically be forwarded to the MPOETC TACS system. If you are a first time user of the PAVTN, you can request access by this link https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=P_5lYjTtvUy1lbpEmaaCbX53gDcHYCdCsIERAosyqvtUOFE5QzZLS042WUlFTTc0WDdGMlRCNFIxRS4u. This important, mandatory, on-demand training opportunity was accomplished with the collaboration of the Pennsylvania State Police, The Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission, and The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. Ken Zipovsky |
