CJC-PSX8986 - Officer Involved Shooting

Course Description

The course is designed to address the high levels of stress in drug/law enforcement that occur during an officer/drug agent shooting. It will prepare the officer for future shootings and will heal problem areas of those who have unaddressed issues from previous incidents. This course will teach coping mechanisms and resilience skills for the individual officer.

Course Outline

Learner Outcomes

1. Identify common areas of law enforcement issues of public perception of officer involved shootings to include the renewed “War on Cops”.
2. Identify the physical, emotional, cognitive, social, departmental, spiritual, and relationship changes that may occur during and after a shooting and other dynamics of an OIS.
3. Identify methods of securing evidence, getting backup, protect the public and fellow officers, and relay crucial facts to investigators without creating false evidence. These methods include dealing with high stress amnesia, preventing confabulation, and reducing closure.
4. Identify healthy methods of coping with the emotional aftermath for the well-being of the officer.
5. Describe the investigation considerations and to identify problem areas of investigative statements and reports. Describe methods to enhance memory for these statements.
6. Identify legal issues such as statutory law, case law, civil law, grand jury and trail issues that result from an OIS.
7. Describe the fundamentals of response to news media and how to best protect the department from false news witnesses and reporters.
8. Determine when an officer is ready to return to duty, when the officer is not ready for return to duty, and what the department should require before the officer’s return.