Training
This training will be POST certified for Minnesota, Missouri and North Dakota.
THRIVING TURBULENT TIMES-10 CODE MINDSET
First responders and veterans experience more stress, demands and trauma than the average citizen in America. The men and women in blue are depicted, and will sometimes depict themselves, as legendary, stoic warriors who neither fear nor feel. Unfortunately, so many first responders and veterans face a threat of suicide, and there is the very real risk of becoming mentally and/or physically injured on the job. Many first responders, current and former, learn to survive the challenges of their careers. This survival mindset in life can be a hindrance to thriving in life. This session is meant to inspire these warriors to take on a thriving mindset through action that must be done one step at a time.
BELLAGIO HEIST
In December 2010, a robbery occurred at the most iconic hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. Over 1.5 million casino chips were stolen by a “biker bandit” who rode up to the casino entrance, walked to a craps table, pulled a gun and demanded chips. The bandit was wearing a bike helmet and visor, concealing their identity to everyone. Hundreds of hours were spent investigating the case. After many hurdles and challenges during the course of the investigation, the case was eventually solved by the help of law enforcement, casino security and everyday citizens.
LEADERSHIP FOR A LIFETIME
This motivational presentation will cover what it takes to be a good professional and highlight the power of being a good person. Leaders need to take individual talents and apply them to group settings to make an unstoppable and productive team. The ability to lead is present in everyone, regardless of their rank in an organization or irrespective of their situation in life. There are common characteristics that respected people and effective leaders share – most of these traits are developed by the individual rather than through the position they hold. This presentation will cover some of these most important leadership traits, as well as how each individual can use the lessons of yesterday to overcome the challenges of today and capitalize on the opportunities of tomorrow.
LEADING THROUGH CRISIS: THE WAUKESHA CHRISTMAS PARADE ATTACK
Many people in Waukesha, WI, a suburb of Milwaukee, look forward to the annual Christmas parade. On November 21, 2021, the 58th Annual Christmas Parade was set to take place with more than sixty entries for the joyous occasion. The theme for the 2021 parade was set to be “Comfort and Joy”. In the blink of an eye, the tone of the day changed when Darrell E. Brooks Jr. drove a sport utility vehicle through the parade, killing six people and injuring sixty-two others.
This session will give an overview of the mass casualty attack and discuss lessons learned in the days, weeks and months following the incident.
PULL THE THREAD: OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES
Every law enforcement investigation can and will intersect with today’s digital world if we can find the appropriate threads to pull. Pivotal in investigations, open-source intelligence complements conventional law enforcement methods with the collection and analysis of publicly available information. This workshop will equip attendees with the mindset and skills needed to successfully deanonymize online subjects, identify accounts for legal process, document social network and generate new investigative leads.
SHOOTING AMBUSH IN FARGO - OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING
On July 14, 2023, Fargo Police were ambushed while conducting a routine vehicle collision investigation. Three police officers were shot and one officer, Officer Jake Wallin, was mortally wounded. The perpetrator, identified as Mohamad Barakat, was fatally shot by Fargo Police Officer Zachary Robinson. This case study will examine the timeline of events and the aftermath resulting from the critical incident.
WHY WE FIGHT: DOPE, TERROR AND THE “WAR ON DRUGS”
This session will demonstrate the commonalities between drug trafficking organizations and terrorist groups around the world, and how the drug demand fuels both across the globe. Terrorist organizations such as the Colombian FARC and the Afghan Taliban are used to show how similar their methods of operation are to Mexican Cartels operating in the United States, and how they utilize co-ethnic proxies in gangs and extended organizational cells to prey upon Americans. The course also dispels the various myths constantly peddled by drug legalizers and their willing accomplices in the media that the so-called war on drugs has “failed.” Lastly, the implications to the safety of law enforcement personnel and our society is illustrated with unambiguous and powerful examples. The California Narcotics Officers’ Association has described this presentation as nothing less than “a motivational and intellectual can of whip-ass for anyone engaged in drug control!”
POLICE TRAINING -"THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT" JUST ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH ANYMORE
From Uvalde to the George Floyd incident, the training police officers receive is under intense scrutiny. You will see a behind the scenes look at how conventional police training isn’t preparing officers to operate in the tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving world they operate in every day. We’ll lift the veil and examine training in firearms, defensive tactics, active shooter, interrogation and more to highlight where our industry is falling short. Then we’ll look at how some departments have embraced modern training concepts and have sky-rocketed their officer’s performance in the field. You are going to leave with a plan about the changes you can make at your agency that will make a world of difference. The video at the end will blow your mind, so don’t miss this session!
DUTY TO INTERVENE
If we are to police others, we must also police ourselves. The law requires real-time intervention whenever a fellow officer, from any agency, goes down the wrong path and violates the law. Failing to intervene may result in termination, criminal charges, and civil rights lawsuits. Every law enforcement professional must attend this session – your job and freedom depend on it. This will teach you how to get involved and how and when to intervene.
TACTICAL MEDICAL RESPONSE
Law enforcement officers routinely face emergency situations in their day-to-day schedules. They must be prepared to act when an emergency happens and know exactly how to respond. The session will provide attendees with gained knowledge and skills required to mitigate loss of life, while being in a dynamic environment. Attendees will learn to address life-threatening injuries while working with limited equipment, lack of medically trained personnel and a prolonged time for evacuation. After attending this session, you will be better prepared to respond in a medical emergency situation.
OVERDOSE INVESTIGATIONS
Drug-related overdoses are increasing in every state in the nation. Prosecution of these cases is one way to help hold the distributors of these illicit drugs accountable; however, these cases present numerous challenges and barriers to the investigator. This course will focus on an overdose investigation from the initial response and investigation, all the way through to prosecution of the case. A case study will give examples of investigative techniques and tools to work these cases to their logical and successful conclusion.
TO STEAL WITHOUT SIN: FENCING IN THE E-COMMERCE ERA
What started as a residential burglary investigation in suburban Chicago, quickly ballooned into a nationwide effort to combat an extremely organized group of thieves targeting retail stores for high-value merchandise. This organized retail crime investigation took place over an eight-year period, coming to a successful conclusion with multiple federal indictments. The organized retail crime operation had ties to traveling criminal groups from Poland. These Polish traveling criminal groups, based in Chicago, traveled all over the United States and Canada committing retail crimes. They used common carriers to ship their stolen products back to storage facilities in Chicago and Dallas, where fencing operatives would collect the stolen merchandise and prepare it for sale on Amazon, eBay, and other online formats. The case study will reveal how investigators worked with private industry partners to unravel this web, eventually seizing nearly $5 million from the traveling groups and the fences; one of which was a Chinese National living in Texas.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE STAND
Officers testify at various phases of criminal cases and the stakes are always high. All the hours put into a good investigation can be destroyed by bad testimony. This highly effective session is tailored to give officers the skills they need when called to testify. The class offers meaningful training on how to answer the questions government lawyers ask on direct questioning and handle attacks by defense lawyers during cross-examination. Officers will learn how to better prepare for giving testimony under oath and how to testify more effectively in today’s highly charged environment.
MONEY LAUNDERING ASSOCIATED WITH PROPERTY CRIMES (A CATALYTIC CONVERTER INVESTIGATION)
This course will introduce basic federal money laundering statutes and the current trends for laundering money. A brief introduction to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and the newly formed Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) program. This program assists federal, state and local law enforcement to dismantle traditional and transnational crime organizations. Review of the federal investigation, Operation Catastrophe, which involved a multi-million-dollar theft ring that operated in the Springfield, Missouri metropolitan area. This organization was responsible for the thefts of thousands of catalytic converters and was linked to other investigations and co-conspirators across the United States.
Training subject to change.