This course is the down and dirty, deep-dive into advanced street level proactive policing skills and tactics. This course provides the tools and the game plan to the attendee, so they leave at the end of the day and can be an effective police officer against the criminal element, every single shift. The skills and tactics taught here are universal in police work across the country, focusing on elements of criminal behavior that exist everywhere.

During the course, the attendee will gain a strong understanding of two of the most critical concepts related to reaction-based policing, verbal and non-verbal distancing behaviors. If there is one thing the attendee takes away from the course, it is the understanding of this concept as it happens before them in real time. Throughout the entire 8 hours, the attendee will engage in rapid-fire analysis and discussion of both in-car and body-worn video camera footage as it relates to successful proactive policing tactics. This will act as a virtual field-training session, providing mental repetitions to the attendee to help become versed in behavior changes by the suspect as they react to police presence in real-time and throughout encounters. The instructor will present the attendees with several, high-risk, critical actions that are at times displayed by the suspect. The attendee will develop problem-solving skills and learn to create contingency plans that they can take with them and continue to build on the rest of their career. This will instill confidence in the attendee, making them feel prepared to dominate encounters and work through higher-risk actions as they come across them.

During the course, the instructor will break down the elements of successful setups while operating a marked unit. Both fixed-setups and roving patrol concepts will be discussed. Not only will the attendee return to their agency with applicable setups, but they will also become versed in target selection and development in a way that will greatly increase the quality of arrests they make upon return to shift. Employing proactive policing skills is inherently more dangerous in nature. To prepare for this, the attendee will be exposed to officer-safety tactics and be provided with plans-of-action for safely controlling stops from start to finish. During the second half of the day, the instructor will provide a step-by-step process for navigating through successfully gaining admissions of PC, consent to search, and how to follow-through when consent is denied. The attendee will learn the importance of recognizing stress indicators and pacifying behaviors in successful proactive policing. Attendees will be exposed to the tactic of perception field-craft and how critical it is for an officer to employ when dealing with subjects at all level for officer safety.

At the end of the course, the attendee will have gained a new-found confidence and skill set, allowing them to become multidimensional in the types of crime they interrupt, reaching their full potential as a proactive officer.