Public Order Management Academy Initial Command Course (5 Day) August 23-27, 2021 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College 1333 Jake Alexander Blvd Building 400, Room 4133 Salisbury, NC 2814 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is happy to announce they are hosting Public Order Management Academy’s 5-day initial command course on public order management Public Order Management Program Overview: The core principle of Public Order Management is the vast majority of crowds that gather are law abiding citizens who are legally exercising their rights to protest, and voice their concerns and beliefs This understanding should be the basis of any lawful protest and we must remember that we all took an oath to Serve and Protect and that oath includes protecting protestors and their right to lawfully protest Understanding a group has a certain behavior is one thing, but knowing why it behaves the way it does is the key to understanding how to deal with these people not only as a group but as individuals A group of any sort is made up of individuals; individuals with certain behaviors and characteristics Understanding this allows us to use a variety of proven procedures and academic models such as the Elaborated Social Identity Model so we can begin to understand groups and start to predict how they may behave Communication and information is and will always be the key to prevention, deescalation, or if needed, confrontation and containment, or dispersal It is therefore imperative that we understand the best way to effectively communicate We must ensure that we are using the right type of communication to successfully reach our goal of preventing the situation from escalating into violence Far too often our Crowd Control Units are taught an ineffective way of communicating that ultimately has the opposite effect of what they are trying to accomplish How we communicate is paramount and because of that we must “Change the Tune!” Rowan-Cabarrus Community College hosting Public Order Management Academy - - Appearance through a show of force vs a less-visible response and actions should all be reviewed, altered, and in many cases, redefined Studies over the last few decades show that facing all these instances as threats and appearing as a hostile counter force often causes an escalation to violence and that ultimately is a failure We, however, must protect our officers with every available option we can; how we accomplish this without showing up as an adversarial force, no matter what the situation? We must consider the current best practices of Public Order Management and the findings of the research; with this information, we must change our mind-sets, our overall approach, and ultimately how we appear to the populous Last but not least why?! Well, we are living in an age where Law Enforcement is under constant observation and scrutiny from the public and the media We are fighting to our job, all the while everyone is ready to judge our every move It doesn’t matter if we are right or wrong, we end up defending our actions against uninformed opinions posted over the internet and social media, the narrative from the traditional media, public officials, and sometimes in court To be successful, this scrutiny demands we change our approach without forgetting what are mission and goals are, all while maintaining the safety of our officers and the public we are there to protect To make these changes we have to train all of our people, from the top to the bottom and give them the best tools they need to be successful in TODAY’s environment; we can no longer use antiquated techniques, equipment and procedures Let’s make sure we train to a standard that keeps all of us on the same level operationally, and removes the ammunition for those who would scrutinize our actions or our people who are just trying to their job and return home safely to their families Course Topics: Decision making model - an introduction to the model currently recognized as best practice throughout Europe and many other countries We will explore how best to use it both at the planning stage of an operation and as a fast time method of identifying a preferred outcome Communication - a look at the various ways in which we can communicate with protest groups and the impact of social media on a public order event Disorder model - A proven model for assessing the mood of a group or community and how it works in concert with the ongoing planning process Tactical options- study a range of options which may be available to law enforcement in crowd management - from barriers and officers in normal uniform through to specialist skills such as protest liaison officers and evidence gathering teams to chemical munitions and Crowd Disorder Units in protective equipment with shields Command and control - how we manage events, options for command structures and how this works in conjunction with current FEMA guidance Rowan-Cabarrus Community College hosting Public Order Management Academy - - Crowd dynamics - An introduction to the ways crowds behave, based on current academic research and presented in conjunction with experts from the University of Nevada Las Vegas utilizing a range of models to safely manage crowds and practical exercises to reinforce this Audit trails - how we record our decisions and rational for those decisions in a way that will stand up to the highest levels of scrutiny Table top exercise- bringing it all together Program Development Team: Government Training Institute (GTI) is internationally known as a leader in SWAT and tactical training with training centers in South Carolina; it has created an alliance with a team of subject matter experts in the field of Public Order Management Dr Tamara D Herold of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Rene Gaemers of Batavae Training & Consultancy out of the Netherlands and Neil Pollock, retired Public Order Management Trainer and Tactical Advisor from The Metropolitan Police in London, UK The team is working with colleagues from around the US and abroad to set up a Public Order Management Academy at GTI’s South Carolina facilities The facility is expansive and allows for all levels of Public Order training: from the basic Field Force style training through specialist training such as role specific evidence capture and liaison officers to work with protest organizers before during and after an event; to classroom-based training for those who will command the POM events and the team who will assist and support them The facility also allows for the option to recreate events to assist in debriefs or to develop new tactics Registration: To register for the class, send an email to info@gtitraining.org Or call Mike at 208-871-8480 Dates: August 23-27, 2021 Location: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College 1333 Jake Alexander Blvd S Building 400, Room 4133 Salisbury, NC 28145 Cost: $775.00 per student Rowan-Cabarrus Community College hosting Public Order Management Academy - -