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Use of Voice not Force | Fred Jones | TEDxEustis on RITE
What an honor to have our good friend and RITE Trainer, Sgt. Jones present at Tedx, in Feb 2019. Fred Jones, of Lake County Sheriff’s Office, gave an amazing Talk in Eustis, Florida, on how RITE’s Racial Intelligence Training can help many officers reduce Use of Force.
Saying Thank You – A Powerful Police Tool
Police Officers may not always communicate that they are ‘appreciative’ to come when they are called. Empathy Communication takes practice and patience
7 Entitlement Personalities that Lack Emotional Intelligence
When someone has a sense of entitlement, they believe they deserve privileges, above and beyond others around them. And most can sense the arrogance they carry…
CBS Channel 6 OK Reports – Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office Taking Part In RITE Training
“The RITE training isn’t about placing blame, it’s about knowing ourselves better, putting ourselves in another person’s shoes and learning how get a handle on our own emotions so we don’t go into a situation angry.”
Local Police near Chicago attend racial, emotional intelligence training seminar
DeKALB, IL – DeKalb and Northern Illinois University police officers learned about how racial and emotional intelligence can help them better serve their communities during a training seminar Wednesday. The…
Officer Norman Connects with Community using Emotional Intelligence
Officer Norman isn’t your typical police officer. He inspires people in his community every day. Watch him in action and take his advice to heart
Life Lesson: School Resource Officer Mitch, Impacts Students beyond Belief
Student resource officer Mitch not only protects the teens at the school, but supports them and step in when they need some advice.
From NIU to the NFL, campus police officers have a game plan
In 2016, Wilson was the first NIU officer to enroll in the Racial Intelligence Training and Engagement (RITE) program, and Officer Rob Williams followed shortly after.
RITE Salutes All Fallen Officers on National Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week
Paying tribute to officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives to help save others, while making each of their communities safer.
LaGrange Police Department offering racial intelligence training to its officers
Sergeant Mark Cavender is leading the class and believes RITE training is important because it focuses on the officer’s overall wellbeing first.
The Atlantic interviews Malcolm Jenkins – Players Coalition and RITE Academy
What are the best practices when it comes to training officers to engage in the community, to understand themselves and some of the trauma they’ve been going through, to make sure they can properly do their job and treat everybody with the same respect?
Perry Police First to Bring Racial Intelligence Training To Georgia – 41NBC NEWS
Departments across the nation including a few in Middle Georgia have had their fair share of misconduct among officers. Police in Perry are taking a look in the mirror, and through a new program…
Perry police using new training system they say focuses on officer mentality – CBS 13 WMAZ NEWS
Author: Jacob Reynolds Published LINK: 5:49 PM EDT March 21, 2018 The RITE program is meant to improve officer mental wellness on the job The Perry Police Department is using…
RITE Academy Trains Alabama Corrections in Selma – CBS News 8
When 200 Wardens and Command staff, and 40 Trainers attended Alabama Corrections Training on Racial Intelligence, their response was beyond imaginable!
COPS and their Feelings – The Philadelphia Citizen
Upper Darby selected Orlando-based RITE Academy (Racial Intelligence Training & Engagement) to teach racial and cultural sensitivity and deescalation techniques to six officers
Local police participate in RITE training – ABC6 Philadelphia Reports
ABC6 Philadelphia Reports on RITE Training
Norman OK Police Start Racial Intelligence Training For ALL Officers
“It’s important to understand that we do have biases and that we do, as human beings, gravitate towards things that are like us,” Green explains…
MO Police Chief Tom McClain Response to NAACP on Unbiased Policing
“The Willard Police Department along with our brother and sisters in Southwest Missouri value deeply unbiased policing. We want people to feel the freedom to travel,” McClain declared.”
Racial Intelligence Training For Local Police – WVXU Radio Interview
Emotions aren’t always talked about in the police academy… LIVE radio interview with RITE Academy Director of Training and Chief Rodney Muterspaw
Middletown officers train in Racial Intelligence – Fox 19 News
“My parents were alcoholics, and as a child that was hard thing. So now I’m a police officer and nobody told me how to handle drunks …
Police officers learning how to deal with their own emotions – NBC 5
Middletown Chief Muterspaw said the RITE Academy training should help release some of the negativity officers take home with them.
FDC Trainers Institute Orlando 2017 – RITE Training for Officers
What were the responses after the training?
We heard the buzz during breaks and after class. But don’t take our word for it, let the FDC Bureau Chief explain what attendees couldn’t wait to tell him immediately after the training. He couldn’t believe his ears!
Law enforcement officers receive racial intelligence training at Notre Dame College
“Ninety-five percent of the time you have to use your communication skills when answering a call,” Webb said. “I know what it is like to have a gun to my head and knife to my throat. I didn’t shoot either of them. You know what saved me — my ability to communicate and my ability to de-escalate.”
Police Chief talks to CBS News about Racial Intelligence seminar
“Although it’s directed toward police training, police intelligence applies to us in our personal life as well as our professional life. My wife will be pleased to know there’s a lot of things I’ve learned today,” Joel Brown from the Ohio Association Chief of Police.