$14.5 million in Funding
LE AGENCIES – $11.5 million in funding available through the FY23 for the Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation Grants for multiple awards. Each Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation award is two years (24 months) in duration for a maximum of $250,000 per award. There is no local match.
REGIONAL CENTERS – $3 million in funding available through the FY23 for the Continuation and Expansion of Regional De-Escalation Training Centers Solicitation for multiple awards. Each Continuation and Expansion of Regional De-Escalation Training Centers award is two years (24 months) in duration for a maximum of $750,000 per award. There is no local match.
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Frequently Asked Questions 2023 De-Escalation Grant Program
Q. Are there any post-award requirements for the Regional De-Escalation Training Centers?
A. Yes. The regional de-escalation training centers will collaborate with the De-Escalation National Coordinator to help guide the development of any new training materials, share their existing materials, and report their training delivery numbers. The regional centers will serve on an advisory board for the development of an online training program, any other in-person modules, and pilot testing of all pieces of the curricula.
Q. Are there any post-award requirements for the Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation Grants?
A. Awardees will be required after award acceptance to get approval from the COPS Office on the specific training provider or curriculum before funding is committed to the provider.
Q. Are all law enforcement agencies eligible to apply for the FY23 De-Escalation Training Law Enforcement Agency Grants solicitation?
A. The solicitation is open only to state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies that have primary law enforcement authority for their jurisdiction.
Q. How do I determine if my agency has primary law enforcement authority?
A. An agency with primary law enforcement authority is defined as the first responder to calls for service for all types of criminal incidents within its jurisdiction. Agencies are not considered to have primary law enforcement authority if they only respond to or investigate specific type(s) of crime(s), respond to or investigate crimes within a correctional institution, serve warrants, provide courthouse security, transport prisoners, have cases referred to them for investigation or investigational support, or some combination of these.
Q. My agency does not have primary law enforcement authority. Can we partner with an agency that is eligible to apply?
A. Yes, partnerships are highly encouraged. If your agency does not have primary law enforcement authority, it can partner with an agency that is eligible to apply. Please keep in mind that the application must be submitted by the agency with primary law enforcement authority.
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RITE De-escalation Training
De-escalation and Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence (EI) helps the de-escalation process every time. EI helps improve the skills needed to slow the sequence of events, enhance situational awareness, and conduct proper threat assessments. EI improves decision-making, by looking to de-escalate every situation when appropriate for the best possible outcomes.
RITE takes an agency-wide approach to de-escalation that includes emotional intelligence, empathy communication, implicit bias, and duty to intervene techniques training.
De-escalation Documentation – Application Info
ABOUT THE DE-ESCALATION TRAINING PROGRAM
Law enforcement use of force has long been a topic of national and local discussion, especially when a high-profile case heightens community awareness. The concept of de-escalation has been a part of law enforcement use of force discussions for decades. De-escalation refers to the range of verbal and nonverbal skills used to slow down the sequence of events, enhance situational awareness, conduct proper threat assessments, and allow for better decision-making to reduce the likelihood that a situation will escalate into a physical confrontation or injury and to ensure the safest possible outcomes.
De-escalation should be viewed holistically by law enforcement agencies. De-escalation includes aspects of communication and physical tactics, but it is also important to recognize the role that community engagement and procedural justice play in ensuring police-community encounters that are safe for everyone. The COPS Office also encourages an agency-wide comprehensive approach to de-escalation that includes individual-level de-escalation, implicit bias, and duty to intervene techniques training. In addition to training, agencies should consider other organizational supports such as data analysis, after-action reviews of use of force incidents, and other efforts to build agency knowledge and implement best practices in de-escalation.
The FY23 CPD De-Escalation Training program has two open solicitations:
- FY23 Continuation and Expansion of Regional De-Escalation Training Centers
- FY23 Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation Grants – Community Policing Development Solicitation
Law enforcement use of force has long been a topic of national and local discussion, especially when a high-profile case heightens community awareness. The concept of de-escalation has been a part of law enforcement use of force discussions for decades. De-escalation refers to the range of verbal and nonverbal skills used to slow down the sequence of events, enhance situational awareness, conduct proper threat assessments, and allow for better decision-making to reduce the likelihood that a situation will escalate into a physical confrontation or injury and to ensure the safest possible outcomes.
De-escalation should be viewed holistically by law enforcement agencies. De-escalation includes aspects of communication and physical tactics, but it is also important to recognize the role that community engagement and procedural justice play in ensuring police-community encounters that are safe for everyone. The COPS Office also encourages an agency-wide comprehensive approach to de-escalation that includes individual-level de-escalation, implicit bias, and duty to intervene techniques training. In addition to training, agencies should consider other organizational supports such as data analysis, after-action reviews of use of force incidents, and other efforts to build agency knowledge and implement best practices in de-escalation.
The FY23 CPD De-Escalation Training program has two open solicitations:
- FY23 Continuation and Expansion of Regional De-Escalation Training Centers
- FY23 Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation Grants – Community Policing Development Solicitation
Who is Eligible?


RITE STATS
RITE Academy Stats
- Taught over 1100 agencies (police, fire, 911, doc)
- Certified over 750 RITE train-the-trainers
- Gave out more than 550,000 RITE Tools for employees
- Provided over 100 newsletters for agencies
- Help reduce use-of-force incidents by 65% with Affirmative Duty-to-Intervene Training
- Educated local governments, state, and federal representative on public safety reform
- Established EDI Professional Workplace Culture Training dedicated to Public Safety that includes de-escalation communication with Emotional Intelligence
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RITE Academy provides training to all public service including police, fire, EMS, 911 operators, corrections officers, and city employees. EDI and EI Tools and Exercises help each person personally control their emotions. It’s a huge Ah-ha when you finally ‘wake up’ and realize that you have been holding yourself back.
Every class receives Cognitive Imprint Tools; the LADDER, Stop-Light, and NEW DAY Tools and Banners are included in the training, and left behind for the agency to use. RITE is not a one and done class!
Over 1100 police and public service agencies have benefited from RITE Training, with an almost immediate improved workplace culture inside the agency. RITE has trained these are more: Harvard UPD, Pittsburgh, Fayetteville, Norman, Little Rock, Broward CSO, Orange CSO, U of Alabama, Washington DOC, and most recently University of Texas Austin System Police.
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