In light of Martin Luther King Day, we celebrate the pro-active public service agencies that have put racial equity and intelligence training at the front of the class. Here’s how Broward County FL has ‘stepped up’ their racial equity plan.
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Duty to Intervene Protocols mandated in Racial Equity plans Nationwide
Why Mayors are Endorsing RITE Training… Cities across the nation have realized that in order to have better police-community relations that part of building bias-free relations, requires racial equity plan commitment to includes RITE Professional Workplace Culture Program.
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Learning the ‘RITE’ Way: Orange County Public Safety Hosts Racial Intelligence Training for All Public Safety Agencies in the County
“I am extremely pleased that Orange County provided this training to all the public safety agencies in the County,” said Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings, who previously served as Orange County Sheriff and served for nearly 40 years in public safety.” Watch YouTube VIDEO
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Racial Equity Policing Expands Fairness and Justice to All
Racial Equity in Policing means to pay disciplined attention to race and ethnicity while analyzing problems, looking for solutions, and…
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Emotional Intelligence could prevent Officer Excessive Force
If you work in public service, people are going to push your buttons. How you react to any given situation, is what separates you from other employees in your agency.
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Racial Intelligence Trainer’s class taught to 17 Police agencies to improve community relations
“My police partner may see me going into Block-out. So what we teach is duty to intervene. The RITE response is to STEP IN, TAP OUT and TAKE ACTION.”
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Police Duty to Intervene get in control of Block-Out
Block-out’ on a police call, has ENDED careers. Do you remember a time when you lost control of the situation, (back when no cameras rolling)? If you have ever worked on the streets or in the jails…
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Police Leaders Speak Up in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death
If you missed the RITE Interview on MSNBC with Joshua Johnson who asked some tough policing questions, and the training that may be missing in many departments, watch it here. Linda Webb, RITE Academy…
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Police Leaders can Improve Officer Control on the Street
Police Leaders talk about improving Emotional Intelligence for their officers. Officer Wellness must live at the top of the Ladder…
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First Responder Mental Health and Emotional Wellness During a Pandemic
Staying POSITIVE, During NEGATIVE Times – Officer wellness is often overlooked during a pandemic, when the job of the Officer is to care for the wellness of others.
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First Responders get EI Tools to Improve Mental Health and Wellness
Learn how Police Leaders are taking care of their officers with improved Emotional Intelligence and Wellness. Officer Wellness lives at the top of the Ladder…
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Leesburg hosts Racial Intelligence training for Florida law enforcement
The goal of RITE training is to improve outcomes for law enforcement officers, and soon, school guardians, and the people they interact with by asking authorities to take responsibility for their emotions, instructors said.
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YouTube – Harvard University and Campus Police embrace Professional Workplace Training
RITE Leadership Training at Harvard University was conducted over a 2-day period. This private training was open to the Harvard University Police Leaders. Here’s what they thought…
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Social Media Posts can be Considered Police Misconduct
Social Media Conduct exposing bias’s behavior will be one of the biggest game-changers for police, the question is whether police executives are prepared to address it in 2020
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2020 Vision for Professional Workplace Culture in Policing
Just ONE toxic employee, can be costly to a public service agency. Civil lawsuits, inter-department obstruction, bad press, and distrust to the community for which your agency serves, are seen in the news daily.
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Policing the Community with Candy Canes and a Holiday Story
The Red, the White, and the Candy Cane CROOK represents similar parts to law enforcement and how we engage in the community…
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Chicago area Police Officers take Racial Sensitivity Training
“The RITE training is great, and it goes beyond cultural competency training,” Phillips said. “The training also ensures the officers have good mental health.”
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Key Policing Changes are improving Workplace Culture and LGBTQ Community Relations
“Ensuring that our officers will act in ways that promote the dignity and safety of LGBTQ individuals, whether they are victims, witnesses, suspects, arrestees, or other members of the public.”
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Cities that take a Blind eye to Misconduct, are Sweeping issues under the Rug
Whether there was actual wrong-doing or misconduct, the public’s negative perception of the community, is now the reality . The department’s negative banter and scrutiny…
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Toxic Employees and Misconduct inside every Agency
Toxic employees know exactly how to push your buttons. They are always voicing their own negative opinions, talking about how bad it is at work and how it is, “NEVER they’re fault.”
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Pittsburgh Police get Professional Workplace Training that Improves Emotional Intelligence
Pittsburgh police received a different kind of training this week, one focusing on turning inward in order to better their outward interactions with their colleagues, their families and their communities. Racial Intelligence Training and Engagement was…
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Crab Bucket Mentality and Workplace Misconduct
The crabs pulling others down in the bucket are living a mediocre, ordinary existence. This is typically caused by implicit issues that were likely created a long time ago…
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Community Policing is affected by Officer Implicit Bias and Implicit Issues
Do you have employees who show up to work angry? It may be because they are bringing into the work environment their own issues. Those same angry employees may be harboring Implicit…
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Training Police Officers on Social Media in Plain View
Police walk a fine line every day, that’s a bit of a balancing act. They work to keep their community safe from violent criminals, while making sure that every one of their officers handle calls in a professional, and timely manor.
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When Policing Value goes Up, Community Complaints go Down
Professional Workplace Culture Training includes how Emotional Intelligence effect everyone in the department. Including your officers, dispatchers, leaders and non-sworn in this training is key to creating cultural changes, as everyone represents the agency,