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.
Police Chiefs in FL, IL, NV, and AZ get it RITE with Emotional & Social Training
This quote is the backbone of Emotional Intelligence and what we teach in all of our RITE Classes. If you can gain control of your emotions, you can control how you interact with others, especially under pressure.
The Role Emotional Intelligence Accountability Plays in Police Liability
Police Chiefs are setting a higher bar of emotional expectations as part of their police culture, starting with EI.
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.
RITE Training Teaches Police Officers to use Emotional and Social Intelligence
Law enforcement officers from agencies across Central Florida met in Leesburg for training they plan to implement as resource officers are placed in every school next year.
Racial Intelligence Training (RITE Academy) Receives Top Accreditation by IADLEST For Implicit Bias and Diversity Program for Officers
With IADLEST certification RITE Academy will be the only nationally-certified training company to provide diversity training for the new laws impacting public service reform, like Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act in the State of Florida.
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?
Implicit Bias and Emotional Intelligence Training – Reducing Liability Risk
“When you couple emotional intelligence and social intelligence together, the thought of race is no longer an issue, as you treat everyone fairly, with empathy and respect.”
PTSD causes Officer suicide rate to Rise – LE, DOC, Fire
With a shortage of public servants, and the increase of losing more to suicide, it’s time to SPEAK up.
Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program – 12 Hours of Mandatory Diversity Training
Sheriff can establish a Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program to aid in the prevention or abatement of active assailant incidents on school premises. Mandatory diversity training…
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…
Failure to train Police with EI tools increases liability risk to agency
Proper training is the only accountable expectation you can hold over an officer. If you don’t provide the training, you can’t expect them to act with Emotional Intelligence on a call, especially under pressure.
Police Can Experience Fear Looping on the Job
Police Officers take an oath to ‘serve and protect’ their community. However, officers face rising threats well beyond their academy training.
Use of Force Incidents by Police – Reduced 60% after RITE Training
In less than one year, use of force incidents have been reduced by 60%
Malcolm Jenkins helps Eagles Fly RITE into Super Bowl 2018
Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood and Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcom Jenkins discuss social justice issues affecting police and community relations.
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!
Time is Always Right to Do the Right Thing
“That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ just leaves Everybody blind. The time is Always right to Do the Right Thing.” ~ Martin Luther King,…
Framingham State University offers ‘bias response’ training for employees
The lessons aimed to help campus police better understand their own biases and improve their interactions with the public. The sessions were also open to FSU faculty and staff, drawing more than 175…
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
The RITE Attitude of Gratitude
Have you ever left work thinking… “My boss, my co-workers, my job doesn’t appreciate me. ” Workplace gratitude starts with every employee, including the boss and command staff. To have…
