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RITE Mindfulness is knowing… ‘When to Turn Away’
Have you ever gotten an email that caught your eye, and made you stop and pause before hitting the “delete” button? I get a lot of emails every day, that mostly land in my trash. But not this one…
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.”
Randolph Police Officers Participate in Racial Intelligence Training
Newly trained officers will conduct RITE training annually for all Randolph Police Officers.
Officer Suicide… a Sad Day for All
PTSD, Depression, Stress on the job – Like the photo shows on the surface, “I’m good” is only what we see in people or what they choose to share with us. What’s beneath the surface is
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!
Bias-Free Policing and the Missing Link
Speaking to a standing-room-only at the Ohio Police Chief’s conference, there were reactions and whispering when we opened with, “Most of your officers are lacking in Emotional Intelligence, and it’s not their fault!” and…
Former Cherryville chief is now Belmont’s top cop, and a RITE Trainer
The new Chief of Police for Belmont Police Dept., NC is also a Certified Trainer in Racial Intelligence. He said his focus in Belmont will be on training, community partnerships and problem solving.
Officers Learn to Police Themselves Back Up the RITE Ladder
With 5% of calls being life-threatening to the officer, and 95% being non-life threatening, officers need more tools to de-escalate using their mouths. RITE Training focuses on 95% of police calls.
How Police Departments can get Positive Press Coverage
Why Invite the Press? Getting the media to LIKE what you are doing as a department, isn’t difficult, it’s just different. You literally have to hand-feed them what you are doing… for…
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.”
NOTRE DAME COLLEGE TO HOST RACIAL INTELLIGENCE, DIVERSITY TRAINING
The course addresses issues the Ohio Collaborative is currently facing and discussing, especially the new Bias Free Policing Standard. Officers will take the course information back to their officers and departments.
Middletown police to get ‘Racial Intelligence Training’
Middletown’s police department is committing to training officers in new policing techniques and being more involved in the community, according to police Chief Rodney Muterspaw.
“Individual commitment to a group effort”… Lombardi quote on Football and Policing
This quote is about great police departments Vince Lombardi, one of the greatest football coaches of all time, lead many individuals into a successful group effort. His never give-up attitude finally landed him the head…
Community Policing is climbing above the burden of Hate
Martin Luther King’s quote ultimately says, “We have a choice of how we DECIDE to think.” This helps us realize that words carry ‘energy’ (positive and negative). The RITE Ladder Tool (right), has Love living…
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.
Police Chief is First to Host Racial Intelligence Training in Rhode Island
“It’s a very good program,” the lieutenant continued. “I didn’t really know what to expect when we first came in. Anything that can make a department stronger and better in dealing with people in the community, it’s worth looking at … We’ll be taking this back to our department to share with the rest of the department.”
Police RESPECT Reaches Highest Level Since 1967
76% of Americans Have Great Respect for Police – (Gallup 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three in four Americans say they have “a great deal” of respect for the police in…