RITE Leadership Classes @San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office (California)
2025-03-10 00:00 - 2025-03-11 23:59 UTC | San Mateo County Sheriff, 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063, 400 County Center, Redwood, CA, 94063
RITE Leadership Classes include emotional and social intelligence skill-building lessons.

RITE’s Unique Tools reinforce agency accountability across all departments that helps to promote a professional workplace for all employees. Each student receives their own RITE Kit filled with Tools they use in class and well beyond. We take Public Safety Wellness to a holistic level, improving lives personally and professionally.

Emotional health issues pose a big risk to public service officer’s well-being. RITE classes help officers learn to recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, and offer ways to build up positive mental health.

“RITE Training benefits ALL (Fire, Police, Corrections) in Public Service”

Why RITE Training works in Public Service
RITE’s critical components of both Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI), helps anyone in public service, improve communication on many levels. These classes help to improve resiliency awareness, as well as personal and professional relationships.

Employees have voted RITE as one of the best classes they’ve ever had!

RITE Tools, like the Emotional Energy Ladder (in this photo), makes us aware of our emotions, how we affect others, and that only we have the power to make those changes.

Anger, Hate, and Blame, all live at the bottom of the RITE Ladder. Although we all can feel those emotions during our day, learning how to control them, is key to great leadership. Bias-free engagement, lives at the top of the Ladder with Love, Gratitude, Joy, and Confidence.

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles

Emotional Response Training Officer Wellness – Link
Emotional Control Leads to Better Outcomes – Link
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Link
Professional Workplace on Police Misconduct – Link

Daily Leadership Agenda:
7:45 Registration and Coffee
8:00 – 11:50 am Morning session
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 4:00 pm Afternoon session

Training Location
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
330 Bradford Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 363-4911

For private classes, contact RITE
CONTACT

RITE TRAINERS Class @San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office (California)
2025-03-12 00:00 - 2025-03-13 23:59 | San Mateo County Sheriff, 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063, 400 County Center, Redwood, CA, 94063
RITE’s 2-Day Train-the-Trainer is for instructors of all public service agencies, government, and military. This training certifies instructors to teach all facets (up to 12 CE Credits) of the RITE program, to the agency officers, recruits, as well as sworn and non-sworn employees, including 911 operators.

How we react to a volatile situation is key. This training dramatically improves officer’s Emotional Response when engaging with others, especially in pressure situations.

Emotional health issues pose a big risk to public service officer’s well-being. RITE classes help officers learn to recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, and offer ways to build up positive mental health.

RITE Tools reinforce mental health and wellness, for every agency employee, sworn and non-sworn. Trainers learn how to use RITE Tools and modules of Emotional and Social Intelligence, to develop skills for Officer well-being, De-escalation Communication, PTSD awareness, and Career resiliency, which all builds morale and community trust.

Employees have voted RITE as one of the best classes they’ve ever had!

Everyone in class receives their own RITE Tool Kit for continued learning, laying the groundwork for positive engagement, and improved communication. Without these tools, RITE would be just another ‘check the box,’ one-and-done training.

Emotional health issues are a known risk to an officer’s health and well-being. This training is a MUST for every first responder.

Training Overview:

Use Emotional Intelligence Training in pressure situations
Implicit and Explicit Bias, Hot-Buttons, and PTS-D
Learning the (6) modules of Emotional and Social Response
Adding to Racial Equity throughout the department
Professional workplace practices
Learn to avoid ‘Block-Out Syndrome’ on 95% of calls
Emergency Response (Step In, Tap Out, Take Over)
Behavioral Self Control to De-escalation Communication
ERT Tools for mental health advocates, CIT, etc.
Accredited by IADLEST, highest standard of LE training
*Use of RITE Tools for officer wellness and emotional accountability

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles

Emotional Response Training Officer Wellness – Link
Emotional Control Leads to Better Outcomes – Link
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Link
Professional Workplace on Police Misconduct – Link

Each Day Agenda:
7:45 Registration and Coffee
8:00 – 11:50 am Morning session
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 4:00 pm Afternoon session

Training Location
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
330 Bradford Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 363-4911

For private classes, contact RITE
CONTACT

RITE Professional Workplace 2 Day Train-the-TRAINER CLASS (Orlando)
2025-05-12 00:00 - 2025-05-13 23:59 | Valencia College, School of Public Safety, 8600 Valencia College Lane, Orlando, FL, 32825, United States
ORLANDO Registration is OPEN for LAW Enforcement, Guardians, SRO, Fire Department and Corrections Trainers. All details below. Limited to the first 35 that register.

Emotional health issues are a known risk to an officer’s health and well-being. This training is a MUST for every first responder.

When Officer’s Mental Health Declines

Depression, anxiety, and PTSD
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), officers report higher rates of depression, burnout, PTSD, and anxiety than the general population.
Lack of Productivity
Even when available, most won’t seek help
Officer suicide

Many times coworkers and zone partners escalate situations because they themselves are in a negative space. Having emotional self-control means you value yourself, and are willing to work on yourself. But not all officers know how to ASK for help. De-escalation starts here.

RITE includes Emotional Response Training (ERT) to help officers learn to recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts. ERT offers ways and means to build up positive mental health for every officer, and a way to work on themselves in their own space and time.

This 2-day Train-the-Trainer is nationally recognized in encouraging a toxic-free workplace, that helps builds morale and community trust.

“RITE Training benefits ALL in Public Service”

With proven RESULTS that RITE Training decreases use of force, Racial Intelligence combines Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI), which has been successfully used in corporations for years.

Definition of RITE: “The practice of using Emotional Intelligence (EI), Social Intelligence (SI), and the RITE Tools, to treat ourselves and others fairly.” Learn more about EI and SI…

Summary of what Trainers will learn:

Officer Communication Skills: Emotional Response Tools for Officer Wellness, Resiliency, and De-escalation; to use personally and professionally
Improve the Department: Social Intelligence helps with Recruiting, Improve morale, and Accountability
Build the Community Relations: Enhance public trust

The 2-Day Training Overview:

Emotional Response Training (ERT), control emotions in pressure situations
Hot-Buttons and PTS-D
Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI) modules
Professional workplace practices
RITE model orientation in police academy recruit training
Learn to avoid ‘Block-Out Syndrome’ on 95% of calls
Emergency Response (Step In, Tap Out, Take Over)
De-escalation Communication with Behavioral Self Control
ERT TOOLS for your mental health advocates, CIT, etc.
Certificate of license to teach RITE in agency
Accredited by IADLEST, highest standard of LE training
Implementation of RITE Tools for officer wellness and departmental accountability

*Please Register at least (2) trainers for this class; Discount applied to (3) or more. Besides a requirement, two are more effective in rolling it out and will give you the back-up trainer(s) if ever needed.

Agency Investment
Registration $895.
3+ Registrations $845.
Includes $150 Instructor Travel and Classroom and Fees. Includes $150 RITE Instructor Manual, Trainer Tools, multiple Power Points, RITE Instructor Certificate and More! Student travel expenses are not included.
Cancellation Policy
If you are unable to attend your scheduled class, please email us. You can reschedule for another RITE Training, if at least 14 days before the start date of your scheduled class. Failure to do so, will result in full charge of the course. No refunds once payment is made.

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles to Learn from and Share:
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Article Link
Policing is affected by Officer Implicit Issues – Article Link
6 Signs a Bully is causing your Workplace Harassment Issues Article Link
Professional Workplace Culture is Reducing Police Misconduct – Article Link

Who should attend?
This is an OPEN Trainers class – REGISTRATION LINK Below:

Law Enforcement Trainers
Guardian and SRO Trainers
Fire Department Trainers
Corrections Trainers
911 Dispatch Trainers

2-Day Agenda:
7:45 Registration and Coffee
8:00 – 11:50 am Morning session
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 4:00 pm Afternoon session

Training Location
Valencia College, School of Public Safety
8600 Valencia College Lane
Orlando, Florida 32825

Hotels
Please check the location above as lots of options in the area.

Contact info
Randy Friedman
Director, RITE Academy
training@riteacademy.com
Office: 561-444-8704

Education and Training for Public Safety Professionals
Valencia College School of Public Safety provides comprehensive education, training and resources for our communities’ first responders—helping Central Florida maintain the finest in public safety services to protect its booming visitor and residential populations.
The School of Public Safety houses three major program areas: Criminal Justice, Fire Rescue and Safety and Security. It will train the next generation of public safety professionals using state-of-the-art technology and the latest in simulation training. By offering programs for firefighters, law enforcement, corrections, security officers and homeland security under one umbrella, Valencia will elevate and unify training standards across all divisions of public safety. Read more…

RITE Half-Day Classes for @Hamilton Township (Ohio)
2025-05-20 00:00 - 23:59 | Hamilton Township, 7780 South State Route 48, Hamilton Twp, OH, 45039, United States
RITE Classes for all public service employees, include emotional and social intelligence skill-building lessons.

RITE’s Unique Tools reinforce agency accountability across all departments that helps to promote a professional workplace for all employees. Each student receives their own RITE Kit filled with Tools they use in class and well beyond. We take Public Safety Wellness to a holistic level, improving lives personally and professionally.

Students learn in class, how to release old issues or scars from the past, with new skills using the New Day and Ladder Tool. These take-home tools benefit home life as well.

Emotional health issues pose a big risk to public service officer’s well-being. RITE classes help officers learn to recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, and offer ways to build up positive mental health.

“RITE Training benefits ALL (Fire, Police, Corrections) in Public Service”

Why RITE Training works in Public Service
RITE’s critical components of both Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI), helps anyone in public service, improve communication on many levels. These classes help to improve resiliency awareness, as well as personal and professional relationships.

Employees have voted RITE as one of the best classes they’ve ever had!

RITE Tools, like the Emotional Energy Ladder (in this photo), makes us aware of our emotions, how we affect others, and that only we have the power to make those changes.

Anger, Hate, and Blame, all live at the bottom of the RITE Ladder. Although we all can feel those emotions during our day, learning how to control them, is key to great leadership. Bias-free engagement, lives at the top of the Ladder with Love, Gratitude, Joy, and Confidence.

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles

Emotional Response Training Officer Wellness – Link
Emotional Control Leads to Better Outcomes – Link
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Link
Professional Workplace on Police Misconduct – Link

(2) Half-Day Class Agenda:
AM Class 8am – 12p
PM Class 1pm – 5pm

Training Location
Hamilton Township
7780 South State Route 48
Hamilton Twp, Ohio 45039

Inquire about private classes below
CONTACT

RITE Leadership Classes @Hamilton Township (Ohio)
2025-05-21 00:00 - 23:59 | Hamilton Township, 7780 South State Route 48, Hamilton Twp, OH, 45039, United States
RITE Leadership Classes include emotional and social intelligence skill-building lessons.

RITE’s Unique Tools reinforce agency accountability across all departments that helps to promote a professional workplace for all employees. Each student receives their own RITE Kit filled with Tools they use in class and well beyond. We take Public Safety Wellness to a holistic level, improving lives personally and professionally.

Emotional health issues pose a big risk to public service employee’s well-being. RITE classes help recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, and offer ways to build up positive mental health.

Students learn in class, how to release old issues or scars from the past, with new skills using the New Day and Ladder Tool. These take-home tools benefit home life as well.

“RITE Training benefits ALL (Fire, Police, Corrections) in Public Service”

Why RITE Training works in Public Service
RITE’s critical components of both Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI), helps anyone in public service, improve communication on many levels. These classes help to improve resiliency awareness, as well as personal and professional relationships.

Employees have voted RITE as one of the best classes they’ve ever had!

RITE Tools, like the Emotional Energy Ladder (in this photo), makes us aware of our emotions, how we affect others, and that only we have the power to make those changes.

Anger, Hate, and Blame, all live at the bottom of the RITE Ladder. Although we all can feel those emotions during our day, learning how to control them, is key to great leadership. Bias-free engagement, lives at the top of the Ladder with Love, Gratitude, Joy, and Confidence.

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles

Emotional Response Training Officer Wellness – Link
Emotional Control Leads to Better Outcomes – Link
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Link
Professional Workplace on Police Misconduct – Link

One-Day Leadership Agenda:
7:45 Networking and Coffee
8:00 – 11:50 am Morning session
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 4:00 pm Afternoon session

Training Location
Hamilton Township
7780 South State Route 48
Hamilton Twp, Ohio 45039

Inquire about private classes below
CONTACT

RITE TRAINERS Class @Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (Florida)
2025-06-30 00:00 - 2025-07-01 23:59 | Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, 50 2nd Street, Shalimar, FL, 32579, United States
Train-the-Trainer Class location: Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (City of Destin, Florida)
Registration is OPEN for all LAW Enforcement, Fire, EMS, 911, Corrections, and City Employees. Details, Flier and Contact info below. Space is limited to the first 35 that register.

How we react to a volatile situation is key. This training dramatically improves our Emotional Response when engaging with others, especially in pressure situations.

We make 35,000 decisions each day!
Deciding what we eat, what we wear, what we say, and how we’ll say it, our brains are on the go from the moment we wake up. The fact is, about 90% of the decisions Officer’s make, are based on emotions.

Officers and Emotional Intelligence
The benefit of emotional intelligence training, is in learning how officers can utilize it in the community. When using tactics of influence, emotional intelligence provides a groundwork for successful engagement. Emotional Intelligence is the foundation of RITE’s Emotional Response Training (ERT).

Many times coworkers and zone partners escalate situations because they themselves are in a negative space. Having emotional self-control means you value yourself, and are willing to work on yourself. But not all officers know how to ASK for help.

RITE’s Emotional Response Training (ERT) helps us recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts. ERT offers ways and means to build up positive mental health for every officer, and a way to work on themselves in their own space and time.

Course Summary
Decisions we make come from either our logical or emotional mind. Emotional intelligence (EI) is knowing how our emotional mind works, and learning to control our emotions, especially in pressure situations.

This course is necessary for anyone in public service, as it goes beyond work-life, and benefits home-life as well. Maintaining control over our emotions, especially in today’s policing, is critical. This course has been taught since 2015, and has helped many. Link to photos and surveys.

Officers with high Emotional Intelligence:

Manage emotional responses (ERT)
Recognize their emotions and why
Connect the link between emotions and behaviors

This training focuses on how to use better Emotional Responses to successfully manage the behavior of others. Law enforcement officers often encounter volatile situations, and their response can either help a situation or escalate it.

RITE has simplified the (6) modules taught in this class, to utilize the information immediately. Students learn practical skills using unique Tools for managing emotional responses, and ways to harness the power of the emotional part of the brain. Having a high EI is critical to working with in public service.

Emotional health issues are a known risk to an officer’s health and well-being. This training is a MUST for every first responder.

(4) Issues of Poor Mental Health

Depression, anxiety, and PTSD
Lack of Productivity
Even when available, most won’t seek help
Officer suicide

Officers have higher rates of depression, burnout, PTSD, and anxiety than the general population. Coworkers and zone partners often escalate situations because they themselves are in a negative space. Since not all officers know how to ASK for help, this training is critical.

Trainers Learn to Teach:

Officer Communication Skills: Emotional Response Tools to improve Officer Wellness, Resiliency, and verbal De-escalation; to use personally and professionally
Improved Department: Social Intelligence helps with Bias-free policing, Recruiting, Improved morale, and Accountability
Build Community Relations: Building Empathy Communication improves Bias-free policing and Enhanced public trust

2-Day Training Overview:

Emotional Response Training (ERT) in pressure situations
Implicit and Explicit Bias, Hot-Buttons, and PTS-D
(6) modules of Emotional and Social Intelligence
Adding to Racial Equity throughout the department
Professional workplace practices
RITE model in police academy and recruit training
Learn to avoid ‘Block-Out Syndrome’ on 95% of calls
Emergency Response (Step In, Tap Out, Take Over)
Behavioral Self Control to De-escalation Communication
ERT Tools for mental health advocates, CIT, etc.
Accredited by IADLEST, highest standard of LE training
RITE Certificate to teach surrounding agencies
*Use of RITE Tools for officer wellness and emotional accountability

*RITE Tools are needed in teaching RITE to your agency as a Certified Trainer
*Register at least (2) trainers for this class; two are more effective in teaching, and allows for a back-up trainer.

Cancellation Policy If you are unable to attend your scheduled class, please email us who your replacement is.

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles

Emotional Response Training Officer Wellness – Link
Emotional Control Leads to Better Outcomes – Link
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Link
Professional Workplace on Police Misconduct – Link

Who can attend?

Law Enforcement Trainers
Fire Department Trainers
Corrections Trainers
911 Dispatch Trainers

Training Location

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
50 2nd Street
Shalimar, Florida 32579

Contact info
Bill Jerard
Professional Development and Training<
Office of Professional Standards
bjerard@sheriff-okaloosa.org
Office: 850-609-4947

For FLORIDA Agencies:
RITE covers the training needed for guardians.
RE: Florida Bill CS/SB 7026 — “Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS PS Act”

Guardian Act 2018 Bill Summaries – LINK
The Florida Senate Guardian Legislature – LINK
LINK to Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program REQUIREMENTS

RITE Leadership Classes @San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office (California)
2025-07-14 00:00 - 23:59 | San Mateo Sheriff’s Office, 1300 Maple St, Redwood City, 94063, United States
RITE Leadership Classes include emotional and social intelligence skill-building lessons.

RITE’s Unique Tools reinforce agency accountability across all departments that helps to promote a professional workplace for all employees. Each student receives their own RITE Kit filled with Tools they use in class and well beyond. We take Public Safety Wellness to a holistic level, improving lives personally and professionally.

Emotional health issues pose a big risk to public service officer’s well-being. RITE classes help officers learn to recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, and offer ways to build up positive mental health.

“RITE Training benefits ALL (Fire, Police, Corrections) in Public Service”

Why RITE Training works in Public Service
RITE’s critical components of both Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI), helps anyone in public service, improve communication on many levels. These classes help to improve resiliency awareness, as well as personal and professional relationships.

Employees have voted RITE as one of the best classes they’ve ever had!

RITE Tools, like the Emotional Energy Ladder (in this photo), makes us aware of our emotions, how we affect others, and that only we have the power to make those changes.

Anger, Hate, and Blame, all live at the bottom of the RITE Ladder. Although we all can feel those emotions during our day, learning how to control them, is key to great leadership. Bias-free engagement, lives at the top of the Ladder with Love, Gratitude, Joy, and Confidence.

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles

5 Ways to Remove bad apples inside an agency – Link
Stuck inside a Hamster Wheel… Now what? – Link
Emotional Response Training Officer Wellness – Link
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Link
Professional Workplace on Police Misconduct – Link

Daily Leadership Agenda:
7:45 Registration and Coffee
8:00 – 11:50 am Morning session
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 4:00 pm Afternoon session

Training Location
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
1300 Maple St
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 363-4911

Contact for private classes:
CONTACT

RITE Train-the-Trainer for San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office (California)
2025-07-15 00:00 - 2025-07-16 23:59 | San Mateo Sheriff’s Office, 1300 Maple St, Redwood City, 94063, United States
RITE’s 2-Day Train-the-Trainer certifies instructors to teach all facets (up to 12 CE Credits) of the RITE program, to the agency officers, recruits, as well as sworn and non-sworn employees, including 911 operators.

How we react to a volatile situation is key. This training dramatically improves officer’s Emotional Response when engaging with others, especially in pressure situations.

Emotional health issues pose a big risk to public service officer’s well-being. RITE classes help officers learn to recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, and offer ways to build up positive mental health.

RITE Tools reinforce mental health and wellness, for every agency employee, sworn and non-sworn. Trainers learn how to use RITE Tools and modules of Emotional and Social Intelligence, to develop skills for Officer well-being, De-escalation Communication, PTSD awareness, and Career resiliency, which all builds morale and community trust.

Employees have voted RITE as one of the best classes they’ve ever had!

Everyone in class receives their own RITE Tool Kit for continued learning, laying the groundwork for positive engagement, and improved communication. Without these tools, RITE would be just another ‘check the box,’ one-and-done training.

Emotional health issues are a known risk to an officer’s health and well-being. This training is a MUST for every first responder.

Training Overview:

Use Emotional Intelligence Training in pressure situations
How Implicit and Explicit Bias, and Hot-Buttons add to PTSD
Learning the (6) modules of Emotional and Social Response
Incorporating Professional workplace practices
How to avoid ‘Block-Out Syndrome’ on 95% of calls
Emergency Response (Step In, Tap Out, Take Over)
Behavioral Self Control to De-escalation Communication
ERT Tools for mental health advocates, CIT, etc.
Accredited by IADLEST, highest standard of LE training
*Use of RITE Tools for officer wellness and emotional accountability

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles

5 Ways to Remove bad apples inside an agency – Link
Stuck inside a Hamster Wheel… Now what? – Link
Emotional Response Training Officer Wellness – Link
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Link
Professional Workplace on Police Misconduct – Link

Each Day Agenda:
7:45 Registration and Coffee
8:00 – 11:50 am Morning session
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 4:00 pm Afternoon session

Training Location
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
1300 Maple St
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 363-4911

For private classes, contact RITE
CONTACT

RITE Full-Day Classes for @Stanislaus Co. Sheriff's Office (California)
2025-08-12 00:00 - 2025-08-15 23:59 | Stanislaus County Sheriffs Office, 3805 Cornucopia Dr, Modesto, CA, 95358, United States
RITE Classes for all public service employees, include emotional and social intelligence skill-building lessons.

RITE’s Unique Tools reinforce agency accountability across all departments that helps to promote a professional workplace for all employees. Each student receives their own RITE Kit filled with Tools they use in class and well beyond. We take Public Safety Wellness to a holistic level, improving lives personally and professionally.

Students learn in class, how to release old issues or scars from the past, with new skills using the New Day and Ladder Tool. These take-home tools benefit home life as well.

Emotional health issues pose a big risk to public service officer’s well-being. RITE classes help officers learn to recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts, and offer ways to build up positive mental health.

“RITE Training benefits ALL (Fire, Police, Corrections) in Public Service”

Why RITE Training works in Public Service
RITE’s critical components of both Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI), helps anyone in public service, improve communication on many levels. These classes help to improve resiliency awareness, as well as personal and professional relationships.

Employees have voted RITE as one of the best classes they’ve ever had!

RITE Tools, like the Emotional Energy Ladder (in this photo), makes us aware of our emotions, how we affect others, and that only we have the power to make those changes.

Anger, Hate, and Blame, all live at the bottom of the RITE Ladder. Although we all can feel those emotions during our day, learning how to control them, is key to great leadership. Bias-free engagement, lives at the top of the Ladder with Love, Gratitude, Joy, and Confidence.

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles

Emotional Response Training Officer Wellness – Link
Emotional Control Leads to Better Outcomes – Link
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Link
Professional Workplace on Police Misconduct – Link

(4) Individual Class Dates:

August 12 8am – 4p
August 13 8am – 4p
August 14 8am – 4p
August 15 8am – 4p

Daily Agenda
7:45 Networking and Coffee
8:00 – 11:50 am Morning session
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 4:00 pm Afternoon session

Training Location
Stanislaus County Sheriffs Office
3805 Cornucopia Dr
Modesto, Ca 95358
ncrain@stansheriff.com

Inquire about private classes for your agency!
CONTACT

RITE TRAINERS Class @Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (Florida)
2025-08-19 00:00 - 2025-08-20 23:59 | Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office – Public Safety Training Complex, 650 Chappie James St SW, Crestview, FL, 32536, United States
Train-the-Trainer Class location: Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (City of Destin, Florida)
Registration is OPEN for all LAW Enforcement, Fire, EMS, 911, Corrections, and City Employees. Details, Flier and Contact info below. Space is limited

How we react to a volatile situation is key. This training dramatically improves our Emotional Response when engaging with others of all ages, especially when under pressure.

We make 35,000 decisions each day!
Deciding what we eat, what we wear, what we say, and how we’ll say it, our brains are on the go from the moment we wake up. The fact is, about 90% of the decisions Officer’s make, are based on emotions.

Officers and Emotional Intelligence
The benefit of emotional intelligence training, is in learning how officers can utilize it in the community. When using tactics of influence, emotional intelligence provides a groundwork for successful engagement. Emotional Intelligence is the foundation of RITE’s Emotional Response Training (ERT).

Many times coworkers and zone partners escalate situations because they themselves are in a negative space. Having emotional self-control means you value yourself, and are willing to work on yourself. But not all officers know how to ASK for help.

RITE’s Emotional Response Training (ERT) helps us recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts. ERT offers ways and means to build up positive mental health for every officer, and a way to work on themselves in their own space and time.

Course Summary
Decisions we make come from either our logical or emotional mind. Emotional intelligence (EI) is knowing how our emotional mind works, and learning to control our emotions, especially in pressure situations.

This course is necessary for anyone in public service, as it goes beyond work-life, and benefits home-life as well. Maintaining control over our emotions, especially in today’s policing, is critical. This course has been taught since 2015, and has helped many. Link to photos and surveys.

Officers with high Emotional Intelligence:

Manage emotional responses
Recognize heightened emotions in others
Connect the link between emotions and behaviors

This training focuses on how to use better Emotional Responses to successfully manage the behavior of others. Law enforcement officers often encounter volatile situations, and their response can either help a situation or escalate it.

RITE has simplified the (6) modules taught in this class, to utilize the information immediately. Students learn practical skills using unique Tools for managing emotional responses, and ways to harness the power of the emotional part of the brain. Having a high EI is critical to working with in public service.

Emotional health issues are a known risk to an officer’s health and well-being. This training is a MUST for every first responder.

(4) Issues of Poor Mental Health

Depression, anxiety, and PTSD
Lack of Productivity
Even when available, most won’t seek help
Officer suicide

Officers have higher rates of depression, burnout, PTSD, and anxiety than the general population. Coworkers and zone partners often escalate situations because they themselves are in a negative space. Since not all officers know how to ASK for help, this training is critical.

Trainers Learn to Teach:

Officer Communication Skills: Emotional Response Tools to improve Officer Wellness, Resiliency, and verbal De-escalation; to use personally and professionally
Improved Department: Social Intelligence helps with Bias-free policing, Recruiting, Improved morale, and Accountability
Build Community Relations: Building Empathy Communication improves Bias-free policing and Enhanced public trust

2-Day Training Overview:

Emotional Response Training (ERT) in pressure situations
Understanding Hot-Buttons, and PTS-D
(6) modules of Emotional and Social Intelligence
Professional workplace practices
(12) hours needed to teach your Guardians in Schools
RITE model in police academy and recruit training
Learn to avoid ‘Block-Out Syndrome’ on 95% of calls
Emergency Response (Step In, Tap Out, Take Over)
Behavioral Self Control to De-escalation Communication
ERT Tools for mental health advocates, CIT, etc.
Accredited by IADLEST, highest standard of LE training
RITE Certificate to teach surrounding agencies
*Use of RITE Tools for officer wellness and emotional accountability

*RITE Tools are needed in teaching RITE to your agency as a Certified Trainer
*Register at least (2) trainers for this class; two are more effective in teaching, and allows for a back-up trainer.

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles

Emotional Response Training Officer Wellness – Link
Emotional Control Leads to Better Outcomes – Link
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Link
Professional Workplace on Police Misconduct – Link

Who can attend?

Law Enforcement Trainers
Fire Department Trainers
Corrections Trainers
911 Dispatch Trainers
Florida Guardians for Schools

Training Location

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
50 2nd Street
Shalimar, Florida 32579

Contact and Registration info
Bill Jerard
Professional Development and Training<
Office of Professional Standards
bjerard@sheriff-okaloosa.org
Office: 850-609-4947

Guardians for FLORIDA Agencies:
RITE covers the mandatory training needed for guardians.
RE: Florida Bill CS/SB 7026 — “Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS PS Act”

Guardian Act 2018 Bill Summaries – LINK
The Florida Senate Guardian Legislature – LINK
LINK to Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program REQUIREMENTS

RITE Professional Workplace 2 Day Train-the-TRAINER CLASS (Orlando)
2025-11-03 00:00 - 2025-11-04 23:59 | Valencia College, School of Public Safety, 8600 Valencia College Lane, Orlando, FL, 32825, United States
ORLANDO Registration is OPEN for LAW Enforcement, Guardians, SRO, Fire Department and Corrections Trainers. All details below. Limited to the first 35 that register.

Emotional health issues are a known risk to an officer’s health and well-being. This training is a MUST for every first responder.

When Officer’s Mental Health Declines

Depression, anxiety, and PTSD
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), officers report higher rates of depression, burnout, PTSD, and anxiety than the general population.
Lack of Productivity
Even when available, most won’t seek help
Officer suicide

Many times coworkers and zone partners escalate situations because they themselves are in a negative space. Having emotional self-control means you value yourself, and are willing to work on yourself. But not all officers know how to ASK for help. De-escalation starts here.

RITE includes Emotional Response Training (ERT) to help officers learn to recognize signs and symptoms of stress, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts. ERT offers ways and means to build up positive mental health for every officer, and a way to work on themselves in their own space and time.

This 2-day Train-the-Trainer is nationally recognized in encouraging a bias-free workplace, that helps builds morale and community trust.

“RITE Training benefits ALL in Public Service”

With proven RESULTS that RITE Training decreases use of force, Racial Intelligence combines Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI), which has been successfully used in corporations for years. This helps your department develop a bias-free community.

Definition of RITE: “The practice of using Emotional Intelligence (EI), Social Intelligence (SI), and the RITE Tools, to treat ourselves and others fairly.” Learn more about EI and SI…

Summary of what Trainers will learn:

Officer Communication Skills: Emotional Response Tools for Officer Wellness, Resiliency, and De-escalation; to use personally and professionally
Improve the Department: Social Intelligence helps with Bias-free policing, Recruiting, Improve morale, and Accountability
Build the Community Relations: Bias-free policing will Enhance public trust

The 2-Day Training Overview:

Emotional Response Training (ERT), control emotions in pressure situations
Implicit and Explicit Bias, Hot-Buttons, and PTS-D
Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Social Intelligence (SI) modules
Build Racial Equity and Bias-Free Culture throughout the department
Professional workplace practices
RITE model orientation in police academy recruit training
Learn to avoid ‘Block-Out Syndrome’ on 95% of calls
Emergency Response (Step In, Tap Out, Take Over)
De-escalation Communication with Behavioral Self Control
ERT TOOLS for your mental health advocates, CIT, etc.
Certificate of license to teach RITE in agency
Accredited by IADLEST, highest standard of LE training
Implementation of RITE Tools for officer wellness and departmental accountability

*Please Register at least (2) trainers for this class; Discount applied to (3) or more. Besides a requirement, two are more effective in rolling it out and will give you the back-up trainer(s) if ever needed.

Agency Investment
Registration $895.
3+ Registrations $845.
Includes $150 Instructor Travel and Classroom and Fees. Includes $150 RITE Instructor Manual, Trainer Tools, multiple Power Points, RITE Instructor Certificate and More! Student travel expenses are not included.
Cancellation Policy
If you are unable to attend your scheduled class, please email us. You can reschedule for another RITE Training, if at least 14 days before the start date of your scheduled class. Failure to do so, will result in full charge of the course. No refunds once payment is made.

RITE in the Media:

RITE Articles to Learn from and Share:
Duty to Intervene during Block-out – Article Link
Policing is affected by Officer Implicit Issues – Article Link
6 Signs a Bully is causing your Workplace Harassment Issues Article Link
Professional Workplace Culture is Reducing Police Misconduct – Article Link

Who should attend?
This is an OPEN Trainers class – REGISTRATION LINK Below:

Law Enforcement Trainers
Guardian and SRO Trainers
Fire Department Trainers
Corrections Trainers
911 Dispatch Trainers

2-Day Agenda:
7:45 Registration and Coffee
8:00 – 11:50 am Morning session
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 4:00 pm Afternoon session

Training Location
Valencia College, School of Public Safety
8600 Valencia College Lane
Orlando, Florida 32825

Hotels
Please check the location above as lots of options in the area.

Contact info
Randy Friedman
Director, RITE Academy
training@riteacademy.com
Office: 561-444-8704

Education and Training for Public Safety Professionals
Valencia College School of Public Safety provides comprehensive education, training and resources for our communities’ first responders—helping Central Florida maintain the finest in public safety services to protect its booming visitor and residential populations.

The School of Public Safety houses three major program areas: Criminal Justice, Fire Rescue and Safety and Security. It will train the next generation of public safety professionals using state-of-the-art technology and the latest in simulation training. By offering programs for firefighters, law enforcement, corrections, security officers and homeland security under one umbrella, Valencia will elevate and unify training standards across all divisions of public safety. Read more…
