Topics Covered:

Street-Level De-Escalation for Patrol Officers and Supervisors
This course trains officers how to avoid the most common and costly mistakes that gets them sued, gets them fired, and fosters community distrust of law enforcement. As an officer, do you know your authority throughout every step of a police-citizen contact, or do you think you know? There is a crucial difference between the two!
• Learn to exercise and explain your authority calmly, respectfully, and confidently if challenged during stops
• Master doing things right to increase your effectiveness on the street and in the courtroom
• Develop critical skills and knowledge to gain voluntary compliance and avoid force
• Prevent unlawful stops, frisks, and arrests
• Improve use-of-force decision-making & articulation skills
• Prevent contacts from escalating – what officers must know about their duty to intervene
• Learn eye-opening things about Terry stops, Terry frisks, arrest, and police use of force

Course Hours:

This course is a 24 hour training, eligible for CLEET credit.

Program Links:

[ Program Page ]

Date/Time:

Jul 07 - 09, 2025

Course Cost:

All courses available from the De-Escalation Training Center are currently offered at NO COST to law enforcement officers, through partnerships with the DOJ COPS Office.

Location Information:

Perry, OK

For more information, contact:

Garreth Tiefenbach, Director of the De-Escalation Training Center
Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas
George J. Beto Criminal Justice Building
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77341-2417
Phone: (936) 294-3485
gnt005@shsu.edu

Cancellation Policy:

Registered participants who are unable to attend may submit a request for a substitution attendee no later than 7 days prior to event date. All attendance information will be reported to sponsoring agency. Lack of attendance by registered participants in COPS sponsored trainings may disqualify agencies from future COPS trainings.