LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING

SUCCESSFULLY INTERACTING with PHYSICALLY DISABLED SUSPECTS

WELCOME! You were invited here because YOU have something to offer—and I’m hopeful you want to participate!

My name is P.J.—Professional Speaker and Corporate Trainer. In December of 2021, a Sergeant with the Tucson Police Department identified a possible gap in their training curriculum and, personally, reached out to me saying, “I think we have a blindspot in our training you can fix.”  This instantly felt like both a tremendous honor—and a huge responsibility!

I was being asked to design a program that would save lives and build community—how could I say, “no”?!

This program—called: Successfully Interacting with Physically Disabled Suspects (SIPDS)—is now ready to go!

It’s a 4-hour interactive training for ALL 800 Tucson Police Officers to go through over the course of the next 10 months. SIPDS primary aim is to ensure Law Enforcement Officers (LEO) develop and utilize effective skills for successfully interacting with physically disabled suspects (PDS), specifically surrounding:

  • Various types of disabilities and mobility devices LEO may encounter

  • Awareness protocol when LEO approaches a physically disabled person (PDP) or suspect

  • Disability-specific de-escalation tips

  • Critical strategies and practices to keep both LEO and the PDS safe

  • Methods of cuffing and searching individuals with physical disabilities; as well as, . . .

  • How to protect, serve, and support any PDP who ends up on the ground for any reason.

I have been told this is a completely unique idea—and the ONLY program in the United States like it!

So if you’re feeling unsure if you can do this, Don’t Worry, because you will receive all the training you need—plus, you’re never alone—I’ll be in EVERY training session with you and the TPD officers!

Whether you’re a retired law enforcement officer or a physically disabled community member—your insight, experience, and willingness to lead and share will powerfully impact our LEO trainees and the community as a whole! If you’re sincerely interested in being a part of this innovative, new instructional program, click the appropriate link below—and fill out the short application before midnight on June 2nd—application deadline!

* If you’re not the right person—and you know someone who is—please share this opportunity (and page) with them.  Thank You!

APPLY HERE

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I am genuinely glad we get to bring SIPDS to the Tucson Police Department FIRST because they are the on the cutting edge of law enforcement training!

According to their website, TPD “was one of the first two police departments in the largest 100 cities in the United States to have put in place all of the ‘8 Can't Wait’ policies promoted by Campaign Zero's Use of Force Project.” And their practice, as a law enforcement agency, again as defined by their own website, “is informed by the diversity of our membership and our community. Our officers' use of force is governed by policy, training, supervision, community oversight, accountability, and transparency.  A police department that embodies diverse viewpoints is better able to understand community issues and solve community problems.”

Tucson Police Department is well-respected, nationwide, for its training innovation—and we are now a very real part of their mission and intention! Are you ready to join this team—and to make history by shaping the future?!