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Attachment A
Statement of Work
Training Courses for the Institute for Law Enforcement Education
Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE)
November 1, 2015 – October 31, 2020
The Institute for Law Enforcement Education (ILEE) conducts training courses throughout the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at locations selected by the entity requesting the training and
which meet ILEE’s hosting requirements. Instructors will be required to pick up the training
materials at the ILEE training center located at 6345 Flank Drive, Suite 1700, Harrisburg, PA
17112, travel to the course site, conduct the training course, and return the excess materials
and final paperwork to ILEE upon completion of the course. Course quantity is estimated per
year and courses are conducted on an as needed basis.
All soliciting instructors must possess the following:
 a certificate of successful completion of a police instructor development
course
 three years of Pennsylvania law enforcement experience
 any special certifications indicated
Please provide daily rate/honorarium only. All travel expenses will be quoted per
course location and reimbursed at Commonwealth rates per Management Directive
230.10.
Vendor is expected to give price per day for each course.
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COURSE
COURSE
NUMBER
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
LENGTH
AL-201-209 Alcohol Breath Analysis Instrument Operator Certification
2 or 4 Days
AL-240, AL-245, AL-251, AL-253
(approx. 16-32 Hours)
The course is designed to train law enforcement officers in the use of a specific breath test
instrument employed to enforce the Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Controlled
Substance statutes.
Each breath test device that is used in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania must be approved
by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, prior to its use. The Alcohol Breath Analysis
Instrument Operator Certification training includes all the topics required under Chapter 67 of
Title 77, of the PENNDOT Regulations. Students who successfully complete this training
program will be qualified to operate the breath analysis equipment used during the course of
training, within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Approved Breath Testing Devices
Toxicology and Pharmacology
Legal Aspects of Chemical Testing
Breath Testing Rules and Regulations
Breath Alcohol Simulator Theory
Theory and Operation of Instrument
AL-201 BAC DataMaster
AL-202 Intoximeter RBT-IV
AL-203 Intoxilyzer 5000
AL-204 Intoxilyzer 5000R
AL-205 Alcotest 7110
AL-207 Alcotest 7410 Plus
AL-206 Alcotest 7410
AL-208 Intoxilyzer 5000EN
AL-209 Intoximeter ECIR
AL-240 Draeger 7410 II
AL-245 Intoxilyzer 8000
AL-251 DataMaster DMT
AL-253 Intoximeter ECIR II
It is mandatory for instructor to have Pennsylvania instructor certification on the
instrument to teach the instrument specific class.
Estimated courses – 10 per year
2
COURSE
NUMBER
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
AL-210-218 Alcohol Breath Analysis Instrument Operator Changeover
AL-246, AL-252, AL-254
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
This course is designed for certified operators who need specific training in the operation of a
different make or model breath test instrument from the one upon which they received their
initial training. Applicants of this course must be certified breath test operators.
This course requires the student to currently possess a valid Pennsylvania Alcohol Breath
Analysis Instrument Operator certification. Students who successfully complete this program
will maintain their previous certification and receive an additional Pennsylvania operator
certification on the instrument on which they were instructed.
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Instrument Theory and Operation
Simulator Use (with specific instrument)
Constitutional Case Law Update
Implied Consent
AL-210 BAC DataMaster
AL-211 Intoximeter RBT-IV
AL-212 Intoxilyzer 5000
AL-213 Intoxilyzer 5000R
AL-214 Alcotest 7110
AL-216 Alcotest 7410 Plus
AL-217 Intoxilyzer 5000EN
AL-218 Intoximeter ECIR
AL-246 Intoxilyzer 8000
AL-252 DataMaster DMT
AL-254 Intoximeter ECIR II
It is mandatory for instructor to have Pennsylvania instructor certification on the
instrument to teach the instrument specific class.
Estimated courses – 15 per year
3
COURSE
NUMBER
AL-228
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Alcohol Breath Test Instructor’s Course
COURSE
LENGTH
10 Days
(80 Hours)
The course is designed to provide the latest technical information on instructional development
and delivery of training to Chemical Breath Test Operators. Applicants for this course must be
certified operators and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing practitioners and have completed
an approved breath testing instrument Preventative Maintenance course.
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
Theories of Oral and Written Communications
Planning, Developing and Presenting Chemical Breath Testing Classes
Platform Behavior and Projection
Handling Questions, Comments and Disruptions
Instructional Media Theory and Development
Use of Audio/Visual Equipment
Presentation and Evaluation of Oral Presentations Relating to Chemical Breath
Testing Instruments
It is mandatory for instructor to have Pennsylvania Breath Test Instructor certification.
Estimated courses – 1 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
AL-230
COURSE
LENGTH
3 Days
(24 Hours)
The course is designed to provide instructional and practical experience to the law
enforcement officer by demonstrating techniques that can be utilized in the field for the
detection of a person who is under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. Class participants
are trained in the techniques of conducting the standardized test battery. Applicants for this
course must be sworn law enforcement officers.
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Practitioner
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
DUI Detection - Vehicle in Motion
Personal Contact with DUI Operator
Techniques and Applications of Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN)
Techniques and Applications of Vertical Gaze Nystagmus (VGN)
Techniques and Applications of Walk And Turn
Techniques and Applications of One Leg Stand
Processing and Report Writing
DUI-Drugs Other Than Alcohol
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It is mandatory for instructor to have Pennsylvania Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
Instructor certification.
This course consists of training for four positions for which the vendor may be solicited. If
selected as vendor for this course, upon notification of the class to be taught, the vendor will
be told the position for which instruction is needed. Training for each position has the same
honorarium. Positions are as follows:
- Instructor for the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Practitioner
- Assistant Instructor for the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Practitioner
- Lead Doser (Dose Volunteer Drinkers)
- Doser
Estimated courses – 20 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
AL-231
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Refresher
COURSE
LENGTH
1/2 Day
(4 Hours)
The course is designed to provide approved Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST)
Practitioners with current knowledge as it relates to the legal aspects of SFST, performance of
tests and proper procedures. This course will enhance the ability of the practitioner to apply and
testify about Vertical Gaze Nystagmus, Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, Walk and Turn, and One Leg
Stand tests. Applicants for this course must be approved Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
Practitioners.
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Review of Vehicle in Motion Phase
Review of Personal Contact Phase
Review and Update of Psychophysical Testing Phase
Updates of Case Law and Testifying Requirements of Practitioners
Current Use of SFST Results for DUI-Drug Enforcement
It is mandatory for instructor to have Pennsylvania Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
Instructor certification.
Estimated courses – 10 per year
5
COURSE
NUMBER
AL-241
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)s of Alcohol
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
This workshop covers various facts and myths of alcohol - both as a chemical and as a beverage.
By discussing the chemical composition of various alcohols and discussing their properties,
participants will understand the process of production and the ingestion of this drug. The
processes of absorption, distribution and elimination of alcohol explain some of the behavioral
observations criminal justice and counseling personnel see on a daily basis. Topics include
metabolism, excretion and evaporation of ethanol from the human body and how these processes
affect chemical tests of breath, blood, and urine.
One section will discuss the difference between "intoxication" and "drunkenness". Another covers
the effects of alcohol and the progression of effects with increased BAC's. Included is an
introduction to the forensic testing of blood and breath for alcohol, and a discussion of preliminary
breath test devices, evidentiary breath test devices and Standardized Field Sobriety Tests.
Other topics include alcoholic tolerance, physical dependence, alcoholism facts and treatment,
drug effects on alcohol-induced symptoms, use of forensic toxicology in court, and myths and facts
relating to alcohol ingestion.
Estimated courses - 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
AL-247
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Handling Anger in the Alcohol/Drug Impaired Subject
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Police officers, Sheriff’s deputies, probation and parole officers, treatment specialists, health
care professionals and others come into professional contact on a regular basis with persons
who are both impaired and angry. This situation is not inevitable, as persons who drink
alcoholic beverages do not always feel, or display, anger. Anger is only one of a normal set of
human emotions. As an emotion, anger is simply a direct feeling of response to internal or
external stimuli, just like sadness, joy and hurt. If an internal conflict is continued too long
without resolution, certain predisposed individuals will turn to alcohol, either for resolution or
diversion (to forget the causes of conflict). Anger will not normally dissipate unless handled
appropriately. This workshop will discuss the links and manifestations of anger with
alcohol/drug impairment. Various pros and cons of a variety of actions and strategies of
handling this anger are covered, as each differs in its appropriateness, effectiveness and risks
for making things worse. Topics include cultural differences, linkage of anger to perceived
weakness, the chemical influence on emotions, probability of an anger reaction, assessment of
physical danger from the anger, and suggestion for minimizing the acting out of anger in
impaired persons.
Estimated courses – 10 per year
6
COURSE
NUMBER
AL-248
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Interviewing the Alcohol/Drug Impaired Subject
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Few challenges to law enforcement, alcohol/drug treatment and counseling professionals are
as varied or frequent as that posed by attempting to gather useful information from the
impaired person - without triggering an unpleasant or violent response. This workshop
addresses several of the issues involved and discusses alternate approaches - both to acquire
needed information and to avoid adverse reactions. Topics include alcohol impairment,
compliant vs. antagonistic personalities, avoiding false information, effects of hangovers on
interviews, triggers to anger when under the influence and suggestions for improving
interviews with impaired persons. Problems encountered with specific drugs other than
alcohol, along with approaches which improve these interactions, are discussed. Specific drug
use covered includes alcohol, marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, crack, heroin, PCP,
methamphetamine, LSD, MDMA, Ketamine, Rohypnol, GHB, psilocybin, steroids, 2C-B and
inhalants.
Estimated courses – 10 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
AL-256
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Myths of Alcohol
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Alcohol is the drug of choice for many persons. Law enforcement officers, corrections officers,
probation and parole officers, DUI coordinators, alcohol treatment professionals, other drug
and alcohol professionals, nurses, teachers, driver training professionals, and others deal with
the determination of excessive use and/or abuse legally, professionally, and personally. Users
of this beverage often detail narratives of intake, effect, testing and degree of impairment with
both honest and self-serving denial or description of events.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
7
COURSE
NUMBER
AL-257
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
New in Alcohol
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Professionals who work in the area of alcohol abuse and enforcement of alcohol-related
crimes may easily fall into the trap of inertia, believing that since alcohol has been consumed
for centuries, nothing has changed. Few challenges to law enforcement, probation and parole
officers, medical practitioners, alcohol/drug treatment professionals and counseling
professionals are as difficult to subdue as remaining current on the changing trends, methods
of abuse, and drug-alcohol combinations associated with alcohol. Due to the popularity of the
Internet and social media, the discovery of a "new high", a new method to escape discovery of
misuse, or a new method of use is disseminated throughout the world almost instantaneously.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-301
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Fundamentals of Traffic Collision Investigation
COURSE
LENGTH
3 Days
(24 Hours)
Highway safety begins with understanding what hazards exist on our highways and what
human factors contribute to traffic accidents. Through the analysis of data gathered during
traffic accident investigations, highways become safer through corrective actions to roadways,
signing, infrastructure and enforcement. This course is an introductory level training course
designed to provide law enforcement officers who cannot afford the time to attend the OnScene Collision Investigation – Homicide by Vehicle training program with the awareness and
skills necessary to gather and document physical evidence at the collision scene.
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Classification of Traffic Collisions
Physical Evidence from the Roadway
Measuring and Diagramming the Collision Scene
Properly Reporting the Evidence and Details of the Collision
Estimated courses – 2 per year
8
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-307
COURSE
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
LENGTH
Motorcycle Investigation
3 Days
(24 Hours)
A three-day workshop for the experienced vehicle collision investigator who desires to better
understand the handling characteristics, design and speed reconstruction of motorcycles and
motorcycle collisions.
Estimated courses – 3 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-309
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Lamp Examination Workshop
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
This practical workshop in the examination of various types of vehicle lamps by vehicle
collision investigators is used to determine their operation and status at the time of collision.
This workshop includes examination of actual lamps in class.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-310
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Tire Forensics Workshop
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
This workshop is designed for Advanced Traffic Collision Investigators. Training emphasis is
on collision prevention and possible tire failure as a cause or result of a traffic collision.
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Tire Design
Tire Composition
Tire Types
Tire Failure Causes and Prevention
Location and Interpretation of Tire Identification Stamping
Estimated courses – 5 per year
9
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-311
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Computer Aided Diagramming - Crash Zone
COURSE
LENGTH
5 Days
(40 Hours)
This course is a five-day intensive hands-on program that enables the student to work with the
many operational uses of the Crash Zone diagramming software program. The student will be
able to utilize this software program to develop case diagrams and related demonstrative
evidence for court use.
Estimated courses - 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-318
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Nighttime Visibility
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
This workshop investigates the issues of investigating vehicular collisions that occur during the
period of darkness. It includes a discussion of lighting, movement and attire of pedestrians as
factors in pedestrian impact with moving vehicles. It covers various nighttime situations and
considerations involved in both single and multiple vehicle collisions.
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Differences Between Day and Night Vision
Human Subjective Judgment in Visibility Issues
Acuity, Sensitivity and Depth Perception of Human Vision
Speed of Recognition During Nighttime Activities
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-320
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Laser Measuring Device Basic Operation - LTI
COURSE
LENGTH
3 Days
(24 Hours)
This course is designed to be an operator orientation course for the laser measuring devices
manufactured by LTI. The course will allow the students to utilize the many features of the
device in a one-person operation and obtain the needed information to download for
diagramming.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
10
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-321
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Total Station Measuring Device
COURSE
LENGTH
5 Days
(40 Hours)
This course covers the operational procedures of utilizing the Total Station collision scene
measuring device. This “hands-on” training will allow the students to work as a team during
field exercises and obtain the needed download information from the collision scene.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-325
CL-326
CL-327
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Collision Investigation Refresher - On-Scene
Collision Investigation Refresher - Advanced
Collision Investigation Refresher - Reconstruction
COURSE
LENGTH
3 Days
(24 Hours)
This course is designed with the intent of providing review and practice sessions to law
enforcement personnel who have attended the Level 1 Collision Investigation, Level 2 Collision
Investigation, and the Level 3 Collision Investigation training courses.
FIRST DAY PRESENTATIONS:
Level One Topics and Updates
SECOND DAY PRESENTATIONS:
Level Two Topics and Updates
THIRD DAY PRESENTATIONS:
Level Three Topics and Updates
Estimated courses – 5 per year
11
COURSE
NUMBER
CL-330
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Seat Belts and Occupant Kinematics
COURSE
LENGTH
3 Days
(24 Hours)
This program is designed for the experienced police officer, supervisor, or traffic homicide
investigator who wants to better understand the characteristics of an unrestrained occupant in
a vehicle collision.
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
Vehicle Inspection
Medical Terminology
Reviewing Autopsy Reports
Photography
Occupants Kinetics and Injuries
Driver Determination Case Studies
Seat Belt Inspection and Analysis
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CR-502
CR-503
CR-504
CR-505
COURSE
LENGTH
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Techniques for Improving Street and Formal Interrogations
Questioning Techniques in Vehicle Stops, Street Interviews, and Formal
Interrogations
Body Language in Vehicle Stops, Street Interviews, and Formal Interrogations
Handling Deception in Vehicle Stops, Street Interviews, and Formal
Interrogations
4 Days or
4 Separate Days
(32 Hours)
The interviewing series consists of four complete days of instruction in the art and science of
interviewing. Beginning with Interviewing I, and progressing through Interviewing IV, the officer
explores the alternatives available for obtaining information from those who wish to furnish it,
as well as those who attempt to conceal information. Each successive workshop builds on the
preceding one, but is complete by itself. Through extensive use of videos, PowerPoint and
other visual aids participants learn to prepare for interviews, assess subjects and conduct
interviews. After being presented with a technique, participants work in pairs on practical
applications. All methods are discussed in light of both the routine interviews involved in traffic
stops and foot patrol, as well as the interrogation of a felony suspect in custody.
Techniques for Improving Street and Formal Interrogations is a review of the entire
process of interviewing and interrogation. Here, the step-by-step approach to the field
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interview, as well as the formal interrogation, is discussed. Content includes preplanning of
the interview, establishing rapport, questioning techniques, the process of cognitive
interviewing and how to end an interview. Participants explore the fear of detection syndrome
and practice the handling of denials and the baiting technique. The proper implementation of
rationalizations leads to the process of taking statements and obtaining oral and written
confessions.
Questioning Techniques in Vehicle Stops, Street Interviews, and Formal Interrogations
begins with the principles and suggested practices of facility enhancement. Where you
interview, and under what conditions you interview affects the outcome. This workshop makes
specific suggestions for improvement of any facility used to conduct interviews, as well as how
to maximize the street interview of persons in vehicles and on foot. Next, participants learn
how to make the initial assessment of each subject of an interview, and how to determine the
approach that will maximize the quantity of information obtained. Content includes developing
baselines for determining honesty, verbal neurolinguistics, accusations and denials. These
elements of a successful interview are covered in greater depth than in the preceding session.
The primary thrust of this workshop is to expose each participant to the potential and utility of
differing questioning techniques, and to gain experience and comfort in using them.
Body Language in Vehicle Stops, Street Interviews, and Formal Interrogations is
primarily involved with body language. This workshop places the preplanning covered in the
first session and the questioning techniques covered in the second session into perspective.
By understanding the concepts and use of behavior symptom analysis, participants learn to
recognize leakage, incongruence and deceptive behavior. This workshop is to focus on
posture, breathing, and physical signs of stress as both tools to gain additional information and
methods to assess the truthfulness of that information. Content also includes neurolinguistic
eye movements, facial expressions and using an officer’s body language to control denials and
obtain confessions. This session is particularly useful as an officer safety tool during traffic
stops.
Handling Deception in Vehicle Stops, Street Interviews, and Formal Interrogations is the
last of the interviewing series, and covers an in-depth analysis of deception. Deceptive
behavior is often the first sign of an interview or traffic stop going bad. Participants learn the
major causes of deception and the three basic kinds of deception in interrogations. They
become able to assess certain types of suspects with diminished responses, and learn how to
question them. The traits, attitudes and defenses of the untruthful suspect are explored and
recommendations made for improving communication. Contents include indicators of
deception, indicators of pending confession, handling of anger and development of
admissions. The workshop ends with an examination of the goals of interviews and
interrogations, and how to design a successful approach for each encounter.
Estimated courses – 10 each per year
13
COURSE
NUMBER
CR-506
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Interviewing Juveniles
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Law enforcement officers are coming into contact with more juveniles each year professionally. These young persons are drivers, offenders, victims, witnesses and suspects.
Considering the officer’s increased contact with juveniles due to emphasis on the enforcement
of underage drinking, the enhanced DUI penalties and the overall increase in juvenile
involvement in the criminal justice system, the approach that officers use when interviewing
young persons affects the outcome of criminal cases, as well as the police-citizen relations
with the community at large. This interactive workshop focuses on legal issues surrounding
the interviewing of juveniles, the development of rapport between the adult officer and the
juvenile subject and the dynamics of juvenile interviewing. Participants identify their strengths
and weaknesses in juvenile interviewing by formulating, posing and discussing appropriate
interview questions.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CR-508
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Traffic Patrol/Drug Interdiction
COURSE
LENGTH
2 Days
(16 Hours)
This workshop trains police officers to detect, investigate and arrest those persons who are
trafficking illegal drugs and drug money upon the highways. This program is designed for the
patrol officer who is assigned traffic and preventative patrol duties. Applicants for this course
must be sworn law enforcement officers.
The course curriculum includes:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Overview of Illicit Drug Traffic
Concept of Criminal Patrol
Search Techniques
Criminal Patrol Procedures
Roadside Interviews and/or Interrogations
Physical Evidence Detection and Collection
Note Taking and Report Writing
Drug Recognition and Packaging
Officer Safety Issues
Estimated courses – 5 per year
14
COURSE
NUMBER
CR-512
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Handling the Drug Abuser
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
This course discusses the various features and attributes of many abused drugs with the
purpose of understanding the physical and psychological changes each creates in the
individual when ingested. This knowledge is then used to suggest certain approaches and
tactics to be used when the officer must approach, interview, assist, arrest or seek medical
treatment for a drug abuser. Each chemical substance is presented with its street name,
physiological and physiological effects, identification and packaging, methods of ingestion,
prices, effects of “normal” doses and effects of overdose. Drugs discussed range from heroin
to rave drugs, from cocaine to GHB and from marijuana to steroids.
Topics include:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Reasons Youth State They Use Alcohol and Other Drugs
Signs of Drug Abuse
Medical Emergencies Involving Drugs
Officer Safety Issues
Tactical Considerations
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CR-531
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Handling Anger in Interviews and Traffic Stops
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Law enforcement officers work on a daily basis within delicately balanced civil arrangements
with the public they serve. Directed to maintain professional demeanor, while duty bound to
assist those they serve, few efforts are as challenging as constructively handling frustration,
anger and verbal aggression from citizens while attempting to gather information. This course
discusses the causes, elements, manifestations, patterns and other issues involved in angry
interpersonal interactions; and presents strategies for handling anger, reducing conflict and
otherwise keeping oral communications on track during interviews. Topics include anger vs.
aggression, frustration vs. aggression, primary vs. secondary anger, responses to conflict,
anger styles, effective interaction techniques, and how to reduce anger in those being
interviewed.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
15
COURSE
NUMBER
PA-602
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Enforcement of Pennsylvania Vehicle Inspection
Requirements
COURSE
LENGTH
3 Days
(24 Hours)
This training program is designed to improve the police officer’s knowledge and skill in the
enforcement of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Inspection Regulations, as well as certain sections of
the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code regarding registration and oversized loads. Applicants for this
course must be law enforcement officers with knowledge of the Vehicle Code.
The course curriculum includes in-depth presentations in the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Title 75 (Vehicle Code) Part I: Definitions
Title 75 (Vehicle Code) Part II - Chapter 13: Registration
Title 75 (Vehicle Code) Part IV - Chapter 41: Equipment Standards
Title 75 (Vehicle Code) Part IV - Chapter 43: Lighting Equipment
Title 75 (Vehicle Code) Part IV - Chapter 49: Size, Weight and Load
Title 75 (Vehicle Code) Part IV - Chapter 61: Power of Department/Local
Authorities
g.
Title 75 (Vehicle Code) Part V - Chapter 63: Enforcement
h.
Title 67 (Inspection/Regulations) - Introduction, Suspension, Braking Systems,
Lighting, Chassis, Windshield, Mirrors, Speedometer, Definitions, Steering,
Tires/Wheels, Exhaust, Body, Windows, Glazing and Warning Systems
i.
Title 67 (Inspection/Regulations) Chapter 11-231: Reference/Authority and Intent
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CR-533
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
New in Drugs
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Law enforcement officers and many other professionals encounter illegal drugs, abused legal
drugs, drug paraphernalia and concealed drugs frequently during routine enforcement and
supervisory activities. Few challenges to law enforcement, alcohol/drug treatment and
counseling professionals are as varied as attempting to keep up with the innovations of the
drug user and seller. Unless one is actively engaged in drug work, as in a drug task force or
assigned other drug duties, it is difficult at best to be alert for the changing trends, substances,
abuses, tools, and compartments associated with the drug culture. This workshop focuses on
the new and the different as encountered throughout the nation, and particularly the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Topics include legal and illegal drugs used and abused,
recognition of various illegal substances, changes in the paraphernalia used with various
drugs, hidden compartments and officer safety issues.
Estimated courses – 12 per year
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COURSE
NUMBER
CR-538
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Marijuana: 2015 The Dark Side of Cannabis
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Palliative substances are those which are used to alleviate pain, anxiety or other unwanted
bodily or mental symptoms without respect for curing or improving the actual underlying
condition. The primary purpose is to reduce symptoms, rather than treat the illness. The
medical implementation of palliative care is not dependent upon prognosis. A poison is any
substance that when administered to a living creature, causes death or injury. So, where does
marijuana fall? There are now many states allowing the use of "medical marijuana". Now,
several states have "legalized" the adult use of marijuana as an alternative to alcohol. The
Federal government’s guidelines, through the office of the President of the United States,
seem to be unclear. So what is marijuana and what are the issues that create such definite
combative positions that seem to make a common plant an angel of mercy or a devil of death
and misery? How will the legalization affect DUI, impaired workers, children, and other
issues?
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CR-540
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Interviewing Victims and Witnesses
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Law enforcement officers regularly question victims and witness, who are willing, but unable to
supply complete and accurate information. From traffic accidents to armed robberies, citizens
usually furnish far less information than they have. Perhaps additional questioning or the
modification of questioning techniques is needed. Perhaps rapport is missing or the location is
improper. This course assesses the psychological environment within which officers normally
operate when interviewing victims and witnesses. Why do many potential witnesses to a
serious traffic accident, a hit-and-run, or a fleeing felon fail to provide helpful information when
questioned? Why do victims walk away from an interview feeling that the officer doesn’t care
about solving the crime, since the interview when so badly? This course discusses the
causes, elements, manifestations, patterns and other issues involved in successfully
interviewing those who are willing to furnish information to authorities. It presents strategies
and techniques for gathering additional useful information during interviews, while leaving the
interviewee with a positive impression of the interviewer. Topics include how people view and
remember an incident, anger in the truthful person, normal victim response, effective approach
and interaction techniques, personalizing the interview to maximize recall, and using a variety
of techniques to better enable a person to relate accurate information, while being better able
to translate this information into actual detail.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
17
COURSE
NUMBER
CR-541
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Prescription Medicine Drug Abuse
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
Nationwide, it is reported that one of every five teenagers and adults have used prescription
medications for non-medical purposes in the United States. Further, the number of DUI
offenders arrested as the result of using prescription medications continues to rise. This
workshop will explore the various categories of prescription medications being abused, why
they are increasingly being abused, how they affect driving skill and the historical methods
used to control their use. Topics include scheduled and non-scheduled drugs, pain medication
abuse, depressant and stimulant abuse, effects of combinations of prescription drugs with
other substances, the effects of "medical marijuana", special problems with children and older
adults, routes of administration and the different effects from the same drug, drug delivery
methods, and fatalities resulting from prescription drug abuse. The use of non-prescription
drugs to augment the desired effects of, and/or eliminate the side effects of, legal and illegal
drugs will be discussed. A growing problem which is largely misunderstood and frequently
ignored, "medicines" are surpassing illegal substances in abuse, deaths and impaired driving
incidents.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
CR-546
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
The Wolf and the Raven: PCP and Club Drugs
COURSE
LENGTH
1/2 Day
(4 Hours)
This workshop looks at "rave" or "club" drugs (Raven) and PCP (Wolf) in depth. Together,
they could constitute a "raven’ lunatic". Club or rave, drugs are psychoactive substances that
act on the central nervous system and can cause drastic changes in mood, awareness and
actions. Frequently marketed and abused by young adults at all-night dance clubs or bars,
these illegal substances are often quite different in their manufacture, use, effects, and
attraction from the usual "street drugs". Used less frequently than many street drugs, they
include MDMA, GHB, Ketamine, Rohypnol, LSD, Methcathinone, and Methamphetamine.
Topics include substance appearance, physical and psychological effects, user dynamics,
driver impairment, recommendations for dealing with abusers, and the rave culture.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
18
COURSE
NUMBER
PA-618
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Sharpen Your Edge - Perception of Danger
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
This workshop approaches safety in a very unique way - improving the ability of an individual’s
perception of dangerous situations by becoming aware of the sensation/perception process
used daily by all humans, and utilizing a variety of tactics to improve the sensation, recognition
and appropriate response of environmental cues. Participants assess their individual abilities
to properly respond to information detected in various situations and use that information to
improve both safety and performance. Topics include sensation versus perception, improving
emergency warning device use, improving hearing and sight in various environments, use of
smell in criminal and drug patrol, touch sensation and physical searches, improvement of
perception from ambiguous sources of information, and compliance with orders made by
authority figures. Participants will discuss why sirens become ineffective with time and
distance, how to improve the location of a hidden person via sound, why most pat-down frisks
and body searches miss dangerous objects, how to improve dim light vision, the effect of light
brightness on color determination, why we see what we expect to see, why witnesses “fill in”
details at an accident scene that they never witnessed, how an officer can improve his/her
chances of citizen compliance to commands, how stress and lack of sleep changes perception,
and how to detect motion and assess distance more accurately. This workshop is extremely
valuable to all persons who face dangerous situations involving other persons and/or moving
objects such as motor vehicles, but especially the first responder. Through discussion,
demonstrations, practical exercises and videos, participants become more aware of their
human limitations and how to maximize the perceptual equipment they do have.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
COURSE
NUMBER
PA-619
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Tactical Communications
COURSE
LENGTH
1 Day
(8 Hours)
This course presents a variety of appropriate verbal skills, non-verbal behaviors and effective
intervention alternatives required in today’s society to prevent and/or defuse various conflict
situations inherent to the law enforcement function, especially intervention during a traffic stop.
A variety of techniques are discussed which are designed to lessen the threats posed by
angry, upset, uncooperative and/or hostile citizens.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
19
COURSE
NUMBER
PA-621
COURSE AND DESCRIPTION
Improving Vehicle Patrol: Officer Safety and Awareness
COURSE
LENGTH
1/2 Day
(4 Hours)
Most patrol officers spend a great deal of time in their patrol vehicles, preventing and
responding to illegal activity, as well as conducting traffic enforcement. With today’s mobile
population, there are more vehicles on the roadways and more opportunities for officers to
encounter unfamiliar and/or dangerous situations. This workshop assesses a variety of issues
an officer may encounter during any vehicle stop, and discusses methods for handling the
incidents. Included are identification of new forms of illegal drugs, HAZMAT issues due to
portable meth labs, common personal use drug hides, concealment clothing, vehicle-borne
improvised explosive devices (VBIED), improvised weapons, firearms hiding places in
vehicles, and improving mobile patrol techniques during routine patrol and incident response.
Estimated courses – 5 per year
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