Benchmark Professional Seminars

Designed to improve the skills of call-takers and dispatchers needed to deal with life-threatening emergencies, crimes-in-progress calls, officer-in-trouble, and other situations in which immediate officer dispatch to the scene is necessary. #911 #psap #training #CIM

For law enforcement, corrections, military, and commercial security managers who oversee K-9 Units. The program is especially valuable for those with limited K-9 management training who want to improve the operational capability of their units. The program will introduce participants to various aspects of implementing and/or supplementing and establishing oversight and management of the K-9 unit. #K9 #Training #Management

This seminar provides an extensive focus on skills and techniques that new unit supervisors might utilize in their day-to-day functions. It is designed for those officers with little or no supervisory training and who need such a program of study to effectively oversee their unit's operation. #Leadership #Supervision #training

A two-day seminar for patrol personnel who are first to be dispatched or sent to a scene where the death of a person has taken place whether by accident, injury, homicide, suicide, or other means. The program will offer a broad overview regarding the officer's role and activity at such scenes and stress the importance of procedure necessary for proper action until those with specific skill in handling the situation might arrive. Topics include: (1) definition and consideration of responsibilities of the first officer on the scene; (2) assessing the situation; (3) initial identification and interviews of victims, suspects, and witnesses; (4) proper recording of the situation and pertinent events of the incident; (5) protecting and collecting crime scene evidence or other data; and (6) and making notification to supervisors and other departmental staff of scene situation. #Investigation #police #training #crimescene

For new, first-line supervisors, or those who expect such an assignment. The program presents information for work situations and will emphasize ideas to aid supervisors in developing sound judgment, self-reliance, and resourcefulness. Topics will include: (1) the supervisor as a link between management and the workforce; (2) skills required to develop professional relationships with subordinates; (3) encouraging the growth of subordinates through recurrent evaluations and training; (4) discipline and how it reduces stress and builds unit morale; (5) employee problems and how they affect productivity and labor-management relations; (6) systems approach to supervision, which includes targeting objectives and monitoring, measuring, and appraising subordinate's performance; and (7) recognizing and dealing with troubled or troublesome employees. #training #supervision #leadership

This is a two-day program with the first day devoted to body fluids and the second to trace evidence. The first program is focused on the types of body fluids and their collection and analysis. Topics covered during this session include: (1) scientific basis of body fluid examination; (2) blood and bloodstains and their collection; (3) seminal stains; and (4) other types of fluids such as saliva, urine, and fecal matter (5) Fingerprint recovery and preservation. The second day provides discussion in this segment to include: (1) trace evidence associated with clothing; (2) recovery of the clothing of the victim; (3) cloth fragments and impressions; (4) threads; (5) fibers; (6) hair; (7) soils, rocks, and minerals; and debris. #Police #training #crimescene

This seminar extensively focuses on skills and techniques that new unit supervisors might utilize daily. It is designed for officers with little or no supervisory training who need such a program of study to oversee their unit’s operation effectively.?Topics include: (1) Supervision as a management tool (2) Interpersonal communications (3) Motivation and leadership skills (4) Aspects and models for team building (5) Performance appraisal (6) Role of the supervisor as trainer and coach (7) Use of discipline as an essential supervisory tool (8) Employees with problems and problem employees (9) Supervising officers from various backgrounds (10) Handling critical incidents within and outside the unit (11) Conflict resolution #Venango #Benchmark #Training #Supervision

Designed specifically for Florida law enforcement personnel, sworn or civilian, assigned to the records unit within their agency. The course’s focus will relate to maintaining records efficiently and in compliance with Florida laws and regulations. Topics covered include but will not be limited to: (1) Dealing with the public in terms of both public and exempt-type records (2) Copying of records (3) Laws and statutes to follow regarding the handling of your agency’s records (4) Resources available regarding the interpretation of applicable laws (5) Applicable and permissible fees (6) Handling sealed and/or expunged records (7) Rules and regulations regarding retention and destruction in compliance with Florida guidelines. The program will also assist new records personnel in becoming acquainted with the options available to make their jobs more manageable and less stressful. ?#training #police #Records #Florida