Community Education
LUPD offers community education programs to students, staff, faculty and the local community throughout the year. Our presenters will come to your office, residence hall, team practice, organization or department meeting to facilitate programs on the topics below. If there’s a topic you’d like us to present that’s not listed, just contact us and we discuss how to meet your needs.
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A.L.I.C.E (Alert Lockdown Inform Counter Evacuate)
ALICE prepares participants to survive an active shooter incident by analyzing previous active shooter events to understand the best tactics for survival. The program can be presented as classroom instruction only or it can be paired with scenario-based training in allow techniques to be practiced in a safe, scripted environment. The training is conducted by experienced certified ALICE instructors.
De-Escalation, Confrontation and Conflict Management
Human beings experience physiological responses to stressful encounters that inhibit their ability to communicate, problem solve and listen when it’s most important to do so. In this interactive presentation, participants will be introduced to techniques to manage stress during a confrontation to remain intellectually competent to manage the encounter without succumbing to the instinctive visceral reactions that derail rational responses. Several tools will be introduced for managing difficult conversations and confrontations. Participants will discover, through a self-assessment, their own personal conflict management style and understand how it affects their ability to collaborate toward reaching positive outcomes.
Relationship Violence
This presentation is intended to give a basic understanding of the dynamics of relationship violence while also providing an overview of dating and domestic violence on college campuses and available resources for survivors.
Drunk Driving
Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is dangerous, illegal and costly. This presentation will cover the dangers of drunk driving as well as the specific criminal repercussions of a drunk driving arrest.
Comfort Canine
Comfort dogs have been shown to reduce anxiety, lower heart rate, and improve one’s sense of calm. LUPD’s comfort canine “Jet” has been trained to be a calming presence to community members at events or in times of crisis. You may request Jet to attend your event by completing a community education request form (linked above). Requests will be reviewed based on the handler and canine availability and suitability of the event/environment.
LUPD Information Session
This presentation provides an overview of the services and personnel of the Â鶹ɫÇ鯬 Police Department. It will also cover the most common types of safety issues and crime on campus and some tips on how to minimize opportunity for crime on campus.
LUPD Unplugged
In an open and informal environment, participants can “ask a cop” whatever questions are on their minds about law enforcement, police authority or public safety.
Positive Choices – Making Safe and Healthy Decisions around Alcohol Use
Student participants complete a personal risk assessment related to alcohol use through a series of guided scenario-based exercises wherein they make decisions around high-risk drinking, sexual assault, bystander intervention, intoxicated driving and alcohol poisoning.
R.A.D
RAD is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training. R.A.D. is not a Martial Arts program. Our courses are taught experienced, certified R.A.D. Instructors.
Understanding the Pathway to Violence
Targeted attacks, like active shooters incidents, are not spontaneous, sudden events which occur without warning. They are predictable and, consequently, preventable. Students, teammates, friends, family members, co-workers or others may exhibit risk factors or observable behaviors that would indicate they may be on the “pathway to violence.”
This program will provide a basic understanding of the behavioral evolution of an attacker and prepare participants to recognize and respond to potential signs or cues that may indicate an individual is in distress, in need of help, or may be planning violence, and what interventions might help prevent an attack.
Immigration Enforcement in Illinois
The role of police officers in Illinois in enforcing federal immigration law is limited by state statute. This presentation will address frequent questions around immigration enforcement, review the Illinois Trust Act, Way Forward Act and Voices Act, and provide participants insight on current statutory restrictions and cases relevant to immigration enforcement in the State of Illinois.
QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer)
Just as people trained in CPR help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. QPR, which is taught by certified instructors, can be learned in as little as one hour.
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