Agitated Chaotic Events, Non-Firearm Officer-Associated and In-Custody Deaths Instructor Program (version 7.0)
Individuals experiencing a mind-body disconnect are increasing and a growing risk management concern for public safety agencies and officers, given the increased criminal and civil prosecution of officers and/or municipalities, a trend that shows no signs of slowing. California has enacted a statute that can hold Peace Officers criminally accountable for individuals who die from asphyxiation, if they cause a subject's respiratory airway to be compressed or if they impair a person's breathing or respiratory capacity, which includes application of pressure or body weight to a person's neck, torso, or back. This includes restraint methods.
In 2010, IPICD staff have encouraged public safety agencies, 9-1-1 dispatchers, officers, and others to adopt the term "Agitated Chaotic Events" (ACE) for describing those individuals experiencing a mind-body disconnect experience. ACE is a nonmedical and/or non-psychological term that does not attempt to identify the underlying "cause" of the individual's erratic and agitated behaviors. There can be many causes of such behaviors, and public safety officers are not trained to make medical and/or psychological diagnoses.
One or more states have passed legislation classifying "excited delirium" as not being a "medical emergency," which impacts the use of the sedatives on active, combative, and/or agitated individuals. Two EMS providers were criminally convicted following a person's death after they used a sedative to calm a combative suspect following capture, control, and restraint by peace officers. Other measures, including restrictions on law enforcement officer tactical responses to these mind-body disconnect events, have been adopted or proposed in other states that may impact law enforcement and first responder actions. This instructor program will help you and your governmental entity to minimize and/or eliminate potential liability through a proactive risk management educational and training strategy.
Thoughtfully revised and updated using video, animation, case study, and demonstration, this IPICD Instructor program is based upon scientific, medical, experiential, and legal research including evidence-based practices, and is the most current and comprehensive multidisciplinary program available on the subject. The disputed term “Excited Delirium” is discussed using scientific and evidence-based findings that include the official position of the American Psychological Association (APA), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Diagnostic criteria for delirium and agitation are discussed and shown how they mirror the behaviors of a person in an agitated, mind-body disconnect.
TOPICS (Version 7.0)
Current Societal Culture and Police Accountability
Onsite Contact
Timothy E. Trent
Training Coordinator
Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy
434-455-6198 Office
INSTRUCTORS
A. David Berman, CLS, M.S. and/or John G. Peters, Jr., CLS, Ph.D. are the primary instructors. Backgrounds of the instructors can be reviewed at www.ipicd.com .
TUITION
$595 per person. Materials include Lesson Guide, Learner Companion study aids, sample User-Level PowerPoint® slide deck, articles, table-top exercises, authorized access to the IPICD website supplemental pages to stay current with new research and analyses, assessment, certificate, and more.
INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE
Upon successful completion of the instruction and an assessment, you will receive an instructor certificate. Successful completion of this IPICD 16-hour instructional program qualifies you as an instructor to teach a User-Level program to your colleagues and others to save lives, to save careers, to minimize governmental entity liability, and to minimize officer liability.
In 2010, IPICD staff have encouraged public safety agencies, 9-1-1 dispatchers, officers, and others to adopt the term "Agitated Chaotic Events" (ACE) for describing those individuals experiencing a mind-body disconnect experience. ACE is a nonmedical and/or non-psychological term that does not attempt to identify the underlying "cause" of the individual's erratic and agitated behaviors. There can be many causes of such behaviors, and public safety officers are not trained to make medical and/or psychological diagnoses.
One or more states have passed legislation classifying "excited delirium" as not being a "medical emergency," which impacts the use of the sedatives on active, combative, and/or agitated individuals. Two EMS providers were criminally convicted following a person's death after they used a sedative to calm a combative suspect following capture, control, and restraint by peace officers. Other measures, including restrictions on law enforcement officer tactical responses to these mind-body disconnect events, have been adopted or proposed in other states that may impact law enforcement and first responder actions. This instructor program will help you and your governmental entity to minimize and/or eliminate potential liability through a proactive risk management educational and training strategy.
Thoughtfully revised and updated using video, animation, case study, and demonstration, this IPICD Instructor program is based upon scientific, medical, experiential, and legal research including evidence-based practices, and is the most current and comprehensive multidisciplinary program available on the subject. The disputed term “Excited Delirium” is discussed using scientific and evidence-based findings that include the official position of the American Psychological Association (APA), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Diagnostic criteria for delirium and agitation are discussed and shown how they mirror the behaviors of a person in an agitated, mind-body disconnect.
TOPICS (Version 7.0)
Current Societal Culture and Police Accountability
- Societal demands: accountability and transparency
- Criminal prosecution of officers
- Capture, not combat: The changing paradigm
- Force use frequency by officers in the United States (statistical summary)
- Critical thinking basics for first responders
- Legal definitions
- Medical definitions
- History of sudden death
- Who is at risk?
- Immutable (Gender and Race)
- Health (Pre-disposing and current)
- Genetic
- Incident Activity
- Substances (licit and illicit)
- Sickle cell trait
- Anger
- Restraint Methods (including Restraint Chairs and Spit Restraint Devices)
- Prone Restraint, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, and Sudden Death
- Subject Positioning: New medical theory challenging "positional asphyxia" prone restraint deaths
- Normal vs. impaired breathing
- Respiration vs. ventilation
- Asphyxia vs. Asphyxiated vs. Asphyxiation (8 categories)
- Identifying breathing distress signs in humans
- Definition and Application
- Psychological
- Communication
- Physiological
- History and definition
- Alcohol withdrawal (causes, behaviors & responses)
- Autism (causes, behaviors, & responses)
- Energy Drinks: New Research findings
- Epilepsy (SUDEP, behaviors, & responses)
- Diabetes (categories, behaviors, & responses)
- Delirium: (history back to 500 B.C., causes, including Excited Delirium history back to 1789)
- Dementia (types, causes, behaviors, & responses)
- Hyponatremia (causes, behaviors, & responses)
- Mental Illness and Disorders: Mind-Body Disconnect
- Licit and Illicit Drugs (includes synthetic marijuana; poly-drug combinations)
- 9-1-1 Call-Taker and/or Dispatcher Roles and Responses
- Transport Issues and Concerns
- Defensive Sprays (primary, secondary, tactical, and operational risks)
- Distraction Devices (primary, secondary, tactical, and operational risks)
- Electronic Control Weapons (primary, secondary, tactical, and operational risks)
- Impact Tools (primary, secondary, tactical, and operational risks)
- Spit Restraint Devices (primary, secondary, tactical, and operational risks)
- Restraint Equipment (primary, secondary, tactical, and operational risks)
- Definitions
- Research findings and their impact on agency policy
- Response parameters
- Scientific vs. Legal vs. Medical Causation
- Role of Medical Examiners and Coroners
- Significance of Physical Autopsy and Findings
- Significance of Psychological Autopsy and Findings
- Significance of Jury Instructions
- Definitions of disability
- Applying ADA on the street, in the jail, and in your classroom
- Invisible and Visible Disabilities
- Reasonable Accommodations
- Body-worn camera video and audio
- Surveillance video
- Cellular telephone video and audio
- Scientific Role of the Incident Report
- Investigation Checklist
Onsite Contact
Timothy E. Trent
Training Coordinator
Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy
434-455-6198 Office
INSTRUCTORS
A. David Berman, CLS, M.S. and/or John G. Peters, Jr., CLS, Ph.D. are the primary instructors. Backgrounds of the instructors can be reviewed at www.ipicd.com .
TUITION
$595 per person. Materials include Lesson Guide, Learner Companion study aids, sample User-Level PowerPoint® slide deck, articles, table-top exercises, authorized access to the IPICD website supplemental pages to stay current with new research and analyses, assessment, certificate, and more.
INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE
Upon successful completion of the instruction and an assessment, you will receive an instructor certificate. Successful completion of this IPICD 16-hour instructional program qualifies you as an instructor to teach a User-Level program to your colleagues and others to save lives, to save careers, to minimize governmental entity liability, and to minimize officer liability.