Critical Incident Peer Support for Law Enforcement

This is a 2-day course with 4 modules, role-playing activities, video interviews, and scenario discussions. Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the objective of the Critical Incident Peer Support for Law Enforcement course is to train the officer to be able to offer support, or psychological first aid, to their fellow officers.

Officers are selected to attend this course because of specific abilities that their commanding officer or others may have observed in them. This course is not designed to treat the officer psychologically but to train them to be effective peer supporters.

At the completion of this course, students should be able to:

  • Distinguish between stress and critical incident stress.
  • Identify the main principles of critical incident peer support.
  • Explain the responsibilities of a critical incident peer supporter.
  • Employ one-on-one intervention techniques following a critical incident.

 

Course Topics

  • Stress (definition, symptoms, and manifestations)
  • Critical Incident Stress
  • Critical Incident Disorders/Diseases
  • Critical Incident Peer Support (definition, goal, history, skills, and responsibilities)
  • Intervention Strategies
  • Coping Strategies
  • Peer Support Program Issues
  • Communication Skills
  • Peer Support Intervention Models (ABC and SAFE-R)

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This project was supported by Grant No. 2005-HS-WX-K014 awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Services of the Department of Justice and Grant No. 2009-D1-BX-K030 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the SMART Office, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of the United States Department of Justice.