ORCPI Bulletins
Law Enforcement Suicide: Tactics for Prevention & Intervention TRAINING OF TRAINERS
DATE: April 27, 2010
TIME: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
LOCATION: ORCPI HEADQUARTERS, 1141 N. ROBINSON - AUDITORIUM, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
SPONSORS: The United States Attorneys Offices, Eastern, Northern & Western Districts, the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police, the Oklahoma Police Chiefs Training Foundation and the Oklahoma Regional Community Policing Institute.
COURSE OVERVIEW: This 8-hour Train the Trainer program is provided by the Florida Regional Community Policing Institute, Center for Public Safety Innovation, St. Petersburg College, Florida. The Law Enforcement Suicide: Tactics for Prevention & Intervention Train the Trainer program will address law enforcement suicide awareness; signs and signals; organizational leadership; intervention strategies; and dealing with the aftermath of suicide.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Attendees must be active law enforcement with a training background as they will be required to provide this training to staff at their agencies and report training details back to the Florida RCPI. Interested attendees should complete and submit the attached Application Form, along with a letter of recommendation from their Chief/Sheriff, to ORCPI at their earliest possible convenience. The Application Form may be accessed via the web at: www.orcpi.com/application.doc
QUESTIONS: Contact ORCPI by telephone 405-671-8742 or email to info@orcpi.com
Take 25 Preventive Child Safety Campaign
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
1100 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20530
January 27, 2010
Dear Colleague:
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), I would like to introduce the 2010 Take 25 campaign. Take 25 is a preventive child safety campaign that our office is promoting in partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). NCMEC is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, aid in the recovery of missing children, and assist children who have been victimized.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan declared May 25th to be National Missing Children’s Day, and each Administration since has honored this day as an annual reminder to make child protection a national priority. To further commemorate this day, in May 2007 NCMEC launched Take 25, a nationwide grassroots effort designed to heighten awareness of the issues surrounding missing and exploited children. The Take 25 campaign encourages law enforcement, parents, and educators to take 25 minutes to talk to children about ways to be safer, and encourages an ongoing dialogue with children about safety.
In 2009, with the help of more than 100 local and national partners including the U.S. Secret Service, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the Fraternal Order of Police, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, and several Minor League Baseball teams, more than 1,335 Take 25 events were held in over 475 communities across the United States and abroad. These events included community rallies, school presentations, candlelight vigils, and other family-friendly activities. With the help of partner organizations, over 235,000 Child Identification kits were also distributed, giving parents and communities the tools and resources to help keep their children safer.
We encourage your agency to join the Take 25 campaign by participating in or hosting various events and outreach opportunities within your own community. To help facilitate these opportunities and guide you through the planning process, NCMEC has created numerous materials and resources in English, Spanish, French, Korean, Chinese, Braille, and Arabic, all of which are available free of charge.
We invite you to join COPS and NCMEC in our efforts to help keep children safer. To learn more about how you can get involved with the Take 25 campaign and National Missing Children’s Day, please contact Aisha Yusuf at NCMEC at (703) 837-6448, e-mail take25@ncmec.org, or visit www.Take25.org. Thank you for your support of this worthy initiative.
Sincerely,
Bernard K. Melekian
Director
