The university of new haven will use FY24 safer outcomes funding to support training efforts through the northeast regional DE-escalation training center of the national DE-escalation training…

The University of New Haven received a $798,826 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The funding will support the Northeast Regional De-Escalation Training Center of the National De-Escalation Training Center (NDTC) in providing de-escalation training to 15 states and Washington, D.C. through in-person and train-the-trainer programs. The training incorporates techniques focused on situational awareness, body language, verbal de-escalation, and rapid threat assessment. The University of New Haven will work with the NDTC's National Research Coordinator to conduct quantitative assessments, policy reviews, and impact evaluations to measure the effects of the training on officer behavior and public perceptions across the NDTC's national network. The award period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.

The university of new haven will use FY24 safer outcomes funding to support training efforts through the northeast regional DE-escalation training center of the national DE-escalation training center (NDTC), which include training fifteen states and the district of columbia throughout the east coast in DE-escalation techniques. This area is the largest and most densely populated region of the regional training centers that belong to the national DE-escalation training center national network. This training will include a proprietary DE-escalation program offered in two modalities, in-person to individuals and in-person to train-the-trainers. The training, which incorporates disc esoterica, builds on situational awareness, body language and appropriate approaches and distancing based upon active and passive threats. The training includes verbal techniques and procedural justice-based DE-escalation and crisis intervention by incorporating rapid personality and threat assessment tools to the officers. The NDTC is the only provider in the country that delivers iadlest level three DE-escalation training. To evaluate this training, the university of new haven's northeast regional DE-escalation training center will work with the national research coordinator of the NDTC to conduct quantitative assessments, policy reviews and impact evaluations to identify issues and assess the effects of the training on officer behavior patterns and public perceptions throughout the NDTC national network.