Through the FY25 safer outcomes, the LOS angeles police department (lapd) is proposing to implement strategically advanced DE-escalation for recruits (SDR), providing six more hours of DE-escalation…

The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program awarded the City of Los Angeles Police Department $320,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to implement Strategically Advanced De-Escalation for Recruits (SDR). The award funds six additional hours of de-escalation training in the police academy and development of an AI-powered chatbox accessible via secured online application. The chatbox provides recruits with centralized access to de-escalation and use-of-force policies, verbal strategies and tools for field situations, strategic disengagement techniques, crisis intervention team deployment guidance, and referral pathways to community-based mental and behavioral health services. The training addresses response scenarios involving individuals experiencing mental, behavioral health, or suicidal crises. Work is performed in Los Angeles, California, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027.

Through the FY25 safer outcomes, the LOS angeles police department (lapd) is proposing to implement strategically advanced DE-escalation for recruits (SDR), providing six more hours of DE-escalation training in the academy and access to an artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbox, via secured online application, containing all DE-escalation training materials and policies. These 75% additional hours and chatbox access will improve a recruits knowledge of DE-escalation tactics through review of DE-escalation and use of force policies; appropriate verbal strategies and tools available to safely respond to field situations, including those involving individuals experiencing a mental, behavioral health, or suicidal crisis; strategic disengagement techniques; crisis intervention team deployment; and making referrals to community-based services and support for individuals in need of mental and behavioral health services and support.