PITP_-_Statement_of_Work.doc

Background

The United States Marshals Service has the responsibility for the protection of the federal judiciary and federal courthouses. The Judicial Security Division/Office of Protective Intelligence has developed the Protective Investigations Training Program (PITP) as a comprehensive training course to introduce select Deputy U.S. Marshals (DUSMs) to the field of protective investigations, threat assessment, and threat mitigation.

The PITP is an intensive and comprehensive program that teaches DUSMs the fundamentals of identifying and understanding inappropriate communications and (threats) of targeted violence directed toward members of the federal judiciary, threat assessment, and threat mitigation. Those who work in the federal judiciary are the subject of nearly 1,400 inappropriate communications annually. These threats and problematic communications come from a variety of sources to include but not limited to those incarcerated in state or federal prisons, angry pro se litigants who did not prevail in their civil petition, family members of those sentenced to prison, and those who were disgruntled with a judicial ruling.

The investigator often has little information at the onset of the case that would assist in developing an all-encompassing interview strategy, and the interview is often times conducted in a potentially hostile environment: for example, an offender’s home, inside the confines of a prison, or in other areas not under the control of the investigator. The information the investigator may have includes criminal history, court records, and other publically available information; rarely, will an investigator have information regarding the mental status of the individual or other personal information that may be useful in developing a plan to successfully mitigate the threat.

Scope of Work

The USMS requires an intensive and comprehensive two-day training exercise that provides the trainee with the fundamentals of interviewing techniques to be utilized while conducting a protective investigation. The training should provide the PITP participant with:

1. Instruction in fundamental skills complimentary to other training provided during the PITP program. The other training provided includes sections on mental illness and human behavior, and targeted violence assessment and mitigation;

2. The ability to further develop interview techniques, identify indications of deception and to acquire threat assessment skills required to conduct a protective investigation.

Deliverables

The Contractor shall supply two (2) presenters for the PITP training exercise who possess the education and professional experience to provide instruction and practical exercises in interviewing skills, threat assessment, and management of persons that have threatened or have otherwise inappropriately communicated with a USMS protectee, using the psychodrama-learning model.

The Contractor shall design four separate behaviorally-interactive simulated case studies that shall be performed by a two-member team. Each case study shall be performed twice during the two-day course. Each case study shall be specifically and uniquely designed to deepen the understanding of interviewing techniques and the methodology of behavioral threat assessment. Each case study will not only incorporate the elements of specific psychiatric diagnosis (as defined by the current DSM - (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and a corresponding direction of interest, but will be adjusted during the action to meet the appropriate skill level of the interviewing teams (students). The contractor will use the psycho-dramatic stop action method to emphasize and integrate, multi-dimensional protective investigative concepts that have been specifically developed for law enforcement involved in protective investigations.

All class handouts shall be provided to the USMS no later than 12-calendar days prior to the scheduled class date. The USMS will provide the reproduced copies to ensure an adequate number of class handouts will be provided to the trainees. The USMS will not distribute the handout, without prior authorization, outside the classroom.

The PITP class will consist of a maximum of 50 trainees each time; each session will consist of a maximum of 25 participants.

Place of Performance The PITP class(es) will be conducted at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) located at 1131 Chapel Crossing Road, Brunswick (Glynco), GA, 31524 or Asset Forfeiture Academy located at 333 Clay Street, Houston, TX 77002.

General Requirements

The team leader must have:

· A graduate level degree in a mental health discipline and will have attained psychodrama certification (Trainer, Educator, Practitioner, TEP) offered by the American Board of Examiners.

· At least ten (10) years of experience of interviewing severely mentally ill individuals in both a hospital/clinical setting and a community setting;

· at least ten (10) ten years clinical experience;

· At least ten (10) years of experience instructing law enforcement personnel on the concepts of protective intelligence/protective investigations and behavioral threat assessment through the use of the psycho-dramatic method;

· At least ten (10) years of experience teaching behavioral threat assessment skills to law enforcement personnel.

The other team member must have:

· A graduate level degree and will have completed at least 500-hours of psychodrama training (Trainer, Educator, Practioner, TEP) offered by the American Board of Examiners.

· At least five (5)-years of experience of interviewing severely mentally ill individuals in both a hospital/clinical setting and a community setting;

· at least five (5)-years clinical experience;

· At least five (5)-years of experience instructing law enforcement personal the concepts of protective intelligence/protective investigations and behavioral threat assessment through the use of the psycho-dramatic method;

· At least three years at least five (5)-years of experience teaching behavioral threat assessment skills to law enforcement personnel.

Statement of Work

INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES

PRACTICAL EXERCISES for PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS