{"id":57231,"date":"2020-11-18T10:56:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=57231"},"modified":"2020-11-18T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:56:34","slug":"fhsu-faculty-appointed-to-national-leadership-positions-of-newly-established-de-escalation-training-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=57231","title":{"rendered":"FHSU faculty appointed to national leadership positions of newly established de-escalation training center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fort Hays State University Department of Criminal Justice and University Police Department signed a final agreement on Aug. 7 to join an expanding network of regional de-escalation training centers that teach law enforcement officers techniques that can help resolve potentially dangerous confrontations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FHSU will join a national network of\nregional centers under the direction of the National De-escalation Training\nCenter (NDTC) at Wayne State University in Michigan. The NDTC has either signed\nor is in negotiations to establish four regional centers at FHSU and in North\nCarolina, Florida and Nevada. The NDTC is also considering two additional\nlocations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This move places FHSU at the forefront\nof this important law enforcement training initiative, and two criminal justice\nfaculty members were appointed to leadership positions with the NDTC. Dr.\nTamara Lynn, department chair and an associate professor, was named president\nof the NDTC\u2019s Executive Council and is responsible for coordinating all\nregional training centers. Dr. Morgan Steele, assistant professor, will serve\nas the research coordinator for the regional training centers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis appointment was a surprise and an\nhonor,\u201d Lynn said. \u201cPartnering with the NDTC is necessary to improve\nrelationships between law enforcement and the communities they\nserve. While we are fortunate to have positive relationships with area law\nenforcement agencies in Hays, not all communities do. What better way to\nbe part of the solution than to position FHSU AND myself to positively\ninfluence law enforcement officers across the region and the U.S. by training\nthem in advanced de-escalation techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynn and FHSU Police Chief Ed Howell are\nco-directors of Fort Hays State\u2019s regional training center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis de-escalation model expands the\npolice officers\u2019 tool kit to interact with the people they serve and defuse\npotential situations that otherwise may escalate in the use of force,\u201d Howell\nsaid. \u201cThis model does not take the place of other proven crisis intervention\nmodels. It seamlessly supplements other proven models of intervention and\nde-escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynn will act as a liaison between the\nNDTC Board of Directors and the regional centers to provide information,\nschedule meetings and other tasks to ensure continuity of operations across all\nregional centers. The NDTC facilitates innovation, research, and development of\nbest practices in law enforcement de-escalation training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since June, Lynn has had regular contact\nwith Dr. Patrick Guarnieri and Dr. Benjamin Straight, both members of the NDTC\nBoard of Directors, regarding the NDTC and FHSU’s role as a regional center.\nGuarnieri is the Florida-based chair, CEO and creator of the NDTC program. She\nwas appointed president of the NDTC Executive Council this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The establishment of a regional training\ncenter will allow the Department of Criminal Justice to provide de-escalation\ntraining to officers from a multi-state region, including Kansas, Colorado,\nMissouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. In addition to training law enforcement\npersonnel in the application of de-escalation techniques, Lynn hopes to make a\nstatement and impression on criminal justice majors attending FHSU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her role as president of the NDTC\nExecutive Council, Lynn is working to secure funding for the other regional\ncenters and for the NDTC national headquarters. Her current focus is on\nacquiring enough funding to train faculty in the Department of Criminal Justice\nand officers from the University Police Department to become trainers in\nadvanced de-escalation techniques. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynn is working with FHSU\u2019s Teaching\nInnovation and Learning Technologies (TILT) to secure a project designer\nto work with the Department of Criminal Justice to develop the online\ncurriculum. Steele will coordinate the research efforts for all the regional\ntraining centers to develop uniform learning outcome measures to evaluate the\ntraining, as well as organize any additional research conducted through the\ncenters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynn believes that having a\nde-escalation training center on the FHSU campus will create significant\nopportunities for Fort Hays State students, who will be able to complete an\nadvanced de-escalation training as a workshop course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIncluding the completion of training on\na student\u2019s resume\u2019 will make our students far more attractive to potential\nemployers,\u201d Lynn said. \u201cAnything we can do to challenge and prepare students\nfor the future is important.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This training has been vetted and\ncertified by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement\nStandards and Training, meaning the de-escalation principles and practices are\nrecognized as the best in the nation. Lynn is excited to begin marketing FHSU\nas a regional training center and begin promoting the training to law\nenforcement across the states of Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and\nOklahoma. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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