Law Enforcement Training and Community Safety Act (LETCSA) Mandated Courses

In this self-paced course, officers will learn multiple strategies to apply when interacting with individuals in their community with differing backgrounds. This course provides supplemental methods to the LETCSA overarching principles of pace management which involves time, distance, and shielding. The development of this course was a partnership with the following organizations: Kitsap Support, Advocacy, and Counseling; Rebuilding Hope! Sexual Assault Center for Pierce County; Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; and Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition. After completing this training, officers will receive 2.5 hours of LETCSA credits.

In order to facilitate successful interactions with Black Americans in their community, students will learn about the generational trauma that impacts the experience of Black Americans in U.S. society. Fundamental concepts and principles of race and policing are taught to better understand perceptions, challenges, and relationships between law enforcement and Black Americans through lecture, self-reflection, and videos.

Presented by the Holocaust Center for Humanity and the Anti-Defamation League, this innovative and nationally acclaimed program for law enforcement examines the history of the Holocaust in which officers learn about the dangers that stereotyping, bigotry and fanatical leadership pose to society. Officers are given the opportunity to reflect upon their roles, responsibilities, and challenges of policing in a democratic society today and their relationship to the people they serve. The program underscores the importance society places on law enforcement as our first line of defense to insure that the constitutional rights of everyone are protected. This program was established in 1999 at the request of DC Metropolitan Police Department; to date this program has reached more than 150,000 officers from the US and 80 countries worldwide.

This course is split into three parts, in the first part, students are introduced to the Holocaust Center for Humanity (Center), the course instructors, and will go through a virtual tour of the Center. In the second part, students will examine the history of the Holocaust. They will be asked to critically think about various scenarios by way of photo analysis and discussion. In the third part of the course students will go through a guided lecture and discussion about the role of law enforcement in today’s society, and more specifically their role in law enforcement and the communities they serve. Several questions will be asked to facilitate self-reflection and group discussion.

This training equips participants with current and accurate information surrounding laws, the historical context around the relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and law enforcement, terminology, and more so that officers feel confident in their knowledge regarding the LGBTQ+ community. Other areas covered in this training will be gender identity, gender expression, and pronoun usage so that officers may effectively and respectfully communicate with LGBTQ+ individuals. After completing this training, officers will receive 2.5 hours of LETCSA credits.

In this self-paced course, officers learn about concepts and challenges relating to recidivism and people experiencing homelessness with the goal of better serving these individuals. Lectures, self-reflection, and videos assist officers in developing more understanding of their community.

This course is a two-hour, fully online, and self-guided series that introduces the audience to the United States criminal legal system. We review incremental policy reforms happening across the United States in attempts to mitigate the negative outcomes related to criminal legal contact, particularly for people who are poor.

This self-paced course will provide an overview of the diversity and complexity of the Asian and Asian American communities in Washington and the United States. The course will examine the various social, cultural, and historical factors shaping the interaction between law enforcement and members of the Asian and Asian American communities. Cultural humility skills are emphasized throughout as they are essential when developing a deeper understanding of the complex identities of Asians and Asian Americans.