Dynamic Training and Consulting

The Retention 101 Workshop is an incredible Opportunity for agencies to not only improve retention, but to also positively impact recruitment as well. This is a four day workshop consisting of workgroups, breakout sessions, think-tanks, and presentations. We will have five instructor/coaches that will work with group as they address common as well as unique challenges. Each attendee will develop their own agency specific Retention Plan. We’ve conducted an incredible amount of research and we will be providing technical assistance throughout the training. Attendees will begin with a questionnaire (for their agency) once they are fully registered. This questionnaire will help your attending professional be more accurate and more effective in the development of the plan/portfolio. There are so many remarkable things about this training course. This course is for anyone who impacts retention and recruitment, which is everyone! 

Instructors: Dr. Paris H. Spencer, Danny Burl, Mark Pendergrass, Dexter Jenkins and Michelle Hatley 

Email: dynamic.training.academy.1@gmail.com 

Hotel: Crowne Plaza
Address: 304 W. Colonial Orlando, FL 32801 Number: 407-843-8700 .

This is a long-awaited training that focuses on retention. Because more than 90% of agencies are impacted by staffing issues, we developed this training to guide agencies through the retention process. Retaining quality staff is possible and affordable when agencies take the steps necessary to retain their staff. There is an enormous amount of attention placed on overtime, we want to place more attention on the develop and implementation of a Retention Plan. 

This course was designed with quality and safety in mind. Of course, there will always be things we can’t do, so we won’t spend much time on that. But there are many things we can do to motivate, encourage, and reward our employees to ensure that they want to continue their employment with us. Retention is a team effort, that’s why this course is not just for HR, it’s for frontline staff, supervisors, managers, and other leaders. We want to help you to retain your exceptional employees by creating a plan tailored for your agency. 

Agencies are getting too use to working short, so much so that it has become the norm, we want to change that. 

We have innovated a new approach to training on implicit and explicit bias. We recognize that every person that can walk, talk, and chew gum has biases. So what does that mean? It really doesn’t mean much. The problem occurs at a moment in judgement. Either this is done at first sight, or it occurs because of misconceptions about someone other than you. The truth is, being biased is not the problem. The problems occur when we decide, whether we know it or not, to treat some unfairly. This course is not designed to talk about your biases and to even cure you of being biased (impossible). This course was design to keep you focused on being policy and training driven and operating on one simple premise. Behavior and the practice of behavior is two-fold. If your behavior is good, then good results will come from that. If your behavior is bad, the opposite will occur. Too many agencies believe that issues with bias will never happen to their agency. And too many officers believe that it will never happen to them. In this training, we will help you to understand, that you control your behavior, end even so, you can be falsely accused of behaving with bias. This perception of law enforcement has gained so much traction over the past four years, I believe, when something goes wrong, the officer didn’t wake-up and decide that morning, that he/she would behave with bias. Situations create situations that could spiral out of control. This intense training course has the rigor of content absorption, breakout sessions, real world scenarios, and the intent to create a plan that will help you to diminish the perception of bias. We go all-in in this training, and we will challenge your resolve. 

This course was designed to meet the requirement of 115.34 of the PREA Standards. This is a two-day course for investigators. We will cover the same materials provided in the Advanced PREA Certification Training along with Investigator Training including Interviews conducted with victims, perpetrators, witnesses, and staff. This is a rigorous training course that spans beyond PREA and the Administrative Functions of the agency. 

This Advanced PREA Course was designed to provide a8endees with a comprehensive understanding of the PREA Standards that are applicable to their positions as individuals who have contact with inmates. We will cover all standards as well as detailing the impact of the Psychology of Confinement which impacts inmates and correctional staff. This course is a mandated course as it supports the zero-tolerance requirements of the federal government. 

This is an officer-supported training course; we understand the significance that PREA violations have on the profession. We want to equip correctional staff with the tools and understanding they need to meet these requirements head-on. We will cover the following: reporting allegations, first responder duties, protection against retaliation and coercion, at risk populations, LGBTI+ best practices (including searches), securing evidence, and the investigation process. With the 48 Standards and sub-standards for each, we will leave no stone unturned. 

The Leadership Academy course offers an extensive evaluation of each leader. Here’s how it works. We’ve developed five sections for leadership training. Section 1: What is your job and role as a leader? Section 2: What are your obstacles as a leader. Section 3: What is Best Practice Leadership? Section 4: What are your plans for improvement? Section 5: Summary. Each section has anywhere from 7 to 15 sub-questions. These questions are answered individually by each attendee. The answers are in the form of written summaries. All 5 sections are reviewed in the traditional presentation format which lasts about an hour. Once the presentation ends, the attendee will begin with Section 1. Section 2 is the most extensive part of the training. Here, we are addressing obstacles like negative officers, poor performance (officers and attendees), work-ethic, burnout, stress, conflicts (peers and community), the police/citizen encounter, internal investigations, and so much more. Section 3 should be simpler as each attendee is identifying optimal policing and performance. And in this section as well, there are a series of questions that they must address. After Section 3, the fun begins. Attendees will participate in breakout groups to discuss their obstacles with their colleagues. Here they may find some of the answers to the problems, and here is where they discover that they already had the answer. Section 4 is also very extensive. The attendees will address each identified obstacle. They are equipped with their own experiences as well as the technical help that was provided in the breakout groups. 

At the end of the four sections, each attendee will have their own written plan that is unique to their needs. The attendees should bring a laptop to the training as this is a writing intensive training. One question that you will want to ask is, “What makes you so sure that the leaders will actually be honest and go into depth with the plan?” Them being honest and comprehensive with their plans is a requirement of the course. Moreover, these plans are confidential, each attendee will keep their plan and are not required to show it to anyone, this ensures that they can be honest about pitfalls, obstacles, and poor performance.

Here is what will make them participate and feel less challenged by the enormous task. The Questionnaire is about two and a quarter page long. I took the questionnaire and played the role as an attendee. So, I completed the plan. The result was a little over seven pages long excluding the Summary Section. Each attendee will have a copy of this plan to guide them in producing the desired result. The Summary Section is based on their impressions of the training they went through. We already know that no one will be a fan of such rigor. We also know that what they would have accomplished, will bring an enormous sense of pride. We know that developing leaders leads to better leadership and better officers. 

Because of the vast nature of individuals and types of individuals incarcerated, it is difficult to impact the agency in an effort to get the best performance out of your officers.  This course is a very intense reboot, subjecting officers to be honest and commit to rehabilitative performance measures which impacts the safety and security of the facility.  In this course, officers will recommit to the optimal standards and performance expectations.  

This highly sought after course exposes officers to healthy scenarios, examples, and strategies for lessening the risk of mental impairment as well as impaired decision making.  This course encourages officer to make healthy choices and provides strategies on disengagement with work and balancing and maintaining quality life choices.  In the course, we will complete a plan, individualized for each officer which promotes goal attainment through strategic steps towards the officer's success.  This course is also designed to strengthen the officer's work performance while also strengthening the officer's civilian life.  

Gang violence is no stranger to policing or corrections.  This course is designed to introduce strategies to mitigate gang activity on the streets and in our institutions.

This course focuses on the psychology of unrest.  We will explore the causes of unrest as well as those who seek unrest to full-fill another need.  Demonstrations have occurred across the country, and as soon as an agency thinks, that it won't happen in their town, it usually does.  We've seen incidents that occurred long before the public was aware, and in these cases, we are taken on that journey to the past which creates real-time problems today.  It appears, that in recent years, that unrest is targeted at policing.  No matter how unfair it seems, it is the reality.  This course will focus on, not just the causes of unrest, but also on how you should respond to these protest as well as preempting them on the front end. 

This course focuses on the applicable laws and how they apply to policing.  We will unpack the most reoccurring malpractice issues for law enforcement as they engage their citizenry.  We will also address state and federal laws as well as study infamous  supreme court cases that continue to be relevant today.

This course is designed for all levels of law enforcement (Sheriffs, Police, Corrections, and other groups) who may benefit from this specialized training. Though the topic of Mental Health is vast, there are common mental health problems that law enforcement officers encounter. We will focus on those common mental health diagnoses as well as the most recent strategies for dealing with those afflicted by these concerns. We also understand that Mental Health is an area of negative stigmas, therefore individuals may be under-diagnosed or may behave in way that appears as though there are some other underlying concerns.