Working with troubled youth

Early intervention is key when dealing with troubled youth. Law Enforcement encounter troubled youth on a regular basis. Purposeful interactions with these youth have shown to be inconsistent. Many youth distrust law enforcement as they have had many years to learn to distrust them through talks with their parents, conversations with friends and associates, mass media broadcast, the internet, and direct interactions with law enforcement. This course will offer strategies to promote consistent strategies for all officers. Officers will learn to yield for more effective officers, they will learn to educate youths at their level of understanding, and they will provide fairness regardless of race, gender, or negative affiliation. When officers understand and operate for the same playbook, trust is built, even when the youth is arrested for committing a crime. Even though many officers will say that they don’t have time or it’s not their responsibility, the reality is that these interactions will occur, what is your plan in dealing with the youth you encounter? This course will encourage you to make the time you will inevitably spend with youth, purposeful and progressive.