Special Programs
- Terrorism Awareness for Communities
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Terrorism Awareness for Communities is an innovative training initiative of the Kentucky Regional Community Policing Institute designed to provide law enforcement personnel with high quality presentations to raise the awareness of citizens and community groups about domestic and international terrorism. Citizens learn what terrorism is, what to look and listen for, and how to report suspicious people or circumstances. All training includes a strong ethics’ component interwoven throughout each presentation. Training focuses on behaviors, as opposed to ethnicity in determining what is or is not suspicious activity.
Presentations include information to help citizens:
- Recognize typical terrorist methods of operation and criminal violations
- Define the anti-terrorism roles and responsibilities of citizens
- Understand and describe different types of domestic and international terrorist/extremist groups
- Identify likely terrorism targets, and recognize and understand various indicators and warning signs
- Provide information to assist in community fear abatement and reduction of ethnic and religious tension
- Know how and to whom to report suspicious activities and/or persons
Presentations are available in modular format and cover five different topic areas:
- Overview of Terrorism
- Domestic Terrorism
- International Terrorism
- Terrorism Indicators
- Community Engagement
Law enforcement instructors, selected from geographically-diverse areas throughout the state, are certified by the KY RCPI through attendance of a Train-the-Trainer class. Each instructor is provided with Power Point presentations, lesson plans, and background reading materials. Each module is approximately one hour in length, designed for small to medium sized groups such as neighborhood watches, civic groups, PTA’s, etc. Modules can be presented as stand-alone topics or as part of a series.
West Virginia, November 10, 2005
South Carolina, September 13, 2005
For more information, contact Pat Aldridge at the KY RCPI at Pat.Aldridge@eku.edu
- Volunteers in Police Services
The Kentucky RCPI will be hosting four training sessions in 2005 at various locations throughout the state concerning the development and implementation of volunteer programs for police departments. Specific dates and locations will be announced in the near future. These training sessions are directly related to President Bush’s USA Citizen Corps program
One of the Citizen Corps programs is the Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) Program. The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is managing and implementing the VIPS Program in partnership with and on behalf of the White House Office of the USA Freedom Corps and the U.S. Department of Justice. The program's ultimate goal is to enhance the capacity of state and local law enforcement to utilize volunteers.
The foundation of this national initiative to help state and local law enforcement agencies is http://www.policevolunteers.org/. The website serves as a gateway to information for law enforcement agencies and citizens interested in law enforcement volunteer programs.
The VIPS Program offers the following resources:
- An online directory of existing law enforcement volunteer programs that potential volunteers can search to connect with a program in their community
- Volunteer Programs: Enhancing Public Safety by Leveraging Resources - a resource guide to assist in the implementation or enhancement of an agency volunteer program
- An online clearinghouse of sample documents and forms, including policies and procedures, liability waiver forms, training materials, volunteer applications, etc.
- Regional training and networking opportunities
- Technical assistance
- VIPS Info, a monthly electronic newsletter
- Educational videos
- A discussion group for registered VIPS Programs to share information and ideas
To learn more about existing programs, go to Local VIPS Programs.