Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Essentials for Patrol


Course Objectives:

• Utilize the BTAM Model to triage violent threats and identify cases during the initial police response
• Understand the history of Behavioral Threat Assessment
• Build confidence in utilizing mitigation tools to prevent future violence to include: Risk Protection Orders; Domestic Violence Protection Orders;  and Florida Firearm Prohibition for Mental Illness
• Examine real, local case studies from the Patrol perspective and discuss lessons learned
• Build a vocabulary to gain subject and bystander cooperation
• Learn report writing techniques to document mitigation efforts and limit liability
• Build community confidence in your Agency's violence prevention efforts

The Instructor, Detective Christopher Carita, has 4 years in Threat Response and Risk Protection Order Implementation, and 10 years in Investigations in his 18-year career. He earned his Master of Public Health as a Bloomberg Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, and currently advises at the Center for Gun Violence Solutions on Extreme Risk Protection Order Implementation and Training. Detective Carita is also a DHS Master Trainer for Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM).