Risk Protection Orders & Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management for Public Safety

This 3 Day Course is designed for Public Safety Professionals and Investigators who utilize Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) and Risk Protection Orders (RPOs) to mitigate and manage potential threats of Gun Violence in their communities.

Course Objectives:

• Utilize the BTAM Model to triage threat cases and identify opportunities to utilize Florida's Risk Protection Order
• Understand the overlapping history of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Risk Protection Orders in preventing Targeted Violence
• Utilize RPO's to mitigate potential violence in a variety of situations (Real Case Studies)
• Become proficient in the Florida RPO Process from Investigation to Petition, Service, Firearm Recovery, and Management
• Work in teams to address 2 potential RPO Threat Cases (Mock Scenarios)
• Build Community Confidence in your Agency by developing a clear methodology for addressing imminent threats of gun violence (Policy Guidelines)

This course is being delivered by Christopher Carita. 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 with a focus on violence prevention 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).

Registration is below. If you or your organization would prefer to be INVOICED, contact us to arrange.

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