Building Effective Relationships with Law Enforcement Preparing for Effective Training

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Building Effective Relationships with Law
EnforcementPreparing for Effective Training
Susan Carrigan, Law Enforcement
CoordinatorDeputy Scott Sitton, Hillsborough
County Sheriffs Office
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Presentation Overview

• Why work with Law Enforcement
• How law enforcement is different from other
  partners
• How to make contact with Law Enforcement
• What can and CANT Law Enforcement do for
  coalitions
• What can a coalition do for Law Enforcement
• Best and worst approaches to engage Law
  Enforcement
• Steps for planning law enforcement training/TA

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Where does Law Enforcement Fit into comprehensive
Plan to address alcohol related issues?

• A comprehensive plan includes changing social
  norms change (attitudes/beliefs and behaviors)
  around alcohol use, strategies to reduce access
  to alcohol (especially for youth), and
  enforcement of laws
• Connection to the community
• Enforcement can affect social norms such as youth
  perceptions of disapproval by parents and other
  adults in the community or of getting caught and
  punished.
• Enforcement can reduce access by changing
  perceptions and physically limiting access

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How law enforcement is different

• Law enforcement has its own culture
• Often feels the public doesnt understand them
• Sees things that normal people dont see
• Deals with what society doesnt want to deal with
• Works odd hours, holidays, your normal days off

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Where to Begin with Law Enforcement

• Setup an initial meeting with the chief of the
  force and a designee
• Start with the school resource officer, if there
  is one
• Call the department and ask who is assigned to
  work with youth

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Effectively Engaging Law Enforcement

• Be prepared when you meet with Law Enforcement
• Know what youre asking them to do
• Explain how this will benefit them
• Offer resourcesbe sure you can follow through
  with them

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What can Law Enforcement Provide?

• Engage with the coalition
• Provide data for decision making and grants
• Last drink info
• Charts, graphs, GIS maps
• Allow ride alongs for greater problem
  understanding
• Bring positive media attention
• Sheriff / Chief attend special functions and
  serve as spokespersons

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What Can Law Enforcement Help With?

• Increase the enforcement of underage drinking
  laws by adopting effective enforcement policies
  and practices
• Share information and insights on community
  dynamics
• Provide real life examples of where prevention
  has worked and is needed
• Engage other community members with the work of
  the coalition

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What Law Enforcement CANT do

• Solicit for money on your behalf
• Conduct investigations at your direction

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How Your Coalition Can Help Law Enforcement

• Provide research about best practices for
  prevention
• Provide training opportunities
• Bring training to them
• Send them to training
• Provide information
• Open house parties
• Locations selling to minors
• Provide resources and support
• Money for overtime details, equipment and
  training
• Cell phone, Camera (still video)
• Assistance and food at checkpoints
• Collaboration
• Work to change laws (state local)

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How your coalition can support Law Enforcement

• Attend local city hall and county commissioners
  meeting and support local law enforcement efforts
• Show and encourage community support for their
  effective practices
• Provide recognition
• Luncheon / dinner
• Nomination for awards
• Write letters of support for grant applications
• Provide support for DUI and other enforcement
  efforts

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What can we do together?

• Make educational videos and joint presentations
• Work together to raise funding for your coalition
• Change laws
• Change the cultural norm
• Support and enforce laws
• SAVE lives and make our communities safer!!

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Things to Remember When Working with Law
Enforcement

• Be willing to compromise
• Be willing to listen
• Be understanding
• Be supportive
• Be willing to learn

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What Not to do with Law Enforcement

• Tell the department how to do underage drinking
  prevention
• Expect them to know everything
• Expect them to work for nothing
• Expect them to jump on board right away
• Expect them to attend your training because you
  plan it

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Engaging Law Enforcement

• Ask the department to participate in a specific
  activity or event you are sponsoring
• Invite the chief (or representative) to one of
  your board meetings
• Have an officer you are already connected to link
  you with new officers

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Steps for Planning Training for Law Enforcement

• If training is already planned for or must be
  delivered during September, submit a TTA request
  to Carol Hays chays_at_communitysystemsonline.com
• If TTA needed after Sept when your Community
  Coach visits you, review the TTA Menu for the Law
  Enforcement Training options.
• Indicate those trainings you have already put in
  Goal 2 or you anticipate you may need for your
  SARG II.
• Indicate the month you would like training to
  occuryou may need to be flexible
• We will develop the statewide TTA plan based on
  your requests

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Law Enforcement Training Team
SAFER Festivals Assessment Training
Florida Alcohol Beverage and Tobacco
(ABT) Effective Compliance Checks
Broward County PREP Responsible Beverage Service
Training of Trainers
Sue Carrigan Coordinator Law Enforcement
Training TA
Sgt. Art Rowand Deputy Pasco Co. Sherriffs
Office Underage and DUI Enforcement
strategies Law Enforcement Data Collection
Deputy Scott Sitton Hillsborough Co. Sherriffs
Office How to work with local Law
Enforcement Underage and DUI Enforcement
strategies
Sgt. Rhonda Sanderson Fernandina Beach Police
Department Community Policing strategies
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Steps for Planning Training for Law Enforcement

• Once your request is made, Sue Carrigan will
  contact you to discuss
• your law enforcement outcomes
• LE training needs related to each outcome
• your connections with law enforcement
• LE trainings will need to be scheduled through
  the designated training unit officer in each
  targeted LE organization. This person will know
• what trainings are needed by which officers
• which officers should attend trainings
• what days/times will work for those officers

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Steps for Planning Training for Law Enforcement

• Sue will coordinate schedules of Trainers and let
  you know available dates/times for trainings
  either in your community or multi-county setting
• Discuss with Sue locations, materials, and time
  needed for each training you are scheduling

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What if you dont have connections with LE

• If you have not already connected with the
  training coordinator and would prefer for a law
  enforcement trainer to make that connection, Sue
  will arrange for that
• If you are just building relationships with law
  enforcement, they may need a relationship
  building orientation session from a law
  enforcement officer to build buy in, followed up
  by more specific training later

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Evaluation

• Sue will arrange for the sign in and evaluation
  forms and a return envelope to be sent to you for
  the LE training your community is receiving
• It is your responsibility to print enough copies
  for the participants, distribute/collect them
  immediately following the training and mail them
  back to FSU in the envelope provided
• You will receive a copy of the evaluation report
  from FSU

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Deputy Scott M. Sitton Hillsborough County
Sheriffs Office 813-335-8396 ssitton_at_hcso.tampa.fl
.us www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/save.htm