The 12 hour in-person portion of this training will include 7 hours of classroom completion of ICAT, updates/review of constitutional/statutory law, and 5 hours of scenario/role playing. ICAT is a training program that gives police officers tools for defusing critical incidents with a focus on those that do not involve suspects with guns. Students will be provided with instruction through a PowerPoint presentation which includes with multiple case studies from previously documented critical incidents involving “Persons in Crisis”. In addition to the classroom presentation, students will be placed in multiple role-playing scenarios that are based on commonly encountered critical incidents which involve “Persons in Crisis”. 

ICAT is a new way of thinking about use-of-force training for American police officers.

ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is anchored by a Critical Decision-Making Model that helps officers assess situations, make safe and effective decisions, and document and learn from their actions.

This training is funded by the Missouri Department of Public Safety  through the SFY 2024 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local  Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) Use of Force Training Grant (UOFTG).