Dispatcher -The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS), in cooperation with St. Clair County 911, will provide Dispatcher Peer Support training at the Pell City Municipal Complex 1000 Bruce Ethridge Parkway, Pell City, Alabama, March 7-8, 2022. This 20-hour training has limited seating, and there is no cost for the training. Each day, the training will begin at 0800 and conclude at 1800.

Completing the 20-hour Peer Support program qualifies students to be certified peer support members as identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama. This certification provides 911 Dispatchers with the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.

This training is RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS with valid credentials.

The dispatcher should have a good reputation and understanding of the dispatcher’s brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and take action when another dispatcher needs support.

Sponsored by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, Dothan, Alabama

Ashley McWaters
St. Clair County 911
(205) 753-6469
amcwaters@stclairco.com

CANCELLED

The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS) will provide Law Enforcement peer support training in cooperation with The Center for Best Practices in Law Enforcement, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama.

This 32-hour training has limited seating, and there is no cost for the training. The training will be conducted at 100 Gamecock Drive, Anniston, Alabama 36205, Room #2101.

The purpose of this course is to provide law enforcement officers with a distinct skill set, allowing them to deal with and assist other officers following high-stress job-related events such as:

• Officer-Involved Shooting
• Multiple Fatality Collisions
• Suicide
• Child Death, etc.

Additional topics explain the reasons for (and provide solutions):

• Why do police officers live 20 years less than the general public.
• Why do law enforcement officers commit suicide at least three to four times the rate we are killed in the line of duty.
• Why career police officers in the U.S. are ranked first in Alcoholism, Divorce, Heart Disease, and PTSD.

Completing the 32-hour ALLEAPS program qualifies students to be certified peer support members identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama. This certification provides law enforcement officers the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.

This law enforcement training is RESTRICTED TO CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICERS and RETIREES with valid credentials. Chaplains and mental health professionals who comply with the requirements of 36-21-14, Code of Alabama, upon approval, may be permitted to attend.

The officer should have a good reputation and understanding of the law enforcement brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and act when another officer is in need.

Kaleb W. Littlejohn
Jacksonville State University
(256) 282-0996

Closed

The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS), in cooperation with the Huntsville Police Department, will provide Law Enforcement Peer support training May 2 – 5, 2022, 0830-1700 daily at the Huntsville Police Academy, 5365 Triana Boulevard Huntsville, Alabama 35805.  This 32-hour training has limited seating, and there is no cost for the training.

The purpose of this course is to provide law enforcement officers with a distinct skill set, allowing them to deal with and assist other officers following high-stress job-related events such as:

• Officer-Involved Shooting
• Multiple Fatality Collisions
• Officer Down
• Custodial Death
• Suicide

Additional topics explain the reasons for (and provide solutions):

• Why police officers live 20 years less than the general public.
• Why do law enforcement officers commit suicide at 3-4 times the rate we are killed in the line of duty.
• Why career police officers in the U.S. are ranked first in alcoholism, divorce, heart disease, and post traumatic stress.

Completing the 32-hour peer support program qualifies students to be certified peer support members identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama.  This certification provides law enforcement officers the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.

This law enforcement training is RESTRICTED TO CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICERS and RETIREES with valid credentials.  Chaplains and mental health professionals who comply with the requirements of 36-21-14, Code of Alabama, upon approval, may be permitted to attend.

The officer should have a good reputation and understanding of the law enforcement brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and take action when another police officer is in need.

Sponsored by The Center for Best Practices in Law Enforcement, Jacksonville State University

Sgt. Jean Aiton, Peer Support Program Supervisor
Huntsville Police Department
(256) 213-4542

 CLOSED

The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS), in cooperation with the Poarch Band Creek of Indians, will provide Dispatcher Peer Support training June 13-14, 2022, at the Bay Minette Civic Center, 301 D’Olive Street, Bay Minette, AL.  This 20-hour training has limited seating, and there is no cost for the training.  Each day, the training will begin at 0800 and conclude at 1800.

Completing the 20-hour Peer Support program qualifies students to be certified peer support members as identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama.  This certification provides 911 Dispatchers with the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.  

This training is RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS with valid credentials. 

The dispatcher should have a good reputation and understanding of the dispatcher’s brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and take action when another dispatcher needs support.

For local information contact:
Chief Bruce Lee
Poarch Band Creek of Indians
(251) 368-9136 ext. 2262

CLOSED

The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS), in cooperation with the Florence Police Department, will provide Dispatcher Peer Support training July 25 – 26, 2022, at Cross Point Church, 1350 Cox Creek Parkway, Florence, AL 35633.  This 20-hour training has limited seating, and there is no cost for the training.  Each day, the training will begin at 0800 and conclude at 1800.

Completing the 20-hour Peer Support program qualifies students to be certified peer support members as identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama.  This certification provides 911 Dispatchers with the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.

This training is RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS with valid credentials.

The dispatcher should have a good reputation and understanding of the dispatcher’s brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and take action when another dispatcher needs support.

Sponsored by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office

For local information contact:
Lieutenant Mark Senf, Training Division
Florence Police Department
(256) 760 – 6500

CLOSED

The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS), in cooperation with the Andalusia Police Department, will provide Law Enforcement Peer support training August 15 – 18, 2022, 0800-1700 daily at the Andalusia Police department Training Facility, 229 Academy Drive Andalusia, Al. 36420.  This 32-hour training has limited seating, and there is no cost for the training.

The purpose of this course is to provide law enforcement officers with a distinct skill set, allowing them to deal with and assist other officers following high-stress job-related events such as:

• Officer-Involved Shootin
• Multiple Fatality Collisions
• Officer Down
• Custodial Death
• Suicide

 Additional topics explain the reasons for (and provide solutions):

• Why police officers live 20 years less than the general public
• Why do law enforcement officers commit suicide at 3-4 times the rate we are killed in the line of duty.
• Why career police officers in the U.S. are ranked first in alcoholism, divorce, heart disease, and post traumatic stress.

Completing the 32-hour peer support program qualifies students to be certified peer support members identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama.  This certification provides law enforcement officers the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.  

This law enforcement training is RESTRICTED TO CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICERS and RETIREES with valid credentials.  Chaplains and mental health professionals who comply with the requirements of 36-21-14, Code of Alabama, upon approval, may be permitted to attend.

The officer should have a good reputation and understanding of the law enforcement brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and take action when another police officer is in need.

For local information contact:
Paul Hudson, Chief
Andalusia Police Department
(334) 222-1155

The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS), in cooperation with the Dothan Police Department, will provide Dispatcher Peer Support training at the Wiregrass Public Safety Center, 100 Public Safety Way, Dothan, Alabama 36303, September 19 – 20, 2022.  This 20-hour training has limited seating, and there is no cost for the training.  Each day, the training will begin at 0800 and conclude at 1800.

Completing the 20-hour Peer Support program qualifies students to be certified peer support members as identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama.  This certification provides 911 Dispatchers with the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.  

This training is RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS with valid credentials. 

The dispatcher should have a good reputation and understanding of the dispatcher’s brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and take action when another dispatcher needs support.

Sponsored by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, Dothan, Alabama

For local information contact:
CPT Will Glover
Dothan Police Department
(334) 714-7724

The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS) in cooperation with the Dothan Police Department, will provide Law Enforcement peer support training at the Wiregrass Public Safety Center, 100 Public Safety Way, Dothan, Alabama 36303, October 24 – 27, 2022.  This 32-hour training has limited seating, and there is no cost for the training.

The purpose of this course is to provide law enforcement officers with a distinct skill set, allowing them to deal with and assist other officers following high-stress job-related events such as:

• Officer-Involved Shooting
• Child Deaths, etc.
•  Multiple Fatality Collisions
  
•  Suicide
• Officer Down
• Custodial Death
• Mass Casualty

Additional topics explain the reasons for (and provide solutions):

• Why police officers live 20 years less than the general public.
• Why law enforcement officers commit suicide at 3-4 times the rate at which we are killed in the line-of-duty.
• Why career police officers in the U.S. are ranked first in Alcoholism, Divorce, Heart Disease, and PTSD.

Completing the 32-hour Peer Support program qualifies students to be certified peer support members as identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama.  This certification provides law enforcement officers the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.  

This law enforcement training is RESTRICTED TO CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICERS and RETIREES with valid credentials.  Chaplains and mental health professionals who comply with the requirements of 36-21-14, Code of Alabama, upon approval, may be permitted to attend.

The officer should have a good reputation and understanding of the law enforcement brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and take action when another officer needs support.
Sponsored by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, Dothan, Alabama.

For local information contact:
CPT Will Glover
Dothan Police Department
(334) 714-7724

CLOSED

The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS) in cooperation with the Hoover Police Department, will provide Law Enforcement Peer support training November 14 – 17, 2022, 0800-1700 daily at The Operations Building, 3142 Lorna, Hoover, Alabama 35216.  This 32-hour training has limited seating,, and there is no cost for the training.

The purpose of this course is to provide law enforcement officers with a distinct skill set, allowing them to deal with and assist other officers following high-stress job-related events such as:

• Officer-Involved Shooting
• Multiple Fatality Collisions
• Officer Down
• Custodial Death
• Suicide

Additional topics explain the reasons for (and provide solutions):

• Why police officers live 20 years less than the general public.
• Why do law enforcement officers commit suicide at 3-4 times the rate we are killed in the line of duty.
• Why career police officers in the U.S. are ranked first in alcoholism, divorce, heart disease, and post traumatic stress

Completing the 32-hour peer support program qualifies students to be certified peer support members identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama.  This certification provides law enforcement officers the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.

This law enforcement training is RESTRICTED TO CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICERS and RETIREES with valid credentials.  Chaplains and mental health professionals who comply with the requirements of 36-21-14, Code of Alabama, upon approval, may be permitted to attend.

The officer should have a good reputation and understanding of the law enforcement brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and take action when another police officer is in need.

For local information contact:
Reggie Parker, LPC
Reggie.parker@hooveralabama.gov
(205) 739-7448

CLOSED

**This class is full. Please consider registering for the Tuscaloosa training in January 2023.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (ALLEAPS) in cooperation with the University of Alabama Police Department, will provide peer support training at The University of Alabama Police Department, 1110 Jackson Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, January 9 – 12, 2023.  This 32-hour training has limited seating, and there is no cost for the training.

The purpose of this course is to provide law enforcement officers with a distinct skill set, allowing them to deal with and assist other officers following high-stress job-related events such as:

• Officer-Involved Shooting
• Officer Down
• Mass Casualty
• Custodial Death
• Suicide
• Child Death, etc.

Additional topics explain the reasons for (and provide solutions):

• Why do police officers live 20 years less than the general public?
• Why do law enforcement officers commit suicide at 3-4 times the rate more than we are killed in the line of duty?
• Why are career police officers in the U.S. ranked first in alcoholism, divorce, heart disease, and PTSD?

Completing this peer support program qualifies officers to be certified peer support members as identified in Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama.  This certification provides them with the identical privileged communication protection currently in place for a lawyer/client or doctor/patient.

This law enforcement training is RESTRICTED TO CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICERS and RETIREES with valid credentials.  Upon approval, chaplains and mental health professionals who comply with the requirements of Title 36-21-14, Code of Alabama, may be permitted to attend.

The officer should have a good reputation and understanding of the law enforcement brother/sisterhood and the willingness to step up and take action when another police officer is in need.

Sponsored by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, Dothan, Alabama

For local information contact:
Laurie Varnon, UAPD
(205) 348-5454 Dispatch
(205) 641-3764 Cell