Agitated Chaotic Events™

Recognition – Response – Management
1-DAY COURSE (8 HOURS)

Cost: $2500 per course-Day (Department Training) | $150.00 per student (Agency Hosting) | 24 student maximum
Course length and topic can be customized to fit your agency needs

Course Instructor:

John Tinder has over 30 years of law enforcement experience and is a court recognized expert in Police Policy and Practices, Use of Force, Less Lethal Weapons, and TASER. John is a Master Instructor in Agitated Chaotic Events™ (AKA ACE). He provides training in the Recognition, Prevention, Management, and Investigation of Agitated Chaotic Events™ and in the Recognition and Response to Agonal Breathing / Breathing Issues. John is a Master Taser™ Instructor, a certified Arrest-Related and In-Custody Death Investigative Specialist,™ and a Taser™ Forensic Analyst and Evidence Collection Specialist. John is also a California POST Master Instructor and an instructor for the California POST Instructor Development Institute and the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigations.

Course Goals:

To provide your organization with the best practices and most updated information as it relates to Agitated Chaotic Events™, Action Plans, Synthetic Drugs and Stakeholders of these unique events. This course is designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to recognize, respond and manage these types of highly litigated incidents. Techniques to effectively identify, communicate and de-escalate situations involving people with mental illness are included.

Each attendee will receive a course book that contains response protocols, synthetic drug information, and resources.

The Following Training Topics are included in this course:

  • Agitated Chaotic Events™ Overview
  • History
  • Definitions
  • Dispatcher Role
  • Terminology
  • Tenacity / Perception
  • Categorical Causes & Presentation
  • Phases of Agitated Chaotic Events™
  • Who is at risk?
  • Pre-Disposing Factors
  • Behavioral Cues
  • Action Plan
  • Agonal Breathing
  • Mental Illness
  • Synthetic Drugs
  • PIO or Spokesperson
  • Legal Counsel
  • Stakeholders