CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7350
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Jean Swan: jswan@icc.edu

Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Breach Point: Personal & Professional Breakthroughs for Police Officers

Instructor: Kent Williams

March 7, 2023

8am – 4pm

 Class will meet at Peru PD, 2650 N. Peoria Street, Peru, IL

Enrollment Deadline: February 28, 2023

Course Size:  Minimum – 15 Maximum – 30

Course Objective

This seminar will assist those attending in gaining a distinctly different perspective on the unique and potentially problematic consequences of performing well within a law enforcement culture. Officers, Sergeants and those who assist them will reflect upon the traumas and triumphs associated with modern law enforcement, and how these influence the pivotal balance between professional and personal relationships.

Course Content

This seminar will provide a new set of skills designed to assist contemporary knights maintain a balanced, meaningful and rewarding lifestyle, while maintaining and protecting the nobility found in their servant’s spirit.

Topics will include:

• Removing classic frustrations encountered by all law enforcement officers & the impact of rewarded cynicism
• The Caustic Effects of performing well in law enforcement
• How the dynamics of control and trust can negatively influence officer attitudes both at work and home
• Learning and mastering the unique, misunderstood and potentially problematic consequences of police perspectives
• Learning from our Knightly predecessors on how to self-motivate on the street, in the department and at home

 About the Instructor

Kent Williams is the owner of Breach Point Consulting and has been involved in law enforcement as a police officer for over 32 years, where he recently retired as Chief of Police for a Chicago area police department.  Now consulting full-time, he has served as the 2-term President of the Northern Illinois Critical Incident Stress Management Team where he still serves as a peer supporter for more than 20 years.  He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, the University of Southern California’s Delinquency Control Institute, the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police, at Boston University, and the Buechner Institute for Governance’s Rocky Mountain Leadership Program at the University of Colorado.    He served as a Tactical Commander on a regional SWAT team serving 60 Chicago collar communities.  He has taught extensively on various courses related to leadership and organizational change.  Additionally he has taught for over 28 years on topics including use of force, weapons and tactics.

Mobile In-Service Training Team # 7 Illinois Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU #7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Crisis Intervention 2 hours, Officer wellness/mental health 4 hours, and Procedural Justice 2 hours