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