Years of academic research and on-the-ground experience has shown that effective, active bystandership can be taught. The Center for Innovations in Community Safety, partnering with global law firm Sheppard Mullin, has created ABLE* (Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement) to prepare officers to successfully intervene to prevent harm and to create a law enforcement culture that supports peer intervention. ABLE training provides practical, scenario based training for police agencies in the strategies and tactics of police peer intervention.
ABLE is a national hub for training, technical assistance, and research, all with the aim of creating a police culture in which officers routinely intervene—and accept interventions—as necessary to:
Prevent misconduct,
Avoid police mistakes, and
Promote officer health and wellness.
Are you interested in ABLE training? If so, please contact OMAG Law Enforcement Specialist Kevin Katz and visit www.omag.org/able to learn more!
*ABLE Project, Project ABLE, ABLE, and Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement are trademarks of the President and Directors of Georgetown College.
