The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) in a partnership with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pleased to offer Louisiana State University’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training’s (LSU-NCBRT) “Law Enforcement Prevention and Deterrence of Terrorist Attacks” train the trainer course. The course is to be held at the Eanes-Pittman Public Safety Training Center in Chesterfield, VA.
This course trains law enforcement personnel on actions they can take to prevent, deter and respond to terrorist acts. The law enforcement officer is part of the front line defense in preventing and deterring weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorist incidents where the release of WMD agents is likely to occur because of criminal actions. The nature of law enforcement officers’ daily work environment provides them with an enhanced understanding of the community not shared by the public. This heightened community awareness provides law enforcement officers with a unique opportunity to prevent or deter potential WMD terrorist incidents.
This awareness-level course focuses on the recognition, prevention, and deterrence of terrorist activity and crime-related high consequence events for law enforcement and other public safety professionals. Subject areas covered in the course include intelligence gathering, threat recognition, community-oriented policing, counterfeit identification detection, information sharing among agencies and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) agents or materials that can be procured either legitimately or illegally to produce a WMD.
The target audience for the Train-the-Trainer version of this course is established trainers/instructors in academies, agencies or departments who are seeking to train participants by teaching the indirect version of this course using course materials provided by LSU-NCBRT/ACE.
The Indirect version of this course is commonly delivered as part of in-service or academy training to support continuing education.
Topics to be discussed include:
This training is only open to sworn law enforcement officers who are approved DCJS instructors.
Partial in-service credit for law enforcement is available for this course (13.5 career development hours).
Participants are responsible for their transportation, lodging and meal arrangements and expenses.
There is no fee to attend this training and all training materials will be provided for registrants.
To Register:
A FEMA SID number is required for registration. You can look up your FEMA SID, or register for a new one, at the following site: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid.
Register online at: https://train.ncbrt.lsu.edu/Student/Register?ClassID=28920
Enter Class Access Code for ALL classes: NCBRT122
Once your registration is complete, you will receive an email confirmation. This email will contain your FEMA SID and registration Confirmation Number. Make sure to have this information available to you in class! You will need this to complete the online post-test and class evaluation.
As soon as you complete registration, you will see a link "Begin Class Pre-Test". Click on this link to access the class pre-test. A completed pre-test is required in order to later take the post-test and receive class credit.
The online registration site is mobile friendly and can be used by any phone, tablet, or computer with internet access. At the end of training, a post-test and class evaluation will be conducted. Bring a device to class that can access the online registration site, so you may complete your post-test and evaluation online. Your post-test will be graded immediately, and you will be able to review the answers. As soon as the post-test is passed and the class evaluation is completed, your Class Information page will update to include a link for your certificate. The certificate may be downloaded as a PDF to your device, or sent as a PDF to your email.
If you need assistance with the online registration site, please contact the NCBRT Help Desk at help@ncbrt.lsu.edu.
PLEASE NOTE: DCJS is preparing and planning to continue holding training sessions and conferences after a resumption of normal activities. Every effort will be made to hold this scheduled training, however, due to the uncertainty of the progression of the COVID-19, this training may require rescheduling. You will be notified by email if this training is rescheduled. We appreciate your flexibility and understanding.
Chris Scuderi804-278-7054email