A Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Training Academy

In today’s environment, every use-of-force incident is subject to intense scrutiny—often analyzed frame by frame and judged without proper consideration of the circumstances confronting the officer, police training, human performance, or applicable legal standards. This environment has increased the potential for misinformation while placing greater responsibility on agency leaders who are expected to review, analyze, and reach conclusions regarding officers’ actions.

Use-of-force analysis is a perishable professional competency. Just as officers and instructors must maintain their training and proficiency, supervisors, commanders, investigators, and trainers responsible for reviewing force must remain current on case law, force-analysis methodology, human-performance factors, documentation, and contemporary training practices.

A title or supervisory position alone does not establish expertise in use-of-force analysis. Those responsible for determining whether an officer’s actions were reasonable, consistent with training, or within policy should be prepared to demonstrate the knowledge, training, and methodology used to reach those conclusions.

This two-day course is designed for police and corrections leaders, supervisors, investigators, and trainers responsible for reviewing, investigating, reporting, training, or making administrative determinations regarding use-of-force incidents. Through focused instruction, real-world case studies, and practical analysis, participants develop strategies to improve force review, strengthen documentation, recognize human-performance factors, and support informed and legally defensible decision-making.

Leadership, Supervision, Human Performance and Review
• Track, analyze, and trend use-of-force incidents using early intervention systems and measurable performance data
• Apply de-escalation and documentation strategies that can be quantified to reduce agency liability and strengthen legal defensibility
• Conduct effective use-of-force reviews using a structured, trained leadership-level defendable review framework
• Identify critical data points and patterns that inform training, supervision, and policy decisions
• Understand the limitations and risks of body-worn and surveillance video during force review and reporting
• Discuss human performance factors—stress, perception, and decision-making—into force analysis
• Learn defendable investigative methodologies in use of force investigations.
• Learn to conduct discourse analysis in use of force incident review.
• Developing a detailed use of force reporting system for quantitative analysis
• How to conduct a use of fore needs assessment, and not a survey.
You can’t manage what you don’t measure!

Lt. Dillon (ret) is a 26 year law enforcement veteran, and highly sought after nationally recognized speaker and trainer on police practices. He is certified by the Force Science Institute, FBI National Academy Graduate, Litigation Specialist through A.E.L.E. Lt. Dillon is also the founder of the award winning L.E.A.D.S Active De-escalation Program and L.O.C.K.U.P. Police Training Systems instructed throughout the Unites States and Europe.
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Recent keynote speaker for the FBI NAA, IACP Legal Officers, National Sheriffs Association DLG Use of Force Summit and more!