3 Hour Chaplain Training

This training program is designed to give clergy a taste of what becoming a Police Chaplain is all about. These sessions will highlight three essential areas of chaplaincy for law enforcement: Chaplain Safety; Critical Incident Stress Management; and Chaplaincy within the Incident Command System, designed by the Department of Homeland Security.
 
The goal is to give chaplains the tools and insights they will need to keep them safe during the RIDE-ALONG experience. Police Chaplaincy is, first and foremost, a Ministry of Presence. For a trusting bond to be developed between police officers and their chaplains, it is necessary for chaplains to be present. The best way to establish that chaplains are serious about being present is for them to ride-along with officers on a regular basis. This means that an untrained passenger is put next to an on-duty officer. In the patrol car the chaplain will learn something of what a police officer experiences on the job. At the same time the police officer will have an opportunity to engage the chaplain in a private setting for an extended period of time… with no set agenda.

This session will be divided into three sections:

1. Equipment: Cell Phone, Ballistic Vest, ID
2. Knowledge:

1. A tour of the basic patrol car.
2. Learning your officer’s call-sign.
3. Knowing how to summon help in an emergency.
4. Knowing the importance of CPR/AED training.

3. Attitude

1. How is your ride-along Officer chosen?
2. “Welcome to the office”.
3. “The Chaplain’s Speech to the Officer, including religion”.
4. Leaving the Officer with your contact information.

Session II- An Unbelievably Brief Introduction to CISM

1. What is CISM?
2. How is CISM supposed to work?
3. How do chaplains operate within CISM

SESSION III- Police Chaplains Within the Incident Command System

1. What is ICS?
2. How is it supposed to work?
3. What Chaplains need to know about ICS