Peacekeeper Policing and Public Safety Training for Tribal Agencies
Officer, supervisor, and command courses written for tribal law enforcement, fire rescue, and emergency management, taught by a retired tribal chief.
Built for Indian Country, by leaders who have served Tribal Nations.
Written for a Tribal Agency, Not Adapted From a County
A tribal officer works under tribal, federal, and often state law at once, in a community where everyone knows everyone, for a Council that is also the neighbor. State academy training does not cover that. These courses do.
Every course is taught in person, at your site or at the Native Learning Center in Hollywood, Florida, by instructors who have held the positions they teach.
Peacekeeper Policing
- Officer course, two days: community oriented policing in Indian Country, jurisdiction and cross deputation in practice, de-escalation and verbal judo, trauma informed response, report writing that holds up, and the professional conduct that keeps the community’s trust.
- Supervisor course, one day: the first line supervisor as the department’s most important leader, field training, performance conversations, and the shift nobody is watching.
- Command course, two days: running a tribal department under the Seven Masters a chief serves, Council relations, the enterprise, budgets, succession, and the decisions that do not fit in a policy manual.
Public Safety Governance for Tribal Leaders
One day for Council members, administrators, and executive staff who oversee public safety without having worked in it: what a department can and cannot do, how to read what the chief brings you, what funders expect, and the questions to ask before a crisis.
Emergency Management, Incident Command, and School Safety
Emergency Management and Incident Command: emergency operations planning, continuity of operations, the Incident Command System, and the tabletop exercises that test them, built on the Tribe’s own plan rather than a generic one. Two to three days.
School Safety: for tribal school staff and the officers who respond: threat assessment, lockdown and reunification, the first five minutes, and drills that keep the plan real. One day, delivered on campus.
Who Should Attend
Tribal police officers, supervisors, and command staff. Fire rescue officers. Emergency management staff. Dispatch. Tribal council members and administrators responsible for public safety. Gaming and enterprise security working alongside tribal police. School administrators and school resource officers.
Who Teaches
Public safety courses are led by Dr. William R. Latchford, DCJ, who ran the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s police, fire rescue, and emergency management for 32 years as Executive Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police, with retired chiefs and fire service executives as co-instructors. No webinars, no slide readers.
What Participants Leave With
- An NPKCG certificate of completion for each course
- Course materials written for their department, not a binder of slides
- For command and governance courses, a written action list for their own agency
Questions We Hear on Every Call
Can this be funded? Usually. Training is an allowable cost under most DOJ tribal justice and COPS programs and under FEMA preparedness grants. NPKCG’s grant services can help.
Do you certify officers? NPKCG certifies completion of its courses. Peace officer certification stays with the Tribe’s certifying body; NPKCG courses are built to complement it, not replace it.
Is this the same as the consulting assessment? No. An assessment tells the Tribe what the department needs; training is one of the things it might need. Many Tribes do the assessment first. Both are described on the public safety consulting page.
Start With a Conversation
Call (954) 444-0972 or send a note. Tell us who needs the training, how many, and what funding is in play. You will get a written scope with dates and a fee, not a sales call.