How effective is ICAT de-escalation training?

How effective is ICAT de-escalation training?

As shown in Figure 33, after ICAT de-escalation training, overall uses of force by the LMPD declined by 28.1%, citizen injuries during encounters with LMPD officers declined by 26.3%, and LMPD officer injuries during encounters with citizens declined by 36.0%. Figure 313: Summary Impact of ICAT Training on Officer Behavior in Stepped-Wedge RCT

What is ICAT in police training?

About ICAT. Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics, or ICAT, is a use-of-force Training Guide designed to fill a critical gap in training police officers in how to respond to volatile situations in which subjects are behaving erratically and often dangerously but do not possess a firearm.

How should ICAT be presented to the public?

Some may decide to present ICAT as a stand-alone training program, for recruit or in-service training, or both. Other agencies may choose to incorporate the ICAT training modules into existing programs on de-escalation, tactical communications or crisis intervention.

What does the LMPD’s ICAT training program do?

Specifically, the LMPD introduced the Police Executive Research Forum’s (PERF) Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics(ICAT) training program to instruct officers in de-escalation tactics and critical thinking skills for the management of potentially volatile police-citizen encounters.