Course Catalog

North Alabama Public Service Training Center   

The goal of the NAPSTC is to offer a broad spectrum of public service sector training based on the needs of local and regional organizations and agencies on an ongoing basis, additionally the center also has the capability to develop courses and training tailored to meet specific department/agency/organization needs. These courses can either be taught here at the center’s facilities in Northwest Alabama or can be conducted at your agency or another location as needed. If you are interested in hosting a course, event, or program or have a need for research or analysis support, please contact us by email publicservicetraining@una.edu or via phone 256.765.4156. You can also visit the NAPSTC website at https://www.una.edu/public-service-training/index.html.

Here are current course offerings available for registration:

Classes are held on the second floor of the UNA Office of Regional Engagement (unless otherwise noted). The address is 541 W College Street, Florence, AL 35630. Please call Rachel Twilley at (256) 765-4156 with any questions regarding logistics.

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 3/3/2026 - 3/3/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Incident Command Systems - Introduction
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 3/11/2026 - 3/11/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: W  ♦  CE Credits: 0
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron
    ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System – This course is an in-person version and introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). This course is for anyone working within the first response, disaster, or emergency management communities.  This is a FEMA course delivered in person locally.  Students will need to register for a FEMA student identification number (SID) and provide that to take the final exam and receive their certificate. You can get a FEMA SID at the following link - https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid

 

  • Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 3/12/2026 - 3/13/2026
    Times: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 0
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    NOTE: In order to register for the ICS 200 Course you must have taken and passed the ICS 100 Introduction Course either in-person or online!

    IS200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response – This course is an in-person version and reviews the Incident Command System (ICS), provides the context for ICS within initial response, and supports higher level ICS training. This course provides training on, and resources for, personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory position within an incident command structure working within the first response, disaster, or emergency management communities.  This is a FEMA course delivered in person locally.  Students will need to register for a FEMA student identification number (SID) and provide that to take the final exam and receive their certificate. You can get a FEMA SID at the following link - https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 3/16/2026 - 3/16/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: M  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 3/19/2026 - 3/20/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 4/7/2026 - 4/7/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 4/9/2026 - 4/9/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 4/13/2026 - 4/14/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: M Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 4/16/2026 - 4/17/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 5/5/2026 - 5/5/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 5/15/2026 - 5/15/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: F  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 5/21/2026 - 5/22/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 6/2/2026 - 6/2/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 6/8/2026 - 6/8/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: M  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 6/11/2026 - 6/12/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 6/15/2026 - 6/16/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: M Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Financial Crimes Investigation Training
  • Cost: $99.00  
    Dates: 6/23/2026 - 6/23/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Executive Classroom (Suite 2500)  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Brad Bolton

    This one-day training provides law enforcement officers and investigators with practical skills

    to investigate financial crimes. Participants will learn to draft subpoenas, analyze banking

    records, and build prosecutable case files.

    Key Topics Covered:

    • Investigative foundations of financial crimes

    • Subpoenas & search warrants

    • Records analysis

    • Corroborating the money trail

    • Handwriting and document examination

    • Crypto vs. Green Dot cards in scams

    • Building the case file & preparing for prosecution


 

  • Crime Scene Basics Course
  • Cost: $299.00  
    Dates: 6/24/2026 - 6/26/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
    Days: W Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 18
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Executive Classroom (Suite 2500)  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Suzanna Taylor

    The Crime Scene Investigation basic course is designed to equip and refresh participants with knowledge of crime scene investigation concepts and practices. It covers basic crime scene management, fingerprint recognition, handling, collecting and packaging of physical evidence, chain of custody and documentation, basic blood stain pattern analysis, etc.  This course is targeted for beginning or returning investigators, patrol officers who will manage crime scenes/conduct crime scene investigations and command staff officers who will oversee these types of activities.


 

  • Fire Investigation Basics
  • Cost: $99.00  
    Dates: 6/30/2026 - 6/30/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Executive Classroom (Suite 2500)  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Brad Bolton

    This course is designed to teach the basic skills required to conduct an initial fire scene investigation. Participants will learn about fire behavior, basic origin & cause, scene preservation, documentation, and legal aspects of fire investigation.  The program is designed for fire and law enforcement personnel responding to fire scenes.


 

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 7/7/2026 - 7/7/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 7/14/2026 - 7/14/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 7/23/2026 - 7/24/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 8/4/2026 - 8/4/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 8/12/2026 - 8/12/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: W  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 8/17/2026 - 8/18/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: M Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 8/20/2026 - 8/21/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 9/1/2026 - 9/1/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 9/17/2026 - 9/17/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 9/24/2026 - 9/25/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 10/6/2026 - 10/6/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 10/12/2026 - 10/13/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: M Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 10/15/2026 - 10/15/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 10/22/2026 - 10/23/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 11/3/2026 - 11/3/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 11/13/2026 - 11/13/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: F  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 11/19/2026 - 11/20/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Stop the Bleed
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 12/1/2026 - 12/1/2026
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 1
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 3600  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    In the STOP THE BLEED® certification course, you’ll learn three techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out: (1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound; (2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding; (3) How to correctly apply a tourniquet. Through course instruction and practical demonstration, these three techniques will empower you to assist in an emergency and potentially save a life. Stop the Bleed kits and CAT tourniquets will be available for purchase at the completion of the course.

     

    This course will be offered the first Tuesday of the month.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 12/7/2026 - 12/8/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: M Tu  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

  • Duty to Intervene
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 12/9/2026 - 12/9/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: W  ♦  CE Credits: 6
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    Take Action: Make the R.I.G.H.T. Choice and Intervene is a no-cost course intended to train, encourage, and empower law enforcement personnel to actively intervene when needed to prevent colleagues from committing policy or procedure mistakes or unprofessional, unethical, or criminal conduct. Intervening is critical for officer safety and wellness and community trust. This curriculum was developed for law enforcement officers of all ranks and experience, including basic entry-level recruits. Through facilitated discussions, group activities, and role-play exercises, the course participants will analyze what inhibits officers from intervening, recognize law enforcement-specific barriers to effective intervention, examine duty to intervene legal standards for law enforcement, and identify key benefits of an effective intervention.


 

  • Integrating Communications Assessment and Tactics (ICAT) - De-Escalation Course
  • Cost: $0.00  
    Dates: 12/10/2026 - 12/11/2026
    Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th F  ♦  CE Credits: 12
    Location: UNA Office of Regional Engagement   ♦  Suite 2400  
    Address: 541 W College Street Florence , AL 35630
    Phone: (256) 765-4156
    Instructor: Wayne Bergeron

    The ICAT de-escalation course, is a training program that provides first responding law enforcement officers and other first responders with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents. Developed by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training. ICAT is designed especially for situations involving persons who are unarmed or are armed with weapons other than firearms, and who may be experiencing a mental health or other crisis.  This course includes both classroom and scenario based learning components.  This course is funded through a cooperative partnership with the US Department of Justice – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ-COPS).


 

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