Training
The National Gang Center at IIR delivers expert-led training designed to empower criminal justice agencies, social service providers, and community organizations in their efforts to combat gang-related violence. Our programs are tailored to meet the unique needs of professionals on the front lines of prevention, intervention, and suppression
Whether you’re a law enforcement executive, gang investigator, criminal justice professional, social service provider, or a community stakeholder, our training equips you with the knowledge and skills to protect your community.
Contact us to create a custom training solution offered by the National Gang Center at IIR and our partners.
Examples of custom training topics:
- Gang awareness and identification
- Street gang investigators training
- Comprehensive Gang Model training
- Understanding your gang problem
- Community risk assessment
- Strategies for building collaborative, evidence-based responses
- Building successful multi-agency partnerships
- Building an effective street outreach program
- Building an effective multi-disciplinary intervention team
- Project coordination
- Sustaining an anti-gang program
- School-based gang prevention and intervention strategies
- Grant administration and management
G.R.E.A.T.
The Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program is a school-based, life skills competency program designed for both elementary and middle school-age children. Taught by uniformed officers certified in the Program, it is designed to help youth foster positive attitudes toward law enforcement, avoid conflict, resist peer pressure, and develop a strong sense of personal responsibility. Its primary goal is the prevention of violence, especially gang-related violence. G.R.E.A.T. is a rarity among youth violence and gang prevention programs in that it has been subjected to rigorous scientific evaluation and has data to demonstrate that, when implemented as intended, it has a measurable impact on the attitudes and decisions of students who complete the G.R.E.A.T. lessons.
Ready to build the skills needed to protect your community?
Contact us for a personalized training proposal.