ABPPSP: Introduction to Police & Public Safety Psychology
Presented by: Philip Trompetter, PhD, ABPP and Jaime Brower, PsyD.
10 Hours / 10 CEs
On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training
This on-demand professional training program on Introduction to Police & Public Safety Psychology is presented by Philip Trompetter, Ph.D., ABPP, and Jaime Brower, PsyD., in partnership with The American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology (ABPPSP).
This program provides core knowledge, with a sample of applications, of the police and public psychology specialty. Police and public safety psychology (PPSP) is concerned with assisting law enforcement and other public safety personnel and agencies in carrying out their missions and societal functions with effectiveness, safety, health, and conformity to laws and ethics. It consists of applying the science and profession of psychology in four primary domains of practice: Assessment, Intervention, Operational Support, and Organizational consultation. It begins with a history of the specialty, followed by descriptions of core proficiencies. Next, the program includes examples of PPSP practices such as crisis/hostage negotiations, employer-mandated psychological evaluations, interventions following officer-involved shootings, and other activities. Notably, the program promotes the cultural competence concepts necessary for a psychologist to work effectively with first responders.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- 1 Describe the core domains of police and public safety psychology
- 2 Describe the police cultural milieu
- 3 Describe how police are trained to respond to threats and describe at least three misconceptions about police use of deadly force
- 4 Describe the differences between a pre-employment psychological screening and a fitness-for-duty evaluation of a law enforcement officer
- 5 Describe three examples of police training and consultation topics
- 6 Describe the historical development of police and public safety psychology as a professional specialty
- 7 Describe the four primary domains of practice in police and public safety psychology: assessment, intervention, operational support, and organizational support
- 8 Describe the role of intervention services in supporting law enforcement personnel’s psychological well-being
- 9 Describe operational support functions that police psychologists provide during critical incidents and high-stress operations
- 10 Describe organizational support strategies aimed at promoting resilience and reducing stress in law enforcement agencies
Presented By
Philip Trompetter, PhD, ABPP, Private Practice
Philip Trompetter earned a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (1970) from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Trompetter is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Modesto, CA who has specialized in police and forensic psychology since 1978. He is a board-certified specialist in Police and Public Safety Psychology through ABPP. Until he sold his police psychology practice, Dr. Trompetter specialized in providing intervention, assessment, and operational consultation to multiple northern California public safety agencies for more than 35 years. He provided pre-employment screenings for nearly 60 public safety agencies, and fitness for duty evaluations for more than 50 private industry and public safety agencies. He has published more than a dozen articles related to police psychology and authored the history of police psychology chapter in a recently edited book about the specialty. He has chaired the Officer-Involved Shooting Guideline Revision Committees twice for the Police Psychological Services Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and has testified as an expert in deadly force confrontations throughout the country. He was the guest editor of a special issue of the Police Chief which contained six articles devoted to police psychological operations, assessment, intervention, peer support, consultation, and board certification. Dr. Trompetter is a past General Chair of the IACP Police Psychological Services Section. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Police and Public Safety Psychology (AAPPSP), was the American Board of Police and Public Safety (ABPPSP) National Chair of Examinations (NCE) for the between 2010 and 2014, and was the ABPPSP Board President in 2016-2017. He continues to provide forensic psychological evaluations and testimony, but confines his police psychology practice to mentoring early career police psychologists of color and organizing webinars and workshops for the American Academy of Police and Public Safety Psychology.
Presented By
Jaime (Brower) Archuleta, PsyD, ABPP, Owner, Brower Psychological Services & Consulting
Dr. Jaime Brower is a licensed clinical psychologist working out of Denver, Colorado. She is American Board Certified as a specialist in the area of Police & Public Safety Psychology. Dr. Brower has devoted her career to working with those in law enforcement, corrections, detentions, fire, military, and other high stress occupations, as well as ensuring the health and wellbeing of their family members. She further specializes in risk and threat assessment, school violence and hostile workplace investigations. Dr. Brower is particularly passionate about training and consulting with agencies regarding best practices for enhancing resiliency and wellness.
Training Outline
Key topics covered in this training include:
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History of police and public psychology
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Descriptions of many of the core proficiencies that define the practice
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Examples of PPSP practices such as crisis/hostage negotiations, employer-mandated psychological evaluations, interventions following officer-involved shootings, and other activities
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Cultural competence concepts necessary for a psychologist to work effectively with first responders
We are proud to partner with
American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology
We are proud to partner with The American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology (ABPPSP) for this training. ABPPSP became a fully affiliated specialty board of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) on October 21, 2011. Police and Public Safety Psychology is concerned with assisting law enforcement and other public safety personnel and agencies in carrying out their missions and societal functions with optimal effectiveness, safety, health, and conformity to laws and ethics. It consists of the application of the science and profession of psychology in four primary domains of practice: assessment, clinical intervention, operational support, and organizational consultation.
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here.
American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.
Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.