Jeni McCutcheon, Psy.D., M.S.C.P., ABPP and Jocelyn E. Roland, PhD, ABPP, present a live virtual professional training program on Integrating AI Into Police and Public Safety Psychological Practice: Opportunities and Responsibilities in partnership with the American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology (ABPPSP).
This training program explores the integration of artificial intelligence into police and public safety psychology, with a focus on applications and considerations relevant to ABPPSP specialists. Presenters will examine the ethical and responsible use of AI, including confidentiality, privacy, professional responsibility, and HIPAA compliance where applicable.
Topics will include AI-assisted report writing, record review, interview summaries, intervention, consultation, documentation, and administrative support. Through practical case examples, participants will explore strategies for improving efficiency, verifying AI-generated outputs, and avoiding common pitfalls. Participants will gain practical tools and guidance for integrating AI into their professional workflows while maintaining ethical and professional standards.
This program is intended for doctoral-level graduate students and licensed psychologists, particularly those working in police and public safety psychology settings or with public safety populations.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
Jeni McCutcheon, Psy.D., M.S.C.P., ABPP is a licensed psychologist in Arizona and Washington and double board-certified in Clinical Psychology and Police and Public Safety Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology. She has worked continuously in the field of police and public safety psychology for the last 24 years. In multiple settings, within agency and in independent practice, she has formed teams and systems for psychological service provision in this psychology specialization area. Services provided include pre-employment evaluations, officer involved shooting, use of force and other post-critical incident services, wellness sessions and interventions, psychotherapy services to personnel and their families, teaching and training, consultation services, and CISM/Peer Support Team selection, development and management services. She has authored multiple chapters on ethics in police and public safety psychology. She is a past President of the American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology and a former Chair of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Police Psychological Services Section. She taught graduate level classes, in ethics and other areas, at a master's community counseling program for over a decade. She is a past chair of the Ethics Consultation Committee for the Arizona Psychological Association and the Ethics Consultation Committee for the Police Psychological Services Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), APA’s Division 18, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), as well as the IACP Police Psychological Services Section (PPSS) and the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology (SPCP). Her practice is in Phoenix, Arizona. She is licensed in Arizona and Washington states, and also a PSYPACT psychologist, which allows telehealth practice as a psychologist in multiple other states.
Dr. Jocelyn E. Roland earned her Ph.D. from the California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, in 1992 and has been a licensed psychologist in Arizona and California since 1994. She earned board certification in Police and Public Safety Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology in 2011. Dr. Roland began her career with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Behavioral Science Services Section, providing counseling, critical incident debriefing, and crisis negotiation support. She later joined the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, where she served as a Law Enforcement Psychologist and Assistant Director of the Employee Support Services Bureau. During her tenure, she worked closely with SWAT, aviation units, and threat management teams.
Since 2004, Dr. Roland has provided psychological services to numerous public safety agencies throughout California’s Central Valley. Her work includes confidential counseling, critical incident response, crisis negotiation, executive consultation, peer support programs, and preemployment psychological evaluations for more than 70 agencies. She also conducts fitness-for-duty evaluations and threat assessments for public safety organizations and private industry. Dr. Roland is actively involved in several professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association, Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, and International Association of Chiefs of Police. She is a Past President of the American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology, a Past General Chair of the IACP Police Psychological Services Section, and Treasurer of the Council of Organizations in Police Psychology.
Key topics covered in this training include:
AI Applications in Police and Public Safety Psychology
Ethical Considerations, Confidentiality, Privacy, and HIPAA Compliance
Practical Uses of AI in Report Writing, Record Review, Documentation, and Consultation
Evaluating AI-Generated Outputs, Mitigating Risks, and Implementing Best Practices
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.
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