3.5 Hours / 3.5 CEs

On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training

This on-demand professional training program on Threat Assessment and Mass Casualty Operational Support is presented by Kris Mohandie, PhD, ABPP,  in partnership with The American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology (ABPPSP).

Psychologists providing support for law enforcement and other public safety operations is an exciting, challenging, and demanding police and public safety psychology domain. The program focuses on threat assessment and threat management and the varied contexts that it occurs, including the role of the psychologist in threat assessment (e.g., workplace and school threats, terrorist and stalking assessment); threat sources, and fact patterns; principles of threat assessment; methods and processes to identify, assess, and manage risk; scholarly and scientific research relevant to threat assessment across several contexts, and clinical judgment versus actuarial versus structured professional judgment.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

  • 1 Describe the principles of threat assessment and management
  • 2 Describe at least five warning signs that violence is probable
  • 3 Describe processes to identify, assess, and manage risk

  • Intended Audience

    This training is designed for mental health and allied professionals who work with or are interested in police and public safety settings, with a focus on threat assessment and management across workplace, school, and community environments. It is particularly relevant for those specializing in police and public safety psychology, and those involved in assessing and managing threats in diverse settings.


    Examples of Relevant Professionals:
    • Mental Health Professionals
    • Psychologists
    • Social Workers
    • Counselors
    • Marriage and Family Therapists
    • Allied Mental Health Professionals

  • Experience Level

    This CE training is appropriate for licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals with varying levels of experience in police and public safety psychology, particularly in threat assessment, threat management, and mass casualty response.

    • Beginner: Participants are new to police and public safety psychology and seek foundational knowledge of threat assessment principles, warning signs of violence, and risk management processes.

    • Intermediate: Participants have some experience in threat assessment or public safety settings and are looking to deepen their understanding of complex threat scenarios, trauma impacts, and the psychologist’s consultative and leadership roles in mass casualty events.

    • Advanced: Participants are experienced in police and public safety psychology and aim to refine their expertise in overseeing or coordinating threat management and recovery efforts, integrating advanced research, and applying structured professional judgment in diverse, high-stakes contexts.

  • Practice Setting

    Practitioners operate in police and public safety environments and related organizational systems where violence risk, operational stress, and high-stakes decision-making are common. They work within multidisciplinary threat assessment and management frameworks across organizational, educational, and community contexts, providing consultation, evaluation, and response planning before, during, and after critical incidents.

    Examples of Practice Settings:

    • Law enforcement agencies (police, sheriff)
    • Emergency communications/dispatch centers
    • Public safety academies and training units
    • Workplace and corporate threat assessment teams
    • K–12 schools and higher education institutions
    • Hospitals, emergency departments, and behavioral health crisis services
    • Emergency operations centers and fusion centers
    • Courts, probation/parole, and prosecutor offices
Presented By

Kris Mohandie, PhD, ABPP

Dr. Kris Mohandie is a clinical, police, and forensic psychologist with over thirty years of experience in the assessment and management of violent behavior. He has extensive experience in the arena of human and natural trauma. He is licensed as a psychologist in multiple states including California, Alaska, New York, Nevada, Utah, Louisiana, Arkansas, Maryland, Florida, and Hawaii. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in Police and Public Safety Psychology. 

He has consulted in field responses and case investigations for local, state, and federal law enforcement organizations, including LAPD’s Threat Management Unit, SWAT/Crisis Negotiation Team, and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Program. He responded on-scene to the O.J. Simpson barricade and the North Hollywood Bank Robbery Shootout. Dr. Mohandie has consulted to, and testified in numerous extreme violence and homicide cases, including single, mass, and serial homicide cases. Dr. Mohandie, along with several others, has participated in two scientific studies of mass murder, including those perpetrated by adults and adolescents. He has several coauthored chapters which appear in the 2014 book, International Handbook of Threat Assessment, and two coauthored chapters in its 2021 second edition.


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Training Outline

Key topics covered in this training include:

  • Delineating the different impacts of dealing with a natural disaster casualty event versus a human-generated event

  • The identification of the impacted individuals to include the first and second responders

  • The trauma contamination process, as well as the accompanying trauma symptoms

  • The psychologists’ roles, from consultation to psychological Incident Command

We are proud to partner with

American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology (ABPPSP)

American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology (ABPPSP)

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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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. 

  1. American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.

  2. Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.

  3. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

  4. National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).


Sponsorship Approval Statements

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), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7190. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Palo Alto University, #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. Palo Alto University 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. Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University, is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0103. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT), 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. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies, is recognized by 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.