The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) was pleased to host a week-long train-the-trainer class for fire and EMS professionals from around the state called Mental Health First Aid for Fire/EMS.
The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) class teaches participants how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Those who successfully completed the class today will be able to deliver a 8-hour training program which gives participants skills needed to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care. The class focuses on the unique experiences and needs of both career and volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel and is a valuable resource that can make a difference in their lives, their coworkers’ and families’ lives, and the communities they serve
Topics covered during the week included: A discussion of first responder culture, stigma and their relevance to the topic of mental health. • Outreach tactics to respond to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. • A discussion of the specific risk factors faced by many first responders and their families. • A review of common mental health resources for first responders, their families and those who support them.
Individuals successfully completing the course will become certified to teach the adult with Fire and EMS focus curricula. In order to obtain instructor certification, individuals are required to complete a 5-day instructor training program offered by the national authorities of Mental Health First Aid USA. The interactive training program introduces the course, overviews adult learning styles and teaching strategies, and provides in-depth instruction on implementing and managing the program. Individuals must demonstrate mastery of the program through a written test and an evaluated presentation. Only participants who have been present for the entire 5-day training will be considered for certification as instructors.
DPSST Director Eriks Gabliks said "The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) provides training classes to more than 13,000 career and volunteer firefighters who work for approximately 350 fire agencies around the state. We know first-hand that some of these agencies have experienced a firefighter suicide and we want to help provide training classes and resources that will allow their members to identify co-workers who may need assistance to cope with the challenges of being a first responder."
Related Materials:
First Responder Center of Excellence https://www.firstrespondercenter.org/behavioral-health/
Journal of Emergency Medical Services reports in a 2015 survey of more than 4,000 first responders, that 37% had contemplated suicide and almost 7% had attempted it. That is more than 10 times the rate of the general population.
Forbes article on firefighter suicide https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolefisher/2018/08/23/haunted-heroes-more-firemen-committed-suicide-in-2017-than-died-in-line-of-duty/#4e52bdbc2a24
For more information on the Mental Health First Aid organization please go to https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
For more information on the Mental Health First Aid for Fire & EMS Responders please go to: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Mental-Health-First-Aid-Fire-EMS-One-Pager.pdf
## Background Information on the DPSST ##
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy which spans more than 235 acres in Salem. The Academy is nationally recognized for its innovative training programs and active stakeholder involvement. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director, and Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office serves as the Chair of the Board. The department implements minimum standards established by the Board for the training and certification of more than 40,000 city, tribal, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security providers.
DPSST provides training to more than 25,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem: certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and reviews and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Board.
Over the past two days, more than two dozen instructors gathered at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem to take a train the trainer class called Stress First Aid (SFA) for Law Enforcement.
The SFA class was designed to reduce the risk for stress reactions in law enforcement personnel (police, corrections, parole and probation, 9-1-1) and developed specifically for Oregon and the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) by the National Center on Post-Traumatic Stress and is based on the Combat & Operational Stress First Aid (COSFA) class used by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy. The class was developed and presented by Dr. Patricia Watson and Dr. Richard Westphal, both military veterans, who helped develop the COSFA and SFA programs.
Stress First Aid quickly recognizes those individuals who are reacting to a wide range of stressors in their work and personal lives, and are in need of interventions to promote healing. Stress First Aid offers a spectrum of one-on-one or group interventions to ensure safety, reduce the risk for more severe stress reactions and to promote recovery. Stress First Aid monitors the progress of recovery to ensure return to full function and well-being. Stress First Aid bridges individuals to higher levels of care as needed. Stress First Aid training discusses the principles of peer teams in public safety and how they can be organized to promote healing. This class in not meant to replace critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) training classes or other programs but is to be used as an additional or alternative resource.
In a recent press release, BlueH.E.L.P. identified that more police officers died of suicide in 2018 than died in the line of duty, in fact 9% more than the total number of line-of-duty deaths resulting from 15 other causes such as felonious assault, patrol vehicle accident, heart attack, duty-related illness. "The reports of 144 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty during 2018 is a tremendous loss," BlueH.E.L.P. co-founder Jeff McGill said in a statement. "As tragic as these duty deaths are, the single greatest cause of death for law enforcement officers each year is suicide."
DPSST's Director Eriks Gabliks said, "we provide important training classes and resources to law enforcement officers who encounter people in crisis and we need to offer training and tools to our law enforcement officers so they can assist a co-worker in crisis." The Stress First Aid training class is offered as part of DPSST's 16-week Basic Police Course. "Since it has been implemented, those trained in SFA have had a number of successes including identifying two co-workers with suicidal tendencies who were able to get assistance and are now back to work."
For more on Blue HELP: https://bluehelp.org/158-american-police-officers-died-by-suicide-in-2018/?fbclid=IwAR0eCgLUQ0zrmtf75B_mWHQqMH6eccmIuYT-J3eoJomcIckdPFI7pCwgAcM
## Background Information on the DPSST ##
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy which spans more than 235 acres in Salem. The Academy is nationally recognized for its innovative training programs and active stakeholder involvement. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director, and Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office serves as the Chair of the Board. The department implements minimum standards established by the Board for the training and certification of more than 40,000 city, tribal, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security providers.
DPSST provides training to more than 25,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem: certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and reviews and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Board.
For Immediate Release
January 7, 2019
Contact: Mona Riesterer
503-378-2431
Notice of Regular Meeting
The Alarm Monitor Subcommittee will hold a regular meeting at 10:00 a.m. on January 22, 2019. The meeting will be held in the conference room A254. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the deaf or hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made before the meeting by calling the contact listed above.
Dial-in number: 888-808-6929 and Participant code: 8917117
If you dial-in for the meeting, please mute your phone unless you are addressing the group. Doing so will enable you to hear the meeting more effectively.
Agenda Items:
1. Introductions
2. *October 24, 2018
Approve the minutes of the October 24, 2018 Alarm Subcommittee meeting
3. Proposed Oregon Administrative Rule for Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)
Device Regulations
Presented by Jennifer Howald
4. *Proposed changes for OAR 259-060-0060 & 259-060-0135; Instructor certification requirements
Presented by Jennifer Howald
5. Discussion regarding renewal for out-of-state renewal classes
Presented by Karen Evans
6. Department Update
Presented by Suzy Herring
7. Roundtable
8. Next Meeting
Administrative Announcement
This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Alarm Subcommittee members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the
The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is pleased to announce the graduation of its 384th Basic Police Class.
The Basic Police Class is 16-weeks in length and includes dozens of training areas including survival skills, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, ethics, cultural diversity, problem solving, community policing, elder abuse, drug recognition, and dozens of other subjects.
Basic Police Class 384 will graduate at the Oregon Public Safety Academy at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE in Salem, Oregon on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. with a reception immediately following the graduation. Chief Heath Kula of Oregon Health Sciences University Police Department will be the speaker.
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training would like to invite you to join us in observing the ceremony and congratulating Basic Police #BP384 on their successful completion of basic training.
The graduating students appreciate the family, friends and guests who make graduation an appropriate conclusion to their basic training at the Oregon Public Safety Academy.
Graduating members of BP384:
Police Officer Colton Anderson
Milwaukie Police Department
Police Officer Vytas Babusis
Portland Police Bureau
Deputy Sheriff Anthony Barros
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Sheriff Spencer Bell
Coos County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Sheriff Garin Blair
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
Police Officer Cody Braham
OHSU University Police
Deputy Sheriff Caleb Carlson Linn
County Sheriff's Office
Police Officer Zachary Carpenter
Bandon Police Department
Police Officer Victor Castillo
Dallas Police Department
Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Chan
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Sheriff Corey Crochet
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Police Officer Derek Domhoff
Warm Springs Police Department
Deputy Sheriff Dale Flowers
Union County Sheriff's Office
Police Officer Derek Fuss
Hood River Police Department
Police Officer Michael Hoffman
Portland Police Bureau
Deputy Sheriff Michael Hudson
Deschutes County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Sheriff Amanda Jester
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Police Officer Kinsey Kaylor
Eugene Police Department
Police Officer Alex Kroner
OHSU University Police
Deputy Sheriff Travis Lowery
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Mayne
Tillamook County Sheriff's Office
Police Officer Micaila Miguel
Grants Pass Dept of Public Safety
Police Officer Elena Miron
Portland Police Bureau
Deputy Sheriff Levi Noel
Coos County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Sheriff Andrew Pallotta
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Police Officer Johnathan Parsons
Baker City Police Department
Police Officer Justin Peckels
Eugene Police Department
Police Officer Andrew Perry
Port Orford Police Department
Police Officer Riley Rediger
McMinnville Police Department
Deputy Sheriff Christian Reyes
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Police Officer Marcos Reyes
Gresham Police Department
Police Officer Johnna Richards
Lake Oswego Police Department
Police Officer Colin Schafer
Eugene Police Department
Police Officer Jennifer Starns
Keizer Police Department
Police Officer Samuel Stinnett
John Day Police Department
Police Officer Scott Swingle
West Linn Police Department
Police Officer Randy VanLeuven
Eugene Police Department
Police Officer Mikael Walter
Vernonia Police Department
Deputy Sheriff Christopher Watkins
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Police Officer Scott Wood
Umatilla Tribal Police Department
## Background Information on the DPSST ##
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy which spans more than 235 acres in Salem. The Academy is nationally recognized for its innovative training programs and active stakeholder involvement. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director, and Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office serves as the Chair of the Board. The department implements minimum standards established by the Board for the training and certification of more than 40,000 city, tribal, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security providers.
DPSST provides training to more than 25,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem: certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and reviews and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Board.
For Immediate Release
January 3, 2019
Contact: Mona Riesterer
503-378-2431
Notice of Regular Meeting
The Event & Entertainment Subcommittee will hold a regular meeting at 1:00 p.m. on January 15, 2019. The meeting will be held at Revolution Hall; 1300 SE Stark Suite 206A Portland, OR 97214 The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the deaf or hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made before the meeting by calling the contact listed above.
Dial-in number: 888-808-6929 and Participant code: 8917117
If you dial-in for the meeting, please mute your phone unless you are addressing the group. Doing so will enable you to hear the meeting more effectively.
Agenda Items:
1. Introductions
Introductions of voting members
2. *Minutes
Review and approval of October 16, 2018 meeting minutes
3. Event & Entertainment Storyboard and Chapter 1 & 2 Interaction Review
Presented by Coy Alexander & Rob Meeks
4. Defining the Event & Entertainment Private Security Professional Certification Category Discussion
Presented by Jennifer Howald
5. Department Update
6. Roundtable
7. Next Subcommittee Meeting
April 16, 2019 @ 1:00 pm
Administrative Announcement
This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Event & Entertainment Subcommittee members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.
For Immediate Release
December 28, 2018
Contact: Linsay Hale
503-378-2427
Notice of Regular Meeting
The Criminal Justice Moral Fitness Workgroup will hold a regular meeting at 10:30 a.m. on January 3, 2019. The meeting will be held in the Governor Victor G. Atiyeh Boardroom. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the deaf or hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made before the meeting by calling the contact listed above.
Teleconference Information:
Dial-In: 888-273-3658
Participant Code: 4711910
If you dial-in for the meeting, please mute your phone unless you are addressing the group. Doing so will enable you to hear the meeting more effectively.
Agenda Items:
1. Review Identified Issues/Discussion Points (Follow-Up from 11/7 Meeting):
Presented by Linsay Hale
- Discharge for Cause – Destruction of Evidence
- Definition of Criminal Disposition
- Complaints Filed with DPSST
- Policy Committee Bylaws
- Administrative Closure Criteria
- Misconduct Category Definitions
- Aggravating/Mitigating Circumstances (Criteria/Weight)
2. Review Identified Issues/Discussion Points (Initial Review)
Presented by Linsay Hale
- Pre-Employment Background Investigations
- Reporting Criminal History (DPSST Forms)
- Ineligibility Periods
- Board/Policy Committee Membership
- Discretionary Review Processes
- Intellectual Standards
- Effect of Expungements on Certification
- Employment Settlement Agreements
- Protections for Individuals Reporting Misconduct
- Use of Force Decisions Resulting in a Separation
3. Next Workgroup Meeting: TBD
Administrative Announcement
This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Criminal Justice Moral Fitness Workgroup members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.
## Background Information on the DPSST ##
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy which spans more than 235 acres in Salem. The Academy is nationally recognized for its innovative training programs and active stakeholder involvement. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director, and Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office serves as the Chair of the Board. The department implements minimum standards established by the Board for the training and certification of more than 40,000 city, tribal, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security providers.
DPSST provides training to more than 25,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem: certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and reviews and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Board.
For Immediate Release
December 27, 2018
Contact: Mona Riesterer
503-378-2431
Notice of Regular Meeting
The Private Investigator Subcommittee will hold a regular meeting at 10:00 a.m. on January 10, 2019. The meeting will be held in conference room A234. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the deaf or hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made before the meeting by calling the contact listed above.
Dial-in number: 888-808-6929 and Participant code: 8917117
If you dial-in for the meeting, please mute your phone unless you are addressing the group. Doing so will enable you to hear the meeting more effectively.
Agenda Items:
1. Introductions
2. *Approve Meeting Minutes
May 1, 2018 PI Subcommittee Meeting
3. Upcoming Vacancy Discussion
Chair, Steve Swenson
4. Hope M. Kindel PIID #33603, Private Investigator Applicant
Presented by Michelle Morrison
5. Reciprocity Discussion – Member Request, Open Discussion
6. Department Update
7. Roundtable
8. Next Meeting-April 11, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m.
Administrative Announcement
This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Private Investigator Subcommittee members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.
Administrative Announcement
This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Private Investigator Subcommittee members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.
## Background Information on the DPSST ##
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy which spans more than 235 acres in Salem. The Academy is nationally recognized for its innovative training programs and active stakeholder involvement. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director, and Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office serves as the Chair of the Board. The department implements minimum standards established by the Board for the training and certification of more than 40,000 city, tribal, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security providers.
DPSST provides training to more than 25,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem: certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and reviews
For Immediate Release
December 27, 2018
Contact: Mona Riesterer
503-378-2431
Notice of Regular Meeting
The Unarmed Subcommittee will hold a regular meeting at 1:00 p.m. on January 3, 2019. The meeting will be held in conference room A235. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the deaf or hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made before the meeting by calling the contact listed above.
Dial-in number: 888-808-6929 and Participant code: 8917117
If you dial-in for the meeting, please mute your phone unless you are addressing the group. Doing so will enable you to hear the meeting more effectively.
Agenda Items:
1. Introductions
2. *Approve Minutes of October 4, 2018
3. Learning Outcome Review
4. Rubric Scoring for Instructor Development Course
5. *OARs – Proposed Rule Changes for OAR 259-060-0060 and 259-060-0135. Relating to the Implementation of the Unarmed Private Security Instructor Development Course; Additional Instructor Requirement Recommendations.
6. Unarmed Instructor Refresher Course Update
7. Department Update
8. Roundtable
9. Next Meeting April 4, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m.
Administrative Announcement
This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Unarmed Subcommittee members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.
## Background Information on the DPSST ##
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy which spans more than 235 acres in Salem. The Academy is nationally recognized for its innovative training programs and active stakeholder involvement. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director, and Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office serves as the Chair of the Board. The department implements minimum standards established by the Board for the training and certification of more than 40,000 city, tribal, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security providers.
DPSST provides training to more than 25,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem: certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and reviews and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Board.
For Immediate Release
December 20, 2018
Contact: Mona Riesterer
503-378-2431
Please be advised that the Regular Quarterly Meeting of the Armed Subcommittee scheduled for January 8, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. has been canceled.
The next Regular Quarterly Meeting of the Armed Subcommittee is scheduled for April 9, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. located at The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards & Training, 4190 Aumsville Hwy Salem, OR 97317
## Background Information on the DPSST ##
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy which spans more than 235 acres in Salem. The Academy is nationally recognized for its innovative training programs and active stakeholder involvement. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director, and Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office serves as the Chair of the Board. The department implements minimum standards established by the Board for the training and certification of more than 40,000 city, tribal, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security providers.
DPSST provides training to more than 25,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem: certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and reviews and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Board.