The opioid epidemic continues to rage in the United States. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that opioid-involved overdose deaths rose from 21,088 in 2010 to 47,600 in 2017 and remained steady in 2018 with 46,802 deaths and then a significant increase in 2019 to... More Info
This four-hour course examines the ways social media has been used by mass shooters. We investigate several shooters and analyze their use of social media to help us identify seven consistent themes surrounding a mass shooter’s social media posts. We discuss the responsibility of social m... More Info
This four-hour course is designed to offer insight into the behaviors, characteristics, and warning signs of an active shooter prior to an active shooter event. We will examine specific behaviors that may precede an attack and which of those behaviors dispatchers and law enforcement might find ... More Info
This four-hour course highlights the changes in the response to active shooters through the years. We will examine the historical responses to several high-profile active violence events and explore the changing thinking about the response to modern day shootings. An emphasis is placed on the r... More Info
Charlotte MI
MACNLOW’s Advanced 40-Hour Dispatch School enables attendees to meet all SNC Module II requirements (MNA2022-2926) by attending all five days for $750 or any one-day course for $275. Our team utilizes a unique & practical combination of lecture, personal asse... More Info
Kalamazoo MI
Designed to equip supervisors with the tools to effectively manage difficult or under-performing employees, empower team members, navigate supervisory ethics, solve problems, and coordinate/manage special projects, tasks or events, participants will further develop leadership skills to be better equ... More Info
Charlotte MI
Policing in America is complicated and we, as a profession, have been tasked to do it better than ever before. We are up to that task. This course teaches time-tested practices you can use to ensure your success as a professional. The legitimacy of the individual officer and organization ... More Info
Charlotte MI
This course is designed to provide an overview of the fundamentals of what makes a good leader from a public safety perspective, but this is NOT a theory course. Your time in the classroom will be spent on instruction, interactive discussions, and practical application of: Understandi... More Info
This session of the course is being offered in our virtual classroom featuring live instruction and interaction with the instructor.
This course is designed to examine the changing landscape of the Active Shooter. Through careful research, statistical information, and case studie... More Info
Charlotte MI
Inmate classification is one of the highest areas of liability for any jail or lockup and jail lawsuits are on the rise in this state and across the nation. An effective, well-defined classification system along with properly trained classification staff will help reduce escapes and escape attempts,... More Info
This course is designed to provide tools to help you better manage conflicts. We will explore how to use conflict types, personality types, triggers, active listening skills and other tools as vehicles to guide organizational, family and team unity. By learning your conflict style and the styles of ... More Info
A submerged vehicle, an exotic animal on the loose in your community, a farm accident...do you know what questions to ask and how to quickly deploy needed resources? This course is designed to provide you with a foundation of knowledge to help you confidently handle uncommon or rare call types.... More Info
This course will transform your idea of curiosity! We will demonstrate how curiosity keeps you engaged on the job, prove how it fosters both professional and personal growth and highlight how curiosity plays a role in the dispatch environment. Examine the importance of innovative thinking, discuss h... More Info
This session of the course will be held in our virtual classroom featuring live instruction and interaction with the instructor and other attendees.
Active shooter incidents are dynamic situations that pose many unique challenges for public safety communications. These... More Info
MI
This course is designed to provide information regarding the importance of providing exemplary customer service within the dispatch center. The course will examine best practices for dispatch centers to enhance their skills to provide a positive interaction with the communities and agencies we serve... More Info
This course is designed to keep experienced telecommunicators abreast of best practices and call handling techniques in difficult suicide calls and volatile domestic violence calls, examine cultural diversity and how bias may affect their job performance, discuss ways in which they can reduce mistak... More Info
Charlotte MI
SNC approved MNA2025-5356; $995 per person
MACNLOW Associates and The Cardinal Group 2 have partnered to create a Communication Training Officer (CTO) Program featuring four days of comprehensive training designed to equip new and established CTOs with the essential knowledge, s... More Info
This four-hour course is designed to analyze the exemplary leadership skills of Ernest Shackelton, one of the foremost explorers of the 20th century, who led a group of men on an incredibly dangerous and arduous journey to Antarctica, where their ship was destroyed and they endured nearly two y... More Info
This course is designed to provide tools to help you better manage conflicts. We will explore how to use conflict types, personality types, triggers, active listening skills and other tools as vehicles to guide organizational, family and team unity. By learning your conflict style and the styles of ... More Info
This course is designed to provide information and tools for the telecommunicator to quickly gather information when dealing with a missing or exploited child. Portions of the course also cover the various forms of child sex trafficking and indicators that can create opportunities for telecommunicat... More Info
While we all hope that a school shooting incident will not take place in our jurisdiction, sadly, we know that no community is exempt from violence. We must continue to do all we can to be prepared when it does happen. This course provides an intense look at the psychology behind a school shoo... More Info
Kalamazoo MI
MACNLOW’s Basic 40-Hour Dispatch School utilizes a unique and practical combination of lecture, personal assessment, small group exercises, skill-building exercises, and role play to cement learning. Our instructors for this course are all highly-qualified, experienced disp... More Info
This four-hour course is designed to offer insight into the behaviors, characteristics, and warning signs of an active shooter prior to an active shooter event. We will examine specific behaviors that may precede an attack and which of those behaviors dispatchers and law enforcement might find ... More Info
This four-hour course highlights the changes in the response to active shooters through the years. We will examine the historical responses to several high-profile active violence events and explore the changing thinking about the response to modern day shootings. An emphasis is placed on the r... More Info
Lansing MI
A submerged vehicle, an exotic animal on the loose in your community, a farm accident...do you know what questions to ask and how to quickly deploy needed resources? This course is designed to provide you with a foundation of knowledge to help you confidently handle uncommon or rare call types.... More Info
The opioid epidemic continues to rage in the United States. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that opioid-involved overdose deaths rose from 21,088 in 2010 to 47,600 in 2017 and remained steady in 2018 with 46,802 deaths and then a significant increase in 2019 to... More Info
This four-hour course will serve as an introduction to Tactical Dispatching. Students will learn the roles and responsibilities of a Tactical Dispatcher and gain an understanding of the ICS and NIMS structure and systems. The primary objective of the course is to illustrate the importance of t... More Info
This course will introduce telecommunicators to crisis negotiations and the roles and responsibilities of the Tactical Dispatcher. The course covers different phases of the negotiation process as well as specific strategies and techniques that may be used to resolve the crisis. ... More Info
Northville MI
This course is designed to provide an overview of the fundamentals of what makes a good leader from a public safety perspective, but this is NOT a theory course. Your time in the classroom will be spent on instruction, interactive discussions, and practical application of: Understandi... More Info
Mt Pleasant MI
MACNLOW’s Basic 40-Hour Dispatch School utilizes a unique and practical combination of lecture, personal assessment, small group exercises, skill-building exercises, and role play to cement learning. Our instructors for this course are all highly-qualified, experienced disp... More Info
Northville MI
Policing in America is complicated and we, as a profession, have been tasked to do it better than ever before. We are up to that task. This course teaches time-tested practices you can use to ensure your success as a professional. The legitimacy of the individual officer and organization ... More Info
This four-hour course examines the ways social media has been used by mass shooters. We investigate several shooters and analyze their use of social media to help us identify seven consistent themes surrounding a mass shooter’s social media posts. We discuss the responsibility of social m... More Info
This four-hour course is designed to provide information regarding the proliferation of swatting and the impact on dispatch, law enforcement and our community as a whole. It will give an overview of the history of SWAT, the origins of Swatting, as well as how and by whom Swatting is executed. With a... More Info
This session of the course will be taken in our virtual classroom.
This course will transform your idea of curiosity! We will demonstrate how curiosity keeps you engaged on the job, prove how it fosters both professional and personal growth and highlight how curiosity plays a ro... More Info
This session of the course will take place in our virtual classroom, featuring live instruction and interaction with the instructor and other online attendees.
This course is designed to provide information on grit and the power and success of “gritty” people within t... More Info
Kalamazoo MI
This course focuses on helping telecommunicators learn innovative ways to capture information, frame effective questions, understand the psychological dynamics of domestic violence, and methods to keep their officers safe. SNC approved with Module II(a) endorsement; MNA2022-2927. ... More Info
Kalamazoo MI
MACNLOW’s Advanced 40-Hour Dispatch School enables attendees to meet all SNC Module II requirements (MNA2022-2926) by attending all five days for $750 or any one-day course for $275. Our team utilizes a unique & practical combination of lecture, personal asse... More Info
Kalamazoo MI
Attendees will discuss facts, statistics, and myths about suicide and suicidal callers, practice their reflective listening skills, discuss crucial direct questions to ask to keep the caller talking, and gain call handling methods proven effective for others. The course also addresses tele... More Info
Kalamazoo MI
A comprehensive overview to define “terrorism;” identify the similarities and differences between “Domestic” and “International” terrorism; identify common misconceptions related to terrorists; discuss potential terrorist targets; identify and define eig... More Info
Kalamazoo MI
Attendees will complete a Stress Response Profile to analyze their individual stress levels with an emphasis on the challenges of a dispatching career, both in terms of tasks and toxic people, utilize the Thought Reframing and FIT/S/ACE approaches to handling stress, and examine indiv... More Info
Kalamazoo MI
Utilizing 911 cases which pinpoint various types of liability, this course analyzes liability issues, examines common elements of liability, develops measures for reducing and/or preventing liability, and considers “best practices” for telecommunicators and supervisors.&nb... More Info
This course is designed to provide tools to help you better manage conflicts. We will explore how to use conflict types, personality types, triggers, active listening skills and other tools as vehicles to guide organizational, family and team unity. By learning your conflict style and the styles of ... More Info
A submerged vehicle, an exotic animal on the loose in your community, a farm accident...do you know what questions to ask and how to quickly deploy needed resources? This course is designed to provide you with a foundation of knowledge to help you confidently handle uncommon or rare call types.... More Info
Incident Debriefing is an essential part of learning, improving and identifying the steps in a given incident. This course will highlight the need for Incident Debriefing and will focus on providing an overall plan for post-incident management. Upon completion of this course, the participa... More Info
This four-hour course is designed to analyze the exemplary leadership skills of Ernest Shackelton, one of the foremost explorers of the 20th century, who led a group of men on an incredibly dangerous and arduous journey to Antarctica, where their ship was destroyed and they endured nearly two y... More Info
Mt. Pleasant MI
MACNLOW’s Advanced 40-Hour Dispatch School enables attendees to meet all SNC Module II requirements (MNA2022-2926) by attending all five days for $750 or any one-day course for $275. Our team utilizes a unique & practical combination of lecture, personal asse... More Info
This session of the course will be held in our virtual classroom featuring live instruction and interaction with the instructor and other attendees.
Active shooter incidents are dynamic situations that pose many unique challenges for public safety communications. These... More Info
This four-hour course is designed for telecommunicators who have or will have Fire/EMS dispatch responsibilities as part of their daily duties. Students will be taught concepts, terminology and challenges associated with Fire/EMS dispatching. The course will discuss work flow, different appart... More Info
This four-hour course will serve as an introduction to Tactical Dispatching. Students will learn the roles and responsibilities of a Tactical Dispatcher and gain an understanding of the ICS and NIMS structure and systems. The primary objective of the course is to illustrate the importance of t... More Info
While we all hope that a school shooting incident will not take place in our jurisdiction, sadly, we know that no community is exempt from violence. We must continue to do all we can to be prepared when it does happen. This course provides an intense look at the psychology behind a school shoo... More Info
Pentwater MI
MACNLOW’s Basic 40-Hour Dispatch School utilizes a unique and practical combination of lecture, personal assessment, small group exercises, skill-building exercises, and role play to cement learning. Our instructors for this course are all highly-qualified, experienced disp... More Info
Charlotte MI
Police Supervision (aka Achieving Supervisory Excellence) is a three-day course designed specifically for first-line supervisors who direct, motivate, lead, appraise and discipline others. The course is open to anyone employed in public safety, court administration, and related professions.&nbs... More Info
Traverse City MI
SNC approved MNA2025-5356; $995 per person
MACNLOW Associates and The Cardinal Group 2 have partnered to create a Communication Training Officer (CTO) Program featuring four days of comprehensive training designed to equip new and established CTOs with the essential knowledge, s... More Info
Charlotte MI
MACNLOW’s Basic 40-Hour Dispatch School utilizes a unique and practical combination of lecture, personal assessment, small group exercises, skill-building exercises, and role play to cement learning. Our instructors for this course are all highly-qualified, experienced disp... More Info
Charlotte MI
MACNLOW’s Advanced 40-Hour Dispatch School enables attendees to meet all SNC Module II requirements (MNA2022-2926) by attending all five days for $750 or any one-day course for $275. Our team utilizes a unique & practical combination of lecture, personal asse... More Info