Course detail: Implicit Bias - Tactical Perception

Course Description: 

Implicit Bias - Tactical Perception is a course designed to meet the requirements for Bias Based Policing as it is defined in KS22-4606, Complaint Procedures in KS22-4611, and Training in KS22-4610.  The course examines bias that could create officer safety issues, civil liability, and best practices to increase professional law enforcement service.  Law enforcement officers will receive an academic review of bias and how bias affects the decision-making process.  The course provides scenarios and tools to improve law enforcement service in their communities.


Core Competencies:

  • Exhibiting fairness in policing while giving people a voice; and performing law enforcement duties with impaertiality and the necessary level of transparency to sustain and strengthen public trust.


Course Objectives:

  • Kansas Statute review that will outline the legal requirements involving Bias and Police in the State of Kansas.
  • Participants will be able to define identity traps, fast traps, slow traps and how those impact safety
  • Participants will apply intervention strategies within exercises
  • Participants will be able to define stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, and racism
  • Participate in scenarios and identify how biases may influence behaviors
  • Understand how biases may influence escalation and overreaction
  • Participants will understand historical context of cultural stereotypes
  • Participating in a cultural awareness exercise  


Who Should Attend:

  • Arson Investigators
  • Corrections Officers
  • Municipal Police
  • County Deputy
  • Highway Patrol
  • State Law Enforcement Agent      

Methodologies:

  • Lecture
  • Group discussion

Course Requirements: 

  • Obtain a basic understanding of Kansas Statutes that regulate Bias Policing.
  • Obtain the ability to identify traps, fast traps, slow traps and how those impact safety. Then be able to apply intervention strategies within exercises.
  • Obtain the ability to define stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, and racism and how biases may influence behaviors, de-escalation and overreaction

Fitness Level Necessary for Successful Completion: Sedentary

ndividuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend University of Kansas sponsored events. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in an event, please email KLETC  or call 620.694.1400  at least three weeks before the first day of the event. Some events may require notice earlier than three weeks and require you to contact a specific individual; if so, that information is provided in the event-specific information.


Notice of Availability of the KLETC Annual Security and Fire Safety Report:

The University of Kansas has determined that the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) main campus in Hutchinson and its regional sites in Dodge City, Hays, and Parsons are separate campuses. This determination was made in consultation with the Department of Education. The report is available online t: https://civilrights.ku.edu/clery.

The report contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; the procedures the institution will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred On-Campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Non-Campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the institution or a recognized student organization; and on Public Property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.

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 Session Information: LE26179F

Schedule: Every day, starting on 12/18/25 and ending on 12/18/25
Only 15 days left to register!
Times: 08:00am-12:00pm CST
In-State Registration : $0.00

Bulletin

Please come ready to learn, with materials outlined in the course description, dress in layers as the temperature in the room may be difficult to adjust.

Instructors

Name Additional Resources
Thomas Hayselden

Facility Detail

Edwards Campus
Regents Center 215
12600 S. Quivira Rd
Overland Park, KS 66213

Cancellation Policy

A refund less a $0.00 cancellation fee will be assessed for all cancellations made in writing prior to 10 days before the start of the event. After that time, no refunds will be made.