Training Solutions

DKR Consulting Inc. provides both standardized and customizable training solutions for emergency services agencies, with a focus on municipal enforcement, emergency management and fire services.

Standardized Training Courses

MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT

Community Peace Officers (CPOs)

Experienced Officer Legal Studies (CPO1)


This 40 hour course is accredited by Alberta Justice Training Academy and is available to experienced correctional officers who wish to transition to become a CPO 1, or as refresher training for existing CPO 1 officers.

Course prerequisites:

  • Candidates are required to have completed either federal or provincial Correctional Officer Training or Alberta Court Sheriff Training.

The Experienced Officer Legal Studies Course is also suitable for current CPO 1 Officers, who may benefit from a comprehensive legal studies refresher course.

Course content includes:

  • Law & Criminal Justice System Review

  • Criminal Code of Canada

  • Charter of Rights and Freedoms

  • Peace Officer Program Review

  • Investigations & Documentation

  • Provincial Offences Procedures Act

  • Provincial Violation Tickets

  • Arrest, Detention & Release

  • Use of Force

  • Court Documents

  • Provincial Statutes

  • Search & Seizure

  • Traffic Enforcement

  • Court Preparation & Testimony

EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT

Information Officers and others tasked with providing Crisis Communication

Crisis Communications Essentials for Information Officers


This one-day (8 hour) training course is designed for anyone who is tasked with providing crisis communications for a municipality or other agency.


This course covers the following content:

  • Crisis Communications 101

    • Stages of emergency management, crisis communications plans, Director of Emergency Management, preparation-response-recovery-model, crisis communications fundamentals

  • Media Relations

    • General media relations considerations, media releases (general guidelines, FOIPPA, do’s & don’ts), message development worksheets, generic media release templates, specific incident media release templates, media interviews general information and spokesperson general guidelines

  • Public Information

    • Alberta Emergency Alerts, in-person updates at evacuation / reception centers

  • Crisis Writing - Practical Exercises

    • Message development worksheet, media release writing

FIRE SERVICES

Full time, part time, volunteer or community firefighters

Applied Legal Concepts for Firefighters

  • Firefighters are oftentimes the first on scene at an incident that is or may be criminal in nature. Think of motor vehicle collisions involving impaired drivers or a medical first or co-response that involves the victim of an assault, or a structure fire that was started by an arsonist

  • This course is designed to provide key information to firefighters so that they have a clear understanding of why documentation is so important and then provides practical and proven methods on how to write great notes in a notebook, prepare a witness statement and understand what it takes to be an excellent witness in Court.

  • This course takes 3.5 - 4 hours to complete and is designed to provide firefighters with the information, tools and templates that will help them in developing their skill sets related to:

    • Investigations/information gathering at scenes

    • Documentation of key information in pocket notebooks

    • Preparation of witness statements

    • Preparing for and providing evidence at Court

Customizable Training Solutions

LEGAL STUDIES REFRESHER TRAINING

Existing Level 1 Community Peace Officers (CPOs)

  • Modular training can be customized for existing CPOs/CPO Departments where a refresher is helpful to keep staff up to date and actioning complaints in a consistent manner across departmental lines

  • Any of the modules listed in the course content for the Experienced Officed Legal Studies Course can be provided singularly or in combination

  • Depending on the number of modules requested to be covered, this modular training could be as little as one day or up to the full 40-hour course

LEGAL STUDIES MODULAR TRAINING - FOR BYLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

New or Existing Bylaw Enforcement Officers (BEOs)

  • Modular training can be customized for existing BEOs/BEO Departments where either initial training is required or when refresher training would provide assistance to existing staff

  • Current modules available for delivery include:

    • Introduction to Law

    • Charter of Rights and Freedoms

    • Bylaw Structure & Enforcement Considerations

    • Municipal Government Act

    • Provincial Offences Procedures Act

    • Provincial Tickets

    • Court Preparation & Testimony

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