CANCELED Brill Law Enforcement Action in Democracy (LEAD) Training - 4 Hours

PLEASE CLICK ON DOWNLOAD FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONThis 4-hour offsite option has been designed by the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center to provide students with an understanding of the importance and law enforcement and identifying abuses of power and recognizing hate crimes.COURSE OVERVIEW:The Brill Law Enforcement Action in Democracy (LEAD) training is a program designed by the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.Participants will understand that changes in government policy and law shifted traditional functions of policing in German society to implementation of human rights abuses and genocidal programs represented as national security and national defense priorities. This shift was incremental, and participant will be able to assess the effect of societal, occupational, and personal factors as well as changes in the illegal and political framework of police activity on the decision making of individual police officers during the Nazi era.THIS TRAINING INCLUDES: Historical case studies and contemporary scenarios with will extend participants’ thinking and provide the opportunity to explore and discuss more in-depth connected themes of moral and ethical decision making; social responsibility; stereotyping and discrimination; and the abuse of authority.The LEAD training will motivate and engage participants to identify, empathize and connect with individuals, the humas beings, they are committed to protecting – valuing all lives and recognizing the rights of all peoples.