Sovereign Citizen Awareness for Law Enforcement

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This training will cover a myriad of topics relating to sovereign citizens and police responses. Part 1 will cover topics to raise sovereign citizen awareness. Initially, sovereign citizen ideologies and why they matter to law enforcement will be covered. Then, a historical context of the sovereign citizen movement, the structure of the movement, its leaders-ideologues-gurus, their modes of radicalization and recruitment and their implications will be shared. Next, the issue of how does a person “benefit” by being a sovereign citizen will be covered. Then, sovereign citizen movement membership and affiliation will be highlighted. Subsequently, varied tactics and activities of sovereign citizen will be discussed. A separate section focusing on traffic stops involving sovereign citizens will be noted. In turn, sovereign citizen threats against law enforcement and government officials will be elaborated.