The Shaker Heights Police is committed to ongoing training for officers to ensure that their skills remain current and that our department employs best practices in everything we do. In addition to training on our equipment and other routine police training, the department has been training on ways to better serve our diverse community for decades. This includes:
De-Escalation Training
Ongoing de-escalation training and other curricula related to de-escalation ensures our officeers are able to de-escalate interactions with the public when required, including with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis or those with mental health disabilities.
Bias-Free Police Training
Our officers participate in a variety of ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion-related training, including with the City's Chief DEI Officer. Members of our upper-level staff have also particpated in the LeadDiversity program offered by the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio, which addresses participants’ personal impact on and institutional approaches to diversity issues.