Game Changer Reaches Training Milestones

National Model Trains 1,000th Member of Law Enforcement and Surpasses 3,000 Total Trainees

LOS ANGELES (October 9, 2024) – With their most recent training event taking place in Compton, California on September 25, 2024, Game Changer  reached the milestone of training 1000 members of law enforcement, 1,002 members to be exact.  Since becoming accredited by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)  in 2019, and Standards and Training for Corrections (STC) in 2021, the nation’s premier “pre de-escalation” training model has allowed participating members of California law enforcement to earn a total of 2,008 continuing education units from the state. 57 unique law enforcement agencies on the local, state and federal levels have had their officers, deputies, investigators, and agents, participate in Game Changer training.

The experiential learning model, rooted in behavior psychology, was designed to bring about changes in perception and behavior of law enforcement and non-law enforcement participants.  Each training event has consisted of all participants completing pre and post perception surveys, as well as follow up surveys.  Previous data analyses conducted in 2018 and 2020 by the San Diego State University Institute of Public Health, revealed that Game Changer is very effective at changing the perceptions and the behavior of participating members of law enforcement and participating members of the general public.  

Game Changer training event with the Los Angeles Rams

“Persistence, faith, dedicated partners, and a growing belief in the effectiveness of the model on the part of law enforcement leadership, is how we have reached this point,” said Game Changer CEO, Sean Sheppard. “Many government agencies assert that their policies and procedures are data driven. With the unique data we’ve collected from training members of law enforcement and community residents over the past 8 years, we’re looking forward to working with them to make changes where appropriate. We have a lot more work to do.” 

Since December 2016, Game Changer has conducted 170 in-person and virtual training events in 10 different states and Canada. 2,047 civilians have participated in Game Changer, pushing the grand total of Game Changer participants to 3,049.    

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