The Professional Community Intervention Training Institute was created in early 2005 specifically as a community/gang/crisis intervention institute that is a division of the much broader violence intercession-crisis abatement firm under Maximum Force Enterprises. Our firm has been in operation for over 35 years and has trained a multitude of diverse individuals and groups both nationally & internationally.

P.C.I.T.I.’s preparatory training was developed to provide effective skill sets, direct protocol creation, standards of field operation, and critical thinking along with standard operating procedures-guidelines and replicable templates. This new, unique model of community-based intervention transforms the role of the “gang interventionist” to one of a “Professional Community Intervention First Responder.”

The BUILD Program

A set of core competencies will be delivered to intervention workers through a combination of in-classroom didactic instruction sessions, role playing/behavior and scenario driven modeling exercises performed at the PCITI training center and selected locations in the community.

Sessions will be offered multiple times throughout the year. Each session will cover all the below topics, summing up to a total estimated instructional time of approximately 80 hours per cohort.

Each cohort will cover all of the areas of study below:

Direct Rehearsal/Operational Protocols
The “blueprint” or “instruction sheet” for interventionist work. This core or foundation of community/crisis intervention work establishes the operational protocols /standard operating procedures within which the interventionists will operate.

Personal Development/Standards of Behavior
The development of effective verbal, written and physical presentation skills, the ability to teach others through applied case vignettes, and the ability to provide feedback/consultation regarding a client or system issue to multiple audiences.

Tangible Tasks
The successful operation and administration of violence intervention activities in community-based settings. Students will demonstrate knowledge of governmental reporting requirements, the use of technology to assist with administrative tasks including reporting requirements, and business operation practices.

Applied Hypothesis
The effective use of psychological theories, evidence- based methodologies, and violence prevention/de-escalation/mitigation best practices. Students will demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the dimensions of the human experience, psychological interventions, mental health perceptions across cultures and belief systems, and developing best practices from intervention literature

Diverse Policy Concerns
The understanding of the history, formation, and implementation of public policy as it relates to violence and intervention practice. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the criminal justice system including law enforcement and corrections, the public and private grant identification / management process, and the political landscape. Students will also demonstrate the development of conflict resolution skills needed to navigate through political systems that impact needed community gang interventions.

Street Apprenticeship /Scenario Engagement
The development of specific operational skill sets, competence of application and the absorbed capability to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum disbursement of time and energy. Under this proficiency, the street apprenticeship is implemented – field training for both new and seasoned practitioners where a structured competency or group of basic set of skills are actually practiced in real life mock scenario engagements.