Michigan State Police (MSP) Online Training Course
Visit the below link to see the latest course offerings by the MSP. For those listed, click course title to view detailed description and registration information.
https://www.michigan.gov/msp/divisions/training/online-courses
- Active Shooter Training
The City of Houston released a how-to video on surviving an active shooter event. The video was created with funds from the Homeland Security Department. Entitled “Run, Hide, Fight,” the video depicts a fictional shooting at an office building.
DHS Safety for Faith-Based Events and Houses of Worship PDF
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
CISA aims to enhance incident preparedness through a “whole community” approach by providing a variety of no-cost products, tools, training, and resources to a broad range of stakeholders to help them prepare for and respond to an active shooter incident.
CISA offers a comprehensive set of courses, materials, and workshops to better prepare you to deal with an active shooter situation, focusing on behaviors that represent pre-incident indicators and characteristics of active shooters, potential attack methods, how to develop emergency action plans, and the actions that may be taken during an incident.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Preparedness grants support our citizens and first responders to ensure we work together as a nation to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate terrorism and other high-consequence disasters and emergencies.
The Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) provides funding support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements and activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack. The intent is to integrate nonprofit preparedness activities with broader state and local preparedness efforts. It is also designed to promote coordination and collaboration in emergency preparedness activities among public and private community representatives, as well as state and local government agencies.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Stop the Bleed Campaign
Stop the Bleed is a grassroots national awareness campaign and call-to-action. Stop the Bleed encourages bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives.
- Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence
- Batterers Intervention Services Coalition of Michigan
- Futures Without Violence
- FaithTrust Institute
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-Safe (7233) - VAWnet (a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence)
- INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: Perp’s Behavior Impact on Children
- Six Steps to Enhance Security Against Targeted Violence (cisa.gov)
- Protecting Houses of Worship | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA
- Protecting Places of Worship Forum (justice.gov)
- 5 Ways to Improve the Safety and Security of Your Place of Worship or Community Spaces | FEMA.gov
- Take these 4 Steps to Apply for a Nonprofit Security Grant | FEMA.gov
- Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration
- Q&A with Dwight Vaughter, LMSWM
- Office of Recovery Oriented Systems of Care
- Substance Use: The Comeback of Fatal Drugs from the Past
Agencies and Programs
Click a link below to access a directory of service providers.
Governor Whitmer has officially designated May 15-22 as Suicide Prevention Training Week. You may find it here.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has established a warmline for persons with mental health conditions. The warmline will be operated by Certified Peer Support Specialists. Individuals calling the warmline will be provided with support by peers who have their own lived experience with mental health issues. They will be providing wellness supports and a listening ear. Call 1-888-733-7753.
- MDHHS Suicide Prevention website
- MDHHS – Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration
- Local Mental Health Services
- Suicide Prevention Month Ideas for Action – 2020 (PDF)
- LivingWorks safeTALK
By attending a safeTALK workshop, participants become alert helpers able to provide practical assistance to people experiencing suicide. An alert helper…- Is aware that opportunities to help a person with thoughts of suicide are sometimes missed, dismissed or avoided
- Is aware that persons with thoughts of suicide invite help and is receptive to those invitations
- Recognizes when a person might be having thoughts of suicide
- Engages a person with thoughts of suicide in direct and open talk about suicide
- Listens to the person’s story about suicide long enough to show that they recognize that the thoughts are serious
- Knows the name and contact information of local suicide intervention resources and understands how they work
- Moves quickly to connect the person with thoughts to someone who can do a suicide intervention
By carrying out the TALK steps taught in safeTALK (Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe) a suicide alert helper offers potentially life-saving assistance to someone experiencing suicide.
