Expanding the Application of The R.O.A.R. Field Response Model to Multidisciplinary Post-Incident Case Review

Sunday, October 20, 2024

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Location: 258A

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Pietro D'Ingillo, Psy.D.

Law Enforcement Psychologist
Los Angeles County (CA) Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles, California, United States

Speaker(s)

Thomas Bryant

Training Sergeant-Mental Evaluation Team
Los Angeles County (CA) Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles, California, United States
GD

Geoffrey Deedrick

Captain of Community Partnerships Bureau
Los Angeles County (CA) Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles, California, United States
Bita Shasty, J.D.

Deputy Inspector General
Los Angeles County Office of Inspector General
Los Angeles, California, United States
George Suarez

Sergeant
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

The R.O.A.R Field Response Model: A Roadmap to Crisis Stabilization, Field Dynamics, and Decision Making has been a core aspect of the Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff’s Department (LASD) crisis intervention training program. The acronym stands for Respond-Observe-Assess-React, and this model delineates the nearly universal aspects of encounters with community members. It was created by LASD psychologists and sworn staff and identifies stabilizing and de-stabilizing factors present in most situations and correlates them to the always present windows of opportunity. This presentation will include an overview of R.O.A.R., and feedback from a Los Angeles County deputy inspector general, who will compare post-incident analysis using R.O.A.R. vs. not using the model.