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Critical Incident Response for Law Enforcement
W. Travis Tennill, Assistant Director of Enforcement for the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control will be presenting on Critical Incident Management.
Tennill is a thirty-three-year law enforcement veteran. He retired from the Kentucky State Police after serving in a variety of roles including trooper, detective, special response team, governor’s security officer and adjunct academy instructor. He then taught basic and in-service training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training and created the Post Critical Incident Seminar.
Tennill published ‘The Weight of the Badge’ in November of 2022 to help agencies mitigate harms that come from critical incidents. Critical incidents are mismanaged in most cases which breeds agency betrayal and contempt. This leads to resignations, suicides and/or deviant behavior that is often viewed as disciplinary issues that result in the officer quitting the agency or the agency quitting the officer. We must begin to create a new culture of understanding how to effectively deal with the innate harm that comes from being a law enforcement officer. Join us at the 2023 NLLEA Conference where Tennill will discuss normal reactions to critical incidents, steps to take to mitigate the trauma and how to deal with cumulative trauma.
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