Patrol Response to Domestic Violence Calls
March 5 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$149.00
POST Approved 4 Credits (10668-00035) LETAC USA Patrol Response to Domestic Violence
This course equips law enforcement officers with the essential skills to intervene effectively on domestic abuse and domestic assault calls by building trust, making proper threat assessments, and providing effective resource and referral strategies. It emphasizes clear communication, active listening, and conflict resolution to allow early intervention at initial calls for service of domestic disputes. Topics will include:
- Case Study of the Killing of Gabby Petito
- Legal Strategies
- Threat Assessments
- Intervention Tools and Resources
- Victim Impact
Presenters/Speakers
Imran Ali
Attorney, Senior Director of Training, Consulting and Investigation Services
Imran is a distinguished trial lawyer and shareholder at Eckberg Lammers, bringing two decades of legal expertise to his role as the Executive Director of Training, Consulting, and Investigation Services (LETAC). Imran's commitment extends beyond the courtroom, where he has successfully handled intricate cases, including homicide, sexual assault, and human trafficking. With a passion for victim advocacy, Imran has become a prominent figure in the criminal justice profession, training judges, law students, and thousands of law enforcement professionals nationwide. Recognized for his outstanding contributions, he was named Minnesota Attorney of the Year in 2016 and 2020, solidifying his reputation as a legal luminary dedicated to upholding justice with honor and integrity.
Randy McAlister
LETAC Faculty
Randy McAlister took over as Chief Executive Officer for Crisis Consulting International (CCI) in July 2024 after volunteering with the organization since 2015 and retiring from a career in law enforcement in March of 2024. CCI is a non-profit that provides crisis and hostage/kidnapping consulting services, management and training to the international faith-based humanitarian, aid, and missions community. He is also owner of McAlister Threat Management which provides threat assessment and management consulting and training.
In his twenty-six-year law enforcement career Randy McAlister held many assignments and retired as a Captain/Deputy Director of Public Safety for the Cottage Grove (MN) Police Department in charge of investigations and threat management. Throughout his career he served as a patrol officer/paramedic, investigator, detective sergeant, and fourteen year county-wide multijurisdictional SWAT team member where he retired as a team commander.
Mr. McAlister has been a member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) since 2010 and focused the second half of his law enforcement career on targeted violence prevention and criminal investigations. He has conducted hundreds of hours of training around the country for multi-disciplinary audiences in the areas of stalking investigations & management, domestic violence management, workplace violence prevention, K-12 education and higher education violence prevention, and active and mass shooting prevention. Additionally, in 2015, he co-founded the first community-based multi-disciplinary threat assessment team in Minnesota and the Dakotas. In that same year, he became one of the first Certified Threat Managers in the country through ATAP. In 2017, Mr. McAlister started one of the first department-based threat management units in the state as well as one of the early police patrol crisis intervention units in the state with CIT trained officers.
During the last three and a half years of his law enforcement career, Mr. McAlister served as a task force officer (TFO) with FBI-Minneapolis’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). In this role, he served as the field office’s Threat Management Coordinator (TMC) Liaison implementing the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU-1)/Behavioral Threat Assessment Center’s (BTAC) Threat Assessment & Threat Management (TATM) program. The TATM program was designed to proactively identify potential cases of terrorism and targeted violence and interrupt the subject’s movement toward violence by leveraging local partnerships and local interventions. In addition, since 2021, he has been a Master Trainer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Threat Evaluation & Reporting (NTER) program.
Prior to starting in law enforcement in 1998, Mr. McAlister worked for eight years as an emergency medical technician and paramedic at Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s (Minneapolis, MN) emergency department and also with North Ambulance (Minneapolis, MN)—an urban, level 1 trauma center ambulance service.
Randy holds a Master of Arts degree from Concordia University (St. Paul, MN) in criminal justice leadership, a Bachelor of Arts in organizational studies from Bethel University (Arden Hills, MN) and an Intensive Care Paramedic certificate from Century College (White Bear Lake, MN).
Joe Van Thomme
Attorney
Joe is a shareholder at Eckberg Lammers and a lead criminal prosecutor for our Municipal practice. He handles all aspects of misdemeanor prosecution—from charging through trial, sentencing, and probation violations. In addition to his legal practice, Joe provides foundational training for law enforcement on report writing, courtroom testimony, and mock trials. He authored the Minnesota Firearms Prohibitions Guide and regularly presents on legal issues impacting public safety. Known for his candid communication style and strategic legal approach, Joe is skilled at navigating complex situations to achieve strong results for his municipal clients.
Andrew LeFevour
Attorney, Director of Government Training and Consulting
Andy LeFevour serves as a Senior Attorney for Eckberg Lammers. He is dedicated to public service and engaging law enforcement to better communities through legal consultation, education, and facilitation of ensured legal standards.
