Vail Independent Consulting, LLC
With over 30 years of law enforcement experience and 26 years of teaching at a major university, I provide relevant, real world training for your personnel.
My name is Bruce Vail and I am a U.S. Army Veteran, retired Law Enforcement Officer with 32 years experience, and Instructor at the University of Central Florida where I have taught for 26 years. At UCF I was the recipient of the first ever Excellence in Teaching Award in the Department of Criminal Justice in 2020. I was a supervisor for 26 years at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. I have worked in many divisions from Uniform Patrol to Major Case Investigations and I created and supervised the Behavioral Response Unit. I earned several agency commendations including two Distinguished Service Medals and a Combat Medal. I am also a Florida law enforcement certified instructor, a De-escalation Instructor, and a Critical Incident Team certified law enforcement officer, and trained as a hostage negotiator.
In 2020 I proposed, created, and supervised the Behavioral Response Unit, a co-responder unit that pairs a mental health clinician with a specially trained deputy to respond to and conduct follow-ups on members of the community with mental illness, PTSD, or substance abuse disorder. I started the agency’s first Risk Protection Order Squad and the first Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management team. I also started the first Central Florida Law Enforcement Mental Health Consortium, and created the OCSO CIT training program that brought in-house CIT to agency personnel.
I currently instruct courses for law enforcement officers on many relevant topics including de-escalation, responding to people in crisis with mental illness, starting a co-responder unit, and establishing a behavioral threat management team for your agency.
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Available Classes for Law Enforcement
De-escalation for Law Enforcement Officers
Law Enforcement Response to People in Crisis
Starting a Co-Responder Unit for your Agency
Credentials and Certifications
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Florida Certified Law Enforcement Instructor
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Department of Homeland Security Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Master Trainer
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Florida Certified Crime Prevention Practitioner
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Nationally Certified Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Practitioner
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Cultural and Linguistic Competency Instructor
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Certified De-Escalation Instructor
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Certified Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator
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Florida Hostage Negotiator and FAHN member
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FAHN "Communicating with Veterans: Mental Health and Suicide"
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Developed and presented courses for law enforcement officers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via the US Department of Justice, and for Honduran Police Officers via the US State Department
Recent projects
Currently working as an instructor with the International Criminal Investigative Assistance Program (ICITAP).
