Training and Classes
Quarterly Safety and Awareness Training
The University Police Department will be presenting three sessions of Safety and Awareness Training: Your Campus, Your Safety, Our Team during the 2023-2024 academic year. The training will cover the following topics:
- Active Attacker Preparedness
- Situational Awareness
- Run, Hide, Fight Principle
- Be Prepared
- What to Expect from Law Enforcement
- Make a Plan
We encourage you to attend one of these sessions, with approval of your supervisor. The training is scheduled on the following dates/times:
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 AM
Location: Digital Archives Building, Room 213E
Facilitator: Jewell Day, Chief of Police
Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Location: EWU Spokane Campus – TBD
Facilitator: Jewell Day, Chief of Police
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Digital Archives Building, Room 213E
Facilitator: Jewell Day, Chief of Police
Please email Jennifer Walters at jwalters6@ewu.edu to register for a training session.
Self Defense Training
The EWU Police Department provides free self-defense classes to students, faculty, staff and the community to train both men and women in basic self-defense techniques and offer viable options when confronted with various threats of violence and aggression.
Classes help with the following:
- Identifying an imminent attack
- Close quarters defensive tactics
- Defeating attacks from behind
- Creating opportunities for acquiring assistance during an attack
- Multitude of other self-protection skill sets
These classes will help create a new set of awareness, assertiveness verbal confrontation skills, and safety strategies, and provide techniques that enable you to prevent, escape, resist, and survive attacks.
For questions about self defense classes or to register, contact Officer Karlis at 509.359.6089 or gkarlis@ewu.edu.
UPCOMING CLASSES
**There are no self-defense classes scheduled right now. We will update this page when classes resume.**
Critical Incident Response Training
The University Police Department typically offers Critical Incident Response training each quarter. Notifications are sent out to all employees via email.
To request this training for your department or unit, please contact Jennifer Walters at jwalters6@ewu.edu or 509.359.6310.
A video of Winter Quarter 2019 Quarterly Training is posted below:
A video of Fall Quarter 2019 Quarterly Training is posted below:
Shots Fired on Campus
Click the button below to view the “Shots Fired” training video.
To schedule a Shots Fired on Campus training, please contact Jennifer Walters at jwalters6@ewu.edu or 509.359.6310.
CWU Active Shooter Training: Run, Hide Fight
Click the button below to view the “Active Shooter Preparedness” training video.
