THIS CLASS IS LIMITED TO 30 STUDENTS AND WILL BE FILLED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

This course is a skills-based course designed to educate attendees about how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among first responders. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it builds mental health literacy, providing an action plan that teaches attendees to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental health or substance use challenge. Topics covered in this course include but are not limited to: Common signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges, how to interact with a person in crisis, how to connect a person with the appropriate care, as well as expanded content on trauma, substance use, and self-care.

Wayne is the MIRACLE Program Manager for the NTOA. He is a retired administrator with over 27 years of law enforcement experience. During his career he served in patrol, detectives, street crimes, and as an administrator, with additional duties as a SWAT Team and Incident Commander. Wayne served over 25 years on SWAT holding the positions of Team Leader and CNT Cadre Leader. During his career, Wayne has responded to, supervised, or been in command of hundreds of SWAT operations to include high risk warrant service, barricaded suspects, and hostage situations.

Waye is an instructor in numerous SWAT disciplines, instructing both his team and regionally for the Washington State Tactical Officers Association (WSTOA) from 2002 to 2017. During that time, he served as the President and as a lead instructor for the Washington State Tactical Officers Association (WSTOA). He was named SWAT Officer of the Year and Police Officer of the Year and was awarded the Medal of Valor. Wayne instructs in the NTOA's Command Cadre as well as multiple courses under the MIRACLE umbrella. Wayne is a certified emotional intelligence coach, and holds an M.A. in Executive Leadership from Liberty University.

Wayne has had two published articles on SWAT procedures and operations in a the NTOA's national publication, "The Tactical Edge."

Before law enforcement, he served four years on active duty as a ground surveillance systems operator in the U.S. Army, including deployment to Southwest Asia for six months during Operation Desert Shield & Storm.

Alan Brooks began his law enforcement career in 2007 with the Flathead County Sheriff's Office and has continued to serve there. Alan is the Northwest Montana Drug Task Force Commander and a team leader for the Northwest Montana SWAT Team. Alan has worked as a patrol deputy, Field Training Officer and has spent a large portion of his career in investigations, where he has worked all types of major crimes. Before his current role as Commander of the drug task force, Alan was a task force officer assigned to Homeland Security, working on internet crimes against children and human trafficking. Alan presently serves as a team leader for the Northwest Montana Regional SWAT Team; he has been a member since 2009. Before being a team leader, Alan was a sniper and sniper team leader. Alan holds Crisis Negotiations, Explosive Breaching, Advanced Swat, and Sniper certifications. Alan was previously a member of the MSTOA board and a current MSPOA SWAT Primary teaching cadre member. He is a certified EI coach from the Fearless Leaders Group in EQ-I 2.0/EQ 360.