BeAware Situational Awareness Training improves situational awareness and provides the foundation for security training — benefiting personal and organizational security. Participants learn to recognize suspicious or potentially dangerous behavior and learn what actions to take — whether in synagogue, at school, or in everyday situations.

Topics covered:

• Enhancing situational awareness
• Identifying safety and security threats
• Recognizing and reporting suspicious activity
• Learning how to be an active participant in the safety of your community

De-escalation Training equips participants with the knowledge, skills, and techniques to defuse or reduce tension, hostility, or conflict and increase personal safety. This training is beneficial to volunteer greeters, synagogue staff, school staff, and anyone in a public-facing role. 

Topics covered:

• Identifying the initial indicators of escalating behaviors, both verbal and non-verbal
• Demonstrating de-escalation best practices to include active listening, empathizing, verbal diffusion, de-escalation phrases, non-confrontational body language, and facial expressions
• Developing techniques to manage personal emotions in challenging situations to maintain composure and clear thinking
• Understanding how cultural and mental health sensitivity can help de-escalation efforts 

This training combines BeAware Situational Awareness with De-escalation Training. A short break is provided between the two sessions. 

Countering Active Threat Training (CATT) offers a comprehensive training program for participants to prepare and respond to an active threat event, developed specifically for faith-based organizations. We strongly recommend that participants attend BeAware Situational Awareness Training prior to attending CATT.  

Topics covered: 

• Differentiating between security and safety
• Developing a better understanding of active threat incidents
• Identifying action steps during an active threat incident, such as Run, Hide, Fight
• Preparing for an active threat event
• Responding to law enforcement's arrival
• Recognizing the importance of additional training such as Stop the Bleed
• Committing to action during an active threat event 

This training includes videos, as well as a 15-minute active drill to reinforce central concepts.

CPR/AED and first aid medical training provides participants with an interactive, hands-on experience to learn lifesaving techniques and the confidence to act when every second matters. Participants will be equipped to recognize and care for a variety of first aid, breathing, and cardiac emergencies involving adults and children, and will receive a certification of attendance, valid for two years, from the American Heart Association. 

CPR/AED and First Aid Training meets for a single four-hour session. CSI will cover the cost of training for up to nine people per organization per year. If you have a larger group, please contact us at communalsecurity@cjp.org.

Stop the Bleed Medical Training teaches participants how to save a life. Severe bleeding can cause death in three to five minutes.  

Topics covered: 

• Learning skills to locate, identify, and control significant blood loss in an adult or child
• Providing hands-on training with the tools to accomplish hemostasis or stop the bleeding 

This training, in addition to CPR/AED and first aid, allows participants to be better prepared for critical, life-threatening situations. 

SafeU training is designed to equip university students will critical situational awareness and first-aid skills. Developed with students, SafeU is a first-of-its-kind training created in partnership with Secure Community Network (SCN), Hillel International and the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS). 

Topics covered: 

• Learning awareness techniques to remain vigilant in everyday settings
• Planning strategies for preparing safe commuting routes and emergency contingencies
• Practicing lifesaving first-aid procedures, de-escalation techniques, and communication methods
• Learning action steps for safely responding to imminent threats, including methods of escape