The ICAT training program consists of seven modules: Module 1: Introduction – This module provides an overview of the ICAT program and how it was developed. Module 2: The Critical Decision-Making …

About ICAT Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics, or ICAT, is a use-of-force Training Guide designed to fill a critical gap in training police officers in how to respond to volatile situations in …

May 9, 2022 · Agencies Implementing ICAT The following agencies have notified PERF that they are implementing ICAT as part of their training curriculum: Alabama Florence Police Department Arizona …

Feb 19, 2025 · To keep ICAT trainers updated on the latest materials and training practices, PERF is holding our Third Annual National ICAT Conference and ICAT recertification in Clearwater Beach, FL …

ICAT Is Flexible and Adaptable PERF encourages police agencies and training academies to be creative in how they choose to use the ICAT Training Guide and to do so in ways that best support …

Jun 24, 2025 · This ICAT Train-the-Trainer session equips police officers with skills to manage critical incidents safely and effectively using innovative training methods.

ICAT was rolled out in 2016, and today it has been adopted by hundreds of police agencies – large, mid-sized, and small – across the country. The entire state of New Jersey has adopted ICAT and …

ICAT: Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics ICAT is a new way of thinking about use-of-force training for American police officers. ICAT takes the essential building blocks of critical …

Law Enforcement Training for Defusing Critical Incidents ICAT is an innovative, evidence-based approach to use-of-force training. ICAT provides first responding police officers with the tools, skills, …

patrol officer or officers to manage the situation. This ICAT Training Guide is designed to provide those officers with more options and additional tacti-cal and communications skills to safely and effectively …