Improving Police Crisis Management Training: The First Assessment of The Keystone Model

Groundwork: The CIT model is considered the gold standard in crisis management training for police1,2. Many municipal police departments lack the resources needed to implement CIT 1,2; officers working for these departments may not receive effective crisis training through other mechanisms. The Keystone Model of Crisis Management (KMCM) is a new training model available to police departments through workshops provided by the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP).

Research Question: Does participation in the KMCM improve confidence in crisis management?

Approach: Conducted a pre- and post-test empirical assessment of the Keystone Model training.

• Presented February 28, 2025, at Penn State Altoona's Integrated Social Science Research Laboratory (ISSRL).

• Please note that for the first two authors, their first names and last names were, regrettably, reversed in the finalized version of the poster deposited here in Scholarsphere.