The Prevention Leaders Podcast
Motivational Interviewing For Campus Police [#3]
34 min
Guest: Ryan Snow
Listen on SpotifySummary
This episode explores the application of Motivational Interviewing for campus police. The host discusses how campus police officers can use Motivational Interviewing on patrol, building on a presentation given at the NASPA Strategies conference.
Key takeaways
- Understand the basics of Motivational Interviewing for campus police.
- Learn how to get campus police officers involved in Motivational Interviewing techniques.
- Explore the application of Motivational Interviewing in a campus patrol setting.
Show notes
For today’s episode, I wanted to talk about Motivational Interviewing for Campus Police. Ryan Snow and I recently spoke on this very same topic at the NASPA Strategies conference and folks wanted more and more info about how they can get their campus police officers involved. So I thought I’d break down the basics of campus police using motivational interviewing on patrol.
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