Description
This 12-Hr. Self-Paced, Non-State Specific, Online Course is designed for Police Officers, Deputy Sheriffs, and Prosecutors who register, manage, and prosecute high risk sexual offenders. It is a basic course and is perfect for staff recently assigned or who require a brief intensive overview on working with this very challenging population. California POST and STC Certified since 2010.
Many jurisdictions in the US use this training and the advanced course as a prerequisite for newly assigned employees.
This course will provide a detailed overview of the following:
- The complete Registration process from beginning to end
- Interview questions for offender registration
- Going above and beyond basic offender registration
- HRSO registration EBP procedures and processes
- SORNA – Tribal, Military, International travel.
- Offender Crossover Including how to contain crossover behaviors
- “The Containment Model” overview including roles, duties, and collaboration.
- Officer safety when working with HRSOs
- Compliance checks, home visits and unique searching techniques.
- Digital investigation tools, tips, and strategies
- The effective use of the polygraph by all Containment Team members
- Officer mental wellness when working with HRSOs and CSAM material
- Field supervision techniques and proven strategies when searching HRSOs.
- Contact standards for compliance checks, registrations, residence and work verification etc.
- Compliance Checks best practices
- Residence verification at home, work, and school
- Interacting with employers
- Multi-agency compliance operations – planning, deploying, debriefing
- Federal Assistance from US Marshall, NCMEC, Interpol and US Postal Inspector
- Registering on campus
- Tertiary registrations
- Collaborated Incident response
- Collaboration with Local, State, and Federal Officials
- Secondary Trauma and Officer Wellness
- And much much more
About the Instructor
Erik J. McCauley is a nationally recognized Master Instructor with more than 25 years of active law enforcement experience, specializing in community corrections, digital investigations, and high-risk offender supervision. Over the course of his career, he has worked directly in operational law enforcement environments where officer safety, legal compliance, and real-world decision-making are critical. His background brings a rare blend of frontline experience and strategic expertise to every course he delivers.
Mr. McCauley has trained thousands of professionals from police, probation, parole, corrections, tribal agencies, and allied public safety organizations across the United States. His instruction emphasizes legally defensible practices, operational realism, and evidence-based decision-making, with a consistent focus on reducing agency liability while strengthening both community safety and officer safety. Agencies value his ability to align policy, practice, and law under real supervision conditions.
He is the founder and CEO of LE Learn, LLC, a national training provider delivering POST-certified in-person and online courses to agencies nationwide. He is also the founder of the High-Risk Supervision Institute (HRSI), which administers the National Sex Offender Specialist (SOS) Certification Program. Through these organizations, Mr. McCauley has helped standardize advanced supervision and investigative training across jurisdictions facing increasingly complex offender management challenges.
As an instructor, Mr. McCauley is known for translating complex legal, technological, and behavioral concepts into practical, scenario-based training that officers can immediately apply in the field. His courses draw on real-world cases, supervision failures, and emerging threats to prepare officers for high-risk assignments involving violent and sexual offenders. He places strong emphasis on liability reduction, inter-agency coordination, and officer wellness, ensuring participants leave better equipped to manage risk, protect the community, and protect themselves.
Mr. McCauley is also the creator of the SONAR Act (Sex Offender Notification, Assessment, and Registration Act), a modern legislative framework designed to replace outdated, inconsistent sex offender laws with a risk-based, intelligence-driven national model. In this capacity, he consults with state, local, tribal, and federal agencies, as well as legislators and government leaders, on policy development, statutory reform, and implementation strategies related to high-risk offender management. His consulting work focuses on eliminating jurisdictional gaps, strengthening inter-agency coordination, and aligning supervision practices with contemporary research, technology, and public safety realities.
This course differs from the 14-Hr. Sex Offender Management and Registration Course for Probation and Parole in that this course has enhanced content for offender registration and the Probation/Parole course has enhanced Content for The Containment Model. Otherwise they are very similar.
Download – Sex Offender Registration and Management for Police Sheriff and Prosecutors POST Outline
Download – Police Sheriff and Prosecutor 12 hour HRSO Course Flyer
***NOTE: THIS COURSE IS FOR SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THOSE WHO DIRECTLY SUPPORT SWORN STAFF WHO WORK WITH REGISTERED OFFENDERS. PLEASE REGISTER WITH YOUR LEO WORK EMAIL ADDRESS, WHICH WILL BE VERIFIED. UNAUTHORIZED REGISTRATIONS WILL BE TERMINATED, NO REFUND PROVIDED, AND THE STUDENT WILL BE EXPELLED FROM THE COURSE AND WEBSITE. YOUR WEBSITE REGISTRATION VERIFIES YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS RESTRICTION. LEO STAFF ONLY.