Description
This 14-Hr. self-paced, non-state specific, online course is the first in a two part series and is a must for Probation Officers, Parole Agents, and Corrections Staff who supervise and manage high risk sex offenders. It is especially effective for those working a specialized HRSO caseload.
This non-state specific course is now CA STC certified for all Probation, Corrections, and Jail staff (course #08566106).
This course is mandatory in many parts of the US for any officers or agents working with high risk offenders in our communities. It is a prerequisite for the Advanced SO Management and Supervision course.
Topics will cover:
- Introduction to the most highly specialized assignment in Law Enforcement
- The history of specialized supervision caseloads
- History of HRSO registration and significant legislation driving cases
- Interview questions for the initial meeting with a new offender on your caseload
- Strategies when working with other agencies
- Carefully building a world-class high risk offender supervision and registration program
- Nationally recognized Evidence-Based supervision techniques
- Standards for compliance operations, residence verification, and registration
- Non state specific sex offender registration including SORNA
- Overview of “The Containment Model”of offender supervision
- Static and Dynamic Offender Risk and Offender Risk Assessment
- Use of the Polygraph to assist in determining offender risk
- Collaboration with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies
- Officer safety techniques for both field and office specific to HRSOs
- Using the DataPilot DP-10 to search offender’s mobile devices
- General search techniques for high risk offenders
- Reports, documentation, and liability
- Risk – Officer Safety Risk, Offender Risk, Professional and Personal Risk
- Digital Investigation of computers, mobile devices, and other media
- CSAM investigations, prosecutions, and supervision
- Who are you gonna call? Resources for this specialized assignment; IE: Who to call when you discover CSAM or other violational or illegal contraband
- Officer wellness and secondary trauma when working with offenders and CSAM
- Officer Safety when working with HRSOs
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. Introduction to Sex Offender Management and Registration Course for Police and Sheriff in that this course has enhanced content for The Containment Model, and the Police course has enhanced Content for offender registration. Otherwise they are very similar.
**Download – 14 hr HRSO Course for Probation, Parole, Corrections Course Flyer
This course is a prerequisite for the Advanced HRSO Management course which will be released in July, 2024
***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.