Proactive Alliance Certification

This credentialing program sets a basic standard of excellence for people using Proactive Alliance (PA). It identifies certificate holders as skilled stakeholders who understand the process of building and maintaining complex relationships with hard-to-reach community members for the purpose of engaging in collaborative work to solve problems.

Applicants for certification must demonstrate a more than intermediate level of proficiency in methods and practical applications of PA. This is achieved by submitting written documentation of their own local case study demonstrating (1) how the concepts of PA were used to further problem-solving; (2) how the formal PA process was used to secure vital partnerships needed to further project outcomes; and (3) how results from Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) analytics informed related problem-solving and programming efforts. Certificates are awarded to those who meet all three criteria and who can verifiably describe their role in the local case study.

Credential-holders should be demonstrably skilled and knowledgeable in: problem identification; stakeholder identification; evaluation of stakeholder capacity in relation to the problem; basic data analysis; forming actionable risk narratives from RTM analytics; data-informed community engagement; problem-oriented policing; public safety programming; developing and implementing a strategic engagement plan; documenting project thresholds; communicating PA concepts; providing peer-to-peer instruction to staff and executives to increase awareness and support; developing evidence-based crime prevention and public safety programming; present successful use cases for PA, and other fields of professional practice where PA offers value. Credential-holders will have learned empathy-based interpersonal skills; trauma-informed perspectives; interpersonal boundaries; advanced social skills for challenging interpersonal situations; proactive prevention perspectives and techniques; and counseling psychology-based skills and perspectives.

To be eligible for certification, applicants must complete the RCPS or Simsi approved Proactive Alliance training course and provide detailed documentation of a local case study with which they were involved. Application materials will be reviewed and approved by a certified PA instructor prior to committee review or approval.