{"id":2444,"date":"2025-07-07T03:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T07:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/?page_id=2444"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:42:36","slug":"program-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/able\/become-an-able-agency\/program-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Years of academic research and on-the-ground experience have shown us that effective active bystandership can be taught. The Georgetown Law Center for Innovations in Community Safety, partnering with global law firm Sheppard Mullin, has created ABLE (Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement) to prepare officers to successfully intervene to prevent harm and to create a law enforcement culture that supports peer intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The anticipated benefits of creating a meaningful culture of active bystandership at a law enforcement agency include:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4257 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3-300x224.png\" alt=\"ABLE Program Standards graphic\" width=\"508\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3-1536x1148.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3-500x374.png 500w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3-740x553.png 740w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3-980x732.png 980w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3.png 1635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In order to ensure ABLE is implemented effectively and meaningfully, a law enforcement agency wishing to train their officers in the ABLE curriculum, access implementation support and resources, receive other ABLE training or technical assistance, and\/or use the registered ABLE trademarks must commit to the following ABLE Standards. Regional or statewide academies wishing to participate in ABLE are asked to contact our team at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ABLE@georgetown.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">ABLE@georgetown.edu<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If your agency is interested in joining ABLE, please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/able\/apply\/\">Apply to ABLE<\/a>\u00a0page to learn more and submit an application. If you represent a regional or statewide law enforcement academy and you wish to offer the ABLE training, please contact our team at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ABLE@georgetown.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">ABLE@georgetown.edu<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note that our Standards were updated in August 2022.\u00a0<\/em><em>The prior ABLE Standards may be found on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/able\/program-standards\/archived-standards\/\">Archived Standards<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><sub><em>NOTE: \u201cABLE,\u201d \u201cProject ABLE,\u201d \u201cABLE Project,\u201d and \u201cActive Bystandership for Law Enforcement\u201d are registered trademarks of the Georgetown University\u2019s Center for Innovations in Community Safety. The trademarks may be used with appropriate attribution to Georgetown in accordance with the guidelines set out above. Neither Georgetown University nor its partners evaluates or certifies police agencies as meeting these ABLE guidelines. Police agencies are responsible for self-certifying their adherence to these guidelines.<\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years of academic research and on-the-ground experience have shown us that effective active bystandership can be taught. The Georgetown Law Center for Innovations in Community Safety, partnering with global law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19019,"featured_media":0,"parent":2442,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-2444","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4680,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2444\/revisions\/4680"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/cics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}