Kathy Cook and Joy VerPlanck, D.E.T.

Kathy Cook is a senior client advisor at the NeuroLeadership Institute. She brings over 25 years of experience leading and implementing large-scale organizational and learning projects across private, nonprofit and public-sector clients in federal government, military and law enforcement organizations.

Dr. Joy VerPlanck leads the Cognitive Division at MILO (milorange.com), where she develops immersive content, research-based curriculum, collaborative partnerships and outreach programs that improve training for police agencies within the military, government and local sectors.

Police training needs work

Fix it with these brain-based tips

July 22, 2021

The calls for more law enforcement training seem to be increasing: more de-escalation training, more implicit bias training, more less-than-lethal training. Those calls are answered with more annual training requirements, […] Read More

Rethinking institutions

The case for change is in our brains

May 15, 2021

In 1838, Boston’s nightlife was out of control. The undisciplined volunteer night watch couldn’t manage the chaos, and so the first centralized police force — and the institution of policing […] Read More