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About Pulse Line Collaborative Training

The goal of Pulse Line Collaborative Training (PLCT) is to make the world a safer and more equitable place for people with disabilities. We provide awareness, education, and tools to first responders and other professionals to allow them to better understand, interact with, and communicate with people with disabilities. Our team is comprised of current and former first responders, mental health professionals, educators, people with disabilities, and relatives of people with disabilities.

We offer training and consulting for law enforcement, emergency responders, essential personnel, members of diverse communities and the general public. Our courses have been built on research, established relationships with people with disabilities, emergency personnel, as well as in collaboration with advocacy groups and members of the public.
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Our Team

Ali Thompson

CEO and Chief Development and Training Officer

Ali Thompson

Ali Thompson is a dynamic national speaker who develops and presents continuing education training on numerous specialized investigation techniques and first responder interactions with people with disabilities. Ali served over 25 years in the field of law enforcement as a dispatcher, patrol officer, field training officer, and detective investigating both property crimes and crimes against persons.

In 2013, she became a criminal investigator with the State of Colorado and later worked at the Attorney General’s office where she investigated allegations of abuse and neglect of at-risk persons. She was appointed to the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council in 2019 where she also serves on the Legislative and Public Policy Committee.

Ali has a strong passion for serving others, which led her to create Pulse Line Collaborative Training. With her deep professional and personal understanding of the issues involved in these areas – she is the proud mother of two children with significant disabilities – PLCT is able to offer a more in-depth educational experience than other programs.

Ali's Bio

Stephanie Lefke

COO and Mental Health Coordinator

Stephanie Lefke

Stephanie Lefke is a licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years of experience in the mental health and addictions treatment field. She is an experienced and committed leader with a demonstrated history of exceling in all areas of nonprofit management, including creative program development and leadership, budgeting, facilities management, fundraising, grants management, program evaluation, HR policy and implementation, event planning and implementation, and board development.

Steff has dedicated her career to mission focused work serving others. Joining Pulse Line Collaborative Training as the Chief Operating Officer and Mental Health Coordinator allows her to build on this expertise and expand it to be able to serve people living with disabilities.

Stephanie and her husband, Mike, have three children who have all flown the nest – luckily, all still close by. They enjoy time together, spending time with friends, and traveling. In her down time, she can be found in her craft room creating and listening to music.

Stephanie's Bio

Bobby Brewer

Instructor,
Outreach Specialist 

Bobby Brewer

Bobby Brewer began his career of service right after high school. He enlisted in the Marine Corps and served a tour in Iraq as a Combat Engineer as part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. After he separated from the Marines, he joined the Cortez Police Department to launch what became a 17-year career in law enforcement. He later joined the Broomfield Police Department where he served as a Field Training Officer, served in the traffic unit, and trained his fellow officers in firearms, Taser, Krav Maga, and Fair and Impartial Policing. Most recently he served as the Deputy Director for the Police Academy at Pueblo Community College Southwest Campus.

Bobby has built his career in law enforcement centered around teaching and working toward making law enforcement and the community safer through education.

Bobby and his wife, Caitlin, and their four children live on a small farm outside of Mancos, Colorado. He enjoys spending time with his family, reading, playing team sports, exploring the mountains of Colorado, and teaching.

Bobby's Bio

Stevie Jauch

Instructor,
IT Specialist 

Stevie Jauch

Stevie Jauch brings more than 10 years of law enforcement and training experience as a dispatcher and deputy sheriff to the Pulse Line team. She also has family members and close friends with disabilities and mental health disorders.

Having closely worked with special populations in the jail and interacted directly with the public as a dispatcher for so many years, Stevie witnessed firsthand the challenges faced by people with disabilities and mental health disorders within the legal system, as well as the challenges the legal system has with this community.

Stevie joined Pulse Line as a passionate advocate for both law enforcement and her community. To increase positive interactions among diverse communities, her goal is to bring awareness to law enforcement about disabilities and mental health while also raising awareness among these communities and the general public about law enforcement.

A Colorado native, Stevie enjoys traveling, knitting, watching polo, and spending time with loved ones in her down time. She also loves animals and is an animal massage practitioner.

Stevie's Bio

Lauren White

Administrative Assistant 

Lauren White

Lauren White joined the Pulse Line Collaborative Training team as an administrative assistant in January 2024 following her passion to teach, create, and coordinate. Her organizational skills coupled with her easy-going personality and collaborative spirit have been a welcome addition to the company. Lauren has close relationships with first responders and has friends with disabilities, and she has a heart for Pulse Line Collaborative Training's mission. Outside of work, Lauren enjoys spending time with friends and family, attending country music concerts, and taking daily walks.

Lauren's Bio

James Henning

Instructor

James Henning

James Henning served over 31 years with the Denver Police Department and retired in 2020 after attaining the rank of commander. Throughout his career, James has always had a focus on education, training, and leadership.

As a leader, James realized that most officers strive to be professionals and do the right thing for the communities they serve. Most mistakes are not made because of malice or bad intentions, but through ignorance. No one taught officers about mental health, empathy, or even patience while working the street. Times have changed, and it is James’ goal to give officers the knowledge, skillsets, and techniques to effectively interact with people with mental or physical disabilities.

After his best friend suffered a stroke, James became a volunteer at Craig Hospital to work with patients suffering from traumatic brain and spinal injuries. Working with these patients showed him the unimaginable challenges they face and gave him deep respect for their determination, positive attitude, and resiliency. James continues to enjoy his retirement with his wife of 38 years and three granddaughters, and likes fishing, travel, and reading.

James' Bio

Amy Homyak

Instructor

Amy Homyak

Amy Homyak has more than 14 years of law enforcement experience, which included serving with the Firestone Police Department and the Regional Transportation District (RTD) Transit Police Department in the Denver-Metro area primarily as an explosive detection dog (EDD) handler.

She has also served as an academy instructor primarily teaching courses on Mental Health Crisis and Special Populations. She is a volunteer victim advocate for the Frederick, Firestone, Dacono, and Mead areas, and a part-time behavioral health counselor for North Range Behavioral Health’s Crisis Response Team.

It was Amy’s time working in the transit environment with the RTD Police Department with the unhoused population that sparked her desire to pursue a career in the mental health field and she began (slowly) working towards a master’s degree in social work in 2022. After her K9 partner retired in 2023, Amy stepped away from law enforcement in the capacity of an officer to pursue her passion in supporting law enforcement as a mental health professional and instructor.

Amy's Bio

Ken King

Instructor

Ken King

Ken King has over 28 years of experience as a parole officer, police officer, financial investigator, and team manager. He retired from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office where he managed a team of fraud and antitrust violation investigators. Ken served as a Curriculum Committee Subject Matter Expert for Colorado POST and advised criminal justice courses at the community college level, where he also taught and developed course curriculums.

During his time as an instructor, Ken became deeply interested in procedural justice and fairness in criminal justice. He spent time researching how miscarriages of justice, including wrongful arrests and confessions, lack of equity and mistreatment while incarcerated, and lack of access to adequate parole and community-based services, negatively impact people living with disabilities. Joining PLTC allows him to combine his criminal justice and teaching experience to help first responders and people living with disabilities have more positive interactions and equitable outcomes. 

Ken and his wife enjoy spending time together and with friends (both human and canine types), outdoor recreational and wellness activities, and enjoying arts and entertainment.

Ken's Bio

Sam Silva

Instructor

Sam Silva

Sam Silva is a detective sergeant with the Steamboat Springs Police Department. He has over 20 years of law enforcement experience and has been the Combined Emergency Response Team (CERT) team leader for the past seven years. Sam is also a firearms instructor for both pistol and rifle, the lead instructor for arrest control for his department, and he instructs Krav Maga, Gracie Survival Tactics Jujitsu, and HFRG/PPCT.

Teaching officers how to stay safe and protect themselves has been a primary focus of Sam’s career. He joined Pulse Line Collaborative Training to teach IWD because he sees it as a continuation of his desire to help officers protect themselves. He believes in every situation officers encounter, they must strive to survive it physically, legally, and emotionally. Learning how to properly interact with people with disabilities greatly increases the chances of surviving this career legally and emotionally.

Sam has a wonderful family that includes his wife and two teenaged sons, one of whom has level one autism.

Sam's Bio

Pat Welsh

Instructor

Pat Welsh

Pat Welsh is a nationally recognized author, speaker, trainer, and expert witness in the US law enforcement community. Pat has trained thousands of civilian and military law enforcement professionals, both civilian and military, on a variety of topics that focus on the areas of constitutional law, employment law, and warrior, servant, leader mindset. 

Over his 26-year sworn career in law enforcement, Pat was assigned to and commanded units including vice, narcotics, property crimes, violent crimes, fraud, and human trafficking. Prior to joining the law enforcement profession, he practiced law as a private practitioner, assistant law director, municipal and felony court prosecutor, and he led an expert witness practice in law enforcement-related matters.

Pat joined the Pulse Line Collaborative Training team in 2023. Using stories ranging from humorous encounters he had as a patrolman to consoling and offering to pray with a distraught father having a mental breakdown, Pat is informative, entertaining, and impactful in his training style and bringing practical skill sets to first responders and the community.

Pat's Bio

John Zizz

Instructor

John Zizz

John Zizz has served in law enforcement with the University of Colorado Boulder for 15 years in a variety of positions. He is currently the sergeant over the Investigations Unit, and he is also the department’s lead Community Outreach Instructor. John is passionate about continuous improvement in law enforcement and first responder capabilities.

John joined Pulse Line Collaborative Training because he believes the IWD program provides a critical opportunity for first responders to gain awareness and engage in a much-needed conversation about a special group of people in all our communities. As the father of a child with multiple disability impacts, he is passionate about this need in first responder agencies.

John has a family first philosophy, and spending time with his wife and three children is his priority. He enjoys coaching his kids’ sports teams, supporting their curricular growth, and engaging in as much life activity as time allows. John and his wife make sure that new experiences and adventures are a priority for their family. 

John's Bio

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