Tag: In-Service Training

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How Police Trainers Can Break Down One Giant Roadblock to Adult Learning

When the brain is engaged in "executive state," a student in a classroom can absorb, analyze, interpret, and remember complex concepts for use at a later time. When a person is in "survival state," they can't do any of those things.

October 10, 2022

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Unique Training Challenges (and Myriad Benefits) of Police K-9 Units

Regardless of how a K-9 unit is stood-up and maintained, it is almost universally accepted that the return on investment is practically immeasurable.

February 25, 2022

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Training Super Bowl Caliber Teams in Policing Requires Top-Tier Facilities

There exists a real opportunity for thoughtful law enforcement leaders to direct any increase in funds toward building and renovating training facilities that can ultimately lead to those outcomes elected leaders seem to desire.

February 11, 2022

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Florida Incident Provides Reminder About "Duty to Intervene" Training

Wherever a "duty to intervene" policy exists, ongoing training should emphasize not only the tactics of the intervening officer, but the appropriate response of the receiving officer.

January 28, 2022

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Assessing the Need for Needs Assessment in Police Training

There are vast libraries of dash- and body-camera videos "in house" at nearly every agency which can potentially help police trainers refine their instruction and improve police officer safety and success on the streets.

January 14, 2022

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Preparing for the Prospect of a "Suicide by Cop" Incident

Accept the fact that a suicide-by-cop incident could happen to you on any call on every shift you work.

May 1, 2020

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Trends in Training: Police Innovate While Critics Irritate

A criminal justice professor at Texas Christian University believes that police training is to blame for the death of Atatiana Jefferson, who was shot and killed by former Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean late last week. Here's why he's leaped prematurely to a conclusion.

October 18, 2019

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Seattle Police Training to Become Emergency Medical Technicians

A number of officers with the Seattle (WA) Police Department are training to become EMTs so they're prepared to render aid in the event of a large-scale emergency.

October 16, 2019

Editor's Notes

Banning Warrior-Style Training

Progressive politicians want to turn you into social workers; someday when they need a warrior they will regret that decision.

April 25, 2019

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Minneapolis Police Union to Offer Free "Warrior Style" Training After Mayor Prohibits It

Following Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s banning of "warrior style” training for Minneapolis police, an online training program will be offered free to all Minneapolis police officers.

April 25, 2019

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LAPD Officers Told to Be Guardians of Community, Not Crimefighting Warriors

"We were warriors," Deputy Chief Bill Scott recently told a room filled with LAPD rank-and-file officers, a group of fresh-faced rookies watching from the front, the Los Angeles Times reports. Now, he said, officers need to think of themselves as guardians watching over communities — not warriors cracking down on them.

August 21, 2015

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Video: Inside the NYPD's Retraining Program

NYPD brass insists the program was always going to be a centerpiece initiative for the department’s new commissioner, Bill Bratton. But they also acknowledge that it became critical -- and was sped up -- after last summer’s death of Eric Garner.

March 19, 2015