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If you think you've seen the last of classroom training once you've
completed the police academy, you'll be wrong. Throughout your career,
you'll be returning to the classroom to be brought up to date on the ever
changing issues that affect police work.
Don't panic. It's not a big deal. Your continuing classroom training,
normally referred to as In-Service Training, will rarely exceed 40 hours
per year. The length of in-service training is usually determined by
your state's police training commission, or an entity responsible for
standards to maintain for your continuing police certification.
If you're a working cop, the biggest problem you'll encounter is
scheduling. For instance, court appearances come before anything. I'm
sure there are some legitimate reasons for missing court, but I can't
think of any right now. When you add your court commitments to your
department's staffing requirements, you'll want to get your in-service
training out of the way at your first opportunity.
What kind of training are you going to receive? Well...the subjects can
cover any number of things. Forty hours is only one week, and that's
not a lot of time to cover all the things that may have changed or
occurred that can directly affect your performance as a police officer.
Two of the most important areas of interest will always be recent court
decisions and use of force issues. Unfortunately, some of that forty
hours is going to be wasted boring you to death with politically correct
junk. You do need to pay attention to the junk instruction, so you'll
know how to avoid becoming a politically incorrect victim.
When it comes to the important issues, in-service training can be just as
important to the trainers as those being trained:
Fortunately, this idiot instruction died a quick death when it was
instituted in the In-Service instruction. You see, in-service students
were not recruits, and the instructors were very embarrassed when it
was pointed out that their instruction was in clear and direct violation of
the department's rules and regulations.
Oh, well...nobody's perfect. The most important thing for you to
remember is that your career is a continuing education, your in-service
training is but one small part of that education.
completed the police academy, you'll be wrong. Throughout your career,
you'll be returning to the classroom to be brought up to date on the ever
changing issues that affect police work.
Don't panic. It's not a big deal. Your continuing classroom training,
normally referred to as In-Service Training, will rarely exceed 40 hours
per year. The length of in-service training is usually determined by
your state's police training commission, or an entity responsible for
standards to maintain for your continuing police certification.
If you're a working cop, the biggest problem you'll encounter is
scheduling. For instance, court appearances come before anything. I'm
sure there are some legitimate reasons for missing court, but I can't
think of any right now. When you add your court commitments to your
department's staffing requirements, you'll want to get your in-service
training out of the way at your first opportunity.
What kind of training are you going to receive? Well...the subjects can
cover any number of things. Forty hours is only one week, and that's
not a lot of time to cover all the things that may have changed or
occurred that can directly affect your performance as a police officer.
Two of the most important areas of interest will always be recent court
decisions and use of force issues. Unfortunately, some of that forty
hours is going to be wasted boring you to death with politically correct
junk. You do need to pay attention to the junk instruction, so you'll
know how to avoid becoming a politically incorrect victim.
When it comes to the important issues, in-service training can be just as
important to the trainers as those being trained:
Fortunately, this idiot instruction died a quick death when it was
instituted in the In-Service instruction. You see, in-service students
were not recruits, and the instructors were very embarrassed when it
was pointed out that their instruction was in clear and direct violation of
the department's rules and regulations.
Oh, well...nobody's perfect. The most important thing for you to
remember is that your career is a continuing education, your in-service
training is but one small part of that education.
In one police department, the training academy underwent
some personnel changes. Of course, the new personnel were
encouraged to "thing out of the box," and that's exactly what
they did.
Somebody in the group decided that the use of deadly force
instruction should be tweaked just a little to make it more
effective. They began instructing police recruits on the
importance of making oneself sound serious when pointing
your pistol at a suspect.
Here's the tweak: Screaming profanity at a suspect.
Here's the result: If the suspect perceives you as a raving
lunatic, he'll be more likely to comply with your profanity
laced commands.
Thankfully...racial slurs were not included on the list of
acceptable profane vocabulary.
some personnel changes. Of course, the new personnel were
encouraged to "thing out of the box," and that's exactly what
they did.
Somebody in the group decided that the use of deadly force
instruction should be tweaked just a little to make it more
effective. They began instructing police recruits on the
importance of making oneself sound serious when pointing
your pistol at a suspect.
Here's the tweak: Screaming profanity at a suspect.
Here's the result: If the suspect perceives you as a raving
lunatic, he'll be more likely to comply with your profanity
laced commands.
Thankfully...racial slurs were not included on the list of
acceptable profane vocabulary.
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