Course Information
Course title: Driver Training Instructor Re-certification
Course number: DIR1010
Course description: This course will fulfill the Department of Criminal Justice Services mandated Driver Training instructor re-certification requirements. All Driver Training Instructors must successfully complete the General Instructor Re-certification course.
Prerequisite(s): Students below the rank of sergeant must be enrolled by a supervisor.
Course Requirements
Introduction: This course is comprised of two training module. Each module is composed of one or more sections (classes). Students who complete this course will be re-certified as Driver Training Instructors and will earn 6 hours of career development in-service credit. 
Requirements: Students must read the material contained in training module. After the student has read the material in the module, he must take the module quiz. In order to successfully complete the module quiz, the student must score 70%. The student will be given two opportunities to successfully complete the quiz. At the director's discretion, a third opportunity may be granted upon the request of the student's chief, sheriff or agency administrator.
Module 1
Lesson: Driver Training Instructor Recertification
Objectives or Goals: The objective of this course is to provide re-certification training for Driver Training instructors and to provide refresher emergency vehicle operations training.  The student will:

1. Identify the differences between front wheel drive and rear wheel drive vehicles during acceleration, steering, and braking.

2. Identify how the different design can impact the overall handling of a front wheel drive vehicle.

3.    Identify the acronym ASIPDE and explain its relationship to a driving style that is low-risk, high gain.

4.    Identify the psychological and physiological factors that may affect an officer’s perceptions and judgment during an emergency response.

5.    Identify factors that may impair vision and special considerations required while performing nighttime driving.

6.    Identify factors concerning vehicular pursuits in the following situations:

       a.    Justifying the initial pursuit
       b.    Continuing the pursuit
       c.    Terminating the pursuit

7.    Identify the types and limitations of emergency warning devices on law enforcement vehicles.

8.    Identify the legal and liability issues concerning law enforcement vehicular operations.

9.  Identify the characteristics of insight driving.

10.  Define proactive driving.

11.  Identify the driving skills, psychological factors and physiological factors that contribute to effective pursuit driving and and skid avoidance.
Topics:
  1. (+) Front Wheel Drive Vehicle Dynamics


  2. (+) Emergency Vehicle Response


  3. (+) Skid Avoidance

Module 2
Lesson: Net Detective
Objectives or Goals: The Net Detective module is a guided, self-directed learning tool consisting of information that is available on the world wide web.  The objective is to permit students to actively build their knowledge and understanding of the topics covered in this course material.

As students investigate each location, they will be given an assignment to complete.  The assignments will vary depending on the nature of the course.  For instance, students may be required to complete a site use tutorial so that they will know how to retrieve information for future reference, read a blog post that exposes them to a different viewpoint on a topic, explore how other criminal justice agencies have addressed a problem or simply build upon the informational foundation they received in this course.
Topics:
  1. (+) Net Detective - DIR


  2. Net Detective Forum

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