Archive for the ‘Training’ Category
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
On a positive note, a city police department (who will remain unnamed for the purposes of this article) will stop planting unloaded weapons, fake drugs and other props in unsuspecting civilians' cars as a way to help train officers to search vehicles. Of course on the down side, you ...
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
The purpose of this article is to propose a change to the regulations or the Code of Virginia that is intended to address several problems that currently exist as a result of the legal status of the ten regional criminal justice academies located throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Under the current ...
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006
With some limited modifications, the lecture model has been the traditional delivery method for training criminal justice officers for many years. Although we have significantly increased the amount of practical exercise training in the entry level training environment, the predominate training methodology still revolves around herding students into a ...
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
The first sentence in the duties for a job announcement for an education specialist with the Department of Navy says, "Attention to detail and meticulous preparation are the secrets to delivering world-class learning!" The work styles section of a job description for a chemistry teacher says the position requires, "Attention ...
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Violence in the workplace is a serious safety and health issue. In fact, it is the third-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), there were 639 workplace homicides in 2001 in the United States.
A ...
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Academies throughout Virginia have embraced on-line in-service training. Over 11,000 officers train at academies that offer an on-line training option to their agencies. It turns out that we aren't the only ones who have recognized the many benefits of using this innovative training delivery method.
The Associated Press reports ...
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Most agency administrators and trainers recognize the value of conducting regular roll call training. However, the burden of preparing the lesson plans for these mini training classes usually falls on the patrol sergeant. Unfortunately, preparing roll call lesson plans is often low on the priority list during busy ...
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Friday, October 13th, 2006
In the law enforcement profession, we give a lot of lip service to the concept of "ethics". I have attended and taught numerous courses on professionalism and ethics and I have heard a long list of definitions of ethics. The one thing that I have concluded after all ...
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Thursday, September 21st, 2006
Most cops probably had that range master who constantly remindied you to keep your finger off the trigger unless you were going to fire your weapon. It has probably been a while since you attended entry level training but the message is still just as important. Check out ...
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Friday, August 25th, 2006
Jon Cliborne, my buddy from Crater Criminal Justice Training Academy, forwarded this short pamphet that was put together by CBP Officer Michael R. Fowlkes for use by cops. It probably contains most of the info you will ever need to know about social security cards and numbers. This is a ...
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
We will be conducting a V-200 course at Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy on October 2 - 3, 2006. This course will satisfy the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) mandates for training on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS). ...
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Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
The following messages are taken from the IPMBA e-mail list. This is potenially a very serious issue and I thought I would post the original message and some of the responses from veteran police cyclist instructors.
Original Message - PCI Matt Langridge
Following an incident involving the near-strangulation of a bike ...
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Friday, July 14th, 2006
I recently had an inquiry from an officer who is preparing for a promotional interview and he was looking for some resources to help him prepare. Of course anyone who has been through a promotional panel interviews knows that it is a high stress experience. However, you can help minimize ...
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Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
I was recently doing a little research into body language and its possible uses during an interview situation. I thought I would compile a short list of the meanings behind some of the more commonly observed and unconsciously sent messages. Here are just a few of the ones I found:
Crossing ...
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