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Training
February 3, 2011
Training
Officer Gets Deferred Sentence in Training Death
A Providence, Rhode Island, police officer who accidentally shot his supervisor to death can avoid prison if he stays out of trouble for five years and meets conditions set by the court.
January 14, 2003
Training
FBI Offers Free Death Notification Training to Officers
The FBI—in conjunction with its partners at Penn State University (PSU)—announced a new, no-cost training website for law enforcement agencies and other first responders responsible for notifying the family members of those who have died suddenly as a result of a crime, an accident, a suicide, or other type of incident.
April 29, 2015
Training
DT Training Injury Caused Death of Virginia Recruit
Recruit John Kohn, 40, was wearing protective headgear when he banged heads with another recruit as they were moving through doors in the training area.
December 28, 2010
Training
Virginia Chief On Hot Seat After Training Death
There have been public calls for the firing of Marquis and one council member said publicly he has lost faith in the chief for the way he handled the death of John Kohn, 40.
February 1, 2011
Training
What the Spartan Death Race Meant for Police Training
Chicago Police Officer Joshua Purkiss put himself to the ultimate test. He announced he would participate in the Spartan Death Race—arguably the greatest test of a person's body, mind, and spirit. The nearly three-day race on a 50-mile obstacle course in the dense Vermont woods last week was completed by less than 20% of its participants.
June 20, 2012
Patrol
Former Officer, Criminal Justice Scholar Says Police Training Leads to "Avoidable" Suspect Deaths
Having served as an officer at a large municipal police department, and now as a scholar who researches policing, I am intimately familiar with police training. I’ve also had long conversations with trainers and use-of-force instructors at law enforcement agencies across the country, and they’ve all led to one conclusion: American police officers are among the best-trained in the world, but what they’re trained to do is part of the problem.
December 18, 2014
Patrol
New York Officer Dies During Off-Duty Training Run
Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo announced the death of deputy sheriff John Brown on Sunday. Zurlo says Brown, a triathlete, collapsed and died while on a training run in Albany.
November 13, 2017
Training
Corps of Engineers Employee Charged in SC Deputy's Death
An employee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been charged in the death of a South Carolina sheriff's deputy who was thrown from a boat during a training accident.
August 8, 2017
Training
Georgia Lt. Found Dead at Training Center
Lt. Mark Cotton, 49, was found dead Sunday at the Chief Ben T. Watkins Training Academy in Macon, Ga., where he served as director. An autopsy report revealed a possible cause of death.
January 13, 2013
Training
Charge Dropped for Army Corps Employee in SC Deputy's Death
Charges have been dropped against a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee in the death of a South Carolina sheriff's deputy thrown from a boat during a training accident.
September 20, 2017
Training
Widow Claims Head Blows Caused Recruit's Death
The widow of a Norfolk (Va.) Police recruit who died after defensive tactics training has sued departmental leaders and trainers, claiming that repeated blows to the head caused the death of John Kohn.
August 18, 2011
Patrol
Cleveland Officer's Murder During Carjacking Ruled Duty Death
“We observed Officer (Shane) Bartek utilized training that he received in our police academy to try to disarm the suspect,” Interim Chief Wayne Drummond said. “Our conclusion in the review was that it was a line of duty death.”
January 6, 2022
Weapons
Force-on-Force Training System
ATK
Engineered for safety and realism, ATK's Force-on-Force training system allows officers to train in live action scenarios for life and death decisions. From marker rounds to a full line of protective gear and portable ranges, Force-on-Force provides tactical realism in training.
December 28, 2009
Patrol
AR Police Recruit Death Now a Criminal Investigation
The death of a Jonesboro police recruit who experienced “medical distress” at the state police training academy July 17 is now being handled by Arkansas State Police as a criminal investigation following the discovery of possible conflicting information released the day of the incident.
August 3, 2022
Patrol
University Professor Blames Police Training for Recent Fatal Shootings
A criminal justice professor at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth 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 on Saturday.
October 16, 2019
Special Units
Fatigued Calif. Officer Dies After SWAT Training
Buena Park (Calif.) Police Officer Daniel Ackerman's tenure on his agency's part-time SWAT team was cut short, following his death after a physically grueling day of training.
July 30, 2011
Weapons
C.O.P.S. to hold "The Traumas of Law Enforcement" Training Sessions
Concerns of Police Survivors will hold seven regional training sessions about trauma from the job in 2008. The focus of these training sessions is handling line-of-duty death, information on benefits for line-of-duty deaths, the traumatization of law enforcement officers, police suicide, and the issues of the injured officer.
November 26, 2007
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