Doug Wyllie

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Doug Wyllie has authored thousands of feature articles, opinion columns, news reports, and tactical tips with the goal of ensuring that police officers are safer and more successful on the streets. Doug is a Western Publishing Association “Maggie Award” winner for Best Regularly Featured Digital Edition Column. He is a member of International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), an Associate Member of the California Peace Officers’ Association (CPOA), and a member of the Public Safety Writers Association (PSWA).

From Doug Wyllie
Training
ILEETA 2023: Trainers Speak Out on Effects of Lowering Hiring Standards
The interwoven problems of staffing shortages and lowering hiring standards have a profound impact on law enforcement training and trainers. It's unsurprising then that during ILEETA 2023, the topic was discussed at length.
March 27, 2023
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Training to Prevent the Next Uvalde
At ILEETA 2023, a seminar session—dubbed "Street Leadership - Never Again Uvalde, Texas!"—renowned law enforcement trainers taught how simple leadership at the street level can avert such failed response in future events.
March 27, 2023
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Assessing the Proposal of Police Apprenticeships: On Paper vs. In Practice
It's certainly advisable—even valuable—to entertain suggestions of new approaches to the matter of recruiting and training new officers, because as the saying goes, if you keep doing what you've been doing, you're going to keep getting what you've got.
March 24, 2023
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Recent Incidents Prompt Reminders for Officer Safety While Directing Traffic
There are myriad factors contribute to incidents in which an officer is struck by a vehicle while directing traffic—everything from weather, to the negligence/impairment of the offending vehicle's driver, to the officer's own actions—but a few basic safety strategies can mitigate the risks.
March 17, 2023
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Required Reading: 5 Not-So-Obvious Book Titles Recommended for Police Trainers
We asked five well known-and well-read police trainers for some of the titles in their recommended reading in their library. Unsurprisingly, their five recommended titles are as diverse and as interesting as their chosen focus of instruction in the field of law enforcement.
March 13, 2023
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New Michigan Budget Mandates In-Service Training for State's 17,000+ Officers
The proposed 2024 budget for the state of Michigan includes stipulations that specific funds be set aside for mandated in-service training required for law enforcement officers to maintain their police certification.
March 10, 2023
Prior to the introduction of the proposed 2024 budget for the state of Michigan, the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MOCLES) previously didn't specify any minimum requirements for in-service training.
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DOJ Releases Report Containing "Roadmap" Aimed at Reforming Ohio Police
The DOJ's COPS Office recently released a report containing a set of recommendations aimed at "reforming" the Columbus (OH) Division of Police amid backlash over how it handled protests in the immediate aftermath of two high-profile officer-involved shootings.
March 3, 2023
The DOJ's COPS Office recently released a report containing a set of recommendations aimed at 'reforming' the Columbus (OH) Division of Police amid backlash over how it handled protests in the immediate aftermath of two high-profile officer-involved shootings.
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Attending ILEETA: Hidden Surprises and Absolute "Musts"
A handful of veteran attendees share some advice that can help newcomers—and even some "old hands"—maximize time and energy spent at the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association Conference and Expo in St. Louis next month.
February 27, 2023
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Know the SCORE: 5 Keys to Improve Training, Transfer, and Performance
By creating more scenario-based problem-solving training—that is spaced out over time, incorporates challenges and obstacles, randomizes required actions, and allows for exceptions in all of the above—trainers can make great strides in developing skills, abilities, and expertise in their trainees.
February 27, 2023
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New TASER 10 Will Require Training for Seasoned Officers
With a single trigger pull resulting in only one deployed probe—necessitating a second trigger pull to hope to achieve neuromuscular incapacitation (NMI)—there will certainly be some serious training implications.
February 24, 2023
The TASER 10 has some excellent new features including a 45-foot range and 10-probe capacity.
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