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Tag: FTOs: Page 2
Technology
Vector Solutions Unveils New Application for Managing Law Enforcement Field Training Officer Programs
The three-part system not only makes it easier to provide training, but it also helps to increase safety measures in the field by ensuring accurate documentation and accountability for every single officer, the company says.
August 3, 2020
Patrol
New York Officer Helps Save Life of Suicidal Man on Second Day on the Job
Officers John Zonneveld and Angela Acierno responded to a call in which a man was threatening to jump from a freeway overpass. At the time, Zonneveld was training Acierno, who was on her second day on the job.
April 11, 2019
Patrol
Tennessee Officer Struck, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver
Officer Nicholas Galinger was with his field training officer inspecting a manhole cover that was overflowing with water when a passing Honda CRV struck him.
February 25, 2019
Patrol
Real Change
Obtaining tacit knowledge is considered our most important and powerful learning activity, but too often the folks with the tacit knowledge are left out of the decision-making process, in favor of the most institutionally educated folks; the ones with explicit knowledge only.
July 10, 2017
Patrol
2 Texas Officers Wounded Responding to Suicide, Suspect Killed in Standoff
A suspect is dead and two police officers were injured Friday night while answering a 911 call about a suicide in Fort Worth. More Here.
September 17, 2016
Patrol
2 Texas Officers Wounded Responding to Suicide, Suspect Killed in Standoff
A suspect is dead and two police officers were injured Friday night while answering a 911 call about a suicide in Fort Worth.
September 17, 2016
Training
Video: CO Officers Disciplined for Playing Pokémon Go On Duty
Two Commerce City, CO, Police field training officers have been suspended from training recruits after the FTOs were discovered taking recruits on Pokémon Go hunts on-duty.
August 26, 2016
Training
CO Officers Disciplined for Playing Pokémon Go On Duty
Two Commerce City, CO, Police field training officers have been suspended from training recruits after the FTOs were discovered taking recruits on Pokémon Go hunts on-duty instead of doing actual police work. More Here.
August 26, 2016
Training
25 Ways to Make Police Training More Effective
Because police training is in the news we thought it was a good time to ask veteran officers and trainers how they would improve law enforcement training and make it more effective. The following is collected from the comments of more than a dozen sources.
April 29, 2015
Patrol
Keep Your Sense of Humor
As a demonstrably immature 21-year-old, I defensively adopted a more reserved demeanor in the hopes that it would be interpreted by the academy staff as reflective of a sober nature. I beat down any temptation to crack a joke in the academy with whack-a-mole determination and my effort was so successful that I quickly became known as "stress cadet”
December 22, 2013
Training
Be a Mentor, Not a Monster
Great mentors seem to live for the teaching moments of life. It is easy to scream at someone who makes a mistake. It takes patience to seize a mistake and turn it into a learning experience. The leader who takes you aside for a teaching moment is a real leader.
August 20, 2013
Patrol
If You Don't Learn This, You'll Die!
It's been said that the street cop wears many hats: psychologist, sociologist, counselor, arbitrator; electrician, firefighter, judge, jury, and even executioner. But how much formal training has he or she been exposed to in these various capacities?
March 11, 2013
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