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Tag: Driver Training: Page 3
Vehicle Ops
Pursuit Training on the Cheap
Making sure police officers can drive well is not enough. They must also keep their mental skills just as sharp to follow policy under stress and exercise good judgment throughout the pursuit.
November 29, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Motorcycle Skills Competition
An annual California police motorcycle skills competition drew almost 500 officers to a sun-drenched parking lot along the Huntington Beach sand to compete for top-rider honors, train on patterns of neatly arranged orange cones and share a few moments of levity about their specialized patrol work. The Orange County Traffic Officer's Association hosted the annual police motorcycle skills competition, which nearly doubled in attendance from a year ago.
October 8, 2009
Vehicles
Motor Officers Compete To Become 'Top Gun' Rider
An annual California police motorcycle skills competition drew almost 500 officers to a sun-drenched parking lot lining the Huntington Beach sand to compete for top-rider honors, train on patterns of neatly arranged orange cones and share a few moments of levity.
October 7, 2009
Vehicle Ops
MPRI Sells 12 Driver Simulators to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
MPRI today announced that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) has purchased 12 PatrolSim IV driver simulators. The simulators will be used to provide basic training to uniformed police and land management professionals.
December 15, 2008
Training
Tactical Verbalization
You should be thinking to yourself as you approach any call for perceived dangers. For example, when I park the patrol car I should not park directly in front of the building. You should take critical microseconds to gain a tactical advantage that places you in an advantageous position to observe and respond.
September 4, 2008
Vehicle Ops
Safer by Design
It's unrealistic to believe all deaths and injuries can be prevented from traffic accidents, of course, but striving toward that goal will undoubtedly help reduce such incidents.
March 31, 2008
Technology
How to Train with Simulators
Anyone who has ever watched “Star Trek: The Next Generation”—that’s the one with Picard, not Kirk—has probably noticed a special room on the Enterprise called the “Holo-Deck.” The Holo-Deck uses holograms, transporters, replicators, and other unlikely science-fiction technologies to create an immersive virtual reality that can be used by the Enterprise crew for both recreation and ultra-realistic training.
December 31, 2005
Vehicle Ops
Simulated Driver Training
I get in behind him and with one hand on the mike and the other on the steering wheel, put the license plate out on the air. The suspect slams on the brakes. I drop the mike, steer and brake to avoid hitting the truck.
January 31, 2002
Vehicle Ops
Cops on Bikes
It might look easy, but you better be ready for training and lots of exercise before you trade in your cruiser for two wheels.
November 30, 2001
Vehicle Ops
Cruise Control
Not long ago, U.S. BorÂder Patrol agents initiÂated a pursuit of a vehicle operated by suÂspected illegal aliens through a suburÂban Southern California community. The vehicle failed to yield, continued at a high rate of speed, and exited the freeway with complete disregard for public safety. At the height of the high-speed chase, the vehicle drove through a crowded school zone, injuring several children and killing four people.
December 31, 1995
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