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When 'Training' is a dirty word!
By Andy Norrie
One of the principles of Risk Management is to provide good fundamental training. Providing sound initial basic instruction and ongoing, progressive training will help reduce risk to the officers and the organization.
I learned the six Rs of training listed below, from our good friend Lieutenant Jim Polan from the Seminole Police Department in Florida. The six Rs of training are:
1. Recent: The objectives of the training must be recent and up to date. Instructing motor officers to put their right foot down when stopping so they can keep their left foot on the foot clutch pedal (pre 1980s suicide-shift) would not be recent. Teaching them to put their left foot down so they can cover the rear brake with their right foot, in case they have to make a tight turn to avoid being struck from the rear would be recent and up to date.
2. Relevant: The training must be relevant to the job. Teaching motor officers how to lift finger prints or collect a dna sample may be interesting but it wouldn't be relevant to their assignment or function.
3. Repetition: Students must perform a task over and over again to understand and feel confident in their ability. It is said that adult learners learn better through repetition rather than immersion. On the street, they may not have any time to react, so their skills must be instinctive.
4. Realism: Make it real. Provide training scenarios and patterns that are as realistic as possible. Try using role playing or interactive scenarios that test motor officer riding skills.
5. Review: Provide immediate feedback on performance, the good, bad and ugly. A picture is worth a thousand words. Many of the leading training systems use video review as an instructional aid.
6. Responsibility: This very well could be the most important of all six. The members must realize the training they receive is only valuable if they believe in it and continue to practice it. It is their responsibility to practice what you have taught them, but it is your responsibility as a trainer/instructor to make them want to train and practice it. Sell them on it by believing in what you are teaching and by practicing what you preach. Continue with the article >>
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