Hey everyone! I’m so sorry that there hasn’t been many updates this week. I am going to try to change that. You might not think this but, it is a lot of work going to class for 40 hours per week, studying, and having a life :) This week has seemed to have flown by without a blink. For class lectures we have covered Investigative Procedures, basic Criminal Code law, Arrest Control, Verbal Judo, and today we had out first lecture about firearms!
All of our instructors have been doing a great job! Monday started off with Investigative Procedures taught by Investigator Acierno. Investigator Acierno has a TON of experience throughout the field of law enforcement. He specifically talked to us about robbery, theft, burglary and why those actions are done by people. He shared a lot of his knowledge and made it applicable to us through real life examples that he has experienced. It was a great lecture and exciting to see the different fields that are available to us as police officers.
D.A. Clifford kept our attention Monday afternoon by talking about “Crimes Against Persons.” Of course that meant that we explored what all those crimes were and how they are relevant to us. We learned about homicide, what makes up first and second degree murder, manslaughter, assault, kidnapping, and robbery...just among the few. The D.A. presented his previous cases and how they applied to the law.
All day Tuesday we had our first day of “Arrest Control.” I think that a lot of us were thinking that we might be able to wrestle each other...not just yet. We must learn the Force Continuum first before we go around practicing on each other :) Sargent Gompert did an awesome job introducing what exactly we are going to be learning within Arrest Control. Our training will consist of a total of 78 hours. We will be practicing and preparing our minds, thought process, and bodies for those times where verbal direction will not be enough. Gompert reminded us towards the end of class, that every time we put on the uniform we have to be mentally prepared to go all the way. What a way to leave class eh? :)
We had the privilege of having Colorado State Patrol Technician Gallegos come in and teach us all about “Verbal Judo.” As she taught the class, it was apparent that she was using the technique on us the entire time! Technician Gallegos in my opinion, really knows the art of talking with people. The main goal of using verbal judo is to get voluntary compliance from a complete stranger while upholding the law. Through the exercises in the class we learned that we as police officers cannot take things personal, there is no reason to. Technician Gallegos did a great job instructing the class and teaching us real core principles while talking and confronting people as we do our jobs.
Today we had our first day of firearms! Of course there were no guns or ammo in the classroom. We first must learn the most important part about this course: rules for the tools that we carry. Knowing and being able to recite the Universal Gun Handling Rules is a MUST! There are many steps that our class will do even before getting to the shooting range. I appreciate the knowledge that I am learning about our tool belt and the applications for each of them. I am only looking forward to learning more!
Tomorrow is PT and our second inspection, so I have to iron, and rest!!
Here are some pics of us practicing Verbal Judo in our played out scenarios.
All of our instructors have been doing a great job! Monday started off with Investigative Procedures taught by Investigator Acierno. Investigator Acierno has a TON of experience throughout the field of law enforcement. He specifically talked to us about robbery, theft, burglary and why those actions are done by people. He shared a lot of his knowledge and made it applicable to us through real life examples that he has experienced. It was a great lecture and exciting to see the different fields that are available to us as police officers.
D.A. Clifford kept our attention Monday afternoon by talking about “Crimes Against Persons.” Of course that meant that we explored what all those crimes were and how they are relevant to us. We learned about homicide, what makes up first and second degree murder, manslaughter, assault, kidnapping, and robbery...just among the few. The D.A. presented his previous cases and how they applied to the law.
All day Tuesday we had our first day of “Arrest Control.” I think that a lot of us were thinking that we might be able to wrestle each other...not just yet. We must learn the Force Continuum first before we go around practicing on each other :) Sargent Gompert did an awesome job introducing what exactly we are going to be learning within Arrest Control. Our training will consist of a total of 78 hours. We will be practicing and preparing our minds, thought process, and bodies for those times where verbal direction will not be enough. Gompert reminded us towards the end of class, that every time we put on the uniform we have to be mentally prepared to go all the way. What a way to leave class eh? :)
We had the privilege of having Colorado State Patrol Technician Gallegos come in and teach us all about “Verbal Judo.” As she taught the class, it was apparent that she was using the technique on us the entire time! Technician Gallegos in my opinion, really knows the art of talking with people. The main goal of using verbal judo is to get voluntary compliance from a complete stranger while upholding the law. Through the exercises in the class we learned that we as police officers cannot take things personal, there is no reason to. Technician Gallegos did a great job instructing the class and teaching us real core principles while talking and confronting people as we do our jobs.
Today we had our first day of firearms! Of course there were no guns or ammo in the classroom. We first must learn the most important part about this course: rules for the tools that we carry. Knowing and being able to recite the Universal Gun Handling Rules is a MUST! There are many steps that our class will do even before getting to the shooting range. I appreciate the knowledge that I am learning about our tool belt and the applications for each of them. I am only looking forward to learning more!
Tomorrow is PT and our second inspection, so I have to iron, and rest!!
Here are some pics of us practicing Verbal Judo in our played out scenarios.
