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In this article I want to talk about something that was a hot topic at the 2010 ILEETA conference. I am hoping that this article will create open debate and we can have a good discussion about it, as everyone will have their own opinion and hopefully no one will get too upset. When I first heard about this topic I thought it was crazy. I am sure many of you will feel the same. However, after I talked with some smart trainers and heard their views I have changed my belief.

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In this column I want to talk about driving. Most enforcement and security agencies incorporate vehicles into their day to day work and unless you are a sworn enforcement officer it is highly unlikely that your agency has ever provided you with classes on how to safely drive their vehicles. This is because you are expected to operate the vehicle according to provincial traffic laws. I know for a fact that this doesn’t always happen. I’ve done it, you’ve probably done it and we all know people that ...

Increasingly trainers are using videos of officer involved incidents during new officer training. I personally use several different videos during my training. However I am also seeing an increase in trainers misusing videos in class. I this article I plan to discuss my viewpoints on how to get the most out of videos.

First of all make sure you know the whole story. If you do not know the full story behind a video then don’t use it. Recently I heard that a major security company ...

In this article I am going to talk about body armour. I am sure you all know that body armour saves lives. No one has actually collected the stats on the number of saves from all the different vests however Dupont Kevlar has registered over 3000 saves. Not all vests use Dupont so the actual number is unknown, but 3000 is very impressive. More impressive is that fact that not all officers saved were saved from bullets. In a news release I read on the DuPont website I learnt that Sgt. Eadie and Cst. ...

Much of this column comes from what I have learnt while training with Brian Willis. For those of you that don’t know Brian he is a former Calgary Police Officer that retired after a 25 year career. For his last 9 years he was the head use of force trainer for the agency.

I am sure that most of you will agree that one of the biggest complaints you hear from co-workers and other members of your chosen profession is that you don’t get enough training. This is possibly one of the biggest ...