“The line is being pushed by the media and by critics like the Police Executive Research Forum that departments and academies are overly invested in ‘warrior’-type military training, spending too many hours on the range and teaching defensive tactics at the expense of emphasizing communication. Jim Glennon, Calibre’s director of training and lead instructor for its Street Survival Seminar, observes: One in five officers trains less frequently than that, and over 10% never have to engage in this type of training.Ī full breakdown of survey responses is available without charge at: CLICKING HERE. Annual training predominates at over 55%. Monthly requirement virtually fades off the chart (at 0.57%) when it comes to training with “less-than-lethal weapons” such as TASERS, batons, and OC spray. Fewer than 2% must train hands-on monthly. DT trainingĬlose to 15% of officers said they are never required by policy to do “defensive/control tactics-type training.” For two-thirds (63.82%), such training is mandated only once a year (42.32%) or less (21.5%). The monthly requirement shrinks even more (to 0.91%) when it comes to “dynamic ‘shoot/don’t shoot’ scenario-type training.” One-quarter never have to experience such training, and over half (56.26%) do so only once a year or less often. Monthly official qualification with their sidearm is required for only 1.37%, while roughly 84% need to qualify only annually (46.81%) or semi-annually (37.24%). Only about 8% have to shoot as often as monthly. Nearly two-thirds of officers said they are required by policy to shoot on the range with their sidearm only once (23.66%) or twice (37.66%) a year. Nearly 900 officers from small agencies to large participated, with these results: Range time
Recently, Calibre editors invited readers of its popular “Street Survival” newsletter to complete an anonymous Survey Monkey poll regarding their departmental training policies. Now a first-of-its-kind survey by Calibre Press has confirmed that dismal truth. Bill Lewinski often notes in his public presentations that the average high school football player gets more training in his sport in his brief career than the average peace officer receives in use-of-force instruction across his or her entire working life.
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