sgtmac_46
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DEFINITELY!Yep..All that attended learned something and we instructors also took something home as well...All in all not a bad Sunday..
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DEFINITELY!Yep..All that attended learned something and we instructors also took something home as well...All in all not a bad Sunday..
The lawyers can "bend the law in their bear hands". And who, disguised as an officer of the court, fights for half truths, re-directs and injustice for all law biding society, I bring you "Super Attorney".he didn't get the best LIAR TO SPIN THINGS in his favor!
Whats the general opinion on Blauer's SPEAR system?
We've been trained in it by our department in addition to our regular DT's.It's pretty decent.Another tool in the tool box.
Where we run into issues with DT training is in "how do you "mandate" it"? We are a union shop and some issues arise with the questions of:
1. Can we "force" officers to "roll" (spar, active-resister training)?
2. What are the comp/legal/union issues that will arise if someone is "mandated" to train and they get injured?
3. Other area depts that do the Blauer stuff have reported some high levels of training related injuries, will the leadership approve such training?
Thats where we have landed too. Then the question arose...if we run a class for "those who want it", and its department sponsored, department administered and ran by dept personnel, and a student gets injured..is it "on the job" in terms of comp and liability?
So we get the same "classroom approach" and if you want additional training you have to go to the civilian side to get it.
It may not be anything deliberate or general lack of interest -- but specific lack of interest because Grand Tujon Gage is not a well known or certified instructor here. Tony Blauer's instructors have his name standing behind them, and the training has been approved by several states (as far as I know) for in-service/official training credit. Often, without that sort of endorsements, bringing even the best training in becomes a non-starter for the brass...It is too bad. Recently I had Grand Tuhon Tortal up here in Michigan teaching bladed weaponry and defense against the blade. I tried to involve the local police department's in a periphery manner and made training accessible to them and yes no one showed. Here was a chance to work out with someone who regularly teaches the Filipino Military and Filipino National Police Force. :idunno:
On the up side one of the current chief of police is interested in doing some training. We shall see what becomes of it.
The idea of a separate, police/LE program (not a black belt track program) has been advanced within our association. It's creeping along...
I think it's something that a lot of agencies should improve. There's nothing (but organizational willpower) preventing an agency from implementing some sort of regular DT refresher; I know of a few that have. But I suspect it won't be done until there's a lawsuit where the lack of training figures into it.
Look at Japan they did it. Their police are required to go to martial art training. If you want to be an law enforcement person then you will find the time. just like you find time to go to shooting range.
It seems NO ONE want to do any DT training..Father Greek and I holding a FREE seminar for LEO's on a Sunday, we will even issue a certificate of attendance so you can have it put in your personal file if your department is big on that kind of stuff..Despite numerous snail mails and e mails we still only got a few..Very sad..
By state statute or by department ordinance.....if it's a state statute i'd be very interested in seeing how the legislature wrote that law......if it exists it's an asinine law.
If they did that here better than 1/2 the officers I am forced to work with would not cops...The F.O.P rep would spend his time handling the numerous greivences that come across his desk, a herculean task to be sure..