2014 St. Anthony PD Annual Report

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12 VII. Police Education Summary 2014 Annual Report · Police Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota VII. Police Education SummaryVII. Police Education Summary Prepared by Lieutenant Scholl We train to better ourselves, your department, and your city. In 2014 we trained over 1550 hours. Over 1000 hours of these, were Peace Ofﬁ cer Standards and Training (POST) certiﬁ ed. Each ofﬁ cer is licensed in the State of Minnesota. In order to keep such a license, the POST Board places requirements for each department and ofﬁ cer. Your department is 100% compliant. One requirement is a series of ﬁ rearm certiﬁ cations involving courses of action. According to FBI data the majority of police involved shootings are outdoors. We need to train outdoors. One of our qualiﬁ cations was conducted outside. The ofﬁ cers’ physical condition came into play. We ran and exercised as we faced shoot and don’t shoot combat situations. We dealt with poor weather, squad positioning, movement, and split second decision making. We challenge ourselves and improve. In 2014, your police department took part in Diversity Awareness in Law Enforcement training. We learned that racial micro aggressions are brief and occur daily through verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities. A lot of the time it is unintentional. We worked on recognizing and correcting this behavior. Our instructor, Dr Samuel Betances, received enthusiastic reviews from this department. Juvenile sex trafﬁ cking and exploitation are present, though often hidden, in every community. I’m saddened to inform you that it wasn’t different in 2014. Your department conducted joint investigations with the Minneapolis Police Department and the FBI. We did receive in-depth training through the Ramsey County Attorney’s Ofﬁ ce, the BCA, and others. We learned how we can best respond, act, use resources, and follow-up on sex trafﬁ cking issues. Lieutenant Scholl