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2008 POLICE EDUCA HON SUMMARY <br />Prepared by Lieutenant SchaH <br />A police officer faces many challenges throughout: a year: cornu at I0arn <br />when your tour ended at Cam; staying alert at 4arn on a Tuesday in January <br />when it appears that you are the only one awake; trying to make peace out of <br />a domestic situation when you know your efforts will only be temporary; <br />trying to stay professional with a- person begging for a break after traveling <br />15 MI'll above the speed hnlit; and much more.... <br />One such challenge is finding it within ones schedule of life and budgets to <br />better yourself and the department through education. Some of our <br />education is forced on us by mandatory standards set by the I'c ace Officers <br />Standards and Training (POST) The POST Board, at one time, was <br />considered an advisory committee. Today it is a regulatory board with <br />yearly increasing; standards. In 2008, our department has met and exceeded <br />these challenges. <br />WC used top notch, certified instructors (Sgt. Jori lt2rmgseth and Office) <br />Jeremy Sroga) from our department to learn force cotrtiouum; deparm—wi'S, <br />state, and federal policy on non -deadly and deadly force; conixol v. injury <br />establishing control; Graham v. Connor;'faser, ASP, and chernical <br />recertification; and much more... <br />Our firearms instructors (Officer Shane Hess and Officer Mark Dokken) <br />work closely with Ramsey County and St Pard Police in establishing courses <br />of fire and certification covering such things as decision shoot; low light <br />encounters; barricaded and moving targets; extreme weather; weapons <br />selection; short and long gun qualifications; and so on. They are well <br />respected within their field of training. Our instructors are aware that the <br />POST Board is now demanding at least four different courses of fire. The <br />training must meet the guidelines set forth, They are well aware that there <br />are bad guys out there that practice their shooting. A criminal wanting to <br />shoot a cop has the edge. if we don't keep our level of training, and should <br />meet some day, we will lose. <br />The St Anthony Fire/Rescue Training Personnel (Chris Fuller, Mark Sitarz, <br />Ryan Antilla, Rick Lundeen, and Chief John Malenick) trained us on first <br />aid and OSTIA. OSHA and Life Saving certification can make for some <br />long days. They have taught us how to stay alive and how to help others <br />15 <br />