SWAT Teams?
I general I would disagree with Walter's comments that SWAT Teams somehow represent police training gone bad.
However, I don't live where you live, and I don't know how SWAT Teams where you live are selected, trained, or employed or what kind of operational history they have . . .
In regards to police training, I am a graduate of the Law Enforcement Specialist course at the USAF Security Police Academy, as well as the regular police academy in my state. I also taught firearms at the local regional police academy for 10 years.
I think organization and structure, having performance standards and holding people responsible for their performance is critical in training entry-level personnel in law enforcement. Inducing stress just for the sake of stress doesn't accomplish much in and of itself. Inducing stress in testing at the end of an Academy process can be beneficial in determining who can perform and who cannot, provided that the scenarios are properly designed and the evaluation properly conducted.
The function of military basic training is somewhat different than that of training police officers at the academy level. There are certain aspects that are very similar, but many that are significantly different.
I general I would disagree with Walter's comments that SWAT Teams somehow represent police training gone bad.
However, I don't live where you live, and I don't know how SWAT Teams where you live are selected, trained, or employed or what kind of operational history they have . . .
In regards to police training, I am a graduate of the Law Enforcement Specialist course at the USAF Security Police Academy, as well as the regular police academy in my state. I also taught firearms at the local regional police academy for 10 years.
I think organization and structure, having performance standards and holding people responsible for their performance is critical in training entry-level personnel in law enforcement. Inducing stress just for the sake of stress doesn't accomplish much in and of itself. Inducing stress in testing at the end of an Academy process can be beneficial in determining who can perform and who cannot, provided that the scenarios are properly designed and the evaluation properly conducted.
The function of military basic training is somewhat different than that of training police officers at the academy level. There are certain aspects that are very similar, but many that are significantly different.