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Recruit (Academy) Training <br /> <br />The Eugene Regional Basic Police Academy's recruit training program is current, <br />progressive, and dynamic. In recent years, it has undergone a number of changes <br />and adaptations to address the needs of the EPD and the recruits. The recruit <br />academy is twenty weeks in duration. Sixteen weeks focus on state-mandated <br />curricula, then the classroom instruction is interrupted by four weeks o£ Field <br />Training Officer (FTO) training conducted on the streets of Eugene under close <br />supervision of experienced police officers. <br /> <br />At the end of the FTO segment, the recruits return to the academy for the remaining <br />four weeks of training. In addition to typical classroom instruction on law, <br />procedure, and tactics, time is dedicated to scenario-based training, mental <br />preparedness, cultural awareness, and ethics. Ethics training is threaded throughout <br />the numerous scenarios that are conducted during training. The scenarios demand <br />that recruits demonstrate their ability to make ethical decisions. This is of particular <br />importance in light of the negative attention drawn to the department after two of its <br />officers were criminally charged and convicted of misconduct arising from the abuse <br />of their positions. <br /> <br />A thorough review of the curriculum by the review team finds it to be typical of a <br />comprehensive academy. The multi-agency faculty presents topics related to their <br />assignment specialties. Early in the program there are team building exercises aimed <br />at bringing the students together and developing a high-level of trust. The mix of <br />classroom, scenario, and field work is well designed. The FTO period inserted at <br />sixteen weeks allows for testing of knowledge and skills learned with critique or <br />remediation during the last portion of training. <br /> <br /> 47 <br /> <br /> <br />