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The training academy staff is constantly looking for ways to fine tune and improve <br />the curriculum. To further round out the experience of recruits, there is a <br />Community Partner Program. In the spirit of community policing, this is a practical <br />and realistic learning activity in which an officer trainee serves Wednesday <br />afternoons at service organizations and with criminal justice partners in the Eugene <br />area. This allows the recruits to get a better sense of what is actually taking place in <br />the community as well as what the community is doing for the less fortunate <br />members of society. It is also a means to maintain local police-community <br />partnerships while it develops the police recruit's ability to adapt and communicate <br />in possibly unfamiliar settings with unfamiliar people. Moreover, it introduces the <br />value of providing community service outside their role as police officers. Partner <br />agencies include Parole and Probation, 9'11 Center, Food for Lane County (an area <br />food bank), Emergency Management System, District Attorney's Office, Department <br />of Human Services' Child Welfare Program, Victim Services Program, and Adult <br />Corrections. <br /> <br />Procedures have been established for assessing and reporting on the progress of <br />recruits throughout their training period. These assessments are presented to the <br />probationary review board which is comprised of senior members of the department <br />who regularly review the progress of probationary officers. Two captains, a <br />supervisor from each discipline, and the FTO supervisor make up the probationary <br />review board~ The board reviews the progress of each recruit before the end of the <br />first sixteen weeks of training, and again at the conclusion of the four weeks of FTO <br />training. The board can make recommendations on the remedial training for <br />probationary officers who are not performing to standards or they can recommend <br />dismissal when all other courses of action have been exhausted. In the last academy <br />class, this process identified three recruits who were not performing to required <br />levels. As a result, they were dismissed at an early stage of training prior to being <br />assigned to patrol duty. <br /> <br /> 48 <br /> <br /> <br />