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Recom~nendation No. 36: In-service training represents several opportunities <br />that need to be capitalized upon by the department and publicized widely to <br />personnel. <br /> <br />Discussion: In-service training should be used to convey updates and new <br />material to on-board officers. Second, it should meet the needs of officers <br />wishing to expand their administrative and operational abilities. Third, it <br />should be a way for the department to train or retrain its officers in issues that <br />have surfaced on disciplinary matters, policy failures, citizen complaints, <br />officer or citizen injuries resulting from police actions, and the like. For <br />example, after the arrest and conviction of Magal~a and Lara, the EPD needs <br />to re-emphasize its focus on ethics. The in-service program should include <br />continual scanning for topics needed by and of interest to officers. Finally, the <br />in-service training relating to increasing public confidence should be offered <br />wherever possible. <br /> <br />Overall the department's training is a well rounded mix of training in hard <br />skills such as emergency vehicle operations, defensive tactics, and firearms, <br />and soft skills like leadership techniques, the FTO program, and conflict <br />resolution. A few days consist of a series of hour-long lectures. Some of these <br />topics could be reduced to handout material. Enhancement of the <br />presentation and structure of training days to include both hard practical <br />skills and soft information topics could make a big difference in how the <br />training is received. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 37: In-service training should have two tracks, <br />compulsory and optional. <br /> <br /> 52 <br /> <br /> <br />