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Kindly see attached for discussion responses needed. Thank you. Below is the discussion question.
1. Research the training requirements for your local police department (searching for the State's POST requirements will help you with find this information)
2. Find 2 areas of training that you think are most valuable for police based on what you read this week, and based on the argument that police do not have good training- share these in the discussion board and tell WHY you think they are most valuable
3. Identify 2 areas where you think training is lacking in terms of how training in these areas would help the current state of police and community relations today and explain WHY you think the training is lacking and HOW training in these areas may improve policing and police/community relations.
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Discussion response on police training
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For this discussion, I will be focusing on the Phoenix police department in Phoenix,
Arizona. The minimum requirements that should be fulfilled for one to certify a fully-fledged
police office in Phoenix, Arizona, include a 585-hour full-authority peace officer introductory
training course that will span out over 20 weeks. The tactical, physical, intellectual, and driving
components make up the officer training curriculum. The officers also undergo firearms training
at the academy before certification, six months before graduation, after attaining a 70% score on
the tests administered.
Field training and conflict resolution are two areas of policing that are truly valuable. Police
officers are often involved in situations where they use force. It happens in the line of duty, during
arrests, and at the scene of a crime. It is imperative that when officers use force, they can do it to
be effective and minimize the risk of injury to the officer or the public. Field training is when
officers are taught to deal with situations where resistance or violence may occur. It is done in a
controlled environment, where the officer's response can be evaluated. The field training will start
with the officer being taught to de-escalate situations. It is done by teaching officers how to get
out of a situation without escalating it into a confrontation. The officer will learn to defuse a
situation with non-violent m...