Driver Training
        New book helps trainers avoid common pitfalls and mistakes in emergency vehicle operation instruction
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        How to be successful from your first day at the police academy through graduation day
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        You can’t help anyone if you don’t get there safely; always practice defensive driving, especially when you’re responding to an emergency call
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The facility hosts horse stables, a K-9 unit center, a driving course, a six-story rescue tower and a mock city to simulate real-world crisis scenarios for training
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Dramatic skies provide the perfect backdrop for driver training in Colorado
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Go deep on the steps to PIT and its alternatives, as well as the history, advantages and disadvantages of the precision immobilization technique
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Recommendations for what agencies can do to prevent collisions
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The vehicle narrowly missed the officer, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Since 2018, there have been 11 crashes with emergency vehicles involving a Tesla that was in a driver-assist mode
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Download this free eBook to learn why and how departments should strive to avoid high-speed pursuits through a combination of de-escalation tactics, training and technology
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        A training expert discusses why agencies should include pursuit in their de-escalation training and what factors ensure the lessons last
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Taking a ‘block and silo’ approach to police training does not adequately prepare officers for the complexities of virtually every call for service
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The first known scientific evaluation of an LE crash prevention program demonstrates significantly lower crash and injury rates - especially among patrol officers
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        We damage the law enforcement profession when we drive in a careless manner and with disregard for the very laws we enforce
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The decision to drive at night without headlights activated resulted in a near miss for this officer
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Having both tactical and skills driver training can save you in life-or-death scenarios. Here are 5 tips to consider.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Dashcam video shows a Kansas trooper nearly struck by another driver while on his way to help with a reported crash
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The man admitted to smoking marijuana before getting behind the wheel
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        “NASA sent a space ship from Earth THREE HUNDRED MILLION MILES to Mars and landed it perfectly,” the department tweeted. “You guys can drive in the snow.”
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Nokian retractable stud tires offer promise for law-enforcement use