by Tony Scotti
Most of the driving public can opt out of driving in bad weather - but CEO's didn't get to be CEO's because they stayed home when it snowed. So there is a part of the driving population that has no choice but to drive in weather that sane people would avoid. Part of that population is Security/Executive Drivers. When the weather goes bad consideration has to be given to what you drive and how you drive it.
HOW YOU DRIVE Changes in the weather conditions can challenge the most experienced driver. As an example: Driving from dry conditions to ice decreases the capability of the vehicle by 65%, driving from snow to ice decreases the vehicles capability by 49%. This decrease is the laws of physics at work. When moving from one surface to another; you are suddenly driving a car with much less capability. And to make life more exciting this change in capability all happens in tenths of seconds. This quick change in vehicle capability would be difficult for the most experience driver to control.
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In an ideal world, an interview or interrogation would always be conducted in a
room specifically designed for that purpose. Most businesses, however, do not
have a room set aside for interviewing job applicants or employees suspected of
acts of wrong-doing. Consequently, interviews may be conducted in an open
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a little preparation, many of these spaces can be converted into a rather
satisfactory interviewing room.
Importance of privacy: Any
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suspected of wrongdoing. Privacy is necessary because people almost always
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By Harvey Hedden
ILEETA
One of the most common
complaints of trainers within criminal justice agencies is that when budgets
are cut, training is usually the first casualty. Cutting training is terribly
easy from a bureaucratic standpoint. It requires no re-scheduling, no cuts in public
services and there are fewer complaints except for those zealots who work in
the training bureau. We need to look at defending funding for training as just
another teaching assignment. We must inform and persuade administrators and
public officials of the importance and advantages of training.
When agency budgets are cut we
never expect that the agency will cut back on its services to the public but
rather that it will work more efficiently with fewer resources. But how likely
is it this will occur without training? Training is a force multiplier making
for more effective and efficient work, boosting morale, reestablishing agency
priorities and improving teamwork. When we train our staff during the toughest
of times we are telling them we are in this together, that we value their work
and their professionalism. Conversely when we drop training we send a quite
different message down the line which will impact agency performance. article continues > |
Top Ten Dumb Moves:
- Using water balloons as a less- lethal.
- Driving your patrol car from the passenger side.
- Asking every suspect "do you feel lucky".
- Carrying 4 sets of cuffs while working the desk.
- Bringing down the door on a S/W with your head.
- Twirling your weapon during traffic stops.
- Dry firing at school buses.
- Twittering the location of your S/W service.
- Your best friend is an informant.
- Wearing a tiara to roll call.
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