NewsletterApril 2, 2015
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PoliceOne Announces PoliceOne Academy Version 2.0!
Fitness Tip
Feeling The Burn?
Analysis Paralysis: A Training Paradox 
To Lie or Not to Lie: The Use of Deception During An Interrogation

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PoliceOne Announces PoliceOne Academy Version 2.0!  

 
By PoliceOne Academy Staff

Everyone at PoliceOne is pleased to announce the imminent release of Version 2.0 of the PoliceOne Academy, scheduled to become available to agencies and officers on March 20, 2015. Version 2.0 features an upgraded user interface which is more mobile-friendly for devices like the iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Agencies can now upload policies and verify officers have read and reviewed those documents. This has been one of the most-requested features since the Academy launched.


Over 25,000 officers and 500 departments take advantage of more than 750 HD training
videos and 125 full-length courses available to them from the Academy, which is accepted
for training credit in 32 states.The PoliceOne Academy enables agencies to deliver cost-effective, high-quality training to officers in an on-demand online environment. The Academy team believes a well-trained department is a safer, more effective department.

http://www.policeoneacademy.com.


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Fitness Tip 


One exercise targeting three important areas of need for officers is shown in this video. Hip mobility, core strength, and lower body muscular endurance are challenged all at once to increase workout functionality. To perform . . .
 

Feeling the Burn?

  



The role of field training officer is one of the most important assignments there is at any agency. FTOs, on behalf of the department, share their knowledge and skills with the incoming generation. They have first crack at developing the culture, attitude and work ethic of a young police officer.

It's a role that must not be taken lightly, and it's no surprise to say that most FTOs don't take it lightly. In fact, most FTOs take their responsibilities very seriously. In the year 2000, the National Institute of Ethics completed what was at the time the nation's largest study of ethical standards inside law enforcement. They found that the FTO was the most frustrated officer in the department.

Frustrated, angry and burned out, the FTO hits the road with their new and easily influenced police officer. This paints a gloomy picture, in so far as it's accurate today. The good news is that the FTO can also be repaired. Following are three things the FTO and FTO manager can do to help avoid-or fix-FTO burn out.

Prepare them for success: According to the August 2013 edition of Police Chief Magazine, almost 55% of FTOs surveyed described their preparation and training as a newly appointed FTO as "marginal or non-existent." That's a big fail for their agencies. We all want the FTO to be highly trained and equipped to handle their new role as trainers, mentors, coaches and role models. The newly appointed FTO enters his or her new specialty with promise and capability. They should be given the resources and training necessary to be successful.

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Analysis Paralysis: A Training Paradox  

Does otherwise good training instill in officers a fear to act?

By Madeline Horner - Reprinted from Calibre Press.


 

PT gear! Two minutes! Move!"


 

The command echoes in my ears as a herd of police recruits bottleneck in the locker room door. Less than 45 seconds later, they're standing on their blocks to begin a grueling series of push-ups. Sweat drips on the floor and hands begin to slide. A forearm hits the floor as a recruit loses all strength in his arms. Then someone shouts: "Flutter-kick position! Move!"


 

They must work like animals, being broken down, because one of them decided to write his BLET training objectives in pencil instead of pen. We call this training.


 

From this training, will they become strong? Absolutely. Will they learn to pay attention to detail? Certainly. Will they be instilled with the knowledge that the actions of one will be reflected on all? Eventually. Will they be reminded of the direct correlation between making an error and receiving a consequence? I'd say so. Will they be receiving appropriate stress inoculation for use later in their career? I hope so. Will they attain the confidence to make a decision without seeking prior approval?


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To Lie or Not to Lie: The Use of Deception During An Interrogation  

By John Reid & Associates

May - June 2012 (click here for printable version)

If the agents involved in the recent Colombia incident are interrogated, should the investigators tell them they have evidence that they don't really have? It depends on a number of considerations.

Earlier this year a case was reported in which a detective doctored a crime lab report to use as a prop during an interrogation. While the suspect did not confess, the detective's tactics spurred legal questions regarding the use of deception during an interrogation. The legal twist was that even though the report used as an interrogation prop was manufactured by the investigator, it was based on factual verbal information provided by the crime lab. In other words, the manufactured evidence contained truthful information that incriminated the suspect but the report was not a bona fide report from the crime lab. 1

Legal Considerations

The legal test for deceptive practices during an interrogation has remain unchanged for more than 40 years. The use of deception during an interrogation must be considered within the totality of circumstances when deciding the admissibility of a confession.2 Deception that shocks the conscience of the court or community will generally result in a suppressed confession. An example of deception that "shocks the conscience" is lying to the suspect about the possible consequences he faces, e.g., telling a homicide suspect that the legislature just dropped first degree murder to a misdemeanor. Similarly, an investigator who elicits a confession after falsely telling the suspect that he is his court appointed public defender has "shocked the conscience".

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