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#26 Million

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 09:54 AM

This is the part of training I'm least looking forward to, purely because I'm a lifeguard and already spent a solid week of my life learning all this. :/

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 09:56 AM

Million;

Sadly, it has to be done. There's a chap on my intake that works as Comunity Responder; he had to sit through it!

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 11:31 AM

First Aid
There's slightly less work on the second day, but be ready for the two hour written exam...


You had an exam? I honestly cannot remember having one...
Maybe I have a selective memory.

Ha, hopefully Shortguy will be along soon, to say whether or not we did.

This is the part of training I'm least looking forward to, purely because I'm a lifeguard and already spent a solid week of my life learning all this. :/

Just don't say that you have already be trained or prepare to be picked on for answering questions Posted Image

Edited by Ger-King Wenceslas, 12 December 2011 - 11:32 AM.


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Posted 12 December 2011 - 11:59 AM

You had an exam? I honestly cannot remember having one...


They took Gullible out of the dictionary too...

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 12:09 PM

They took Gullible out of the dictionary too...


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Posted 12 December 2011 - 05:37 PM

You had an exam? I honestly cannot remember having one...
Maybe I have a selective memory.

Ha, hopefully Shortguy will be along soon, to say whether or not we did.


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You Called?...No we did not have an exam (And yes you fell for that hook line a sinker didn't you?) Posted Image

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Posted 03 January 2012 - 09:00 PM

Nearly a month since the last update here, I'll add a little snippet from before the classroom:

Having checked the timetable, we're set for some fun this weekend: Uniform issue on Friday night, followed by a day full of lessons Saturday and Sunday, mainly encompassing Stop and Search. Looking forward to finally getting into uniform, but must admit I've already started reading out handbook about Stop and Search - it's rather a large chapter!

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 08:41 PM

Think I've recovered from my first day back at work after a decent weekend, so here goes!

Weekend Three, Day One

Tension and anticipation were high this weekend, for two reasons: remember everyone's names after the christmas break was kind of tricky, but more importantly, Friday night was Uniform Issue night! We started Friday, however, discussing the plan for the weekend, before starting to discuss the legislation behind the first bit of law that we can actually nick people for: Theft. You'd think it sounds kind of straight forward, but once you've defined "theft," you then have to define "dishonestly," "appropriates," "property" and God knows what else. Try to take it all in; it's useful to learn the format of the legislation to prepare you for what's to come.

After you've studied Theft for 90 minutes or so, you'll be taken down to the hall for your Uniform Issue. You'll be given anything between 1 and 3 bags full (or not...) of equipment, and asked to check what's IN the bag against what SHOULD be in the bag - trust me when I say there's a discorrelation. You'll then be free to lug it all back to your room, and try it all on, posing in front of whatever mirrors you can find.

Your trainers may ask you to bag your Baton, Cuffs, Warrant Card Holder and Badges and hand them in; they should be given back to you at OST, and then taken in again until your Attestation.

Weekend Three, Day Two

Get a good nights sleep because day two is long. You learnt about Theft on Friday; on Saturday you learn about more Theft, Going Equipped, Criminal Damage, Racially or Religiously Aggrevated Criminal Damage, Statutory Preventative Measures, Offensive Weapons, Bladed or Sharply Pointed Articles, Exhibits and Property Handling and as many digressions as you can fit into one day (believe me, we had lots. And many of them were my fault (sorry guys!)). The Exhibits and Property Handling section will probably be covered in the Lecture Theatre, but you can expect the rest of it to be in the classroom, and somewhat death by powerpoint. As much as the trainers try to detract from the fact that it's essentially a wall of words, there's no hiding from the fact that actually you need to know some of these down to the word.

Our trainers were nice enough to let us finish at 5; normally, you'd have dinner and be back in at 6 to start Stop and Search, but I think they're trying to phase that out.

Weekend Three, Day Three

Inevitably (because of what I've just said...), day three consisted of Stop and Search; the legal power behind it, what we need to cover whilst doing it, and the forms we need to fill out as a result of it (because the Police love forms, right?). It'll be a tough morning, but there's plenty to look forward to for the afternoon; we were asked to bring our full rig to the Stop and Search practical, and I must tell you it felt rather good to be stood outside in your full rig, roleplaying a stop search!

Take the opportunity to start reading through Blackstones well in advance of this weekend - I started looking at S&S about Tuesday last week and must say I felt reasonably familiar with what was covered in the lesson by the time we got there. Above all else, enjoy yourself! We had a great laugh with out trainer, and I think it makes the learning process a bit easier. Then again, I am a bit of a jester and the rest of my intake probably want to kill me!

Until next time,
Adam

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 11:00 PM

Another very good report.

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 08:39 AM

Cheers Adam, good read!

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 09:16 PM

Great reports! I attested a bit before Christmas, could have done with something like this! Unfortunately I can't remember enough to say anything other than that all the trainers are really helpful, and don't worry about your attestation - it's a lot more relaxed than you might think! Good luck to everyone in the application / training process at the moment. Enjoy it while it lasts! :unsure:

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 10:11 PM

Adam awesome post again!

However its now getting to point of teasing :unsure:

Only 10 Days to go!

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 08:21 AM

Adam awesome post again!

However its now getting to point of teasing :aok:

Only 10 Days to go!

:D This better be good, I am very much looking forward to it.

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:06 AM

Adam awesome post again!
However its now getting to point of teasing :D

Only 10 Days to go!


:D This better be good, I am very much looking forward to it.


Join The club, I can't wait!! :aok:

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:02 PM

Always enjoy reading these Adam as I'm only a week behind you, so it's nice to know exactly what I'll be doing each week! :rolleyes: Can't wait to get my uniform on Friday, just hope I get it all, a lot of your intake didn't get theirs did they!

Obviously you've said to pre-read Blackstones, which I have been doing. But a lot of my intake have been mentioning Ncalt and seem to think we need to print documents from it in order to pre-read for this weekend, although I haven't a clue how to use it and we all seem to think we can't access it anyway as we need passwords which we haven't been given or told about. So instead we are just going to read Code A and Blackstones. Are we correct to do this? Did you or Wes, or any others in your intake use Ncalt prior to weekend three or did you just read Blackstones?

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:07 PM

Hey Emily,

Yes, my intake does have access to NCALT - we got an email through from the system to our TVP email addresses, I think on our Weekend 1. I'm not aware of anything off NCALT that's needed for the Stop and Search part of the course, but I was given a long list of modules that need to be completed by my LPA Special Inspector. Have you done the MoPI modules (Management of Police Information) on the computer yet (which is on NCALT)? So far as our pre-read went it was what was in the big white folders and Blackstones.

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:20 PM

Hey Emily,

Yes, my intake does have access to NCALT - we got an email through from the system to our TVP email addresses, I think on our Weekend 1. I'm not aware of anything off NCALT that's needed for the Stop and Search part of the course, but I was given a long list of modules that need to be completed by my LPA Special Inspector. Have you done the MoPI modules (Management of Police Information) on the computer yet (which is on NCALT)? So far as our pre-read went it was what was in the big white folders and Blackstones.


Thanks Wes, that helps a lot! Considering you got an email about NCALT on Weekend 1, I guess I should have had one as well, although I haven't checked my emails for ages, which I should do! So I'll check them this weekend and look for an email! I don't think I've done the MoPI modules on the computer yet, although I remember covering it in Weekend 1, but we didn't do anything on the computers for it...which week did you do the MoPI modules/NCALT?

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:27 PM

We covered the MoPI NCALT modules on Weekend 1 - MoPI 1 and MoPI 2&3.

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:31 PM

Emily,

I'd be surprised if you have NCALT access at the moment, as it went down about 2 weeks after we joined up. I suspect that the system was down when your accounts would've been created.

As for pre-reading, I didn't look at anything on NCALT in preparation for Weekend 3. Blackstones was enough for me; reading Code A is possibly a bit far. I'd wait until you cover HOW to actually search in your OST, then the contents of Code A may be a little more in context.

Thanks,
Adam

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:46 PM

Emily,

I'd be surprised if you have NCALT access at the moment, as it went down about 2 weeks after we joined up. I suspect that the system was down when your accounts would've been created.

As for pre-reading, I didn't look at anything on NCALT in preparation for Weekend 3. Blackstones was enough for me; reading Code A is possibly a bit far. I'd wait until you cover HOW to actually search in your OST, then the contents of Code A may be a little more in context.

Thanks,
Adam


Thanks Adam, that might explain why we didn't get an email about NCALT and why we haven't completed the MoPI modules, as it would have gone down around the time I started training! We were told to read Code A, but if it looks too much I'll just stick to Blackstones then! :)

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Posted 20 January 2012 - 04:25 PM

I shall slide a small note in here this afternoon, followed by a longer one after OST1 on Sunday.

The Meetup
I received an e-mail late last week from my Special Inspector, who I shall refer to as "G." G invited myself and three other specials down to our assigned station (nearly...) for a bit of a tour around, and as a chance to meet him. There was some confusion as to why I was there, as I am due to be at a smaller station within the LPA. However, I am told that all officers who work within this LPA will start of at the station we toured, so it was a worthwhile visit anyway.

We met up at the station at 1800, and had a rather informal whistle-stop tour of the station. We were introduced to our Office (yes, an Office. For specials. Get in!) and pointed in the drection of Tea making facilities (very important). We were shown the yard, the captor store, and our locker... well, it's not really a room. Let's call it a Locker Fridge. Dean, Joe and Andy will understand what I mean... Anywho, it was rather a short tour, but the 30 minutes we spent gassing afterwards was well worth it. I have confirmed that I will infact be based at the "satellite" station, and found that my Team Leader will be G's wife, who was also there. To add strangeties to the situation, she also is a "G"!

Anywho - tomorrow is the start of Officer Safety Training. I shall end up exhausted probably. More Sunday.

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 12:15 PM

In short, I am in pain.

Officer Safety Training: Weekend One, Day One

We spent the morning looking through the legislation behind the Use of Force, and who this applies to. Contrary to popular belief, anyone can use force, provided that it is reasonable; Common Law provides us with that power. You'll be required to learn three pieces of legislation from this session, verbatim. You'll spent a little time looking at conflict managements models, and when it's appropriate to use force, but more specifically, the order in which force can be used. It's hard to explain and stay away from operational information, but let's just say your Baton isn't your first point of call!

After lunch we spent the morning practising various handcuffing techniques. These aren't too stressful, and are fairly easy to apply once you've remembered the steps. The problem is that we practise in "pure form," with subjects who are completely compliant, and offer no resistance. The idea is to mentally blueprint the steps, so that even if, operationally, we come across some resistance, we still remember exactly how the process should look, so that we can attempt to safely enact an arrest by opposing resistance and remaining safe. Obviously though, out on the street we wont be walking up to people that we want to arrest, that are potentially offering violence, and asking them to stretch an arm out, and wrap their other hand around their elbow...

You'll learn how to cuff from four different positions; one in front, two behind and one from the floor. The cuffing position from the floor will also require you to learn how to pin people to the ground in a safe manner, being cautions of what damage you may apply to someone if you become careless. Remember; you'll have a 76 question theory exam, and a practical assessment, so if you need to take notes, feel free!

Officer Safety Training: Weekend One, Day Two

Today, the pain came.

We spent the morning looking at escort positions; ways that we can safely control a suspect, encourage/(require) them to walk with us, and how to combat any resistance they provide. This doesn't necessarily rely on pain compliance, but you will always be in a position to apply extra restraint or pain as necessary. The two escort positions you look at are OK; the next position you take a look at has the opportunity to hurt. But, as always with training, you learn and then move on. In this case, you move on to takedowns. Now, this isn't a throw because you're always in control, and you go down with them, but you go down in such a manner that they have no choice.

Let me urge you at this point: take it easy. I managed to ###### the shoulder of one of the lads on my intake, and he had a trip to Minor Injuries because of it. He was OK by the end of the day, but believe me when I say he was in pain when he was on the floor.

After the rotary takedown you'll look at a linear takedown, and from both of these you'll work on the ground pin that you learnt on Day One. You'll take lunch, and then move onto more unarmed techniques, this time in the form of strikes. Now, this isn't learning how to punch people in the face and get away with it. You learn in a controlled manner, and how to strike people in a specific way. There is an element in this of learning how to knee people in the thigh, but this is a justified technique for which you must understand the consequences. There's plenty of safety considered, and you won't be allowed to actually strike someone; safety pads are involved.

After the strikes section, you move on to learning about your equipment; Captor spray and your autolock baton. These are serious bits of kit, and you will face sanctions if you misuse them. Again, there's the opportunity to try it out (no, the Captor isn't active), and you'll have plenty of opportunity to ask notes. There's a small theory section on the Captor spray, but you're given a handout that covers the information suitably. Of course, if you learn best from your own notes, then feel free to take them! You'll crack on with Captor spray, and if you're lucky the cuffs will come out and you'll have a quick opportunity to practise some of the technique you learnt on Day One. After that, you'll be introduced to your Baton. More pad work will follow, and you will quite honestly go 100% into a pad that's affixed to someone's leg.

Believe me, it gets the blood flowing.

All in all, a pretty good weekend, but I can assure you that a number of imy intake are suffering this morning with sore muscles and joints! For the record, the lad whose shoulder I destroyed is fine; he was able to drive home to Abingdon and has gone to work this morning.

Any questions, just ask!

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 12:58 PM

Overall, a great weekend; and to those who are wondering, it was me who had my shoulder knaccered. It's extremely stiff today with still some pain (not the sort of pain you get after a work out though - the rest of me is like that) - it should ease up in time, but I'm still alive and can work. If you do end up with an injury, do carry on if you feel you can - the trainers do understand if you cannot, though! If you do get injured, and declare it, you will have to fill out a Per10 form with the trainer, and remember to make a PNB entry about it. And I certainly don't blame Adam - could have happened to any of us at any time during the morning.

As for the CapTor spray - you'd be surprised at how highly pressurised it is when you do get a faceful of the stuff, even though it's inert and you're expecting it, the force is enough to be a shock.
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:13 PM

Another good read Adam! Posted Image Shame about your shoulder though Wes, hope it's soon back to normal! Was the theory exam okay at the end?

I'm a bit confused though guys as I'm Weekend 4 this weekend, we're meant to be covering ASB and then I'm OST a week this Saturday. So your Weekend 4 seems to be missing, or are you doing ASB another week? I know that in the end it works out that I attest a week before you, but you've gone from Weekend 3 to OST haven't you?


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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:13 PM

Another good read Adam! Posted Image Shame about your shoulder though Wes, hope it's soon back to normal! Was the theory exam okay at the end?

I'm a bit confused though guys as I'm Weekend 4 this weekend, we're meant to be covering ASB and then I'm OST a week this Saturday. So your Weekend 4 seems to be missing, or are you doing ASB another week? I know that in the end it works out that I attest a week before you, but you've gone from Weekend 3 to OST haven't you?





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