LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAIN THE TRAINER – LETDANYS CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 1-2, 2014
18 attendants, 16 evaluations
1. Do you feel you are adequately prepared to train firefighter/EMS personnel on proper response to people with disabilities?
a. I feel very prepared to present – xii
b. I feel somewhat prepared to present –iiii
c. I will need more guidance to be adequately prepared – i
d. I do not feel I am adequately prepared –
2. What topics, if any, do you need more information or guidance on to confidently conduct training?
- I will need general review of the manual to be proficient.
- Program covered all my concerns for now.
- Dispatcher/calltaker when dealing with incoming calls for service and dispatching the call
- I will research and use the resources provided by this class to fully prepare myself prior to instructing
- I will need to conduct more subject matter study to reach a level of competence to present adequately
3. What part of today’s training was most significant (or stood out) to you?
- Learning disabilities
- Sections on ID and TBI. They seem to be very prevalent in our community.
- The entire program was effective and interesting. Videos are excellent. A lot of critical information. Instructor was energetic and passionate about the topic.
- Tourette Syndrome, TBI
- Situations at the end of the training sessions
- Dementia
- How many disabilities police may encounter and how to handle them. Being aware.
- Several that are close to home
- ALL is significant – but learning how the disabilities present themselves stood out
- That disability awareness should be expanded in recruit/supervisory mandated curriculum
- The videos
- ALL
- Seizures
- Officer engagements with disabled members of their communities
4. Do you plan on using the videos?
a. Yes, all of them – xii
b. Yes, most of them – iiii
c. Yes, some of them –
d. No, none of them –
5. If you answered (b) or (c), which videos are you most likely to use?
- The section review as well as the wheelchair search/custody videos.
- TBI
- Videos of people with disabilities – also reenactment (Monroe County)
- Need to examine them more…
6. Will you provide copies of the handouts at your presentations?
a. Yes, all of them – xi
b. Yes, most of them – iiii
c. Yes, some of them – i
d. No, none of them –
7. If you answered (b) or (c), which handouts are you most likely to use?
-Undetermined now.
-Disability descriptions/first responder guides and fact sheets
-News articles and information
-Need further examination to determine which handouts would be helpful to a particular class
8. Would you recommend this training to others? Yes xv
9. When, and where, do you plan on conducting training?
- Police – annual in-service
- In-service – hopefully with assistance from our disabilities resource center
- Jefferson County
- SUNY Delhi – depending on college spring schedule and demands from area departments
- In-service
- Command security academy. Possible at Zone 5 in-service.
- Yonkers Police in-service training
- During in-service
- JCSO – when? Like all law enforcement and correctional divisions have this training
- In Orange County (or elsewhere if requested) in-service etc.
- I plan on advocating to make this “mandated” training for recruit training – expand from 2 to 8 hours
- Basic academy and in-service
- In-service training and academy
- In-service to my agency sometime in the next 3 months
10. Please provide the contact information of any departments and/or persons that you feel would be interested in this program:
- Lt David Shannon and Officer Lenny Nolan – Fort Drum PD
- I believe the DCJS should propose inclusion of 8 hr block in the basic police recruit school to MPTC
- Andrew Zell, Kingston PD 943-5712
- Southern Tier LEA Howard Davis –
Other comments:
-Would be helpful to make videos go full screen when played
-Great job by Mr. Whalen!
-Great job!!! Excellent manual and training materials
-Dave is an excellent instructor. Extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the topics. Well done.