CADET ROLE PLAY

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CADET ROLE PLAY

• SPO CHRIS DUNN
• TRAINING DIVISION
• AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT

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VIDEO- Family Violence The Movie

• RATED R (Mature Audiences)
• Adult Language
• Adult Content
• Starring
• Todd Myers as Magnum PI
• Ruth Bullock as Betsy
• Robert Nunez as Cadet 1
• Robert Soto as Cadet 2
• Special Guest Star - Harold Hoffmister as The
  Other Man

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TYPES OF ROLE PLAY

• Traffic
• Traffic stops
• Collision
• Arrest/Search and Seizure
• Criminal law

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HISTORY OF CADET ROLE-PLAY

• Arrest / Search and Seizure Team
• Field Training Officers (FTOs) and Citizens
  Police Academy (CPA)
• Hey You!
• Hey Anyone?

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PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL

• Identify (areas of interest)
• Lack of quality/quantity role players
• Non-trained role players
• Subjective scenarios
• Increased number of injuries

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PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL

• Analyze (West Point Theories)
• Adult Development
• Attribution
• Equity
• Expectancy
• Job Design (re-design)
• Groups
• Power

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PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL

• Respond
• Role Play Certification Course
• Goal -To have a variety, quality and quantity
  pool of certified personnel to assist during
  cadet role play

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NEW PROGRAM DESIGN

• Personnel Requirements
• 2 year or greater officer regardless of current
  assignment
• Non-FTOs
• Detectives
• Training
• 10 hour TCLEOSE certification course

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CERTIFICATION COURSE

• 10 Hour Certification
• West Point Leadership Theories
• Arrest/Search/Seizure
• General Orders
• City Ordinances and other Policies
• Cadet Scenarios / Evaluations
• Hands-on Role-Play

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MISCELLANEOUS TRAINING

• New FTOs and Citizen Police Academy (CPA)
  members will receive a 2 hour block of
  instruction
• Existing FTOs and CPA will be trained as required

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ROLE-PLAY SCENARIOS

• Handouts

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THE MASTER PLAN

• Develop lesson plan for TCLEOSE approval
• September 2002, begin training 10 officers per
  month
• Supervisors have 2-3 personnel per shift or duty
  section Role-Play certified
• 130 new role players trained by September 2003

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BOTTOM LINE

• Little to no cost for training
• Supervisors do not lose their FTOs on a regular
  basis
• Supervisors have the flexibility to send
  different officers

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OT FUNDS VS STAFFING
Reference Handout
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PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL

• Access
• Feedback from FTOs, Supervisors

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QUESTIONS / ANSWER SESSION