Jeffco/LPD Regional Combined Academy Blog:
Weeks 13-17 (a.k.a. 4 WEEKS TO GRADUATION!!!!)
I feel as though the last few blog submissions have either
begun with an apology regarding my lack of timeliness or included one in the
body of the text… With that said I will just preface the rest of the blogs I
write by saying: It has become incredibly difficult to write on a regular basis
so I cannot guarantee when the next will come.
Last week, week 16, marked one of the more interesting
experiences in my life. I was tased for the first, and hopefully last,
time. These 5 seconds of electric agony
were slightly exhilarating upon their conclusion. It was such a change in pain to comfort in
fact, that I do not remember actually feeling pain. After watching the video of my reaction to
getting shot with the probes, I can pretty much guarantee that a high degree of
pain was absolutely experienced.
Along with taser training, we completed 6 tests last
week. Don’t re-read that too many times,
I meant 6 whole tests. We had more tests
than days of the week and we all survived!
As a matter of fact, I do not believe anyone has failed a test in
weeks. We are quickly approaching the
end of our testing weeks. One word for that: Yay.
Upon completion of the next 4 weeks, we will be faced with
the POST test. The culmination of our
time in this program is squeezed into one test and it is pretty terrifying. Luckily, we have great study material and
have had great instructors thus far.
This academy has a reputation of setting its recruits up for success: 100%
success rate in taking the POST test to be exact. That is a comforting fact to know.
Along with POST, we still have one last set of skills to be
trained in: Driving! I cannot express in a word how excited I truly am to begin
this portion of the academy. I fancy
myself an excellent driver (my husband might disagree, but that isn’t credible)
and I am curious to test my skills and learn how to become a better, more
police-y driver. (I’m sure you will find the term, “police-y” in the next
version of Webster’s Dictionary…)
I appreciate all who read of my exploits in the land of Law
Enforcement training. Exhausted and out
of words, a new feat for me, I bid adieu for now.
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