dallas police academy basic training unit
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Dallas Police Academy Basic Training Unit Public Safety Committee
March 26, 2012
www.dallaspolice.net David O. Brown Chief Of Police
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The Purpose of this briefing:
• Describe how the Dallas Police Academy, Basic Training Unit transitions civilians into Sworn Peace Officers
• Describe how the Dallas Police Academy far exceeds state requirements related to training peace officers
• Describe the phases of Basic Training
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Goals of the Dallas Police Academy
• Continue to provide the best training for Dallas Police Recruits
• Maintain the high standards of Excellence required of the recruits, by the Dallas Police Academy
• Maintain the historical high passing rate required for State of Texas Academic licensing
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STAFF
• Basic Training Staff – Defensive Tactics Training
• 1 Sergeant (SGT) and 6 Senior Corporals (SC)
– Reality Based Training • 1 SGT and 6 SC’s
– Class Coordinators • 1 SGT and 4 SC’s
– Education and Administrative Staff • 1 LT, 1 SC, and 2 Civilian
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STAFF • Staff supports the:
– Junior Police Academy
– Citizens Police Academy
– Reserve Battalion
• Defensive Tactics Training and Reality Based Training staff provide training to In-Service Officers – CORE
– Community Policing
– Every Day is a Training Day
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Basic Training
• Each class is 35½ weeks in length
• Each class receives a minimum of 1344 training hours or 168 training days
• Training is divided into 3 Phases – Phase 1 – Week 0 through Week 1
– Phase 2 – Week 2 through Week 24
– Phase 3 – Week 25 through Week 35
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Phase 1 of Basic Training • Human Resources’ payroll and benefits
processing
• Classes taught to all new city employees – Defensive Driving
– Drugs in the Workplace
– Violence in the Workplace
– Sexual Harassment
• Code of Conduct and General Orders of the Dallas Police Department
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Phase 2- TCLEOSE Phase • TCLEOSE- Texas Commission of Law Enforcement Officer
Standards and Education
• TCLEOSE’s Basic Peace Officer Course (BPOC) is 618 hours
• BPOC is taught to all peace officers in the Sate of Texas – State Troopers
– Parks and Wildlife
– County Sheriff’s, Deputies, Constables, etc
– City Police
– City Marshalls
– Fire Department Arson Investigators
– Hospital and Mass Transit Police and any other Peace Officer
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Phase 2 – TCLEOSE Phase
• State of Texas requires a minimum of 618 hours to be taught
• Many community colleges, regional academies and smaller departments teach only the minimum requirement
• Dallas Police Recruit Officers receive a minimum of 1,344 hours, 726 hours over minimum requirement
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Phase 2 – TCLEOSE Phase
• Curriculum also includes law classes in: – US & Texas Constitutions and Bill of Rights
– Code of Criminal Procedure
– Penal Code
– Arrest, Search and Seizure
– Traffic Code
– Alcoholic Beverage Code
– Health and Safety Code – Drugs
– Family Code 10
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Phase 2 – TCLEOSE Phase
• Curriculum also includes: – Fitness and Wellness and Stress Management
– Professionalism and Ethics
– Civil Process
– Written Communications
– Spanish
– Professional Police Driving
– Hazardous Materials Awareness
– Criminal Investigations 11
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Phase 3 Training – DPD Phase • DPD specific training
– TCLEOSE requires 16 hours of Spanish
– DPD teaches a total of 64 hours of Spanish
• Firearms Training (Total of 81 hours)
• Reality Based Training (RBT) (Total of 154 hours)
• Defensive Tactics (Total of 130 hours)
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Phase 3 Training – DPD Phase • Human Relations
– Communities • Anglo
• African American
• Hispanic
• Native American
• Gay & Lesbian
• Hearing/Visually/Mobility Impaired
– Rape Crisis Intervention
– Racial Profiling
– Human Trafficking and High Risk Victims 13
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Phase 3 Training – DPD Phase • Protective Orders and Family Violence
– Genesis Women’s Shelter
• Asset Forfeiture
• Identity Theft
• Helicopter Safety and Landing Zone Procedures provided by CareFlite
• Municipal Court Procedures
• Juvenile Procedures
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Testing • During Phase 2 – recruits are tested
approximately every other week (13-14 total DPD tests)
• Recruits must pass all exams
• Failure of test requires a retest
• Failure of retest results in termination
• Recruits must maintain a 70% average
• Recruits must pass a Final Comprehensive Exam of 200 questions over all of Phase 2 material
• Successful completion is passing TCLEOSE Test
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Testing • TCLEOSE Test given to all peace officer
candidates in the State of Texas
• Must pass with a 70% grade.
• Total of 3 attempts are allowed
• All Academies in the state are evaluated by TCLEOSE based upon their 1st Attempt Pass Rate
• Academies must maintain at least a 80% Pass Rate
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TCLEOSE Test
• Of last 12 DPD Recruit Classes, 10 classes have passed on their first attempts and 2 classes had 1 failure each
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STATE FISCAL YEAR 1ST ATTEMPT PASS RATE - DPD
2008 93.52 %
2009 96.75 %
2010 99.68 %
2011 99.13 %
2012 100.00 %
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TCLEOSE Test
• State FY’s 2007 through 2010
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DEPARTMENT # OF TESTS GIVEN 1ST ATTEMPT PASS
RATE
Dallas 1142 96.76 %
Houston 1063 95.17 %
Texas DPS 660 93.48 %
San Antonio 426 92.72 %
Fort Worth 295 94.92 %
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ACADEMY ATTRITION
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FY # OF
CLASSES RECRUITS
HIRED RECRUITS
GRADUATED ATTRITION
RATE
2008 8 374 296 20.86 %
2009 9 401 330 17.70 %
2010 6 294 234 20.41 %
2011 1 22 18 18.18 %
2012 5 213
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Why do recruits not graduate?
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REASON FOR DEPARTURE PERCENTAGE
Academic Failure 16.19 %
Career Change 2.38 %
Personal Reasons 53.33 %
US Government Position 1.90 %
Other Public Safety Position 1.43 %
Discharge 7.62 %
Transfer to Non-Sworn 0.95 %
Injured during Training 9.05 %
Other Reasons 7.14 %
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STAFF AND RECRUITS
• Community Service Projects – Koman Race for the Cure
– White Rock Marathon
– Habitat for Humanity
– Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
– Trinity River Levee Run
– Carter BloodCare
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SUMMARY
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• The Dallas Police Academy is 35½ weeks long.
• The Basic Training Academy supports both Basic and In-Service Training
• The recruits receive over 726 hours of training over the minimum state requirements.
• The recruits receive extensive Community Relations training, i.e. Community Service Projects, Spanish, and Human Relations/Multiculturalism
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QUESTIONS?
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