Dallas Police Academy Basic Training Unit Public Safety Committee March 26, 2012 www.dallaspolice.net David O. Brown Chief Of Police
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 2
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 3
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 4
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 5
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 6
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 7
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 8
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 9
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
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
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) 12
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
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 14
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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 16
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 1 st Attempt Pass Rate Academies must maintain at least a 80% Pass Rate 17
TCLEOSE Test Of last 12 DPD Recruit Classes, 10 classes have passed on their first attempts and 2 classes had 1 failure each STATE FISCAL YEAR 1 ST ATTEMPT PASS RATE - DPD 2008 93.52 % 2009 96.75 % 2010 99.68 % 2011 99.13 % 2012 100.00 % 18
TCLEOSE Test State FY s 2007 through 2010 DEPARTMENT # OF TESTS GIVEN 1 ST 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 % 19
ACADEMY ATTRITION 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 20
Why do recruits not graduate? 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 % 21
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 22
SUMMARY 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 23
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