LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMRBT
PRESENTATION BEFORE THE I NDEPENDENT COMMISSION ON THE
LOS ANGELES PO LICE DEPARTMENT
BY
CAPTAIN ROBERT W. RILEY1
DEPARTMENT TRAINING AND TRAINING DIVISION
MAY 3, 1991
I . Police Department Training Overview: types of training
administered by the Department
A. Recruit training
1. Entry- level Recruit Academy - Training Division
2. Field Training Officers - Areas
B. In-service training
1 . Roll call t raining - Areas and divisions
2. Area and division t raining days
3. Subject matter specific - Training Division
a. Promotion schools
b. Expertise schools including civilian
training programs
4 . Management Development subject matter
Endnote nu1b1rs ret er to Add en da docu1en ts
II. Training Division
A. Division Structure2
1. Commanding Officer
a . Membership on committees: Tactics Training
Review, Ad Hoc Committee on Personnel, etc.
b. Interagency liaison, e.g., POST, other
academies, etc.
2. Police Training Administrator3
3. Instructional Technology Section•
4. Support Section
5. Tactics Training Section
6. Recruit training Section
7. Organizational Development Section
B. Facilities
1. Relationship with LAPRAAC
2. Class room spaces
C. Resources
1. Personnels
2. Professional Advisory Committee7 e a
III. Recruit Training10
A. Purpose: to provide entry- l eve l police officers with a
solid foundation to learn law enforcement
under the guidance of a Training Officer
during on - the-job training. Probationary
Officers ' training is divided into three
phases (1-72 weeks).11
1. Phase I - Recruit Training at Training Division
2. Phase II - Field Training with Field Training
Officer, basics are practiced
3. Phase III - Probationer is given more discretion to
complete more diverse assignments
B. Overview of curriculum
1. POST requiremenl:s
a. Hours
b . Subjects
c. Knowledge Domains
2. LAPD requirements
a. Hours
b. Agency sp e cific subjects
3. Types of curriculum
a. Academic
b. Manipulative
C. Description of recruita role in the Academy12
1. Overall Academy philosophy: establish
professional patterns of conduct which officers
will empower officers to protect and to serve the
public
a. Combination of paramilitary and collegial
atmosphere
b. Concrete role models of the instructors are
present within Training Division staff
D. Recruits relationship with Training Division staff
1. Students
2. Team members "coached" by advisors who are not
always academic instructors - provides role models
E. Probationary Officers (graduated Recruit office rs )
1. On probation for 12 additional months under the
supervision of a training officer during most of t
the period
F. Completion of the 12 months probation is designated
Police Officer II
IV. In-service Training
A. Training Coordinators: bureau, Area, division
1. Under the direct comm.and of Comm.and Office r
2. Supported by Organizational Development Section,
Training Division
a. Quarterly update seminars
b. Yearly multiple day meetings including
training needs assessment and training
in formation
c. Ongoing curriculum is provided and training
experts are available for Area/division
training days
B. Roll Call Trainingi3
1. Mandatory training each day with a few exceptions
2 . Reporting procedure which mandates planned topics
and auditing of topics which are actually taught
3. Mandated Training Topicsi•
C. Area and division training days: subject matter
determined by command of the entity, supported by
Training Division
D. Subject mattar specific training
1. Promotional Schools
2. Expertise schools
a . Examples
(1) Vice School
(2) Civilian leadership schools
(3) Field Training Officer School
3. Management Developmen t Training
a. Examples
(1) Lieutenant's School
(2) Command Officer's Seminar
(3) Executive luncheon series
( 4) FBI Ac ademy
(5) POST Command College
V. Historical perspective of training and Training Division
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