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Curtis J. (Jeff) Cope
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For all of you instructors that fall into the 9th Circuit Court Jurisdiction please take note of the following case decision that came down from the court last month. Their decision can have a big factor in how you will be teaching Taser if the deci…
For all of you instructors that fall into the 9th Circuit Court Jurisdiction please take note of the following case decision that came down from the court last month. Their decision can have a big factor in how you will be teaching Taser if the deci…
For all of you instructors that fall into the 9th Circuit Court Jurisdiction please take note of the following case decision that came down from the court last month. Their decision can have a big factor in how you will be teaching Taser if the deci…
For all of you instructors that fall into the 9th Circuit Court Jurisdiction please take note of the following case decision that came down from the court last month. Their decision can have a big factor in how you will be teaching Taser if the deci…
Debra Dobbins Bailey,
Check out this link. It seems to have quite a bit of information about r/x drugs as well as over the counter. http://www.pdrhealth.com/home/home.aspx
Tish,
You might want to look at the California POST Administrative Manual for some help here (www.post.ca.gov). Perishable skills has been identified as something that diminishes without continous training and those skills are required to be trained…
Tish,
The decision to not provide training ammo needs clarification. Do they still require your to qualify with your duty weapon? If someone does not qualify are they going to provide ammo for that person to practice to meet qualification minimums?…
Leadership, at all levels of the organization, is critical to be healthy for everyone at the Department. California POST has mandated that leadership be incorporated into the entire body of teaching at the Basic Academy Level. As a matter of fact PO…
I recently taught a block of instruction at the California POST Instructor Symposium entitled Training Liability. I used a series of real case studies to provide students to aquire the Standards that are ususally associated in defending a civil case…
The need for good realistic training in all aspects of shooting should be the ideal for every instructor and each instructor should take advantage of every possible aid to make him or herself a better instructor. Peace Officers react in real world p…
Kevin,
You are right on, again! We use modeling as one of the factors for an acronym that demonstrates how adults learn best in training. The acronym is RIDEM, which is copywrited by one of my associates. By developing training for adults using this…
Although the department I currently work for now is, unfortunately, severely lacking in the amount of defensive tactics training it provides to our officers, I have taught for several other agencies, training units, and our state academy. When I ran…
Scott,
I must disagree with your comment that we train our officers to shoot to kill. We do not do that! We train officer to shoot to stop the threat. If as a result the suspect is killed, so be it but that should not be the intent of the officer. T…
All,
If any of you have a mind to do so, California POST has many sources of instructional material available off of its web site. In the Academies, the basic recruit is exposed to 43 different Learning Domains that must be passed in order to comple…
All,
If any of you have a mind to do so, California POST has many sources of instructional material available off of its web site. In the Academies, the basic recruit is exposed to 43 different Learning Domains that must be passed in order to comple…
Profile Information
- Primary Agency/Department Type:
- Municipal
- Primary Role in Law Enforcement:
- Training Director - Instructor - Coordinator
- Rank/Title
- Retired Lieutenant - Expert Witness/Consultant
- Primary Department/Agency Name:
- Curtis J. Cope Consulting - Huntington Beach, CA. P.D.
- Department/Agency Web Site:
- http://www.hbpd.org
- Years in Law Enforcement:
- 40
- My Training:
- Areas of Expertise: Adult Learning, D.U.I., Instructor Development, Ethics, Report Writing, S.W.A.T., Supervision, Training & Use of Force
- About Me:
- Curtis J. (“Jeff”) Cope is a retired police lieutenant from the City of Huntington Beach (CA) with more than 29 years of active law enforcement service. He is currently active as a police trainer and serves as the Program Administrator for the CA. POST Commission Institute of Criminal Investigation, Instructor Workshop Series. He holds a Master Instructor certificate and has been teaching police tactics and procedures for more than 39 years specializing in use of force issues, supervision, training and other subject matter. Since the early 1980’s he is recognized as an expert in Superior and Federal Courts in several states.
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Personal Site/Profile:
- http://www.curtisjcope.com
- I Love Being in Law Enforcement Because:
- We are all family no matter where we are in the country.
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