Archive for April, 2007
Monday, April 30th, 2007
Application Woes
So it’s now the week after the academy. The crickets are chirping and I am getting discouraged. I know the normal hiring process takes up to a month, sometimes multiple months, and in some cases even over six months. It’s a bit my fault for not getting on the ball with my applications before […]
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Friday, April 27th, 2007
Academy Online Photo Album
I have uploaded all the pictures I have from the academy. They are organized into the following sub-albums:
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Defensive Tactics
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Emergency Vehicle Operations Course
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Pepper Spray
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Firing Range
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Miscellaneous
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Friday, April 27th, 2007
212th - Slideshow
So I somehow volunteered to do a slideshow for our class. Well actually my friend volunteered, but seeing as I do this stuff professionally I volunteered to help him. And while he did come over and sit with me during the 30 hours I spent on this thing, I made the entire slideshow. He pretty […]
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Friday, April 27th, 2007
Academy Week 10
This week started off with Interviews and Interrogations. Unfortunately we didn’t get to interrogate Sharon Stone. Either way, we picked up some good tips and tricks to getting information out of people, without the use of torture!
The next day we started with Motor Vehicle Theft Investigations. And we ended the day with […]
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
Academy Week 9
OC Spray, OC Spray, OC Spray….
That’s all I seem to remember from this week. OK, so the week started out with Accident Reporting and Vehicle Occupant Protection (yes, as in wearing seatbelts and car seats). Boring right?
The next day was Terrorism, and then OC Spray. We got to line up and get […]
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Friday, April 13th, 2007
Academy Week 8
Pardon my sensitive image on the left here, but this week pretty much centered around that event, so it is relevant.
This week we started with impaired driving. We learned some basic field sobriety tests. The second day we dealt with interpersonal communications (I know, the excitement is overwhelming). But on day 3 […]
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
EVOC Videos
Got some of the video footage from EVOC in. These are the main videos I have hosted. There are tons of pictures and you can find them in the photo gallery I’ll post at the end of my academy blogging.
Skid Pad (none of these are me):
Braking (63 is me):
Cone Course (26 […]
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Friday, April 6th, 2007
Academy Week 7
This week started out on a Sunday for most of us. We had a 2 hour drive down to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in middle Georgia. I started the drive about 5:30pm, timed to meet a friend of mine from my class so that we’d be roomed […]
