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Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy demonstrates tactical drills and annual mandate
Read the full articleThe Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy demonstrated search drills and PIT maneuvers at its London facility. Officials highlighted the state's mandatory 24 hours of annual continuing education designed to prepare officers for life-or-death situations.
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The academy is giving a first look at how the state's law enforcement officers train for life-or-death situations, WHIO-TV reported.
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LONDON, Ohio — The Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) in London is giving a first look at how the state’s law enforcement officers train for life-or-death situations.
Instructors walked news crews through different search scenarios and showed how to do a PIT maneuver.
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As shown on News Center 7 at 5:30, instructors walked our crew through different search scenarios, and even showed off how to do a PIT maneuver.
"Our main goal here at OPOTA is to train for confidence, not completion," OPOTA Executive Director James Cyphers said.
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“Our main goal here at OPOTA is to train for confidence, not completion,” James Cyphers, OPOTA’s executive director, said.
Cyphers explained that Ohio peace officers must complete 24 hours of Continuing Professional Training each year under state law, noting that the academy tracks the mandated hours and certifies each officer.
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Cyphers said the state’s peace officers have to get a yearly certification. “There’s 24 CPT hours that they have to do; they’re legislative; it’s the law in Ohio, and all of those hours are accounted for and go through Ohio,” Cyphers said. “We keep track of it, and we certify everybody.”
Because many situations require quick thinking, Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said officers put in the street have the training they need "to keep themselves safe, to keep each other safe, and to keep the public that they’re in charge of protecting safe."
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Many of the situations officers find themselves in require quick thinking. It is why Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson says the men and women put in the street have the training they need. “To keep themselves safe, to keep each other safe, and to keep the public that they’re in charge of protecting safe,” Wilson said.
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Journalists were invited to the academy's Tactical Training Center to observe and participate in practical drills, according to broadcast coverage from NBC4.
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We were invited to the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy tactical training center and got to see and experience how law enforcement trains to protect the state's residents. This included participating in some drills, including
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The training sessions also highlighted exercises ranging from high-stress simulations to low-light building searches, designed to prepare officers for situations where the stakes couldn't be higher.
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From high-stress simulations to low-light building searches, the training is designed to prepare officers for situations where the stakes couldn't be higher.
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Law-Enforcement/Ohio-Peace-Officer-Training-Academy
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Academy staff provides instruction in basic, advanced, and technical subjects for the Ohio law enforcement community using the latest research and recommended professional practices.