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MODERN LAW ENFORCEMENT & THE NEED FOR TRAINING 01/02/2018

MODERN LAW
ENFORCEMENT &
THE NEED FOR
TRAINING

Current Modern Law Enforcement & The Need for Training SDSDS
by Bryan Veliz, SlyTac Training Solutions, LLC

The Law Enforcement Profession of the agency to provide


has never been more pressed for adequate training for the
operating in extreme situations individual officers and the task
than its current state. The rise of they may or will encounter on the
assaults, ambushes and deadly field. However, due to funding,
force encounters on police man power and moral of the
officers continues to rise; with no agencies this can be daunting at
end in sight. We know that times. Especially if the training
Officers have fractions of seconds department of the agency lacks
to act, which in most cases they sufficient sources to provide
are reacting to a stimulus training or unable to break from
encounter. Rather than acting, “institutional inbreeding.” Simply
causing a delay between their put the ideology of “we’ve always
decisions and potential outcome done it this way or its good
of the incident. Officers will enough” is a dangerous path to
always fall back to the level of follow. As Law Enforcement
their training during a critical threats continue to grow, evolve
incident. This has been shown and change at a rapidly pace. So,
evident, time and time again does the training and mentality of
through Officer Involved Law Enforcement Professionals
Shootings (OIS), Use of Force need to adapt and evolve to
Encounters and Force on Force overcome or be prepared for
Training. Generally, it is the duty future threats.
MODERN LAW ENFORCEMENT & THE NEED FOR TRAINING
01/02/2018

DATA DRIVEN TRAINING


Ambush Style Killings of Law
Enforcement Up 167% (LEOKA)

167%
60% Of All Law Enforcement
Shootings Occur in And Around a
Vehicle (FBI / TTU) 2016 OIS STATS LEADING CAUSE OF
OFFICER FIREARM
Total Deaths: 148 RELATED FATALITIES
60% Gunfire Deaths: 66 (Up 71%
From 2015)
In 2016: 558 Fatal Shootings DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES
Occurred in And Around a Vehicle Assaults: 13 & TRAFFIC STOPS
Vehicle (WP, UCR, TTU) Officers Who Were Killed in
And Around Vehicles: 31
OUR DUTY
558 FATALITIES (53.4% Of Total Gunfire
Related Deaths.
LOW LIGHT ENGAGEMENTS
Identify Current Patterns
2017 OIS STATS and Trends
Evaluate Existing Tactics
70% Total deaths: 128
Gunfire deaths: 44
Develop New SOPs to
Maximize Survivability
CHANCE OF BEING INJURED
DURING AN ENGAGEMENT
Vehicle assaults: 5
Officers who were killed in References:
and around vehicles: 17 LEOKA STATS

90% UCR STATS


FBI STATS
CENTRIFUGE TRAINING, LLC

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