Police Suggestion Mandatory Hostage training

[MiniXIII]

Brief description of idea: Add hostage situation training to the performance management form so supervisors can request another officer (including higher-ranked colleagues) for mandatory hostage situation training. With the correct evidence, I feel supervisors should be able to refer anyone for hostage training as there have been many complaints on officers of all ranks handling hostage situations poorly. Maybe have Head of Tac Ops run the training session alongside Head of TFU.

What benefits would this idea have for the department:
A chance for people to improve and have a clearer understanding of how to handle a hostage situation.
Fewer complaints on officers handling hostage situations poorly.
Ability to help officers where they've gone wrong instead of punishing them.

What potential negatives could this have for the department:
People will complain, they always do.

Other additions:
If someone is reported to Internal Affairs for handling a hostage situation poorly, if the complaint is sustained, maybe issue a comment card as well as mandatory training.

 

[MiniXIII]

The training isn’t just a regular training session. It’s a training session for people who are referred for it. Meaning it’s only hosted if needed.

 

[Bert]

Issue with that is people still won’t show up. Maybe implement this for senior officers+

 

[MiniXIII]

@Bert well it’s just like if you’re referred for traffic retraining or OR training. If you don’t attend you try disciplinary.

 

[Bert]

@MiniRaze I get where you're coming from, but requiring this for unranked officers is quite pointless, I can see possibly making it a requirement for Senior Officer however

 

[MiniXIII]

@Bert since when do officers take hostage situations? I’d be more worried if a supervisor let an unranked officer take command in a hostage sit tbh.

 

[McGlinchy]

Negotiation resources will be looked into with TFU Command.