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Kristopher Rhodes
The Realities of Law
Enforcement Defensive
Tactics Training
Introduction
• Brief Bio
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10 years experience Police Officer
25 years Martial Arts experience; 20 years teaching
Attended Defensive Tactics Instructor School
First Certified Instructor Martial Blade
Concepts/Counter Blade Concepts in the South
Eastern United States
• Currently teaches Counter Blade Concepts for Law
Enforcement
Purpose
• Educate
• General Public
• Media
• Courts
• Attorneys and Judges
• Police
• Officers
• Management
• Certification Organizations
• Why is this research important?
• Change expectations
Catalyst of Research
• How many hours does it take to be considered
highly trained?
• 10,000 hours to be considered highly trained
(Outliers)
• Cited Erickson study incorrectly
• Several studies contradict information cited in
Outliers, i.e. Erickson’s study
• Erickson study on Chess Players
• 2,000-25,000 hours
The Reality of Law Enforcment Training
The Reality of Law Enforcement Training
The Reality of Law Enforcement Training
NYPD Training Video
NYPD retraining
Virginia Law Enforcement DT Training Hours
• Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
requires a minimum of 40 hours
• Most Departments give recruits 80-100 hours of
training in Defensive Tactics
• In service training may be required with Acreditted
Agencies
• Some Departments only require 8 hours of In
service training
• Is this enough to be considered highly trained?
Doubling the Training Hours
• 100 hours is the highest number of hours
• Double to 200 hours
• Is this enough hours of training to be considered
highly trained?
Law Enforcement
• Education/Training
• Be honest about training
• Limited training hours
• Difficult if not impossible to control an individual
by the arm
• Pain compliance does not always work
• Increase focus on scenario training
• Increase in communication training
• Reduce need to be right; maintenance of
authority
• Listen and respond don’t just order
Comparing Doubled Hours to a Martial Artist
• Average Martial Artist Train between 2-10
hours/week
• 2 hours/week training
• 200 hours in 100 weeks or approximately 2 years
• 10 hours/week training
• 200 hours in 20 weeks or 5 months
Solution
• Two Prong Approach
• General Public
• Law Enforcement
General Public
• Education
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Graham v. Connor
Realities of controlling a non-compliant individual
Realities of Law Enforcement Training
No legal right to resist arrest
References
Ericcson, K. A., Krampe, R. T., & Tesch-Romer, C.
(1993). The Role of Deliberate Practice in the
Acquisition of Expert Performance. Psychology
Review, 100(3). Retrieved from
http://projects.ict.usc.edu/itw/gel/EricssonDeliberate
PracticePR93.pdf
Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers: The story of success.
New York: Little, Brown and.
(n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.vsp.state.va.us/Employment_Trooper_Re
cruitment_Training.shtm
Research Forum, P. E. (n.d.). CRITICAL ISSUES IN
POLICING SERIES Re-Engineering Training On Police
Use of Force. Retrieved from
http://www.policeforum.org/assets/reengineeringtrai
ning1.pdf