Leading Innovation in Canadian Police Training

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Leading Innovation in Canadian Police Training
Canadian Police Knowledge Network Stanhope P.E.I.
06/07 October 2009
Superintendent J.E. (John) Tod Director,
Provincial Police Academy Ontario Provincial
Police
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The Stage

• Setting the Stage
• Overview / Update of OPP ELearning Program
• Building Options for Success
• The Future is Now
• Collision Reduction

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Organizational Facts

• By The Numbers
• 6,000 uniformed / 2,600 civilian / 120 Cadets /
  850 Auxiliary members
• More than 716,000 calls for service in 2008
• Services over 922,752 sq/km of land and 110,398
  sq/km of waterways
• Provincial / Municipal (313) responsibilities
• 165 detachments, 6 Region/Division HQs, General
  Headquarters in Orillia.

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Academy Work

• The Provincial Police Academy (PPA) at Work
• Making sense of the numbers
• The Successes
• The Challenges

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The Future is Now

• Methods of Training Delivery
• Traditional Solution Based Learning
• Why E-Learning
• Next best thing
• Testing
• Individual
• Measured
• Trackable

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E-Learning in the OPP

• PPA E-Learning Implementation Project approved in
  2007, implemented in April 2008
• Key objectives
• Implement a Learning Management System (LMS)
• Review Academy curriculum for e-learning
  opportunities
• Develop in-house e-learning design development
  capacity

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E-Learning Strategy
Commercially Available Courses
In-House Development Courses
Development Partnerships
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Current Status

• LMS Administrative Module implemented in October
  2008
• Member access to O.P.P. Learn (LMS web portal)
  and testing of field administrative functions
  scheduled for implementation in October 2009
• Content Provider e-learning courses made
  available to members through CPKN, including
• General Investigative Training (GIT)
• Highway Criminal Interdiction Consent to Search
  Requirements
• In-house development of online FleetNet Radio
  Refresher module underway

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E-Learning in the OPP

• On Line Options
• Benefits (Money Talks)
• On Line Stats TD
• 46 courses provided
• 1817 training opportunities
• 1500 completed

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The Priority

• The Issue - Officer Involved Collisions
• The Fleet
• OPP Collision Rate
• Critical Trends Identified in 2008 Data
• New Officers are at greatest risk
• Most likely to crash during routine duties

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Why the Priority?

• Despite costly and resource intensive driver
  training programs, police agencies across North
  America have similar collision rates
• Traditional police driver training programs tend
  to focus on physical skills behind the wheel
• The vast majority of police officers have the
  ability to be a good driver under most
  conditions
• What most police officers lack however is the
  capacity to dedicate enough attention to the
  primary task of driving
• The OPP on-line driver awareness program focuses
  on the human factors required to be a good
  driver
• Physiological attributes that are different for
  every officer
• perception - attention - memory

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Meeting the Priorities

• 70 of OPP officers killed in the line-of-duty
  die in vehicle collisions.
• During the 2009 National Police Memorial Service
  in Ottawa, two names were added to the Wall of
  Honour. Both officers were killed in car
  crashes. (one OPP)
• We must find new ways to save the lives of our
  members.

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In 2009, a presentation outlining the cognitive
aspects of driving was delivered to 400 officers
as a pilot
At the conclusion of the pilot project, the
involved regions collisions dropped by nearly 50
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CPKN On-line Course Proposal
Draft Outline Title - Preventing
Officer-Involved Collisions Purpose - To engage
front line level awareness and improve the
ability to make good decisions while driving.
This course will provide the officer with the
knowledge related to risk management
techniques, human factors, managing
distractions and improving their own
self-awareness. Lessons - 6 Length - 45min - 1
hour Cost - TBD (but similar to HCI)
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The Solution

• It is NOT intended to teach a driving skill
• It WILL influence better decisions while driving
• The on-line session is a cost effective way to
  reach an unlimited number of officers with the
  right information

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• Superintendent John Tod
• Director Provincial Police Academy
• John.Tod_at_Ontario.ca
• 705 329 7548