Police Training-- Unrealistic Expectations?

[Inspector71]

Getting back to the original thread topic, how to interest the troops to do better ? I’m retired now, so I got plenty of time to watch Adam-12 reruns. In the pilot episode (1968), the shift Lieutenant advises the senior man Malloy that he will be getting a new rookie partner named Reed, who “graduated fourth in his Academy class and is shooting four dollar money”. Wow, a department that actually put more in your paycheck to shoot a higher score. Anybody know if LAPD or any police agency still do that ?

[John Hearne]

Anybody know if LAPD or any police agency still do that ?

They still shoot the Bonus Course. The amount awarded has never been adjusted so it more for bragging rights.

[psalms144.1]

I've repeatedly argued for Comp Time awards for marksmanship (my suggestion was 4 hours for a 270, 6 hours for a 290, 8 hours for a 300). Since we only qualify twice a year, the agency would be "losing" a maximum of two work days for guys/gals who can shoot a "possible" on the qual.

The "management" response is that as long as people make a 240, who cares how they shoot...

The smartest guy I ever worked for used to say (when discussing training and motivating special operations soldiers) "You get the behavior you incentivize" If only others would realize this basic truth...