Wednesday, March 31, 2010

MDTS Training at the Academy for the 106 VCA

Week four of the 106th Correctional Academy is well under way. Use of Force instructors Tim Goad, Randy St. Peter, Scott Stevens and John Buck have the recuits practicing patterns of movement, escorts and take-downs.

This picture captures recruit Jeremy Glodgett practicing his newly aquired skills on recruit Daniel Whittemore, under the supervision of instructor Scott Stevens.
As any academy graduate will  say, week four is the most physically demanding week of the academy; and also one of  the most memorable. Some members of the class are impatiently awaiting Thursday morning, excited to experience OC for the first time... others are not. 
Towards the end of the day, trainers took time out to demonstrate the proper and safe way to use bolt cutters on jammed handcuffs.

Graduation is only 7 days away, and we are looking forward to graduating another great class.
Posted by Ross.Farnsworth at 16:48

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Waterbury, Vermont, United States
I have served as a Vermont Correctional Academy coordinator for training development since 2001. I am responsible for training-the-trainer core competency training, Facility Training Officer programs and also serve as liaison to our security and supervision unit for training dealing with hostage negotiation, emergency preparedness, and the Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT). I graduate from the Vermont Correctional Academy in 1993, and previously served as a Correctional Officer I, Correctional Officer II, and the local training coordinator at the former Woodstock Regional Correctional Facility. I also part of the Emergency Preparedness team. I am involved in a range of educational development and training functions for the Department of Corrections and provides Academy instruction on emergency preparedness, self-harm, suicide prevention and use of force.