LMPD :: Louisville Metro Police Department
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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin releases plan he says will fix state pension system

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RE: Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin releases plan he says will fix state...

October 21st, 2017 @ 12:44PM (6 years ago)

Training could and should be reduced to a couple people handling training records, registrations and in-service classes unique to LMPD. If the department took advantage of what the state offers, then it could have enough trainers on hand to do things like give rifle and tactical training.

Richmond can handle the routine recruit training and most in-service training. Their academy is 23 weeks. There's no need to replicate Richmond in Louisville while the department is short 200 officers in the patrol divisions, narcotics and major crimes.

RE: Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin releases plan he says will fix state...

October 21st, 2017 @ 12:51PM (6 years ago)

Absolutely correct about military rifle training. Not even SWAT gets trained on the full range of squad tactics used on open ground. Training on barricaded subjects holed up in buildings doesn't teach anything about how to kill several shooters using military-style squad tactics. Spending a month in Iraq as a rifleman is worth at least 20 years of stateside SWAT experience