Agenda Date: 10/04/2016
Subject:
Title
A resolution approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Arapahoe County Sheriff for use of the Arapahoe County Driving Track Facility
Body
Presented By:
Doug Stephens, Chief of Police
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support an Intergovernmental Agreement allowing the Littleton Police Department (LPD) to utilize the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) Public Safety Driver Training Facility?
BACKGROUND:
All certified police officers receive their initial emergency vehicle operations training in a P.O.S.T. approved academy training course. Once an employee is hired by the LPD, annual in-service training on low and high-speed vehicle operations/pursuits is provided. In order to accomplish the training, the LPD utilizes certified driving instructors to establish curriculums for classroom and hands-on training. In the past, the hands-on portion has been difficult to accomplish because there were few locations in the greater Denver area designed to accommodate the driver training.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
Police officers spend the majority of their careers working from a patrol vehicle. The nature of their job requires emergent responses to calls-for-service and vehicle pursuit situations. The patrol vehicles are equipped for such situations and officers are trained in the appropriate vehicular response. Due to the potential liability of these situations, officers need consistent classroom and hands-on driver training that is taught by certified instructors in an appropriate and controlled environment.
The LPD provides annual in-service training that includes, but is not limited to, emergency vehicle operations, policy review, and high and low speed pursuit driving. Staff believes there is an opportunity for more meaningful and successful training at the ACSO Driver Training Facility.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
The ACSO will provide the Driver Training Facility (track and classroom) for a fee of $300 per day. The LPD may...
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