The taser course itself was fascinating to compare to what we have to go through in the UK.
With departments being generally the size of what we would class as one or two police stations there were a number of officers from different departments present who we were able to talk to as well as exchanging lots of patches etc. The day started with a return to the training building to sit in on a Taser instructors course that was being run by Taser. It was interesting to note though that there was no 101 or 111 equivalent making the handling and prioritising of incidents even more of a challenge. The call handlers and dispatches appeared to have a lot on their plate doing the work of what would to us be three separate agencies. Unlike the UK there is far more interworking between the fire service (which also absorbs the functions of the ambulance service) and the Police, with one control room handling calls to all. With handguns being something we have so little experience with in the UK this was a great experience.Aside from time on the range we also had the chance to visit the city control room within a fire station. We went through some general handgun shooting practice in the morning, looking at trigger control and stances before moving onto firing from different positions such as being on your back, firing between your knees and on the side. I am used to 5.56 rifles from the Army Cadet Force – a handgun of this calibre was like a cannon in your hand in comparison. 45 calibre Glock 13 which was totally alien to us both. Under Johns guidance we were introduced to the. We were picked up in the morning and after picking up a coffee went to the departments training building and range.
Monday was Labour day, effectively a bank holiday with less staff on as would be the case here.
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