2020 Police Department Annual Report

FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM

The Orland Park Police Department Field Training and Evaluation Program is the continued selection process that combines field training with objective evaluations to ensure the probationary patrol officer meet the standards of a solo police officer. The information and instruction provided throughout the program is intended to supplement the knowledge the probationary patrol officer obtained during academy training and prepare him or her for the in-field application of that knowledge. The Orland Park Police Department’s Field Training and Evaluation Program consist of one (1) program coordinator, three (3) supervisors and eight (8) field training officers. In 2020, two (2) probationary officers were enrolled in the sixteen (16) week program.

NUMBER OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS

2

2018 2017 2020 2019

12

17

11

TRAINING HOURS OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS

6,568

6,200

3,328

1,318

2017

2018

2019

2020

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