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    "code": "GAEZND",
    "speakers": [
        {
            "code": "W9X7RD",
            "name": "Gary Cordner",
            "biography": "Gary Cordner is Academic Director in the Education and Training Section of the Baltimore Police Department. Most recently he served as Chief Research Advisor for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) LEADS Scholars Program and Senior Police Advisor for ICITAP (USDOJ) in Ukraine. He was a CALEA Commissioner (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) for nine years and has been associated with the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing since its inception. He is Professor Emeritus at Eastern Kentucky University, where he served as Dean of the College of Justice & Safety. Earlier in his career he was a police officer and police chief in Maryland and obtained his Ph.D. from Michigan State University.\r\n\r\nCordner was founding editor of Police Quarterly and is past editor of the American Journal of Police; author of Police Administration (10th edition); and co-author of Police & Society (8th edition). He authored several monographs for the COPS Office and NIJ, was Co-PI of the National Police Research Platform, and is a past president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS).",
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        {
            "code": "RJTDR9",
            "name": "Martin Bartness",
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        }
    ],
    "title": "Police Training in Baltimore (USA) During the Pandemic",
    "submission_type": {
        "en": "Paper Presentation"
    },
    "track": {
        "en": "Training and Education during after the Pandemic Crisis"
    },
    "state": "confirmed",
    "abstract": "The Baltimore Police Department operates its own police training academy. When the pandemic arrived in March 2020, recruit trainees were sent home. Authorization from our governing authority was quickly obtained to resume training of recruits by distance, and Zoom training was initiated within 2-3 days. The model that was then followed for most of the remainder of 2020 was to \"front load\" topics that could be taught via Zoom, thus postponing in-person training for 6-8 weeks in the interest of social distancing and virus prevention. All classes of recruits were graduated on time, which was important in an agency with hundreds of vacant positions. However, supervision and motivation of recruits \"by distance\" for the first 1-2 months of police academy training was difficult. In addition, the forced separation of knowledge and skills lessons interfered with the desired process of integrating lessons and applying them in practical scenarios. To overcome these difficulties, and as academy staff gained experience with operating during the pandemic, the decision was made to return to fully in-person recruit training in 2021.\r\nThe presentation will provide additional details about implementing Zoom-based training, and will also describe changes that were made to continuing (in-service) training for incumbent personnel in response to the pandemic. Some distance (Zoom) training for incumbent personnel was developed and delivered, which meant that officers could sit at home and be paid to receive 1-2 days of training. This was a first for the agency, and it was well received.",
    "description": null,
    "duration": 20,
    "slot_count": 1,
    "do_not_record": false,
    "is_featured": true,
    "content_locale": "en",
    "slot": {
        "room": {
            "en": "Featured Presentations"
        },
        "start": "2021-05-06T16:00:00+02:00",
        "end": "2021-05-06T16:20:00+02:00"
    },
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    "resources": []
}