Driving

Driving is a major part of law enforcement work. Of course we all see cop cars out driving around almost every day. For us Jeffco recruits, we will be working in the county jail initially so won't be out patrolling in cop cars. However, that opportunity may come soon enough and the majority of the other academy recruits will be going straight out to the road for police departments. Driving is something we do everyday, but learning to drive like cops in different situations was really cool.

We began by doing lots of parking and maneuvering between cones:

In this drill we had to decide at the last second which path to take based on the lights above:

Laying down some nice skid marks at 60 mph:

More fun with cones:

Taking some time to relax in between the high intensity driving:

I had never taken turns as fast and braked as fast as I got to do during this training. One night we got into some real cop cars and turned on the lights and sirens for a simulated high speed pursuit, which was a real rush! We had a wonderful time driving and all passed the timed qualification course that was required. A big thanks to all of the instructors who taught us and to the Colorado State Patrol for letting us drive fast on their track!