Message from the Training Coordinator
We are currently getting ready for the 2018 Winter Training Conference. Even though you may be planning to watch your favorite team play on Super Bowl Sunday, we still hope you plan to join us this year in Athens February 5-7, 2018. We have a great line-up of new training planned( 14 hours) that will help you be prepared to start the new year as the best law enforcement professional you can be.
Monica Duran GACP Training Coordinator
For a complete training calendar, visit our website
www. gachiefs. com
When selecting training, GACP attempted to meet the requests of the membership as best as possible. For instance, two of the main concerns presented by the Training Committee during the Summer Training Conference was recruitment and retention. After searching for several weeks for a current training program that would address these difficult topics, a training session was developed that included two chiefs from North Carolina that have experience in teaching sessions related to these issues. Also, to further address recruitment and retention obstacles specific to Georgia, a couple of our GACP members with expertise in this area will be present for a panel discussion with the membership.
Please make sure to stay alert and listen to instructions for scanning during training. If you see people waiting to leave the training area, they will probably be waiting to be scanned. When we upload the classes to your POST record, we will be looking for both a scan in and out time stamp in our records for the classes. If you are missing a scan, you will not automatically receive credit. Ideally, we would love for everyone’ s classes to be posted perfectly. Being careful to scan in and out as directed will make this a smoother process for GACP and will make your life easier, too!
We have also noticed that several of you signed in late for classes due to meetings with vendors. We commend you for taking the time to meet with our vendors; however, this often interferes with scanning and the posting training hours. We have added two extended breaks to help alleviate this problem. These breaks will allow more time in the exhibit area and facilitate more networking with our valued corporate members. In addition, we plan to improve our door prize drawing process by ensuring that more members get tickets and allocating more time in the exhibit area for the drawing.
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