Photos courtesy of John D'Esposito, Stafford Technical Center
posted
May 30, 2012
(Pictured) New Brandon PD Officer Michael Winkler interviews
Stafford Techncal Center Students Megan Barber and Kayla Temple,
both from Rutland HS, in a scenario involving youth and alcohol in
a car
RUTLAND-Seventeen SADD members from Stafford Technical Center,
all of whom are members of the Public Safety Services Program,
recently assisted the Vermont Police Academy by acting as enactors
in the final scenarios for the basic class for full-time police
officers.
The Vermont Police Academy certifies full-time police officers
based on successfully completing the course of study as well as
passing both written and practical examinations. Candidates were
being tested in a variety of scenarios, including a landlord-tenant
dispute, a domestic dispute, a car stop scenario, a shoot/don't
shoot scenario, an underage drinking scenario, and a physical
control and restraint scenario.
The students were actors in four simultaneous scenarios where the
recruit had to make a car stop where there were three or four
occupants, played by the students, some of whom were instructed to
act as if they had been drinking. The officer candidates had to
determine what the incident was, control the situation, issue the
appropriate paperwork, collect evidence and do an investigation to
determine the source of the alcoholic beverages.
The police officers were evaluated by an investigator from the
Vermont Department of Liquor Control, who also advised the students
what their roles were. The investigators, Steve Waldo, Ladd Wilbur,
Jason Elmer, Tom Curran, Mike Davidson, and Bill Manch, also
provided the students with possible behaviors to manifest-extreme
intoxication, being argumentative, being whining or running away,
for examples.
Three of the officer candidates will be patrolling Rutland County:
Officer Jeff Warfle of the Pittsford Police Department, Officer
Michael Winkler of the Brandon Police, and Trooper Walter Ribiero
of the Vermont state Police.
(Pictured) Pittsford Police Department Officer Jeff Warfle
interviewing Logan Clark of Rutland, Colton Benoit of Leicester,
and Dylan Goad of Castleton in a scenario involving an outdoor
party involving youth and alcohol
Tagged:
SADD, Stafford Technical Center, Public Safety Services Program
