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Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training

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Emergency Vehicle Operations Instructor

Description:

This course provides training for development of Emergency Vehicle Operations (EVO) instructors.
The curriculum includes: defensive driving, skid control, vehicle dynamics, evasive techniques, highway response, night
driving, and pursuit driving techniques. Emphasis will be placed on identifying risks and modifying driving behaviors.

Each applicant must meet the following qualifications:

• Ability to instruct fellow officers
• Excellent language skills
• Excellent peripheral vision, depth perception, and no night blindness
• Reaction time of 2 seconds or better
• Ability to divide mental tasks (coordination)
• Minimum of three years experience driving a patrol vehicle
• POST Instructor Development Course is a prerequisite
• Letter from the Department Head or his/her designee verifying qualification of the
  officer/applicant, submitted to the In-Service training office no later than two weeks before
  the first day of the course

Officers who successfully complete the course will be recognized as POST certified EVO instructors for two years.

Student Notes:

• Attention: Due to the demand for this course, a one week cancellation is required, if you are registered and fail to cancel at least one week (7 days) prior to the first day of class you will not be considered for this training for a period of one year.  This is to consider those that are on a wait list and to also fill the class.
• To apply for this course, candidates should have their Agency Administrator or Training Coordinator register them for the training through the POST Portal at www.post.utah.gov or contact Sheryl Allums at POST at sallums@utah.gov.
• This course is limited to 24 students.
• No more than two officers per department may register for this course.
• Course length is 100 hours.
  

Course Dates	Location	TIme	Status
October 18-22, 2010	POST EVO Range	0900	Closed/FULL
April 11-15, 2011	POST EVO Range	0900	Completed
Nov 14-18, 2011	POST EVO Range	0900	Completed
April 30-May 4, 2012	POST EVO Range	0900	Open

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Last updated: November 28, 2011 4:12 PM