Hello KittyKerr

The couple of days of EVOC might be doing some very basic driving on how they like you to take corners and breaking then it will probablly focus on the procedures and jobs to do for opperational T stops upto high risk T stops with weapons drawn, its good fun as they use simunition and you get into a few gunfights at the track.
Regards
Allan
(12 days left of training, yippeee)

yeh should be good fun, but in terms of fast driving not quite up to UK advanced standards.

just out of interest, why do Canadian (and US) police always stop cars, and then speak to the driver through the drivers window? with their arse nicely placed into the flow of traffic. just waiting to be run over.. how many times have we seen "worlds wildest police videos" where they either get run over, or shot as they lean through the window.

we were always taught the opposite, approach from the pavement side. plus if they wanted to shoot you its a harder target as they have to shoot through the a frames of the car. or better still, get them out of the car so you can see what they are up to. whilst they are sat in the car they could be reaching for anything without you being able to see. first thing you see when you poke your head through their window is the barrel of a gun!

ive found another LVNR, whats that?

Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint, its a way of rendering someone unconscious and take about 12/15 seconds to achieve, its pretty good you will get the chance to perform it on each other, not to the point of success but pretty close however some of us in my class went all the way so we could see the effects it has, its not a choke as it works by cutting off and applying pressure to the arteries in the neck.

i picked up my uniform today, lots of shiney new kit. but does anyone know what the old fashioned gold key is for? it was tucked into the traffic ticket folder..

also, i tried on the wooly pullover, but they didnt actually give me one in my box of kit. is this normal? also, they didnt hem any of my trousers, now i have a voucher to get my 3 street ones hemmed, but they didnt give me the No.1 dress ones, do they hem them in the stores at a later date and keep them until that time?

Hi Kitty,

Key is for the traffic lights!!! Jumper has to have your name put on it. Trousers sort out now at Moores before class hope this helps see you on the 26th.

so can i use it to change the lights to get to work quickly tomorrow? lol


i know i need to get my street ones hemmed at moores, but what about the dress trousers? i wasnt given my pair of them, and they didnt measure the length for them. do we get them sorted later?

cheers
Scott

typically you get re measured about 6 weeks from the end and they then make final adjustments to the uniform and this is then tailored accordingly, you don't have to worry about them.

ah, all makes sense now!

so its a trip to moores for me tomorrow then! and the boot supply place...

cheers

Is anyone able to list what you get issued? Just want to compare to what we get in the uk.

Here you go,
you can go to this link and see the full kit issue and how often you get it.

http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server....t+Schedule.htm

does anyone know if we need to take all our kit in with us on monday? i know its suit and tie for the first day, but do we need to take the kit in with us?

also, do we get a locker or something at the training school? because dont we have to travel in civvies then change into uniform once there each day?

i tried calling and asking this last week, but couldnt get hold of anyone..

you will be issued a locker in the same building where you ran your PARE. You will be required every morning to come in, get changed, then walk in groups of 4 to the Police Admin building via the plus 15.

Hi Kitty,

No need to brind all the kit but you can as you will get a locker. I have mine already and it is in District 1 on the 5th floor. I assume you will get one there as well. You need all of your kit for firearms on Tuesday, gun belt and all the other stuff that goes on it, needs to be on the rig for firearms on Tuesday afternoon. If you bring it Monday I can show you were everything goes if you dont know already. Or Tuesday morning will do just as well. Hope that helps and see you Monday morning.

Rob

cheers rob, ill bring it monday morning. ive just set it up like my old UK firearms belt, hopefully should be ok, but wouldnt mind a second opinion as its a bit different to my old stuff. we used PR24 batons, and had drop leg thigh holsters.

what do we wear for firearms? do we get coveralls or something?
i picked up my issue trousers yesterday, only to get them home and find they were still 3 inches too long. so they are back in Moore's today with a promise they will be done by this evening!
how did you get the locker already? its not a big issue for me anyway as i only live 6 blocks away from the training school!

Scott (kitty is my wifes username!)

Good luck to all you Brits starting at CPS on Monday...

We are 5 weeks from badge day (June 27th) at EPS..Its been a slog..

All the best..