HERE WE GO AGAIN. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF REVIEW AND A MORATORIUM HERE COME THE RED MEN AGAIN. THIS FOLLOWS ON THE HEELS OF SEVERAL INJURIES IN JACKSONVILLE DURING THE MORATORIUM? AND DESPITE SERIOUS INTEGRITY ISSUES RAISED DURING THE LAST AGENT CLASS WHERE INJURIES WERE COVERED UP, OR AT LEAST NOT INVESTIGATED THOUROUGHLY.

FDLE SPENDS MORE TIME INVESTIGATING AGENCY VEHICLE CRASHES AND MINOR USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS THAN IT DOES INVESTIGATING SCENARIOS THAT HAVE LEFT ONE MEMBER DISABLED. BY THE WAY HIS CASE IS STILL PENDING AFTER OVER 4 YEARS WITHOUT RESOLUTION.

THIS ISSUE WILL NOT GO AWAY UNTIL PERSONS OTHER THAN THE VERY INSTRUCTORS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING THIS TRAINING REVIEW INDIVIDUAL INCIDENTS.

DON'T GET ME WRONG, NOTHING IS WRONG WITH SCENARIO BASED TRAINING, PROPERLY DELIVERED WITH THE APPROPIATE USE OF THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT. THE AGRESSION OF THE RED MAN INSTRUCTORS MUST BE CONTROLLED AND THE INSTRUCTIORS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY BOTH LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY TO DO THIS.

UNFORTUNATELY WE STILL HAVE SOME INSTRUCTORS WHO WANT TO PROVE TO THE CLASS THAT THEY ARE GREAT FIGHTINING MACHINES OR TO "SHOW THEM WHAT IT'S LIKE!

THE HANDLING OF THIS BY BOTH THE AGENCY AND THE UNION HAS BEEN A DISSAPOINTMENT.