Lieutenant Elvis Gaskin has been an Indiana Law Enforcement Academy certified Instructor since 1985.  He is certified in Firearms, EVO, Defensive Tactics, ASP Baton and in Primary Instruction.  He has been the Department's Training Officer since 1985. The Department Training Officer is responsible for keeping the training records of all the full-time, part-time and reserve officers of the Department.  This includes how many hours they receive, the topic and the Instructor or Provider of the instruction. The Administration basically leaves the type of training up to the Department Training Officer.  They may make a suggestion as to what type of training they would like for the Officers to receive. At the end of each year the Training Officer must compile all the training records on each officer (FT, PT & Reserve) on special Indiana Law Enforcement Academy forms.  These forms must be submitted by March of each year. All of this training is on top of the Training Officer's regular duties.  He/She must work a shift just like all of the other officers.   
  

Assistant Chief David Lutz Certified Instructor	Lieutenant Elvis Gaskin Certified Instructor Department Training Officer

 

Each Instructor is trained at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.  To be a Certified Instructor you must take a forty hour training class for instructors. If you wish to be a Certified Instructor in Firearms or Physical Tactics you much complete a forty hour course in each topic.  After completing the courses you are considered to be a Psychomotor Skills Instructor.  There are other Instructor courses such as Emergency Vehicle Operations, ASP Instructor and OC/CN Instructor ect.. Each Instructor must teach a minimum of thirty-six hours in a three year period to keep his/her certification.  If he/she is certified in more than one course, he/she must have thirty-six hours of training time in each course.

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