OWATONNA POLICE DEPARTMENT—2017 Annual Report
Department Training The Use of Force Unit is comprised of four instructors; Sergeant Josh Sorensen, Detective Matt Oeltjenbruns and Officers Travis Ardolf and Adam Hennen. The instructors have received specialized instructor training in SPEAR, L.O.C.K.U.P., TASER, Less Lethal, Defense against Edged Weapon Attacks and ASP curriculums. The Owatonna Police Department has outfitted each sworn officer with an X2 Taser. Officers Ardolf and Hennen instruct on the use the tasers and take care of the maintenance and downloading of data when these units are deployed in the field.
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This year, the instructors dedicated four full days of mandated training to provide a minimum of eight (8) hours of continuing education to all sworn police officers and community service officers of the Owatonna Police Department. Along with the mandated training, the Use of Force Unit works with each newly appointed employee for a minimum of five hours to review policy/procedures, state statutes, and our current training curriculum. During the year, our instructors also train the Reserve Unit, as well as give presentations to include our department’s Citizen’s Academy and the Owatonna Leadership Academy groups. Defensive Tactics
Looking forward to 2018, our agency plans to add another instructor at the end of the year to replace Detective Oeltjenbruns and Officer Hennen. We also plan to incorporate an online training website called Patrol Online into our use of force curriculum to expand on our current training program with micro trainings throughout the year.
10—Department Training
